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  • Black v. City of Nashville

    197 Tenn. 544 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 11, 1955

    This Court long ago in Greenlaw v. … The appellant has cited the case of Perkins & Co. v. Woodfolk, 1874, 67 Tenn. 411 , as an authority for the filing of the bill in this cause.

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  • Darwin v. Town of Cookeville

    170 Tenn. 508 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 17, 1936

    In the earlier case of Brown v. U. S., 263 U. S., 78 , 44 S. Ct., 92, 94 , 68 L. … Oither authorities in accord are Pitznogle v. West Md. R. Co., 119 Md., 673 , 87 A., 917 , 46 L. R. A. (N. S.), 319; Smouse v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co., 129 Kan., 176 , 282 P., 183 ; Biglow v. Draper, 6 N.

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  • Henley v. State

    98 Tenn. 665 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 29, 1897

    Dom. (2d *724 Ed.), Sec. 9; Miller v. Norton, 152 Mass., 540 ; Tiedeman on Police Power, Sec. 42; Markham v. Brown, 37 Ga., 277 . These are the great reserved powers of the State. 53 Am. St. Rep., 564 . … . & V.), §6454.

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  • John M'donald v. Robert Hodge

    6 Tenn. 85 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 6, 1818

    Walker, 6 Hum. 336 ; Baird v. Tolliver, 6 Hum. 186 ; Murry v. McMackin, 4 Yer. 41 ; Doak v. Snapp, 1, Cold. 180; Hixon v. Hixon, 7 Hum. 33 ; Ross v. Carter, 1 Hum. 415 ; Jones v. … .; Noe v. Hodges, 5 Hum. 103 ; Hopson v. Fountain, 5 Hum. 140 ; Brown v. Simpson, 6 Yer. 295 ; King’s Digest, 187, 4081, 5142, 9386.

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  • 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.

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  • Rochester Capital Leasing Corp. v. Schilling

    223 Tenn. 478 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 8, 1969

    In Eastern Building & Loan Assn. v. … Whereas in United Artists Corp. v.

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  • Merritt v. Duncan

    54 Tenn. 156 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 6, 1872

    The same doctrine is laid down in Nallett v. Parker, 6 Wend., 615 ; Mickles v. Calvin, 4 Barb., 304 ; Woodhull v. Holmes, 10 John. R., 231; Munroe v. Cowper, 5 Pick. R., 412. … The same doctrine was recognized in Van Wyck v. Norvell, 2 Hum., 195 .; and in Ryland v. Brown, *164 2 Head, 273 .

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  • Snyder v. Witt

    99 Tenn. 618 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 27, 1897

    In Brown v. … See, also, Ellis v. Bitzer, 15 Am. Dec., 534 ; 1 Am. & Eng. Enc. L. (2d Ed.), 428, and notes; 20 Ib. (1st Ed.), 664, and notes. In Knott v.

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  • Turner v. Eslick

    146 Tenn. 236 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1921

    Gibbons v. Ogden, supra. In Brown et al. v. State of Maryland, 12 Wheat., 419 , 6 L. Ed., 678 , the court was considering the power of the State of Maryland to require importers of foreign goods to take out a license. … Brown et al. v. State of Maryland, supra.

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  • In State v. Anthony, 817 S.W.2D 299 (Tenn. 1991) Bars The Defendant'S Separate

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 15, 1999

    McClellan v. Board of Regents of State University, 921 S.W.2d 684, 689 (Tenn. 1996). … See State v. Brown, 936 P.2d 181 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1997); People v. Teamer, 25 Cal.Rptr.2d 296 (Cal. Ct. App. 1994); State v. Stephens, 601 So.2d 1195 (Fla. 1992); People v.

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  • Comer v. Ashe

    514 S.W.2d 730 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 10, 1974

    Sherwood v. Board of Canvassers, 129 N. Y. 360 , 29 N.E. 345 (1891). The relator, Franklin D. … Cloud v. Election Board, 169 Okl. 363 , 36 P.2d 20 (1934).

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  • Barretville Bank & Trust Co. v. Bolton

    182 Tenn. 364 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 3, 1945

    In support of this petitioner cites Rose v. Brown, 176 Tenn. 429 , 143 S. W. (2d) 303 , and Independent Life Ins. Co. v. Hunter, 166 Tenn. 498 , 63 S. W. (2d) 668 . … In both Rose v. Brown and Independent Life Ins. Co. v. Hunter, supra, the party seeking* relief in the Supreme Court had failed to file petition for certiorari and relief was denied.

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  • Andrews v. Page

    49 Tenn. 634 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 28, 1871

    And it was held in Brown v. … Tedder v. Odum. 1 And in the case of Gillespie v.

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  • Alfsen v. Crouch

    115 Tenn. 352 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1905

    Hoeft v. Knights of Honor, 113 Cal., 91 , 45 Pac., 185 , 33 L. R. A., 174; Brown v. Grand Lodge, 80 Iowa, 287 , 45 N. W., 884 , 20 Am. St. Rep., 420 . … See cases of Sofge v. Knights of Honor, 98 Tenn., 453 , 39 S. W., 853 ; Fischer v. Fischer, 99 Tenn., 635 , 42 S. W., 448 ; Schardt v. Schardt, 100 Tenn., 280 , 45 S. W., 340 ; Catholic Knights v.

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  • 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.

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  • King v. Cox

    126 Tenn. 553 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1912

    Hopkins v. Railroad, 96 Tenn., 409 , 34 S. W., 1029 , 32 L. R. A., 354; Summers v. Railroad, 96 Tenn., 459 , 35 S. W., 210 ; Railroad v. Brown, 96 Tenn., 559 , 35 S. W., 560 ; Thane v. Douglass, 102 Tenn., 307 , 52 S. … Tyrus v. Railroad, 114 Tenn., 579 , 86 S. W., 1074 ; Traction Co. v. Brown, 115 Tenn., 323 , 89 S. W., 319 ; Kinney v. Railroad Co., 116 Tenn., 450 , 92 S. W., 1116 ; Railroad v. Williford, 115 Tenn., 108, 124 , 88 S.

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  • City of Knoxville v. Hamilton Nat. Bank of Knoxville

    179 Tenn. 332 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 7, 1942

    However, the city insists that the principles laid down in Treadwell Realty Co. v. City of Memphis, 173 Tenn., 168 , 116 S. W. (2d), 997 , are in point here. … it is shown that the Board has exceeded its jurisdiction or acted illegally or fraudulently.

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  • Fidelity-Bankers Trust Co. v. McCanless

    181 Tenn. 476 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 10, 1944

    The resolution of the Board of Directors of-the corporation declaring the dividend is prima facie evidence of the nature of the dividend as it is evidence of the intention of the corporation so declaring’ it. Gibbons v. … Sealed Power Corp. v. Stokes, 174 Tenn., 493, 506 , 127 S. W. (2d), 114 ; Nashville Tobacco Works v. City of Nashville, 149 Tenn., 551, 558 , 260 S. W., 449 .

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  • Campbell v. Hubbard

    79 Tenn. 6 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1883

    And that a suit may be revived against the heirs of a deceased defendant: Brown v. Rocco, 9 Heis., 187. … But there can be no doubt that a foreign executor can neither sue nor be sued as such in this State: Allsup v. Allsup, 10 Yer., 283; Young v. O’Neal 3 Sneed, 55 .

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  • State v. Youngblood

    199 Tenn. 519 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 3, 1956

    Ry. v. Crews, 118 Tenn. 52, 65 , 99 S. W. 368 , 372. … Among other cases cited for this statement is our case of Britain v. State, 22 Tenn. 203 . In this case, Britain v.

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