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  • Ballew v. City of Chattanooga

    205 Tenn. 289 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 5, 1959

    If, in the decision of the question, the Court is to limit its study to the two words “legally liable” we are left in doubt as to what the Board had in mind. … Rogers v. Butler, 170 Tenn. 125 , 92 S.W.2d 414 .

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  • Jones v. Planters Bank of Tennessee

    56 Tenn. 455 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1872

    No other business being before the Board, on motion the Board adjourned.” … Puryear, Adm., v. McGavock et als., MS., * Nashville, 1871.

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  • Goodwin v. Guild

    27 L.R.A. 660 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 1, 1895

    The doctrine is tersely stated in Kendall v. Stokes, 3 How. (U. … As was said in Sparta v. Lewis, 7 Pick., 374 , “it is not a trial between the State and defendant, nor on a presentment or indictment by *493 and before a jury; but it is in the nature of a suit for debt.

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  • Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. Co. v. Newsome

    141 Tenn. 8 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1918

    Co. v. Mitchell, 98 Tenn., 27 , 40 S. W., 72 ; 10 C. J., 982. … All the authorities agree that as to passengers in course *13 of carriage, and boarding and alighting, the carrier roust perform its duties with the highest degree of care. Nashville, etc., R. Co. v.

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  • State ex rel. Ellis v. Robbins

    195 Tenn. 681 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 11, 1953

    Code, Section 2327, subsection 6, provides that the County Superintendent and Chairman of the County Board of Education shall constitute the executive committee of said Board of Education. … Abernathy v. Robertson, 5 Tenn. Civ. App. 438; Hope v. Hamilton County, 101 Tenn. 325 , 47 S. W. 487 ; Madison County v. Alexander 116 Tenn. 685 , 94 S.

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  • Matlock v. Simpson

    902 S.W.2d 384 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 13, 1995

    Roberts v. Chase, supra; Richmond v. Christian, 555 S.W.2d 105 (Tenn.1977); Hogan v. Cooper, 619 S.W.2d 516 (Tenn.1981); Brown v. Weik, 725 S.W.2d 938 (Tenn.App.1983); Estate of Depriest v. … Green, 622 S.W.2d 829 (Tenn.App.1981); Owen v. Stanley, 739 S.W.2d 782 (Tenn.App.1987); Reynolds v. Day, 792 S.W.2d 924 (Tenn.App.1990); Crain v. Brown, 823 S.W.2d 187 (Tenn.App.1991).

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  • Citizens' Bank v. Kendrick, Pettus & Co.

    92 Tenn. 437 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 23, 1893

    Citizens’ Bank v. Patterson, 78 Ky., 291 ; Brown v. Merchants’ Bank, 79 N. C., 244 ; National Bank v. Byles, 67 Mich., 296 ; Miller’s Estate, 82 Penn. St., 113 (S. C., 22 Am. R., 754); In re Meyer, 78 Wis., 615 (S. … It recognizes the authority of Brown v. Merchants’ Bank, supra, and makes a distinction' between the two cases upon their different facts. The English rule is stated by Mr.

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  • Grier v. Canada

    119 Tenn. 17 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1907

    This act and its construction was before this court in Weatherhead v. Sewell, 9 Humph., 272 , and Brown v. Brown, 14 Lea, 253 , 52 Am. Rep., 169 . Mr. … Stillman v. Stillman, 7 Baxt., 175 ; Cooley v. Steele, 2 Head, 605 .

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  • Barnett v. City of Memphis

    196 Tenn. 590 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 21, 1954

    A recent case of this Court in point is that of Reed v. Rhea County and its Board of Education, 189 Tenn. 247 , 225 S.W. (2d) 49 . … These principles were clearly announced, too, in the recent case of Scates v. Board of Commissioners of Union City, 196 Tenn. 274 , 265 S.W. (2d) 563 .

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  • Read v. Memphis Gayoso Gas Co.

    56 Tenn. 545 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1872

    V. S. … The cases of Netter v. West Cambridge R. R. Co., 6 Grey, 87; and York & Cumberland Railway v.

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  • Young v. State

    173 Tenn. 469 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 25, 1938

    Code section 11288; Brown v. State, 88 Tenn., 566 , 13 S. W., 236 ; Edwards v. State, 76 Tenn. (8 Lea), 411; State v. Smith, 10 Tenn. (2 Yerg.), 272. … The situation is unlike that in State of Iowa v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Boling v. Tennessee State Bank

    890 S.W.2d 32 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 28, 1994

    However, the Court of Appeals in Macon County Livestock Market, Inc. v. … V The judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed.

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  • State ex rel. Estep v. Peters

    815 S.W.2d 161 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 5, 1991

    In State ex rel. v. … Our decision in Jordan v. State ex rel.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Dollman v. Collier

    92 Tenn. 660 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 31, 1893

    Again, in Brown v. Brown, 2 Sneed, 432 , this Court, construing the mechanic’s lien law, the case of Barnes v. … To the same effect is McLeod & McGrath v.

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  • Tennessee Central Railroad v. Campbell

    109 Tenn. 655 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1902

    Railroad v. Campbell, ante, page 640. … Jackson, 1 Yerg., 294 ; Warner v. *659 State, 13 Lea, 52 ; Johnson v. Harris, 16 Lea, 136 ; State v. Taxing District, 16 Lea, 245 ; Brizendine v. State, 103 Tenn., 677 ( 54 S. W., 982 ).

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  • City of Knoxville v. Lively

    141 Tenn. 22 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1918

    In Foster v. … Chattanooga v. Dowling, 101 Tenn., 343 , 47 S. W., 700 ; Kolb v. Knoxville, 111 Tenn., 311 , 76 S. W., 823 ; Knoxville v. Klasing, 111 Tenn., 134 , 76 S. W., 814 ; City of Nashville v. Mason, 137 Tenn., 169 , 192 S.

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  • Beckler v. State

    198 Tenn. 372 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 10, 1955

    E. 815 ; State v. Mayor, etc., of Jersey City, 1890, 53 N. J. L. 112, 20 A. 829 ; Pollasky v. Schmid, 1901, 128 Mich. 699 , 87 N. W. 1030 , 55 L. R. A. 614. … It then concluded as follows: “We are of opinion, therefore, in this case that the words ‘entire board’ mean all the members of the board in existence, and not all those originally elected.”

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • State Ex Rel. Turner v. Gore

    180 Tenn. 333 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 20, 1943

    People v. Connors, supra. … People v. Lewis, supra. In People v. Conson, 72 Cal.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Jones v. Planters Bank of Tennessee

    56 Tenn. 455 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1872

    No other business being before the Board, on motion the Board adjourned.” … Puryear, Adm., v. McGavock et als., MS., * Nashville, 1871.

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  • Farnsworth & Chambers Co. v. Local Union 429, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

    201 Tenn. 329 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 8, 1957

    Allen-Bradley Local U.E.R.M.W. v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board, 315 U.S. 740 , 62 S.Ct. 820 . … In the case of Bethlehem Steel Company et al. v. New York Labor Relations Board et al., 330 U.S. 767 , 67 S.Ct. 1026, 1020 , 91 *336 L.Ed. 1234, 1245 , Mr.

    Cited 13 timesPublished

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