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  • State v. Yardley

    95 Tenn. 546 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 9, 1895

    or proprietor of said hotel, *552 inn, or boarding- house, may sell, at public auction, for cash, at hotel or boarding house office, any or all baggage or property, left at said hotel, inn, or boarding house, to satisfy … Thomas Shelton v. The State, MS.; State v. Runnels, 92 Tenn., 322 ; Ransome v.

    Cited 65 timesPublished
  • Simm v. Dougherty

    186 Tenn. 356 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 28, 1948

    Ezell v. Hake, 184 Tenn. 319 , 198 S. W. (2d) 809, 811 ; National Optical Stores Co., Inc. v. Bryant, 181 Tenn. 266 , 181 S. W. (2d) 139 . By the complainant’s own admission, there was such material evidence. … Though we are not in a position to make any recommendations, in view of the facts and punishment imposed in Prosterman v. Tennessee State Board of Dental Examiners, 168 Tenn. 16 , 73 S.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Flatt v. Tennessee Handle Co.

    190 Tenn. 190 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 17, 1950

    Brown who found that the degree of plaintiff’s disability had progressed to 23 per cent. On July 24, 1949, he was again examined by Dr. Brown who pronounced his disability to he 50 per cent. … Thus in Hartwell Motor Co., Inc. v. Hickerson, 160 Tenn. 513, 520 , 26 S.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Sparks v. Beer Committee

    207 Tenn. 312 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 9, 1960

    Saperstein v. Bass, 177 Tenn. 609, 152 S.W.2d 236, 239 , quoted with approval from *314 Crowley v. … See Madison v. City of Maryville, 173 Tenn. 489 , 121 S.W.2d 540 ; Cravens v. Storie, 175 Tenn. 285 , 133 S.W.2d 609 , and many others. In Wise v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Wallin v. Johnson City Lumber & Mfg. Co.

    136 Tenn. 124 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1916

    Wheeler v. Northwestern Sleigh Co. (C. C.), 39 Fed., 347 ; Hopper v. Sage, 112 N. Y., 530 , 20 N. E., 350 , 8 Am. St. Rep., 771 ; Bright v. Lord 51 Ind., 272 , 19 Am. Rep., 732 ; 7 R. C. L., p. 283, section 260 et seq. … In Beers v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County v. Shacklett

    554 S.W.2d 601 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 24, 1977

    See Boyd v. Burmaster, 193 Tenn. 338 , 246 S.W.2d 36 (1952); State ex rel Brown v. McCanless, 184 Tenn. 83 , 195 S.W.2d 619 (1946). … Thus in the case of State ex rel Brown v.

    Cited 50 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
  • State Ex Rel. v. Humphreys

    163 Tenn. 20 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 3, 1931

    In Hunter v. … On the other hand, in James v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Spears v. Sherman

    148 Tenn. 430 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1923

    To the same effect are the cases of Banks v. Brown, 4 Yerg., 198 ; Maxwell v. Salts, 4 Cold., 235 . Ogg v. Leinart, 1 Heisk., 40 , is not in conflict. … Nichol v. McCombs, 2 Yerg., 83 ; Banks v. Brown, 4 Yerg., 198 ; Triplet v. Gray, 7 Yerg., 17 ; E. T. Murray & Co. v. Yeaman, 115 Tenn., 639, 651 , 91 S. W., 1111 . In accord with these are the cases of Dawson v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Hughes v. State

    588 S.W.2d 296 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 9, 1979

    As held in Brown v. Texas, supra, “none of the circumstances preceding the officers’ detention justified a reasonable suspicion that he was involved in criminal conduct.” 99 S.Ct. at 2641. … See Brown v. Texas, supra, for similar language applied to an analogous situation.

    Cited 75 timesPublished
  • State ex rel. Atkin v. City of Knoxville

    203 Tenn. 622 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 6, 1958

    Campbell v. Board of Civil Service Com’rs of City of Los Angeles, 76 Cal.App.2d 399 , 173 P.2d 58 . * * * * * * “No position shall be filled in civil service except in accordance with the Civil Service Acts. … Healey v. Jones, 152 Pa.Super. 18 , 30 A.2d 732 . * * * * * * “On cannot assert any right to continue to hold a position to which he was not appointed in accordance with provisions of Civil Service Law. Wolff v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Hillman & Bros. v. Anthony

    63 Tenn. 444 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1874

    In Brown v. … v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Hance Ex Rel. Hance v. Haun

    216 Tenn. 176 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 2, 1965

    Reverting to Brown v. Selby, supra, that case, at page 75, reviewed a number of our prior decisions and quoted from Haley v. Mobile & O. … Co. v. Cooper, 203 Tenn. 425 , 313 S.W.2d 444 (1958), approved in Brown v.

    Overruled by Luna Ex Rel. Lee v. Clayton, 1983 Tenn. LEXIS 788 (1983)Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Ewin v. Richardson

    217 Tenn. 534 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 31, 1966

    The case of Clark v. Liquor Control Board of Texas, 357 S.W.2d 176 (Texas Civ. App. 1962) is similar to the case at bar. … In Case v.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Bell v. Shannon

    212 Tenn. 28 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 10, 1963

    Brown, J. S. Brown, Chas. E. Bell, Chas. E. Bell, Jr., and Robert E. … Charities sec. 47, page 503, citing Atchison v. United Presbyterian Board of Education, 266 Pa. 47 , 109 A. 597 . The fourth assignment is, therefore, overruled.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Rector v. Griffith

    563 S.W.2d 899 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 3, 1978

    In Townsend v. … See also Haggard v. Gallien, 157 Tenn. 269 , 8 S.W.2d 364 (1928). In Whedbee v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Nickey Bros. v. Lonsdale Mfg. Co.

    149 Tenn. 1 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1923

    Merritt v. Duncan, 54 Tenn., 164 , 19 Am. Rep., 612 ; Hunt v. Sanford, 6 Yerg., 387 ; Van Wyck v. Norvell, 2 Humph., 195 ; Ryland v. Brown, 2 Head. 273. … Citing Magee v. Badger, 34 N. Y., 249 , 90 Am. Dec., 691 ; Am. Ex. Nat. Bank v. New York Belting, etc., Co., 148 N. Y., 705 , 43 N. E., 168 ; Know v. Eden Musee American Co., 148 N. Y., 454 , 42 N. E., 988 , 31 L. R.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Coleman v. Acuff

    569 S.W.2d 459 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 7, 1978

    Sanders v. Vinson, 558 S.W.2d 838 (Tenn.1977), is dispositive of this appeal. … Gallagher v. Butler, 214 Tenn. 129 , 378 S.W.2d 161 (1964). So, construing TCA §§ 49-1402 and 49-1403 together, as we did in Sanders v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Ford v. Cottrell

    141 Tenn. 169 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1918

    And, in said case of Manlove v. … Alexander v. Miller, 7 Heisk., 65 ; Hope v. Wilkinson, 14 Lea, 21 , 52 Am. Rep., 149 ; Douglass v. Baber, 15 Lea, 651 ; Overton v. Lea, 108 Tenn., 505 , 68 S. W., 250 .

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • City of Cookeville Ex Rel. Cookeville Regional Med. Ctr. v. Humphrey

    126 S.W.3d 897 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 20, 2004

    The Authority’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) decided to oppose Premier’s certificate of need application. … See, e.g., Bleeker v.

    Cited 66 timesPublished

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