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  • Ex parte Calhoun

    187 Tenn. 372 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 11, 1948

    Co. v. Johnson, 114 Tenn. 632, 640 , 88 S. W. 169 ; Wood v. Frazier, 86 Tenn. 500, 501 , 8 S. W. 148 ; Jacks v. Williams-Robinson Lumber Co., 125 Tenn. 123 , 140 S. W. 1066 ; Hobbs v. State, 121 Tenn. 413 , 118 S. … Co. v. Brown, 125 Tenn. 351 , 143 S. W. 1129 . All assignments of error aré overruled and the decree of the Chancellor is affirmed. All concur.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • DeSoto Hardwood Flooring Co. v. Old Dominion Table & Cabinet Works

    163 Tenn. 532 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 19, 1931

    Willis v. Mann Const. Co., 145 Tenn., 337 ; Peters et al. v. Coetz, 136 Tenn., 260 ; Dillingham v. Insurance Co., 120 Tenn., 308 -309; Clodfelter v. Cox, 33 Tenn., 330 . … Bagwell v. McTighe, 85 Tenn., 616 ; Templeton v. Brown, 86 Tenn., 50 . *535 “This case is up on demurrer.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Chadwick v. Beer Committee

    213 Tenn. 592 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 5, 1964

    In Shelton v. … Putnam County Beer Board v. Speck, 184 Tenn. 616, 621 , 201 S.W.2d 991 .” In City of Memphis v.

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  • State v. Nix

    40 S.W.3d 459 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 20, 2001

    Citing this Court’s decision in Watkins v. … In so holding, we reaffirmed our earlier decision in Watkins v.

    Overruled on other grounds by Paul Dennis Reid, Jr. v. State of Tennessee, 2013 Tenn. LEXIS 84 (2013)Cited 172 timesPublished
  • Hall v. Southhall Bros.

    146 Tenn. 129 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1921

    To the same effect was the rule announced by this court in Board of Directors v. Bodkin Bros., 108 Tenn., 700 , 69 S. W., 270 . … Webb and Board of Directors v. Bodkin Bros., supra. In 1 R. C.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Heaton v. State

    130 Tenn. 163 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1914

    “Heaton’s office was also his sleeping apartment, and it was one room of a boarding house belonging to Heaton, where certain parties engaged about the mill boarded, but none of the Cutshalls boarded there. … Moorefield v. State, 5 Lea, 348 .

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • City of Memphis v. Memphis Gayoso Gas Co.

    56 Tenn. 531 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1872

    In the case of Nichol v. Mayor, etc,., of Nashville, 9 Hum., 270 , Judge Turley said: “ Tf a corporation may make the road, may it not join with others to make it? … Co. v. Yandal, 5 Sneed, 296 .

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • State ex rel. M. W. v. Bradshaw

    207 Tenn. 384 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 7, 1960

    Lea v. … Munsey v.

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  • Davis v. Beeler

    185 Tenn. 638 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 29, 1947

    See Allopathic State Board of Medical Examiners v. Fowler, supra, [ 50 La. Ann. 1358 , 24 So. 809 ]; Johnson v. State (Tex. Civ. App.), 267 S. W. 1057 ; Singh v. State, 66 Tex. Cr. R. 156 , 146 S. W. 891 ; State v. … In Zahn v. Board of Public Works, 274 U. S. 325, 328 , 47 S. Ct. 504, 595 , 71 L. Ed. 1074, 1076 , the Supreme Court of the United States said: “. . .

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • Warters v. Boswell

    152 Tenn. 476 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 6, 1925

    Amison & Dovey v. Ewing, 2 Cold., 366 ; Powell v. Fish, 5 Yerg., 446 ; Erwin v. Davenport, 9 Heisk., 44 ; Enloe v. Hall, 1 Humph., 303 ; Newman v. Davenport, 9 Baxt., 538 ; Brazelton v. Colyar & Gardner, 2 Baxt., 234 . … In Laverty v. Snethen, 68 N. Y., 522 , 23 Am.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Denning v. Todd

    91 Tenn. 422 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 23, 1892

    . — Without expressing an opinion upon the demurrer, we pass it with a mere citation of some of the authorities relating to the question therein made: Thurman v. Shelton, 10 Yer., 383 ; Brown v. … Bibb, 2 Cold., 439 ; Brandon v. Mason, 1 Lea, 628 , 629; Christian v. Clark, 10 Lea, 630 ; Trafford v. Wilkinson, 3 Tenn. Ch., 451. *426 Second. — The second insistence is well made.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • State v. King

    973 S.W.2d 586 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 6, 1998

    You are further informed that the minimum number of years a person discretionary decision made by the board of paroles based upon many factors, and that such board has the … He compares his situation to State v.

    Cited 38 timesPublished
  • Roane Iron Co. v. Francis

    130 Tenn. 694 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1914

    The court of appeals of Kentucky, in Norman v. Kentucky Board, etc., 93 Ky., 537 , 20 S. W., 901 , 18 L. R. … Board of Revenue v. Crow, 141 Ala., 126 , 37 South., 469 ; Rogers v. State, 72 Ark., 565, 82 S. W., 169 ; Glenn v. Wray, 126 N. C., 730 , 36 S. E., 167 ; Cohn v. Kingsley, 5 Idaho, 441 , 49 Pac., 985 , 38 L. R.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Kirby v. MacOn County

    892 S.W.2d 403 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 17, 1994

    In 1986, the wheel guards were found “loose in several areas;” the 1988 report stated that “[t]he timber curb boards are in poor condition. There is a 50% loss of boards, and the remainder have areas of heavy decay.” … As Chief Justice Shepard of Indiana said in Peavler v. Board of Commissioners, 528 N.E.2d 40, 45 (Ind.1988): The distinction between planning and operational functions is a standard, rather than a precise rule.

    Cited 94 timesPublished
  • Reed v. Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co.

    136 Tenn. 499 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1916

    W., 761 ; Hughes v. Brown, 88 Tenn., 578 , 13 S. W., 286 , 8 L. R. A., 480; Sweet v. Electric Co., 97 Tenn., 252 , 36 S. W., 1090 ; Hooper v. Railroad, 106 Tenn., 28 , 60 S. W., 607 , 53 L. R. A., 931; Hooper, Adm’r, v. … . *503 In Railway v.

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Bailey v. County of Shelby

    188 S.W.3d 539 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 29, 2006

    See Osborn v. Marr, 127 S.W.3d 737, 740-41 (Tenn. 2004); West v. Tennessee Housing Dev. Agency, 512 S.W.2d 275, 279 (Tenn. 1974). … Maner v. Leech, 588 S.W.2d 534, 537 (Tenn. 1979).

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • 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.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Tiernan v. Napier

    7 Tenn. 212 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1823

    Brown, J. delivered the opinion of the Court. … ready to deliver the castings; and, Secondly, whether the plea should have averred notice to Tiernan that the furnace had made the castings agreed to be paid. *171 The first question is settled by the case of McAllister v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • State v. Moss

    662 S.W.2d 590 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 3, 1984

    Johnson v. State, 148 Tenn. 196 , 253 S.W. 963 (1923); Chapple v. State, 124 Tenn. 105 , 135 S.W. 321 , 323 (1911); State v. Brooks, 224 Tenn. 712 , 462 S.W.2d 491, 493 (1970); Martin v. … Brown v. State, 186 Tenn. 378, 389 , 210 S.W.2d 670, 675 (1948); State v. Morrow, Tenn., 530 S.W.2d 60, 63 (1975); Bolton v. State, Tenn.Cr.App., 617 S.W.2d 909 (1981); State v.

    Cited 130 timesPublished
  • Rutherford v. Swink

    96 Tenn. 564 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 27, 1896

    State v. Lee, 29 Minn., 451 -453, and cases cited. In the case of Baldwin v. … The only case referred to is the case of Gale v. Head, 15 N. Y. Com. Law Rep., p. 762.

    Cited 10 timesPublished

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