Case law

Pullins v. Fentress County General Hospital & All-American Exterminating Co.

594 S.W.2d 663 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 17, 1979

Cohen v. Cook, 62 Tenn.App. 292 , 462 S.W.2d 502 (1969).” We agree with the dissent and hold that the Court of Appeals erred in directing the verdict and dismissing the complaint. In Crabtree Masonry Co. v. … See also Harmon v. Richardson, 88 N.H. 312 , 188 A. 468 (1936) in which the court described the degree of burden on the plaintiff as “. . . a little more probable than otherwise.” Our own Court of Appeals in Johnson v.

Town of Oneida v. Pemberton

157 Tenn. 624 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 8, 1928

Schlosser, 141 Ky., 838 ; Rich v. Woods, 118 Ky., 865 ; Miller v. Sheldon, 198 Ia., 855 ; Durst v. Des Moines, 164 Ia., 82 ; Ross v. Barker Asphalt Paving Co., 158 Cal., 37 ; Allen v. Krenning, 23 Mo. App., 561 . … Brown, 165 N. C., 435 , held to the contrary.

Wright v. Wiles

173 Tenn. 334 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 11, 1938

State ex rel. v. Davis, 146 Tenn., 287 , 240 S. W., 762 ; State ex rel. v. Hannum, 158 Tenn., 119 , 11 S. W. *338 (2d), 858; State ex rel. v. Algood, 87 Tenn., 163, 166 , 10 S. W., 310 ; Brewer v. … In Brewer v.

McCarter v. Goddard

609 S.W.2d 505 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 8, 1980

For instance, if a board needlessly prolongs an application, the board has in effect denied the application. See City of Murfreesboro v. Fortner, *508 570 S.W.2d 859 (Tenn.1978). … In Lones v.

Williams Holding Co. v. Willis

166 S.W.3d 707 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 1, 2005

Co. v. Robert J. Denley Co., 38 S.W.3d 513, 518 (Tenn. 2001) (quoting Int’l Talent Group, Inc. v. Copyright Mgmt., Inc., 769 S.W.2d 217, 218 (Tenn. Ct. … Varner v. Perryman, 969 S.W.2d 410, 413 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997); see also McIntyre v.

Barnett v. Earthworks Unlimited, Inc.

197 S.W.3d 716 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 25, 2006

Lawson, 944 S.W.2d at 343 ; Brown Shoe Co. v. Reed, 209 Tenn. 106 , 350 S.W.2d 65, 69-70 (1961). … Brown in either late April or early May of 2002, his suit filed on June 16, 2003, was outside the one-year statute of limitations. Barnett relies on our recent case of Banks v.

State v. Hodges

944 S.W.2d 346 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 28, 1997

See State v. Brimmer, 876 S.W.2d 75 (Tenn.1994); State v. Harris, 839 S.W.2d 54 (Tenn.1992); State v. Caughron, 855 S.W.2d 526 (Tenn.1993); State v. West, 767 S.W.2d 387 (Tenn.1989); State v. … . *359 1989); State v. Poe, 755 S.W.2d 41 (Tenn.1988); State v. House, 743 S.W.2d 141 (Tenn.1987).

Nichols v. State

200 Tenn. 65 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 5, 1956

Brown explains these contradictions and we think her testimony rings true. De Grafenreid v. Nashville Ry. & Light Co., 162 Tenn. 558, 39 S.W.2d 274 ; Johnston v. Cincinnati, N.O.&T.P. Ry. … Brown and Miss Turner, and they were on tbe witness stand and seen by tbe jury and the trial court. As was said in Stanley v.

Murphy v. Southern Life Insurance

62 Tenn. 440 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1874

The character and extent of Brown’s agency is necessarily involved in this inquiry. "We have been furnished with the written opinion of the Chancellor in the case, and we find that he considered the- case of Bouton v. … Marky v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., 103 Mass., 78 . Story on Agency, §§58 and 106.

Phillips v. Rooker

134 Tenn. 457 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1915

Brown,- and J. K. … Kingsley v. Davis, 104 Mass., 178 ; Sessions v. Block, 40 Mo. App., 569 ; Tew v. Wolfshon, 77 App. Div., 454 , 79 N. Y. Supp., 286 ; Coles v. McKenna, 80 N. J. Law, 48, 76 Atl., 344 ; Lindquist v.

Holt & Johnson v. Hayes

110 Tenn. 42 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1902

The rules applicable in the'latter class of cases are those laid down in Dougherty v. Chesnutt, 86 Tenn., 1, 9, 10 , 5 S. W., 444 . … stands in their place as to that purchase. ' There is another element of damages that sometimes appears in timber cases, that is, damages arising out of special injury done to the land by the removal of the timber (Ensley v.

The Metropolitan Government of Nashville And Davidson County, Tennessee v. The Board of Zoning Appeals Of Nashville And Davidson County, Tennessee

477 S.W.3d 750 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 10, 2015

Inc. v. … Ct. 1978) (holding that township was a “party aggrieved” by zoning hearing board‟s decision and could therefore appeal board‟s decision to court); City of East Providence v.

Godfrey v. Templeton

86 Tenn. 161 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 4, 1887

to pay Brown a salary. … Price Peck v. Slate, post, p. -. Infamy does not disqualify a defendant to testify. Morgan v. Pickard, post, p. 208.

Independent Life Insurance v. Rodgers

165 Tenn. 447 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 10, 1933

State Board of Medical Examiners v. Friedman, 150 Tenn., 152 . … S.), 341; to statements made in an extradition proceeding before the Governor; Brown v. Globe P. Co., 213 Mo., 611 , 112 S. W., 462 ; to proceedings before the interstate commerce commission; Duncan v.

Mayor of Knoxville v. Gass

119 Tenn. 438 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1907

In State v. Yardley, 95 Tenn., 546 , 32 S. W., 481 , 34 L. R. A., 656, the act was entitled: “An act to protect hotel, inn and boarding house keepers.” … Cannon v. Mathes, 8 Heisk., 519 .” Another case in which it was claimed the title was restrictive, and objection made both to the title and the body of the act, is the case of State v. Brown, 103 Tenn., 454 , 53 S.

Moody v. Williamson County

212 Tenn. 666 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 11, 1963

Guffee v. Crockett, 204 Tenn. 121 , 315 S.W. 2d 646 . The claim here is that the bonds were not used exclusively for high school purposes. … The use of a gymnasium under the circumstances shown in this bill is a matter of administrative detail for the local school board and the fact in the judgment of the local board elementary school pupils make use of the gymnasium

State v. Moran

215 Tenn. 366 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 6, 1965

Ford v. State, 184 Tenn. 443 , 201 S.W.2d 539 ; Chadwick v. State, 189 Tenn. 256 , 255 S.W.2d 52 ; Cooper v. State, 123 Tenn. 37 , 138 S.W.2d 826 . … Hood v. State, 148 Tenn. 265 , 255 S.W. 51 .

City of Memphis v. Bettis

512 S.W.2d 270 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 3, 1974

Johnson v. … Brown, 216 Tenn. 166 , 391 S.W.2d 617 [1965], Governmental employees are personally -liable for torts they commit, even though engaged at the time in carrying out the activities of the employer. See Eubanks v.

Calhoun v. McCrory Piano & Realty Co.

129 Tenn. 651 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1914

Soc. v. Cunliffe, 22 Ch. D., 6172. … E. 704 ; McAdow v. Black, 4 Mont., 475 , 1 Pac. 751 ; Mundorff v. Wickersham 63 Pa., 87 , 3 Am. Rep. 531 .

Southern Operating Co. v. City of Chattanooga

128 Tenn. 196 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1913

In Dismukes v. … As to the point that the complainant is not subject to a privilege tax because protected by the commerce clause of the constitution, this is fully covered by Logan v. Brown, 125 Tenn., 209 , 141 S.