Case law

Gosling v. Griffin

85 Tenn. 737 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1875

In Vatterlien v. Howell the material facts were that Howell & Co., on the 10th of March, 1856, executed to E. S. Brown & Co. their promissory note for $208.50, due at six months. … See Carr v. Lewis, 20 N. Y., 138 ; Wheeler v. Guild, 20 Pick., 545 ; Baxter v. Little, 6 Met., 7 ; Edwards on Bills and Notes, marg. 537, 538. Our conclusion is that the case of Vatterlien v.

Wallwork v. City of Nashville

147 Tenn. 681 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1922

In Browder v. City of Henderson, 182 Ky., 771 , 207 S. … In Watson v. City of Atlanta, 136 Ga., 370 , 71 S.

Lingner v. Lingner

165 Tenn. 525 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 11, 1933

Hackney v. … We agree with the chancellor that Hackney v. Hackney, supra, fully sustained his first decree. In that case the bill prayed for a divorce from bed and board.

Westland West Community Ass'n v. Knox County

948 S.W.2d 281 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 7, 1997

Wilgus v. City of Murfeesboro, 532 S.W.2d 50, 53-54 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1975). If the revision is inconsequential and would not have altered the board's recommendation, resubmission is not mandated. … Id.; State v. Board of Comm'rs of Knox County Tenn., 806 S.W.2d 181, 188 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1990). An affirmative answer to either question mandates resubmission.

State Ex Rel. Clement v. Dodson

169 Tenn. 178 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 1, 1935

This is necessarily so with respect to all licensing boards of this character where the power to review is not conferred upon the courts. *180 In O. P. Dobson v. J. J. … In the absence of an affirmative allegation in the certificate that the act of 1929 was not observed "by the board when the certificate was renewed in 1933, it will be conclusively presumed that the board performed their

Boswell v. Powell

163 Tenn. 445 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 5, 1931

Although, as noted in State ex rel. v. Jones, supra, a county board of education is a part of the State’s educational system, we think the members of such board are primarily local officers. … State ex rel. v. Bratton, 148 Tenn., 174 ; Crenshaw v. Barbour, 162 Tenn., 235 . For the reasons stated, we think the chancellor was in error in dismissing the bill herein.

Mosier v. Thompson

216 Tenn. 655 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 3, 1965

The case of Wright v. … T.O.A. sec. 49-105(15) (1964 Supp.). *664 In Board of Education of Memphis City Schools v.

State v. Hanson

279 S.W.3d 265 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 23, 2009

State v. … The requested language was taken from Brown Shoe Co. v.

Lyons v. Lay

179 Tenn. 388 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 5, 1942

Board of Elections, 173 Tenn., 269 , 117 S. W. (2d), 752 , the State Board of Elections having removed three election commissioners in Shelby County and appointed others in their places. … .Gteeen, that the Circuit Court of Shelby County had no jurisdiction to entertain such a suit; that under the statute creating the Board of Elections the official office and residence of the Board was declared to he at Nashville

Sonney Summers v. RTR Transportation Services

Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 28, 2022

Summers argued before the Appeals Board that Gentry and Reynolds were wrongly decided and are inconsistent with Jones v. … Summers v. RTR Transp. Serv., 2020-05-0875, 2021 WL 6119551, at *4 (Tenn. Workers’ Comp. App. Bd. Dec. 22, 2021). The Appeals Board went on to explain that it was Mr.

Algee v. State

200 Tenn. 127 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 27, 1956

Howell v. Sensing, 188 Tenn. 684 , 222 S.W.2d 13 . … The question is closely related to the holding of this Court in the case of Gallien v. Miller, 170 Tenn. 93 , 92 S.W.2d 403 .

Roe v. Jefferson

875 S.W.2d 653 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 21, 1994

Foster v. Harris, 633 S.W.2d 304 (Tenn.1982). … See e.g., Simmons v. United States, 805 F.2d 1363 (9th Cir.1986); L.L. v. Medical Protective Co., 122 Wis.2d 455 , 362 N.W.2d 174 (App.1984); Zipkin v. Freeman, 436 S.W.2d 753 (Mo.1968).

Johnson v. State ex rel. Dulling

583 S.W.2d 754 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 25, 1979

In Lamb v. … Having elected to submit the issue to the voters, the Board of Commissioners is bound by the vote of the people to issue the bonds and, on its failure to do so, is subject to the writ of mandamus. Lamb v. State, supra.

American Steel & Wire Co. v. Speed

110 Tenn. 524 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1903

Brown v. Houston, 114 U. S., 622 , 5 Sup. Ct., 1091, 29 L. Ed., 257 ; Pittsburgh, etc., Co. v. Bates, 156 U. S., 577 , 15 Sup. Ct., 415, 39 L. Ed., 538 ; Woodruff v. Parham, 8 Wall., 123 , 19 L. Ed., 382 ; Hinson v. … Much stress is laid by complainant’s counsel upon Brown v. Maryland, 12 Wheat., 436 , 6 L. Ed., 678 ; Leisy v. Hardin, 135 U. S., 100 , 10 Sup. Ct., 681, 34 L. Ed., 128 ; Lyng v. Michigan, 135 U. S., 161 , 10 Sup.

Methodist Hospitals of Memphis v. Assessment Appeals Commission

669 S.W.2d 305 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 23, 1984

On the other hand, the hospital cites us to LaManna v. … LaManna v. Electrical Workers Local Union No. 474, supra; Peabody College v. State Board of Equalization, 219 Tenn. 123 , 407 S.W.2d 443 (1966); Metro. Gov’t of Nashville v.

Taylor v. Smith

172 Tenn. 247 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 15, 1938

Brown, and W. M. … In Brown v. Brown, 155 Tenn., 530, 544 , 296 S. W., 356, 360 , where the question of the compensation of the receiver was presented, the court said: “The receivership was made necessary by the attachment.

State v. Carruthers

35 S.W.3d 516 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 11, 2000

Id.; see also State v. Brown, 836 S.W.2d 530, 539 (Tenn. 1992). … See State v. Pike, 978 S.W.2d 904, 914 (Tenn.1998); Bland, 958 S.W.2d at 660 ; Brown, 836 S.W.2d at 541-42 ; State v. West, 844 S.W.2d 144, 148 (Tenn.1992).

Riggs v. Riggs

181 Tenn. 633 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 2, 1944

The petitioner endeavors to sustain his right to an absolute divorce upon authority of Lingner v. Lingner, 165 Tenn. 525 , 56 S. W. (2d) 749 . In that case the' wife was the original complainant. … In Fuller v. Fuller, 157 Tenn. 697, 700 , 11 S.

State Ex Rel. Tidwell v. Morrison

152 Tenn. 59 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 6, 1924

State ex rel. v. Board of Inspectors, 114 Tenn., 516 , 86 S. W., 319 , and State ex rel. v. … In Lynch v. Lafland et al., 44 Tenn. (4 Cold.), 96, it appeared that the duty of electing a city physician was devolved upon the board of aldermen of the city of Memphis.

Haga v. Blanc & West Lumber Co., Inc.

666 S.W.2d 61 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 5, 1984

Keller v. East Tennessee Production Credit Ass’n., 501 S.W.2d 810 (Tenn.App.1973). Assumption of the risk is recognized as a defense to the owner’s duty, Gargaro v. … . *65 “The Supreme Court, in Rogers v.