Case law

Opinions from 1658 to today.

Filterstenn

6,256 results

1.68s

  • Landers v. Jones

    872 S.W.2d 674 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 23, 1994

    Brown v. Brown, 155 Tenn. 530 , 296 S.W. 356 (1927). Subject matter jurisdiction relates to the nature of the cause of action and the relief sought and is conferred by the sovereign authority which organizes the court. … Dixie Savings Stores, Inc. v. Turner, 767 S.W.2d 408, 410 (Tenn.App.1988); Tennessee Dept. of Human Services v.

    Cited 238 timesPublished
  • Seawell v. Beeler

    199 Tenn. 438 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 3, 1956

    Block Coal & Coke Corp. v. Case, 193 Tenn. 377 , 246 S. W. (2d) 52 . At page 380 of 193 Tenn., at page 53 of 246 S. … Acts 1947, c. 9, the Legislature created a licensing Board for the Healing Arts with jurisdiction over various professions included therein. This Act was held to be constitutional in Short v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Copley v. State

    153 Tenn. 189 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 6, 1925

    S.), 285, and *193 note; State v. Brown, 88 S. E., 21 , 103 S. C., 437, L. R. A. 1916D, 1295, and note, page 1299. In other words, the criminal agency must appear as noted in Ashby v. State, supra. … State v. Brown, 88 S. E., 21 , 103 S. C., 437, L. R. A., 1916 D, 1295.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • State v. Housler

    193 S.W.3d 476 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 19, 2006

    Gallaher v. Elam, 104 S.W.3d 455, 463 (Tenn.2003). A. PROSECUTORS’ KNOWING USE OF FALSE EVIDENCE Relying mainly on Mooney v. Holohan, 294 U.S. 103 , 55 S.Ct. 340 , 79 L.Ed. 791 (1935), and Napue v. … State v. Smith, 24 S.W.3d 274, 281 (Tenn.2000).

    Cited 55 timesPublished
  • Tri-State Fair v. Rowton

    140 Tenn. 304 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1918

    It is the settled rule that where the legislature of a State constitutes a state board of agriculture or a board of managers an agency of the State and *312 devolves directly upon them the duty of conducting a State fair, … See, also, Dunn v. Agricultural Soc., 46 Ohio St., 93 , 18 N. E., 496 , 1 L. R. A., 754, 15 Am. St. Rep., 556 ; Gartland v. N. Y.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • State Ex Rel. Daugherty v. Payne

    180 Tenn. 268 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 16, 1943

    Y., chap. 43, and is signed by a member of the Parole Board of that State. It contains no affidavit before a magistrate and is not authenticated by the Governor. *270 The second document authorizes John H. … State ex rel. v. Hackett, 161 Tenn., 602, 604 , 33 S. W. (2d), 422 ; Ex parte Dawson, 8 Cir., 83 F., 306 ; Roberts v. Reilly, 116 U. S., 80 , 6 S. Ct., 291 , 29 L. Ed., 544 ; Ex parte Reggel, 114 U. S., 642 , 5 S.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Browning v. Gray

    137 Tenn. 70 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1916

    Prom this judgment the petitioner Browning has appealed and assigned errors. … In McCraw v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Ruckart v. Schubert

    223 Tenn. 215 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 27, 1969

    Joslyn v. Sappington (1806), 1 Tenn. 222 ; Abbott v. Flagg (1870), 48 Tenn. 742 ; Hunter v. *219 Gardenhire (1882), 78 Tenn. 87 , and Grant v. Martin (1968), 221 Tenn. 563 , 428 S.W.2d 785 . … Grant v. Martin, supra.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Deaton v. Tennessee Coal & Railroad

    59 Tenn. 650 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1874

    was in reality capable of a full and bona fide performance within the year, without the intervention of. extraordinary circumstances, then it is to be considered as not within the statute. 3 Parsons on Confer., 35; Leinau v. … Brown on Erauds, sec. 282.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Turberville v. Fowler

    101 Tenn. 88 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 7, 1898

    It was held in the case of Brown v. … Taylor, 108 Ill., 725 , and Brigham v. Brown, 44 Mich., 59 , it was *94 held that if the deed be recorded before such instructions are given, the record is not notice.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • State v. Killough

    156 Tenn. 131 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 21, 1927

    These two in conjunction with the Clerk, constitute the Board of Appraisers. … High on Extraordinary Legal Bemedies (3 Ed.), 39; State v. Andrews, 131 Tenn., 554 . The facts do not sustain the administrator’s defense of estoppel.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Deaton v. Tennessee Coal & Railroad

    59 Tenn. 650 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1874

    was in reality capable of a full and bona fide performance within the year, without the intervention of. extraordinary circumstances, then it is to be considered as not within the statute. 3 Parsons on Confer., 35; Leinau v. … Brown on Erauds, sec. 282.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • State Ex Rel. Town of South Carthage v. Barrett

    840 S.W.2d 895 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 28, 1992

    Haywood v. … Roach v.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Turner v. State

    111 Tenn. 593 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1902

    Payne v. State, 3 Humph., 377 . In Eason v. … Conatser v. State, 12 Lea, 445 . In Woods v.

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Deaton v. Tennessee Coal & Railroad

    59 Tenn. 650 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1874

    was in reality capable of a full and bona fide performance within the year, without the intervention of. extraordinary circumstances, then it is to be considered as not within the statute. 3 Parsons on Confer., 35; Leinau v. … Brown on Erauds, sec. 282.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Cora Cantrell v. Knox County Bd of Ed.

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 14, 2001

    CANTRELL, ET AL. v. KNOX COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, ET AL. … Moore v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Washington v. Ryan

    64 Tenn. 622 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1875

    McFaeland, J., dissented as follows: I agree fully in the conclusion, but from so much of the reasoning and comments upon the cases of Brown v. Vanleer, and Green v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Pence v. Archer

    191 Tenn. 385 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 9, 1950

    This property is described in the deed conveying the same to the defendants by Brown L. … Browne, St. Frauds, Section 345a; Whitby v. Whitby, [ 36 Tenn. 473 ] 4 Sneed, 473 ; Frazer v. Ford, [ 39 Tenn. 464 ] 2 Head, 464 .”

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Brady v. McGehee

    1 Thompson 220 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1860

    Laws, 331 et seq; 2 Kent Com. 9 Edit. 505; Bartsch v. Atwater, 1 Conn. 409 ; May v. Breed, 7 Cush. 15 ; Long v. Hammond, 40 Maine, 204; Potter v. Brown, 5 East, 124; Ogden v. Saunders, 21 Wheaton, 213 ; Thompson v. … Cock, 9 Conn. 304 ; Pugh v. Russell, 2 Blackf. 394 ; Woodhull v. Wagner, Baldwin C. C. 296; Browne v. Stackpole, 9 N. H 478; Cook v. Moffat, 5 How 295; Larrabee v. Talbot, 5 Gill 426 ; Donnelly v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • State v. Scott

    36 L.R.A. 461 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 17, 1897

    S., 129 ; Brennan v. Titusville, 153 U. S., 289 ), and a tax. upon their principals would be tantamount to a tax upon the business of those principals (Brown v. Maryland, 12 Wheat., 444 ; Leloup v. Mobile, 127 U. … Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat., 1 ; Brown v. Maryland, 12 Wheat., 446 ; Leisy v. Hardin, 135 U. S., 108 .

    Cited 20 timesPublished

Ask Donna

Ask Donna

A word about cookies

We need a few to keep you signed in and the library working. The rest help us see which pages people use and where they get stuck. They stay off unless you say yes.