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  • Shipley v. Wellwood Silk Throwing Mills

    164 Tenn. 281 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 26, 1932

    to the board for payment of money out of the state insurance fund. … In Barbee v. Baker Car Co., 154 Tenn., 130 , 289 S.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • General Carpet Contractors, Inc. v. Tidwell

    511 S.W.2d 241 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 3, 1974

    This Court, in Savage & Co. v. Mayfield, 157 Tenn. 676 , 11 S.W.2d 855 (1928), quoting in part from Union Bank v. Wolf, 114 Tenn. 225 , 86 S.W. 310 (1905) and Cannon v. … Lawrence Co. v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Cambria Coal Co. v. Daugherty

    161 Tenn. 457 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 28, 1930

    The record shows that some years before a suit for divorce from bed and board had been brought by the wife on account of desertion and failure' to support and that in that suit she was given a decree for alimony of $35 a … See Partee v. Memphis Concrete Co., 155 Tenn., 441 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Ball v. Cooter

    185 Tenn. 631 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 29, 1947

    United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Askew, 183 Tenn. 209 , 191 S. W. (2d) 533 ; Coleman v. Henry, 184 Tenn. 550 , 201 S. W. (2d) 686, 687 . … In re Brown’s Estate, 289 Pa. 101 , 137 A. 132 . The appeal was taken from a decree of the Chancellor sustaining a demurrer filed by some of the named Defendants or tbeir representatives.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Jeanette Rea Jackson v. Bradley Smith

    387 S.W.3d 486 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 16, 2012

    See Ragsdale v. Hill, 37 Tenn. … Jemison, 303 F.2d 52, 54-55 (5th Cir. 1962) (declining to apply res judicata to suit involving segregation issue in light of the intervening change effected by Brown v. Board of Educ., 347 U.S. 483 (1954)).

    Cited 139 timesPublished
  • Heiskell v. Knox County

    132 Tenn. 180 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1915

    Brown, as county judge thereof, together with the owners of said Cherokee tract of land, were made defendants. … Brown, county judge, and Jesse L.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • State ex rel. Pierotti v. Sundquist

    884 S.W.2d 438 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 29, 1994

    Cates v. … Failing to exercise proper supervision of Board Chairman Herzke after Herzke became an RCA paid consultant; and v. Failing to terminate the management agreement upon RCA’s insolvency in default of such agreement.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Zanone v. State

    35 L.R.A. 556 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 16, 1896

    ” Also the following questions were asked the witness, Carrie Brown, colored, viz.: “How many times have you been on the rock pile ? … Franklin, v. Franklin, 6 Pick., 49 ; Rocco v. Parcyzk, 9 Lea, 331 ; Hill v. State, 7 Pick., 521 ; Boyde v. State, 10 Pick., 505 ; Braswell v. State, 3 Leg. Rep., 283 ; Clapp v. State, 10 Pick., 202 ; Hoard v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Conner v. Marshall

    58 Tenn. 706 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1872

    Marshall was to board him and find him at his own house. Conner has, without sufficient cause, left his house and gone to a neighbor’s. … Under these circumstances, it would be to make a contract, not execute one, to require Marshall to pay his board at another place. • The contract in this case is not like the one in the case of Keeler v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Standard Life Ins. Co. of the South v. Adams

    174 Tenn. 405 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 1, 1939

    Rogers v. Colville, 145 Tenn., 650 , 238 S. W., 80 ; Board of Equalization v. Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry., 148 Tenn., 676 , 257 S. W., 91 , 93. … It distinctly appears in Rogers v. Colville, supra, that the stipulation of facts was so entered upon the minutes of the trial court and, referring to Rogers v. *408 Colville, this court said in Board of Equalisation v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • State v. Frost

    103 Tenn. 685 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 6, 1900

    These requirements are numerous; they are set out with much of detail in Shannon’s compilation, Secs. 1881 to 1902, inclusive, and are epitomized in the case of Woodbury v. Brown, 101 Tenn. ( 17 Pickle, 707 ). … Shannon, Secs. 1891 to 1899; Woodbury v. Brown, 17 Pickle, 707 ; Ruohs v. Athens, 7 Pickle, 25 .

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Kemp v. Town of Lebanon

    215 Tenn. 118 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 12, 1964

    Plaintiff relies on the case of Kingsport Utilities, Inc. v. Brown, 201 Tenn. 393 , 299 S.W.2d 656 , 69 A.L.R.2d 87 . … We are of the opinion the issue of defendant’s negligence is controlled by the case of Kingsport Utilities, Inc. v. Brown, supra.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Gillam v. Looney

    48 Tenn. 319 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1870

    See Smith v. Brown, Nashv., 4th January, 1871, in which this case is cited. … See also McDowell v. Kellar, post —. See Naff v. Crawford, ante 119; Tedder v. Odum, Nashv., 1870.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Murphy v. Emery

    629 S.W.2d 895 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 28, 1981

    On the first occasion when you served on the Board, were you dismissed from the Board, or not re-elected, or did you resign? A. I resigned. Q. For what reason? A. … Ledford v. Lee, 29 Tenn.App. 660, 672 , 200 S.W.2d 393 (1946). Gibson’s Suits in Chancery, 5th Edition, § 81. Both Mr. and Mrs.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Jones v. Nashville

    109 Tenn. 550 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1902

    In the case of Wood v. The City of Auburn (Me.), 32 Atl., 906 ; 29 L. R. … In Williams v. Mutual Gas Co. (Mich.), 18 N. W., 236 ( 50 Am.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Conner v. Marshall

    58 Tenn. 706 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1872

    Marshall was to board him and find him at his own house. Conner has, without sufficient cause, left his house and gone to a neighbor’s. … Under these circumstances, it would be to make a contract, not execute one, to require Marshall to pay his board at another place. • The contract in this case is not like the one in the case of Keeler v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Foster & Webb v. Scott County

    107 Tenn. 693 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 2, 1901

    Cave v. Baskett, 3 Hum., 342 ; Hunter v. Anderson, 1 Heis., 3; Brown v. Stabler, 1 Heis., 444; Briggs v. Montgomery, 3 Heis., 675. … Such is the rule in case of joint defendants, Brien v. Peterman et als., 3 Head, 499 .

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Gillam v. Looney

    48 Tenn. 319 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1870

    See Smith v. Brown, Nashv., 4th January, 1871, in which this case is cited. … See also McDowell v. Kellar, post —. See Naff v. Crawford, ante 119; Tedder v. Odum, Nashv., 1870.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Madison v. City of Maryville

    173 Tenn. 489 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 25, 1938

    incorporated cities and towns in the State are authorized to pass proper ordinances governing the issu- *493 anee and revocation of licenses for tlie storage, sale, manufacture and distribution of beer, providing for a Board … Richardson v. Young, 122 Tenn., 471 , 125 S. W., 664 ; Williams v. Nashville, 89 Tenn., 487 , 15 S. W., 364 . This rule holds true as regards municipal ordinances.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Dennis v. Dennis

    105 Tenn. 86 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 14, 1900

    This case is referred to and commented upon in Laughlin v. Johnson, 18 Pickle, 460 . The case of Shepherd v. Carlin, 15 Pickle, 67 , is also referred to and relied on by defendants, as well as Brown v. … Taking up the case of Brown v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished

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