Case law

Baker v. Griffeth

138 Tenn. 670 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1917

A justice of the peace’s warrant which is so defective, in failing to state a cause of action, as not to he cured by verdict under the rule declared in Parris v. Brown, 5 Yerg. (13 Tenn.), 267, and Railroad v. … Parris v. Brown, supra, at page 270, and Railroad v. Flood 122 Tenn., at page 78 , 113 S. W., at page 389. It was not meant to be ruled in Railroad v. Davis, 127 Tenn., 167, 171 , 154 S.

Harris v. State

96 Tenn. 496 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 21, 1896

Code, §3567, et se q;” The State v. Board of Inspectors, 6 Lea, 12 . … Rem., Secs. 521, 523; The State v. Board, supra. Practically, this case has been submitted to us on the pleadings.

Peggy Gaston v. Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Company

Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 7, 2003

Bill Brown Constr. Co. v. Glens Falls Ins. Co., 818 S.W.2d 1, 13 (Tenn. 1991) (emphasis in original); see also Rutherford v. Tennessee Farmers Mut. Ins. Co., 608 S.W.2d 843, 846 (Tenn. 1980). … In Bolin v. Tennessee Farmer’s Mutual Ins.

State Ex Rel. Ragsdale v. Sandefur

215 Tenn. 690 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 7, 1965

Motlow v. Clark, 173 Tenn. 81 , 114 S.W.2d 800 (1938); State v. Wilbur, 101 Tenn. 211 , 47 S.W. 411 (1898); Lyvm v. Polk, 76 Tenn. 121 (1881); Peerless Const. Co. v. Bass, 158 Tenn. 518 , 14 S.W.2d 732 (1929); Taylor v. … In the case of Longinette v.

State ex rel. Carey v. Bratton

148 Tenn. 174 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1923

The tenture of petitioner, therefore, began when the board elected him, and would end when the general assembly convened and appointed a successor. State v. Trewhitt, 113 Tenn., 561 , 82 S. W., 480 ; State v. … Colville v. Neal, 2 Swan, 89 ; Lewis v. Watkins, 3 Lea, 181 ; Day v. Sharp, 128 Tenn., 340 , 161 S. W., 994 ; Hogan v. Hamilton County, 132 Tenn., 554 , 179 S. W., 128 ; McLean v. State, 8 Heisk., 22 ; Pucket v.

State ex rel. Gann v. Malone

131 Tenn. 149 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1914

A., 316; State, ex rel., v. Board of Inspectors, 114 Tenn., 516 , 86 S. … Abridg., 619, 620; 1 Brown & Hadly Comm., 209 (320); 5 Bac. Abridg., 398, 399; 1 Brown & Hadly Comm., 271 (421). In this State it is still held that office is a species of property. Maloney v.

Dickinson v. Bain

921 S.W.2d 189 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 29, 1996

The facts in Brown v. Taylor were significantly different from those in Williams v. Burg and the case presently before the Court. … Brown v. Taylor, 115 Tenn. at 8 , 88 S.W. at 934. Even though the Court in Brown v. Taylor, based its decision regarding attorney’s fees as damages on the Court’s decision in Williams v.

Cohen v. Cohen

937 S.W.2d 823 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 16, 1996

See Brown v. Brown, 913 S.W.2d 163, 167 (Tenn.App.1994), perm, to appeal denied, (Tenn.1995). The record supports the trial court’s conclusion. Mr. … Brown v. Brown, 913 S.W.2d at 167 . It is of little consequence who signed or wrote the checks when the account on which the checks were drawn contained both parties’ earnings.

Hamblen County v. City of Morristown

656 S.W.2d 331 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 10, 1983

Womble v. Walker; 181 Tenn. 246 , 181 S.W.2d 5 (1944); American Barge Line Co. v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, 179 Tenn. 156 , 163 S.W.2d 502 (1942); Sherman v. Cate, 159 Tenn. 69 , 16 S.W.2d 25 (1929). … Co. v. Tennessee Cent. Ry. Co., 212 Tenn. 556 , 370 S.W.2d 563 (1963); Petty v. Sloan, 197 Tenn. 630 , 277 S.W.2d 355 (1955); Rodgers v. Burnett, 108 Tenn. 173 , 65 S.W. 408 (1901).

State Ex Rel. Neilson v. Harwood

183 Tenn. 567 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 4, 1946

In Woods v. State, 130 Tenn. 100 , 169 S. W. 558 , L. R. … Wood v. State, supra..

Merchants of Memphis v. City of Memphis

68 Tenn. 76 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1876

Brown & Co. v. … Brown & Co. v.

Converse Bridge Co. v. Grizzle

119 Tenn. 683 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1907

. *688 ■constructed of pine boards or planks, consisting of three pieces 2x6 and bolted together. … Morriss Bros. v. Bowers, 105 Tenn., 64 , 58 S. W., 328 ; Guthrie v. Railroad, 11 Lea, 372 , 47 Am. Rep., 286 . In Bruce v. Beal, 99 Tenn., 304 , 41 S.

Lawrence v. Ingersoll

6 L.R.A. 308 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 19, 1889

Ibid., 332, citing 32 Cong., 45, State v. Hogan. … Cases, 608; Yules v. Mallory, Sen. El. Cases, 146.”

Hayslip v. Bondurant

194 Tenn. 175 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 7, 1952

Savage Co. v. Knoxville, supra. … Nor does this statute require that the witnesses who testified before the Board with reference to the charges *184 be sworn. This insistence was made in a somewhat similar proceedings in State ex rel. Sherman v.

Williams v. Personal Finance Co.

172 Tenn. 69 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 16, 1937

Williams testified that he had no knowledge as to what would be a reasonable charge, and introduced as his witness Brown, manager of defendant, who gave the same testimony. … Counsel for plaintiff, relying upon a statement in Family Loan Company v. Hickerson, 168 Tenn., 36 , 73 S. W. (2d), 694 , 94 A. L.

White v. Banks

614 S.W.2d 331 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 23, 1981

Such a transfer can be made only by the concurrent action of the superintendent and the board.” In McKenna v. Sumner County Board of Education, 574 S.W.2d 527 (Tenn.1978), we reviewed a number of teacher tenure cases. … McKenna v. Sumner County Board of Education, supra.

State of Tennessee v. James Beeler

387 S.W.3d 511 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 15, 2012

Brown, Judge ____________________ No. … Bryan v. United States, 524 U.S. 184, 191 (1998) (citing Spies v.

Smoky Mountain Land, Lumber & Improvement Co. v. Lattimore

119 Tenn. 620 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1907

In Cowan v. Murch, 97 Tenn., 590 , 37 S. W., 393 , 34 L. R. … In Carroll v. Alsup, 107 Tenn., 260 , 64 S. W., 193 , two members of the State board of-equalization were present and heard the case.

State v. Morgan

541 S.W.2d 385 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 9, 1976

BROWN: Your Honor, I object to that. THE COURT: That would be competent, any prior felony convictions. MR. BROWN: I would doubt if he even knows what that means. THE COURT: If he has had them he would know. … BROWN: Your Honor, again I object. He doesn’t understand what a felony is— GENERAL FISHER: Well, let’s take a short recess and let Mr. Brown explain it to him, please the Court. THE COURT: No, I am not going to do that.

Bragg v. Boyd

193 Tenn. 507 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 9, 1952

Beer Board v. Speck, 184 Tenn. 616 , 201 S. W. (2d) 991 . … Hicks v. Hicks, supra; Moore v. Chadwick, supra.