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  • Dayton v. Coal & Iron Co.

    99 Tenn. 578 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 20, 1897

    Harris v. State, 96 Tenn., 496 . … Franklin Co. v. Railroad, supra. Fragmentary assessments, made by local Assessors, of such property could not be otherwise than unequal and unsatisfactory.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Reinhart v. State

    193 Tenn. 15 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 16, 1951

    Cronan v. State, 113 Tenn. 539 , 82 S. W. 477 ; Patmore v. State, 152 Tenn. 281 , 277 S. W. 892 . The final insistence is that Mr. … In McCanless v. Evans, 177 Tenn. 86 , 146 S.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Bowling v. Carnahan

    171 Tenn. 26 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 16, 1937

    One Yaughan re *28 ceived 1,009 votes, Brown received 674' votes, Carnahan and Smotherman each received 642 votes, and petitioner Bowling received 637' votes. Vaughan and Brown accordingly were elected without question. … Johnston v. State, supra. In addition to the two authorities just cited, we are referred to State ex rel. Brown v. Boden, 51 N. J.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Baxter v. Jordan

    158 Tenn. 471 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 16, 1929

    However, upon appeal from the awards of such Boards or Commissions, such awards will not be sustained unless *476 there was some direct and admissible evidence introduced to uphold them. Reck v. … Tennessee Chemical Co. v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Saylors v. Saylors

    50 Tenn. 525 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 8, 1871

    Brown for $230, and pay the same for me, or stay it, if sued upon same. … In Williams v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Southern Ry. Co v. Hamblen County

    188 Tenn. 672 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 2, 1949

    Board of Mayor & Aldermen of McMinnville, 155 Tenn. 222, 225 , 291 S. W. 1067 ; State ex rel. v. American Glanzstoff Corp., 167 Tenn. 597, 601 , 72 S. W. (2d) 775 . … Kennedy v. Montgomery County, 98 Tenn. 165, 179 , 38 S. W. 1075 , 1079; Kyle v. Cooley et al., 170 Tenn. 547, 549 , 98 S. W. (2d) 85 ; Board of Commissioners of Union City et al. v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Seeley v. Pilot Fire & Casualty Company

    222 Tenn. 33 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 15, 1968

    Scott v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 169 Tenn. 351 , 87 S.W.2d 1011 ; Rollins v. Life & Casualty Insurance Company of Tennessee, 190 Tenn. 89 , 228 S.W.2d 70 ; Stone v. … The Court then quoted as follows from Stone v.

    Overruled on other grounds by Harrell v. Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Co., 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 530 (1996)Cited 12 timesPublished
  • State v. Hensley

    159 Tenn. 689 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 16, 1929

    Railroad v. Johnson, 114 Tenn., 632 ; Board of Equalization v. N., C. & St. L. Ry., 148 Tenn., 676 ; Mullins v. Tennessee Stave & Lumber Co., 155 Tenn., 132 . … Railroad v. Johnson, supra. Reviewing and following the earlier cases, in Board of Equalization v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Swain v. City of Nashville

    170 Tenn. 99 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 4, 1936

    Gould v. Topeka, 32 Kan., 485 , 4 P., 822 , 827, 49 Am. Rep., 496 ; Teager v. Flemingsburg, 109 Ky., 746 , 60 S. W., 718 , 53 L. R. A., 791, 95 Am. St. Rep., 400 ; Healy v. Chicago, 131 Ill. App., 183 ; McDonald v. … In Teager v. Flemingsburg, supra, the court adopted, substantially, the above language from Gould v. Topeka.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Barnes

    182 Tenn. 400 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 5, 1945

    Robinson was the chief engineer for the Board of Public Utilities and W. T. Howell was the superintendent. … The cases of Marion County Coal Co. v. Industrial Commission et al., 292 Ill. 463 , 127 N. E. 84 , and Martin v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • O'Connor v. City of Memphis

    74 Tenn. 730 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1881

    S.; Mount Pleasant v. Beckwith, 100 U. S. … A board of health. 4. A board of public works, to consist of five commissioners, two of whom are to be appointed by the Governor.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • 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 .

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Mike Allmand v. Jon Pavletic - Dissenting

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 26, 2009

    In July 2004, following a local election in April 2004, Ripley’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to abolish the Board of Public Utilities and to assume its oversight responsibilities. … McGregor v. Bd. of Comm’rs, 674 F. Supp. 858, 861 (S.D. Fla. 1987); Stephenson v. City of Claycomo, 246 S.W.3d 22, 30 (Mo. Ct.

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  • State ex rel. Folds v. Hunt

    216 Tenn. 195 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 7, 1965

    In Riddle v. … State v. Jones, 10 Tenn. 22 . This rule has continued to be recognized in State ex rel. Underwood v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Lansden v. Tucker

    204 Tenn. 388 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 27, 1959

    Paylor v. … That it is the Circuit Court’s duty to do so is made clear by the holding in Board of Equalization v. Nashville, C. & St. L.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Angela Varner Nickerson v. Knox County, Tennessee

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 8, 2021

    . § 50-6-217(a)(2)(B) (Supp. 2020) Appeal as of Right; Decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Affirmed See Batey v. Deliver This, Inc., 568 S.W.3d 91, 93 (Tenn. 2019); House v. Amazon.com, Inc., No. … The Appeals Board reversed the trial court and remanded for entry of an order of dismissal based on the lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Nickerson v. Knox Cnty.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Milam v. Milam

    138 Tenn. 686 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1917

    Chancellor Cooper, in Brown v. Bigley, 3 Tenn. … While Judge McKinney did not classify the lien, it was later classed by Chancellor Cooper as an equitable lien in Brown v. Bigley, supra.

    Cited 27 timesPublished
  • Medic Ambulance Service, Inc. v. McAdams

    216 Tenn. 304 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 7, 1965

    Grattan Brown, Jr., Attorney for Plaintiff Braxton Gandy, Attorney for Defendants, Medic Ambulance Service, Inc., and Charles A. Davis. … In the case of Hickman v.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • State Ex Rel. v. Farmers State Bank

    162 Tenn. 499 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 10, 1931

    It is said that some of the officers and directors were permitted to overdraw and that an examination of the bank disclosed to the examiner that excessive loans were being made without authority of the board of directors … Reed v. Conway, 20 Mo., 43 ; Allen v. Commonwealth, 83 Va., 94 ; Kendall v. Stokes, 3 Howard, 87 , 11 L. Ed., 506 ; State v. American Surety Co., 26 Idaho, 674 ; Sanders v. Hawkins, 142 S. W., 84 ; State v. Kern, 51 N.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Mayor of Nashville v. Toney

    78 Tenn. 643 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1882

    In the case of Mayor and City Council of Nashville v. J. G. … See also Mayor, etc. v. Hagan, 9 Baxt., 495 ; Belote v. Wynne, 7 Yer., 341 ; Muse v. Donelson, 2 Hum., 166 .

    Cited 1 timesPublished

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