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  • Curtis v. Garrison

    211 Tenn. 339 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 7, 1963

    Harmon v. Tyler, 112 Tenn. 8 [ 83 S.W. 1041 ]; Board of Directors [etc.] v. Bodkin Bros., 108 Tenn. 713 [ 69 S.W. 270 ]; Baker v. Mitchell, 105 Tenn. 610 [ 59 S.W. 137 ]; In re [New River] Lumber & Mfg. … Gibson’s Suits in Chancery (New) par. 290; Agee v. Dement, 1 Humph. 332 ; White v. Buchanan, 6 Cold. 32 ; Noel v. Scoby, 2 Heisk, 20; Ferris v. Fort, 2 Tenn. Ch. 150; Board v.

    Cited 37 timesPublished
  • State ex rel. Underwood v. Adams

    225 Tenn. 553 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 15, 1971

    Anderson Fish & Oyster Co. v. Olds [197. Tenn. 604], 277 S.W.2d 344 ; Medic Ambulance Service v. McAdams, 392 S.W.2d 103 , 216 Tenn. 304 ; Carter v. Jett, 370 S.W.2d 576 , 51 Tenn.App. 560 ; Mayhew v. … Day v. North Am. Rayon Corp.

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  • Gotten v. Gowen

    113 Tenn. 174 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1904

    The cases of Woodbury v. Brown, 101 Tenn., 707 , 50 S. W., 743 , and State v. Frost, 103 Tenn., 685 , 54 S. W., 986 , are not in point.

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  • Guiliano v. Cleo, Inc.

    995 S.W.2d 88 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 28, 1999

    Watson v. Ingram, 124 Wash.2d 845 , 881 P.2d 247, 250 (1994) (quoting Dwinel v. Brown, 54 Me. 468, 470 (1867)). See also McKay, 182 S.W. at 875; Whaley v. Underwood, 922 S.W.2d 110, 112 (Tenn.App.1995). … Jansen, 303 Minn. 86 , 226 N.W.2d 739 (1975); Board of Trustees of State Inst. of Higher learning v. Johnson, 507 So.2d 887, 890 (Miss.1987); Knutton v. Cofield, 273 N.C. 355 , 160 S.E.2d 29, 35-36 (1968); Fisher v.

    Cited 384 timesPublished
  • Silverman v. City of Chattanooga

    165 Tenn. 642 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 8, 1933

    City of Nashville v. Vaughn, 158 Tenn., 498 ; Reams v. Board of Aldermen of McMinnville, 155 Tenn., 222 . … The holding in Malone v. Williams, 118 Tenn., 390 , relied on for plaintiff in error, is without application *646 here.

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  • Ballard v. Scruggs

    90 Tenn. 585 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 13, 1891

    Henry v. Keys, 5 Sneed, 487 ; Smith v. Hinson, 4 Heis., 250. … Alvis v. Oglesby, 2 Pickle, 180 , 181; Hughes v. Brown, 4 Pickle, 578 . Affirm the decree dismissing bill.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Douglass v. Brandon

    65 Tenn. 58 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1873

    This was error: Cooley v. Dill, 1 Swan, 313 . … In such a case the burden of proof is upon him who alleges the alteration: Bumpass v. Timms, 3 Sneed, 460 ; Brown v. Phelon, 2 Swan, 629 ; 5 Sneed, 178 . The charge was therefore erroneous.

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  • Wimley v. Rudolph

    931 S.W.2d 513 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 7, 1996

    In Goodwin v . Metropolitan Board of Health, 656 S.W.2d 383 (Tenn. … Goodwin v. Metropolitan Board of Health, 656 S.W.2d at 386. In a subsequent decision, State ex rel. Byram v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Skelton v. Baker

    54 Tenn. 292 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 24, 1872

    In Brown v. … intended than that it must be at the place where he performs the official act of rendering or accepting confession of the judgment which is to be stayed, that is his office for that purpose and occasion; and in Cheatham v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Liner v. Jenkins

    170 Tenn. 1 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 7, 1936

    Insurance Company v. Baber, 166 Tenn., 10 , 57 S. W. (2d), 791 . The rules adopted by the trial court are before us. … For example, Brown v. State, Heisk., 871; Curry v. Munford, 5 Heisk., 61-65; Thomison v. Douglass, 3 Baxt., 74 , 75. The notice is one thing; the motion quite another. The recent case of Life & Cas. Insurance Co. v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • City of Chattanooga v. Rogers

    201 Tenn. 403 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 7, 1956

    Justice Swepston in the case of Kingsport Utilites, etc. v. Brown, 201 Tenn. 393 , 299 S.W.2d 656 , 660, 659. … Such was the effect of the Supreme Court’s opinion in’the recent unreported case of Kingsport Utilities v. Brown, Sullivan Law.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Harwood v. State Ex Rel. Pillars

    184 Tenn. 515 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 3, 1947

    ¡See also Glazier v. … Kelley v. Wolfer, 119 Minn. 368 , 138 N. W. 315 , 42 L. R. A., (N S.) 978 Ann. Cas. 1914A, 1248; In re Linden, 112 Wis. 523 , 88 N. W. 645 ; Uram v. Roach, 47 Wyo. 335 , 37 P. (2d) 793 , 95 A. L. R. 1448; Stagway v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • State v. Goodbar

    76 Tenn. 451 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1881

    Rayle, 3 Hum., 205 ; Ross v. McCarty, 3 Hum., 169 . … Brown, 4 Yer., 561 . The reason is, that the taxation of the costs of the trial belongs to the trial court, and the jurisdiction of this court in that regard is only for the correction of errors appearing of record.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Boyd v. Sims

    87 Tenn. 771 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 6, 1889

    This rule is not only sound in reason, but unquestioned in authority. *777 Hawes v. Oakland, 104 U. S., 450 ; Dimpfel v. Railroad, Company, 110 U. S., 209 . … Huntington v. Palmer, 104 U. S., 482 ; Gas Company v. Williamson, 9 Heis., 314, 338-9.

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  • State v. Teague

    645 S.W.2d 392 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 31, 1983

    As is pointed out in Bunch v. … See State v. Banks, 564 S.W.2d 947 (Tenn.1978); Stamper v. Commonwealth, 220 Va. 260 , 257 S.E.2d 808, 815-816 (1979), cert. denied 445 U.S. 972 , 100 S.Ct. 1666 , 64 L.Ed.2d 249 (1980); State v.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • Pedigo v. State

    191 Tenn. 691 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 13, 1951

    defendant from a conviction of participation in the killing of Charles Cantrell, and it is the fourth time the Court has reviewed the facts of the crime on appeal by Pedigo and his codefend-ants, Milburn Adcock and James Brown … Accordingly, for failure to comply with the provisions of Code Section 11749, the judgment is reversed and the *694 case remanded, and a copy of the former opinion of this Court in the case of Adcock v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • First Utility District of Carter County v. Clark

    834 S.W.2d 283 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 26, 1992

    City of Nashville, 206 Tenn. 64 , 332 S.W.2d 163 (1960); Buena Vista Special School Dist. v. Board of Election Com’rs of Carroll County, 173 Tenn. 198 , 116 S.W.2d 1008 (1938); Arthur v. … In Rector v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Fay v. Jones

    38 Tenn. 442 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1858

    But it is said the bill is multifarious, because it also seeks to subject Jones’ interest in another tract of land, but we do not think this is so, under the rule laid down in Johnson v. Brown et al., 2 Hum., 327 .

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  • Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County v. Schatten Cypress Co.

    530 S.W.2d 277 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 14, 1975

    State v. Grosvenor, 149 Tenn. 158 , 258 S.W. 140 (1923); Moulton v. George, 208 Tenn. 586 , 348 S.W.2d 129 (1961); Mason v. … McCanless, 163 S.W.2d 63 (Tenn.1942); Knoxville v. Park City, 130 Tenn. 626 , 172 S.W. 286 (1914); Johnson City v. Booth, 37 Tenn.App. 231 , 261 S.W.2d 820 (1953). See also Chattanooga v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • State Ex Rel. Harned v. Meador

    153 Tenn. 634 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 6, 1925

    Demoville v. Davidson County, 87 Tenn., 214, 10 S. W., 353 ; Quinn v. Hester, 135 Tenn., 373 , 186 S. W., 459 ; Hill v. Roberts, 142 Tenn., 215 , 217 S. W., 826 . … by the board; provided citizens at the place selected donate $4,000 as a supplementary fund.

    Cited 19 timesPublished

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