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  • 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.

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  • Franklin Light & Power Co. v. Southern Cities Power Co.

    164 Tenn. 171 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 5, 1932

    Vertrees v. State Board, 141 Tenn., 654 , 214 S. W., 737 ; Camden Fire Insurance Ass’n v. Haston, 153 Tenn., 675 , 284 S. W., 905 . … Richardson v. Young, 122 Tenn., 471 , 125 S. W., 664 ; Kelly v. State, 123 Tenn., 516 , 132 S. W., 193 ; Brown v. Sullivan County, 126 Tenn., 689 , 151 S. W., 50 ; Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee, 1 Wheat., 304 , 4 L.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Hamilton County v. Bryant

    175 Tenn. 123 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 21, 1939

    Const., art. 11, sec. 8; Rogers v. Butler, 170 Tenn., 125 , 92 S. W. (2d), 414 ; Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. v. Marshall County, 161 Tenn., 236 , 30 S. W. (2d), 268 ; Union County v. Toliver, 159 Tenn., 699 , 22 S. … Rogers v. Butler, supra, and State ex rel. Bise v. Knox County, supra.

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  • Directors of Maryville College v. Bartlett

    67 Tenn. 231 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1874

    Maury County v. … It is further alleged, that each of the said several bodies from whom the power of appointing the boards of trustees or directors of said college, and of filling vacancies in said board, also each of the bodies upon whom

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  • Robert Starbuck Newsom a/k/a Robby Starbuck v. Tennessee Republican Party

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 10, 2022

    Id. at 394-95 (citing Cole v. Dych, 535 S.W.2d 315, 322 (Tenn. 1976); King v. Elrod, 268 S.W.2d 103, 106 (Tenn. 1954)). … (citing State v. Lewis, 958 S.W.2d 736, 739 (Tenn. 1997)); State v.

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  • Ahern v. Ahern

    15 S.W.3d 73 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 20, 2000

    In Brown v. Latham, this Court 13 distinguished the contempt provisions in Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-9-102 from Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-104(a). Brown, 914 S.W.2d at 889. … Brown, 914 S.W.2d at 888.9 The “offenses” enumerated in Tenn.

    Cited 160 timesPublished
  • Southern v. Beeler, Atty.-Gen.

    183 Tenn. 272 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 1, 1946

    Standard Oil Co. v. State, 117 Tenn. 618 , 100 S.W. 705 , 10 L.R.A. (N.S.), 1015; Board v. Nashville, 134 Tenn. 612 , 185 S.W. 694 ; Solvent Savings, etc., Co. v. Walker, 128 Tenn. 22 , 157 S.W. 66 ." … While the board of education and the clerk of said board *Page 295 are county officers, their salaries must be paid out of the general education fund. In State ex rel. v.

    Cited 66 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 .

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  • 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.

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  • Carter County v. Oliver-Hill Const. Co.

    143 Tenn. 649 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1920

    Co. v. Crane Co., 219 U. S., 24, 34 , 55 L. … A boarding house might be conducted by the contractor (like some *662 company stores concerning Avhich states have legislated— Keolcee Consol. Coke Co. v. Taylor, 234 U. S., 224 , 58 L. Ed., 1288 , 34 Snp. Ct.

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  • State v. Mitchell

    104 Tenn. 336 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 4, 1899

    Bradley v. Dibbrell, 3 Heis., 522; Hix v. Gosling, 1 Lea, 567 . In Tappan v. … The case of Rogers v. L. & N. R. R. Co. was a suit impeaching the action of a board of directors in leasing a railroad, and the validity of their act was the question to be litigated.

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  • Parker v. Warren County Utility District

    2 S.W.3d 170 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 7, 1999

    Inc. v. Ellerth, 118 S.Ct. 2257 (1998), and Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 118 S.Ct. 2275 (1998). … V. ELLERTH AND FARAGHER V.

    Cited 58 timesPublished
  • Memphis & State Line Railroad v. Union Railway Co.

    116 Tenn. 500 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1905

    Co. v. Taxing District, 4 Lea, 644 ; Maney v. State, 6 Lea, 218 , Railroads v. Crider, 7 Tenn., 506 , 19 S. W. 618 ; Knoxville v. Lewis, 12 Lea, 181 ; State v. Yardley, 95 Tenn., 546, 559 , 32 S. W., 481 , 34 L. R. … Buchanan v. Robinson, 3 Baxt., 152 ; Home Ins. Co. v. Taxing District, 4 Lea, 644 ; Fisher v. Baldridge, 91 Tenn., 418 , 19 S. W., 227 ; Blaufield v. State, 103 Tenn., 600 , 53 S. W., 1090 .

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • State Ex Rel. Swink v. Mayo

    157 Tenn. 339 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 16, 1928

    Garner v. Carroll, 7 Yerg., 365 ; Staggs v. State, 3 Humph., 375 . … Dunn v. State, 127 Tenn., 272 ; Rhinehart v. The State, 122 Tenn., 698 ; Miller v. Railroad, 1 App. Cas., 88.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Southern Photo & Blue Print Co. v. Gore

    173 Tenn. 69 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 2, 1938

    Cannon v. Mathes, 55 Tenn. (8 Heisk.), 504; Palmer v. Southern Express Co., 129 Tenn., 116 , 165 S. W., 236 ; Armstrong v. City of South Fulton, 169 Tenn., 54 , 82 S. W. (2d), 862 ; Lamb et al. v. … State ex rel. v. Gaines, 72 Tenn. (4 Lea), 352; Mayor & Aldermen of Knoxville v. Lewis, 80 Tenn. (12 Lea), 180; Koen v. State, 162 Tenn., 573 , 39 S.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Barrett v. Tennessee Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission

    284 S.W.3d 784 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 5, 2009

    Browning-Ferris Indus. of Vt., Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc., 492 U.S. 257, 266-67 (1989) (footnotes omitted) (citations omitted); see also Calvin R. … More recently, in Richardson v. Tennessee Board of Dentistry, we discussed the scope of an administrative agency’s authority to resolve constitutional issues. 913 S.W.2d 446, 454 (Tenn. 1995).

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Shared Hospital Services Corp. v. Ferguson

    673 S.W.2d 135 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 11, 1984

    Book Agents of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South v. State Board of Equalization, 513 S.W.2d 514, 523 (Tenn.1974). … A similar conclusion was reached by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in the case of the Children’s Hospital Medical Center v. Board of Assessors of Boston, 353 Mass. 35 , 227 N.E.2d 908 (1967).

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • In Re Hooker

    340 S.W.3d 389 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 25, 2011

    Hooker’s current challenge to the February 12, 2010 order of enforcement is based on Board of Professional Responsibility v. Cawood. … v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • City of Whitwell v. Fowler

    208 Tenn. 80 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 10, 1961

    Putnam County Beer Board v. Speck, 184 Tenn. 616, 621 , 201 S.W.2d 991 . … But as to proceedings under the common-law writ where the review is limited, as aforesaid, as far back as Board of Equalization v. Nashville, C. & St. L.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Bank v. Mann

    94 Tenn. 17 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 30, 1894

    Harris, 3 Cold., 172 ; Cate v. Blair, 6 Cold., 640 ; Richardson v. Brown, 1 Leg. Rep., 352 . … Garrity v. Cripp, 4 Bax., 86 ; Brown v. Gardner, 4 Lea, 157 ; Rogers v. O'Neal, 6 L. R. A., 427; Tousey v. Robinson, 1 Metcalf, 663; Graeme v. Adams, 14 Am. Rep., 130 ; Cutler v. Wright, 22 N. Y., 427 ; Hansbrough v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished

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