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Phoenix Mut. Life Ins. v. Kingston Bank & Thust Co.
172 Tenn. 335 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 18, 1938
Pritchard v. Rebori, 135 Tenn., 328 , 186 S. W., 121 . A plat is sent up with the record showing* the 929 acres and other lands of Brown in this bend of the river. … "Brown obtained tracts 7 and 8 by deed of Crumbliss, clerk and master, to Brown and Qualls and by deed of Qualls of his interest to Brown. .
Cited 19 timesPublished126 Tenn. 223 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1912
Richardson v. Marshall County, 100 Tenn., 348 , 349, 45 S. W., 440 ; Colburn v. Railroad Co.; 94 Tenn., 43 , 28 S. W., 298 ; Pulaski v. Gilmore, 3 Shan., 115 . We bave an earlier case (Adams v. … Ann., 1748 , 22 South., 756 , 1008; Parsons v. Monmouth, 70 Me., 262; Knapp v. Hoboken, 39 N. J. Law, 394; Waxahachie v. Brown, 67 Tex., 519 , 4 S. W., 207 ; Austin v. Nalle, 85 Tex., 520, 540 , 22 S. W., 668, 960 .
Cited 14 timesPublished320 S.W.3d 284 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 22, 2010
Ford v. … See Thompson v.
Cited 17 timesPublishedWilder ex rel. Crosson v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
477 S.W.2d 1 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 7, 1972
Then, in Shelley v. … Finley v. Brown, 122 Tenn. 316 , 123 S.W. 359 (1909) Under that decree, it is clear that any duty toward the child on the part of the deceased workman was abolished.
Cited 5 timesPublished232 S.W.3d 1 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 14, 2007
Brown. … See Atkins v.
Cited 71 timesPublished560 S.W.2d 627 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 16, 1978
See Tackett v. State, supra; Bush v. State, supra; Turner v. State, supra. … E. g., State v. Wilson, 556 S.W.2d 232 (Tenn. 1977); State v. Brown, 551 S.W.2d 329 (Tenn.1977); State v. Johnson, 541 S.W.2d 417 (Tenn.1976); State v. Sneed, 537 S.W.2d 699 (Tenn.1976); State v.
Cited 336 timesPublishedSmith Amusement Co. v. Mayor of Chattanooga
205 Tenn. 712 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 11, 1959
Before the general law was enacted in 1957 expressly excluding pinball machines as gambling devices the similar question was presented to this Court in Heartley v. … In International Trading-Stamp Co. v.
Cited 4 timesPublished547 S.W.2d 918 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 14, 1977
In Brown v. … Brown v. Illinois, supra was decided June 26, 1975.
Cited 45 timesPublishedReams v. Bd. of Mayor, Etc., of McMinnville
153 Tenn. 408 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 6, 1925
Reams, who sue individually and in their own behalf as taxpayers of the town of McMinnville, and also in behalf of all the other taxpayers in said town, to enjoin the board of mayor and aldermen of the town of McMinnville … of mayor and aldermen, since by their own actions, that is, in submitting this location question to the voters of said town as hereinbefore set forth, the said board of mayor and aldermen, as it is now constituted, wholly
Cited 7 timesPublished21 L.R.A. 241 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 3, 1893
Curd v. Curd, 9 Hum., 171 ; Sanderlin v. Sanderlin, 1 Swan, 441 ; Bayless v. Bayless, 4 Cold., 359 ; Vincent v. Vincent, 1 Heis., 333; Turner v. Fisher, 4 Sneed, 209 ; Pride v. Watson, 7 Heis., 232; Rice v. … Lisenbee v. Holt, 1 Sneed, 50 ; Hawkins v. Pearce, 11 Hum., 44 ; Emmett v. Emmett, 14 Lea, 369 ; Prater v. Prater , 3 Pickle, 78 ; Holland v.
Cited 13 timesPublishedServ-U-Mart, Inc. v. Sullivan County
527 S.W.2d 121 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1975
Jones v. Sullivan County Beer Board, 200 Tenn. 301 , 292 S.W.2d 185 (1956), established the rule that the measurement is made in a direct line. Appellant conceded in open court that Jones controlled that issue. … Heggie v. Hayes, 141 Tenn. 219 , 208 S.W. 605 (1918); Tennessee Oil Company v. McCanless, 178 Tenn. 683 , 162 S.W.2d 1081 (1941); Troxell v. State, 179 Tenn. 384 , 166 S.W.2d 777 (1942). II.
Cited 19 timesPublishedState Ex Rel. Horner v. Atkinson
177 Tenn. 660 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 28, 1941
A distinction was taken *667 between the right of the sheriff to purchase supplies for his nse in boarding and upkeep of his prisoners, and supplies for County purposes paid for from County funds. And in Collier v. … State ex rel. v. Williford, 104 Tenn., 694, 695 , 58 S. W. 295 ; State ex rel. Brown v. Folk County, 165 Tenn., 196, 198 , 54 S. W. (2d), 714 .
Cited 1 timesPublished3 Shan. Cas. 636 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1875
Apperson v. Harris, MS. opinion, Jackson, 1873. … Wa understand the law to have been settled in this state, since the case of Hughlett v.
Cited 0 timesPublished136 Tenn. 440 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1916
Brown, probated April 26, 1881, and recorded in Scott county, May 11, 1881; (5) Deed from George F. Brown’s executor, William S. Yard, to John W. Fielder, dated May 2, 1883, and recorded July 24, 1883. … Brown, nor in admitting the certified copy of the will of George P. Brown. These are the only two instruments in the Scott chain of title which are called in question.
Cited 5 timesPublishedCampbell v. Home Ice & Coal Co.
126 Tenn. 524 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1912
Rep., 710 ; Eger v. Brown, 77 Kan. 510 , 94 Pac. 803 , 15 L. R. A. (N. S.), 459; McDougall v. Murray, 57 Wash., 76 , 106 Pac., 490 , 26 L. R. A. (N. S.), 159 and notes. It is shown in the evidence that James F. … Lowry v. Brown, 1 Cold., 456 . It is insisted by the Ice Company that it was in open possession of the property, and that this was notice to Crumley, when he bought.
Cited 11 timesPublishedMetropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County v. Allen
220 Tenn. 222 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 7, 1967
McCrady, 174 Tenn. 162 , 124 S.W.2d 248 ; Vinson v. Fentress, 33 Tenn.App. 359 , 232 S.W.2d 272 ; and City of Nashville v. Brown, 25 Tenn.App. 340 , 157 S.W.2d 612 . … See Wilson v. Maury County Board of Education, 42 Tenn.App. 315 , 302 S.W.2d 502 , and authorities therein cited. This general immunity of counties is stated in 25 Am.
Cited 23 timesPublished144 Tenn. 129 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1920
In Turnpike v. Brown, 8 Baxt., 490 , 35 Am. … Again, in State ex rel. v. Board of Inspectors, 114 Tenn., 516 , 86 S.
Cited 13 timesPublishedRobertson v. Mt. Olivet Cemetery Co.
116 Tenn. 221 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1905
Aaron V. Brown died leaving a will in which *223 he divided Ms estate between Ojnthia H. … In Derby v. Derby, 4 R.
Cited 3 timesPublishedLaughlin Clinic, Inc. v. Henley
208 Tenn. 252 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 5, 1961
Lynch v. La Rue, 198 Tenn. 101, 104 , 278 S.W.2d 85 . … Tomes v. Gray & Dudley Company, 201 Tenn. 697 , 301 S.W.2d 389 . Moreover, the ruling in the Tomes case and in American Casualty Insurance Company v.
Cited 5 timesPublishedRed River Furnace Co. v. Tennessee Central Railroad
113 Tenn. 697 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1903
Since the case of State v. … Tbe import of these cases may be condensed in a paragraph from Sykes v. Mayor, 55 Miss., 137 , embodied and approved in tbe opinion of tbe court in Grenada Supervisors v. Brown, 112 U. S., 261 , 5 Sup. Ct., 125, 28 L.
Cited 10 timesPublished
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