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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 timesPublishedState 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.
Cited 0 timesPublished113 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.
Cited 1 timesPublished995 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 timesPublishedSilverman 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.
Cited 8 timesPublished90 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 timesPublished65 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.
Cited 0 timesPublished931 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 timesPublished54 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 timesPublished170 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 timesPublished201 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 timesPublishedHarwood 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 timesPublished76 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 timesPublished87 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.
Cited 27 timesPublished645 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 timesPublished191 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 timesPublishedFirst 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 timesPublished38 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 .
Cited 0 timesPublishedMetropolitan 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 timesPublishedState 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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