Case law

Stockton v. Morris & Pierce

172 Tenn. 197 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 27, 1937

Counsel cite particularly as so construing the constitutional provision, or the statute, or both, Insurance Co. v. Craig, 106 Tenn., 621 , 62 S. W., 155, 157 ; Quinton v. Board of Claims, 165 Tenn., 201 , 54 S. … In Quinton v. Board of Claims, 165 Tenn., 201 , 54 S.

State Ex Rel. Poteat v. Bowman

491 S.W.2d 77 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 20, 1973

Co. v. Hake (1946), 183 Tenn. 615 , 194 S.W. 2d 468 , and State ex rel. Jones v. … Wright v. City of Oak Hill (1959), 204 Tenn. 353 , 321 S.W.2d 557 , and State ex rel. Morris v.

Barnes v. Ingram

217 Tenn. 363 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 9, 1965

In Reams v. … In a case involving the discretionary power in a city board to issue a retail liquor license, State ex rel. Veal v.

Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County v. Martin

584 S.W.2d 643 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 2, 1979

Lones v. Blount County Beer Board, 538 S.W.2d 386 (Tenn.1976). The preponderance of the evidence clearly supports the Trial Judge’s finding of insufficient evidence to support this particular suspension. … See also McCoy v.

Fourth Nat. Bank of Nashville v. Stahlman

132 Tenn. 367 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1915

A leading federal case touching this question is Brown v. Schlier, 118 Fed., 981 , 55 C. C. A., 475 . … The case of Brown v. Schlier is referred to, and the principles there decided adhered to by other courts.

Williamson v. McClain

147 Tenn. 491 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1922

Thus in the case note to Vallelly v. Board of Park Commissioners, 16 N. D., 25 , 111 N. W., 615 , as imported in 15 L. R. A. (N. … Vertrees v. The State Board of Elections, 141 Tenn., 645 , 214 S. W., 737 .”

Memphis Power & Light Co. v. City of Memphis

172 Tenn. 346 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 27, 1937

of Board and Authority. … Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation v. Western Union Tel. Co., 275 U. S., 415 , 48 S. Ct., 198 , 72 L. Ed., 345 ; Standard Oil Co. v. City of Lincoln, 114 Neb., 243 , 207 N. W., 172 , 208 N.

State v. Henry

65 Tenn. 539 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1873

In the first case the prisoner had been arrested by Brown, the prosecutor, assisted by one Heal. Brown attempted to strike the prisoner with a rock, because, as was said, he was telling lies by denying his guilt. … The case of Maples v.

Throgmorton v. Copeland

188 Tenn. 248 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 11, 1949

Moore v. Sharp, 98 Tenn. [491], 493, 41 S. W. 587 ; Shields v. McMahan, 112 Tenn. [1], 5, 81 S. W. 597 .” Barham v. Denison, supra. In Brown v. Howe, 163 Tenn. 138 , 40 S. … On appeal an election contest of the kind now before us is reviewed as any other case at law, Brown v. Hows, supra.

Queener v. Magnet Mills, Ins.

179 Tenn. 416 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 5, 1942

We are referred to decisions of administrative boards which are said to sustain the ruling of the Board of Review herein. We are also referred to the following *424 conrt decisions: Huit v. Boyd, 64 Ga. … E. (2d), 544 ; Johnson v. Pratt et al., 200 S. C., 315, 20 S. E. (2d), 865 ; Chrysler Corporation v. Smith, 297 Mich., 438 , 298 N. W., 87 , 135 A. L. R., 900.

Cooper v. Burson

221 Tenn. 621 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 21, 1968

This Court upheld the decision of the Board of Review that *628 both these women left their employment voluntarily without cause connected with the work. Cawthron v. Scott, supra, was followed in Thach v. … This Court adopted the construction of the statute in Cawthron v.

State ex rel. Grantham v. City of Memphis

151 Tenn. 1 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1924

Winkler v. … Winkler v.

Harris v. State

75 Tenn. 538 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1881

Brown. He was sentenced to be hanged, and has-appealed in error to- this court. … identified as Brown’s by a peculiar patch on the lining.

Cordell v. Kentucky-Tennessee Light & Power Co.

173 Tenn. 596 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 25, 1938

"When he substituted his own judgment about the matter for his employer’s rule and set aside that rule in favor of his own notions, we think this conduct was willful disobedience. ’ ’ In Brown v. … Co. v. Nichols, 168 Tenn., 672 , 80 S. W. (2d), 656 , 98 A. L. R., 508; Southern Motor Car Co. v. Patterson, 168 Tenn., 252 , 77 S. W. (2d), 446 ; and cases cited.

State Ex Rel. Taylor v. Rasnake

209 Tenn. 229 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 8, 1961

McNeal v. Avoyelles Parish School Board, 199 La. 859 , 7 So.2d 165, 167 , which to all intents and purposes fits this instant case like a glove. … (Board of Education of Richmond County v. Young, 187 Ga. 644 , 1 S.E.2d 739, 742 .) The last quotation likewise fits the factual situation in the instant case like a glove.

North Memphis Sav. Bank v. Union Bridge & Construction Co.

138 Tenn. 161 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1917

Gill v. Brown, 130 Tenn., 174 , 169 S. W., 752 ; Railroad v. Hayes, 117 Tenn., 680, 689-691 , 99 S. W., 362 ; Railroad v. Lindamood, 111 Tenn., 457 , 78 S. W., 99 ; Railroad v. Stewart, 13 Lea (81 Tenn.), 432. … A good illustration of such additional facts is found in the case of Gill v. Brown, supra; also in the case of Railroad v. Northington, 91 Tenn., 56 , 17 S. W., 880 .

Robertson v. Town of Englewood

174 Tenn. 92 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 21, 1939

Ba nk of Gallatin v. Baler, 74 Tenn. (6 Lea), 273, 277. … Bank of Gallatin v. Baber, 74 Tenn. (6 Lea), 273; O’Connor v. Memphis, 74 Tenn. (6 Lea), 730; 24 R. C. L., p. 566, sec. 10; 56 Corpus Juris 271.

Dorrier v. Dark

540 S.W.2d 658 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 24, 1976

but subsequent to the passage of the Open Meetings Act. 2 This, he maintains, evinces legislative intent that local school boards be exempt from the operation of the Open Meetings Act. … The leading Tennessee case in this area is Home Insurance Co. v. Taxing District, 72 Tenn. 644 (1880). All rules of statutory interpretation have only one purpose, and that is to ascertain legislative intent. Zickler v.

Ford Motor Company v. Pace

206 Tenn. 559 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 11, 1960

Board is biased and partial. … They have a board which regulates, licenses, etc., as this one does, made up of people with knowledge of their profession. This Court in Prosterman v.

Reagor v. Dyer County

651 S.W.2d 700 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 23, 1983

Pepper v. Gainesboro Telephone Co., 1 Tenn.App. 175, 176 (1925). We must accept the findings of fact of the trial court. … E.G., Rutherford County Beer Board v. Adams, 571 S.W.2d 830 (Tenn.1978); Serv-U-Mart, Inc. v. Sullivan County, 527 S.W.2d 121 (Tenn.1975). Any discriminatory application invalidates the rule. Id.