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  • Collins v. State

    220 Tenn. 23 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 10, 1967

    "We though for reasons stated in Russell v. … See such cases as Ward v. State, *33 20 Tenn. 253 ; State v. Conner, 45 Tenn. 311 ; Tomasson v. State, 112 Tenn. 600 , 79 S.W. 802 ; and Walker v. State, 118 Tenn. 375 , 99 S.W. 366 .

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  • Smiley v. Mayor of Chattanooga

    53 Tenn. 604 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 8, 1871

    Franklin, who was a member of the Board of Aldermen, and also of its Committee on Health and Hospitals, at the time and in pursuance of authority given him by the board; but the witness stated that the contract was not signed … See also Williams v.

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  • Nelson v. Cambria Coal Co.

    178 Tenn. 389 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 14, 1942

    Warner v. Warner’s Estate, 37 Vt., 356 ; Adams v. Field, 21 Vt., 256 . … F'or example, the headnote in Henderson v.

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  • State v. Downey

    945 S.W.2d 102 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 12, 1997

    Brown v. Texas, 443 U.S. 47, 50-51 , 99 S.Ct. 2637, 2640 , 61 L.Ed.2d 357 (1979). We agree that this is the appropriate constitutional standard to be applied. … Pimental v. Dept. of Transportation, 561 A.2d 1348 (R.I. 1989). Whether upholding or invalidating a sobriety roadblock, nearly every court has used the balancing analysis discussed in Brown v. Texas, supra.

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  • Hays v. Bright

    58 Tenn. 325 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1872

    .death, and provides only for her dominion over it during coverture, the right of her husband as survivor is • a fixed and stable right, over which the court has no control, and of which he cannot be divested : Stewart v. … Stewart, Y. & C., 246; Brown v. Brown, 6 Hum., 129 .

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  • Mayor of Nashville v. Thompson

    80 Tenn. 344 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1883

    In the case of Wroe and Wife v. … The same principle was decided in Bales v. Dyer, 9 Hum., 162 .

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  • State v. Shaw

    37 S.W.3d 900 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 1, 2001

    See State v. Patterson, 966 S.W.2d 435, 444-45 (Tenn.Crim.App.1997); State v. Brown, 915 S.W.2d 3, 7 (Tenn.Crim.App.1995). … See State v. Brown, 915 S.W.2d at 7 . While this evidence is not overwhelming, it need not be.

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  • Tipton County v. Scott

    177 Tenn. 507 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 24, 1941

    Shanks v. Hawkins County, 160 Tenn., 148 , 22 S. W. (2d), 355 . In Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. v. Carroll County, 161 Tenn., 581 , 33 S. … To like effect see Peters v. O’Brien, 152 Tenn., 466 , 278 S. W., 660 ; Hunter v. Conner, 152 Tenn., 258 , 277 S. W., 71 . In Roberts v. Roane County, 160 Tenn., 109 , 239 S.

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  • Henderson v. Waggoner

    70 Tenn. 133 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1878

    .” ■ It is correctly argued, that this charge does not come fully up to the rule laid down in Puryear v. MoGavock et al., 9 Heis., 461. … But it is said that this court held, in the case of Jones v. Planters Bank, 9 Heis., 455, that the motives of the board in making the loan, could be proved only by the record of its official action.

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  • State v. Leveye

    796 S.W.2d 948 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 24, 1990

    They also found in the room evidence that two persons were occupying the room, Donald Brown and James Leveye. … At first he denied that his name was James Leveye or Donald Brown, but later admitted he was Leveye. Mrs.

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  • Tony Willis v. Dept of Correction

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 27, 2003

    See Goss v. Lopez, 419 U.S. 565, 576 (1975); Carter v. W. … App. 1999); South v. Tenn. Bd. of Paroles, 946 S.W.2d 310, 311 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1996). The petition does not empower the courts to inquire into the intrinsic correctness of the board’s decision. Arnold v. Tenn.

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  • In Re Francis E. DICHTEL

    964 S.W.2d 900 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 16, 1998

    C In June and July of 1996, Dichtel continued to represent the respondent in Dokes v. Dokes, No. 26695-I, Shelby County Chancery Court. … C In June of 1996, Dichtel filed a complaint for divorce on behalf of Jody Chase in Chase v. Chase, No. 152465, Shelby County Circuit Court.

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  • Wilson v. State

    143 Tenn. 55 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1919

    Schlits Brewing Co., supra; State v. Yardley, supra; Memphis R. Co. v. State, 110 Tenn., 598 , 75 S. W., 730 ; State v. Brown, 103 Tenn., 449 , 53 S. W., 727 . … Jenkins v. Ewin, 8 Heisk., 473 ; Friedman v. Mathes, 8 Heisk., 489 ; Kelly v. Dwyer, 7 Lea, 199 ; Shelton v. Silverfield, 104. Tenn., 71, 56 S. W., 1023 ; Steel & Wire Co. v. Speed, 110 Tenn., 547 , 75 S.

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  • State Ex Rel. Groover v. Payne

    180 Tenn. 278 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 16, 1943

    Redwine v. Selman, 157 Tenn., 641 , 12 S. W. (2d), 368 ; State ex rel. Lea et al. v. Brown et al., 166 Tenn., 669 , 64 S. W. (2d), 841 , 91 A. L. R., 1246. … Redwine v. Selman, supra. In State ex rel. Lea v. Brown, 166 Tenn., 669, 683 , 64 S. W. (2d), 841 , 91 A. L.

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  • Land Co. v. Jellico

    103 Tenn. 320 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 4, 1899

    Law, 1035; Lord v. Anoka, 36 Minn., 176 ; Beaver Creek v. Hastings, 52 Mich., 528 ; Board of Supervisors v. *322 Horton, 75 Iowa, 271 ; Poalo, etc., v. Commissioners, 16 Kan., 302 ; People v. Batchelor, 22 N. … Hitchcok v. Galveston, 96 U. S., 341 ; 1 Dillon Mun. Corp., Sec. 460; Gas Company v. San Francisco, 9 Cal., *323 453 ; Columbus Water Company v. Columbus, 15 L. R. A., 354; Moore v. N. Y., 73 N. Y.; Schipper v.

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  • Troutt v. Railroad

    97 Tenn. 364 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 3, 1896

    It is held in the case of the State v. … Citing Sherman v. Brown, 4 Yer., 561 . The taxation of costs in the Court below belongs to that Court, and the jurisdiction of this Court in that regard is only for the correction of errors appearing of record.

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  • Shatz v. Phillips

    225 Tenn. 519 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 4, 1971

    In Brooks v. … Welch v. Swasey, 214 U.S. 91 , 29 S.Ct. 567 , 53 L.Ed. 923 (1909); Washington National Insurance Co. v. Board of Review, 1 N.J. 545 , 64 A.2d 443 (1949). This is peculiarly so in the exercise of the zoning police power.

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  • McKee v. Hughes

    133 Tenn. 455 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1915

    Orleans Parish Board (C. … White v. Nicholls, supra; Ambrosius v. 0’Farrell, 119 Ill. App., 265 ; Van Wyck v. Aspinwall, 17 N. Y., 190 .

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  • Carriger v. Mayor of Morristown

    69 Tenn. 243 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1878

    On May 20, 1868, the board again met and recorded on their minute book the following: “Whereas, the election returns now before the board show that the law of March 14, 1868, passed by the Legislature, was fully complied … Barnard v.

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  • State v. Burroughs

    926 S.W.2d 243 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 15, 1996

    Petty immediately contacted Dean Brown, 2 who called Nathaniel Allen, an officer employed by the Knoxville Police Department. … "Dean Brown” is not sufficiently identified in the record; we assume that "Dean” is a title rather than a name. . This case involved two defendants.

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