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  • In Re Scalf's Adoption

    176 Tenn. 581 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 23, 1940

    On request of this official, the order directing that the children be turned over to Brown was stayed for a few days. … State v. Bockman, 139 Tenn., 422 , 201 S. W., 741 .

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Ransom v. Rutherford County

    123 Tenn. 1 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1909

    Board, 8 Heisk., 859 ; Edmondson v. Board of Education, 108 Tenn., 557 , 69 S. W., 274 , 58 L. R. A., 170; N., C. & St. L. R. R. Co. v. Franklin Co., 5 Lea, 707 ; Hamilton Co. v. … In Burr v.

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Bracey v. Woods

    571 S.W.2d 828 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 10, 1978

    Co. v. Hake, 183 Tenn. 615 , 194 S.W.2d 468 (1946); Elliott v. Equalization Board, 213 Tenn. 33 , 372 S.W.2d 181 (1963); Fentress County Bank v. … Elliott v. Equalization Board, supra; Fentress Counrty Bank v. Holt, supra; Rosewood, Inc. v. Garner, Tenn.App., 476 S.W.2d 273 (1972).

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Prescott v. Duncan

    126 Tenn. 106 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1912

    In Grant v. … Therefore Jackson v.

    Cited 68 timesPublished
  • State v. Mayor of Knoxville

    115 Tenn. 175 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1905

    Hitchcock v. Galveston, 96 U. S., 341 , 24 L. Ed., 659 ; Chapman v. Douglass county, 107 U. S., 348 , 2 Sup. Ct., 62, 27 L. Ed., 378 ; Argenti v. San Francisco, 16 Cal., 282 ; and Land Co. v. … of edu *188 cation to manage and control them, and that there is a reserved power in the State to enlarge or extinguish these boards (Edmondson v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Lee v. Cherry

    85 Tenn. 707 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 4, 1887

    . *710 Browne on Stat. Frauds, Section 354a; Blair v. Snodgrass, 1 Sneed, 26 . … Browne on Stat. Frauds, Section 345a; Whitby v. Whitby, 4 Sneed, 473 ; Frazier v. Ford, 2 Head, 463 . The objection that the sale is reported by the agent in his correspondence as having been made to “Mr.

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Waldauer v. Britton

    172 Tenn. 649 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 5, 1938

    By chapter 237, Private Acts 1911, the administration of the affairs of Shelby county were transferred from the county court to a new board of commissioners. This court, in Prescott v. … There is no such provision in the Constitution with reference to state officers, and members of the State Board of Elections are state officers. State ex rel. v. Bratton, 148 Tenn., 174 , 253 S. W., 705 .

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Supreme Lodge K. of P. v. LaMalta

    95 Tenn. 157 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1895

    Bacon’s Benefit Societies and Life Insurance, §§ 161, 185; Tennessee Lodge v. Ladd, 5 Lea, 720 , 721; Catholic Knights v. Kuhn, 91 Tenn., 216 . … Commandery v. Ainsworth, 71 Ala., 436 .

    Cited 27 timesPublished
  • State ex rel. Davis v. Evans

    122 Tenn. 184 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1909

    Rep., 195 ; Scholle v. State, 90 Md., 729 , 46 Atl., 326 , 50 L. R. A., 411, 414; State v. Thompson, 160 Mo., 333 , 60 S. W., 1077 , 54 L. R. A., 950, 952-953, 83 Am. St. Rep., 468 ; Hurst v. … W., 189 ; Staggs v. State, 3 Humph., 372 ).

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Petition of Youngblood

    895 S.W.2d 322 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 16, 1995

    Belmont v. Board of Law Examiners, 511 S.W.2d 461, 462 (Tenn.1974). See also, Petition of Tenn. … See MARTA v. Metro.

    Cited 51 timesPublished
  • Wofford v. Hooper

    149 Tenn. 250 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1923

    In Jones v. Eubanks, 86 Ga., 619 , 12 S. … In the case of Kollock v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • State v. Thompson

    193 Tenn. 395 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 9, 1952

    E. 610; Meglemery v. Weissinger, 140 Ky. 353 , 131 S. W. 40 , 31 L. R. A., N. S., 575; Gaw v. Ashley, 195 Mass. 173 , 80 N. E. 790 ; Board of Commissioners v. Montgomery, 170 Ga. 361 , 153 S. E. 34, 37 ; Arbogast v. … Compare Tisdale v. Tisdale, 34 Tenn. 596 .

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • State of Tennessee v. Jimmy Dale Qualls

    482 S.W.3d 1 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 28, 2016

    (quoting State v. Brown, 823 S.W.2d 576, 583 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1991) [hereinafter Brown I] (internal quotation marks omitted))). … State v. Brown, 992 S.W.2d 389, 391 (Tenn. 1999) [hereinafter Brown III] (citing Tidwell, 922 S.W.2d at 500-01; Burlison v. State, 501 S.W.2d 801, 803 (Tenn. 1973)).

    Cited 43 timesPublished
  • Ray v. Trapp

    609 S.W.2d 508 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 8, 1980

    The case of Ezell v. … In Massengill v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Troutman v. Crippen

    186 Tenn. 459 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 10, 1937

    administrative powers upon said board. … -the-board.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Davison v. Carr

    659 S.W.2d 361 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 31, 1983

    Fairhaven Corporation v. Tennessee Health Facilities Commission, 566 S.W.2d 885, 886 (Tenn.App.1976). T.C.A. § 6-20-220, under which Mrs. … Watts v. Civil Service Board of Columbia, 606 S.W.2d 274, 276-7 (Tenn.1980). See also Cantrell, Review of Administrative Decisions by Writ of Certiorari in Tennessee, 4 Memphis St.L. Rev. 19 (1973).

    Cited 66 timesPublished
  • Dorrier v. Dark

    537 S.W.2d 888 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 17, 1976

    Appellant relies upon Keyishian v. Board of Regents of U. of St. of N. … See Witt v. McCanless, 200 Tenn. 360 , 292 S.W.2d 392 (1956). Raton Public Service Company v.

    Cited 146 timesPublished
  • Crowe v. Carter County

    195 Tenn. 659 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 11, 1953

    Our conclusion thus expressed is supported by the following cases: Putnam County Beer Board v. Speck, 184 Tenn. 616 , 201 S. W. (2d) 991 ; State ex rel. Thurman v. Scott, 184 Tenn. 76 , 195 S. W. (2d) 617 ; Anderson v. … Putnam County Beer Board, 184 Tenn. 623 , 201 S. W. (2d) 994 ; Sowell v. Red, 192 Tenn. 681 , 241 S. W. (2d) 775 ; and Bragg v. Boyd, 193 Tenn. 507 , 246 S. W. (2d) 575 , and Young v. Boyd, 193 Tenn. 507 , 246 S.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Lyons v. Rasar

    872 S.W.2d 895 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 28, 1994

    State v. Sliger, 846 S.W.2d 262, 263 (Tenn.1993). In seeking to ascertain legislative intent, we must look to the entire statute in order to avoid any forced or subtle construction of the pertinent language. McClain v. … Belle-Aire Village, Inc. v. Ghorley, 574 S.W.2d 723, 725 (Tenn.1978); Spence v. Miles Laboratories, Inc., 810 F.Supp. 952 (E.D.Tenn.1992).

    Cited 105 timesPublished
  • State Ex Rel. Orr v. Thomas

    585 S.W.2d 606 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 20, 1979

    State v. Wagoner, 88 Tenn. 290 , 12 S.W. 721 (1889); Knott v. Stewart County, 185 Tenn. 623 , 207 S.W.2d 337 (1948); State ex rel. Agee v. Hassler, 196 Tenn. 158 , 264 S.W.2d 799 (1954); Southall v. … Cantrell v. Golden, 120 Tenn. 204 , 109 S.W. 1154 (1908); State v. Trotter, 153 Tenn. 30 , 281 S.W. 925 (1926); State ex rel. Michael v.

    Cited 53 timesPublished

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