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  • Walls v. Magnolia Truck Lines, Inc.

    622 S.W.2d 526 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 20, 1981

    Davis v. Gulf Ins. Group, Tenn., 546 S.W.2d 583, 585 (1977); Cassell Bros., Inc. v. Cole, Tenn., 519 S.W.2d 796, 797 (1975). … He relies upon our decisions in Brown Shoe Company v. Reed, 209 Tenn. 106 , 350 S.W.2d 65 (1961); Central Motor Express, Inc. v. Burney, 214 Tenn. 118 , 377 S.W.2d 947 (1964).

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  • State ex rel. Conger v. Madison County

    581 S.W.2d 632 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 26, 1979

    Davidson County Board of Education v. … Cope v.

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  • Halmontaller v. City of Nashville

    206 Tenn. 64 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 5, 1960

    This Court though, in Buena Vista, etc. v. Board of Election Commissioners, etc., 173 Tenn. 198 , 116 S.W.2d 1008 , succinctly and definitely follows what, to our minds, was laid down in Wright v. … Board of Election Commissioners, etc., supra. This conclusion seems reasonable and fair to us.

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  • United Inter-Mountain Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission

    555 S.W.2d 389 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 23, 1977

    The legislative intent that this act apply to all administrative boards and agencies is unmistakably clear. … Upon the authority of that case and of Federal Power Commission v.

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  • Jerry Neal Carpenter v. State of Tennessee - Concurring

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 13, 2004

    First, there is no indication in Brown that the law actually was in a state of great disarray. … The strongest words used in the Brown decision were "blurred" and "muddled".

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  • Boles v. Smith

    1 Thompson 214 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1859

    Brown v. Johnson, 1 Humph. 161 ; Jones v. Perry, 10 Yerg. 59 ; Ross v. Cobb, 9 Yerg. 463 , 471; Ellicott v. Pearl, 10 Peters, 412, 443 ; Barr v. Gratz, Heirs, 4 Wheat. 213, 222, 223 ; Fox v. … Napier v. Simpson, 1 Tenn. 248 ; Kelly v. Hass. 1 Humph. 163 ; Mitchell v. Churchman, 4 Humph. 218 ; Waddell v. Stewart, 4 Sneed, 434 ; Tighlman v Baird, 2 Sneed, 196 .

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  • Wilson v. State

    50 Tenn. 278 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 25, 1871

    The presentment is a copy of one in the ease of the State v. Benthal, 5 Hum., 519 , which was sustained by the court as sufficient. … One of the witnesses, John Hyde, describes the affray as follows: “That he saw James Lemons coming through Everett’s field with Ben Owens, Emerson "Wilson and James Brown, in pursuit of him; they were all throwing rocks;

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  • Doug Satterfield v. Breeding Insulation Company

    266 S.W.3d 347 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 9, 2008

    Biscan v. Brown, 160 S.W.3d at 478-79 ; Bradshaw v. … Hale v. Ostrow, 166 S.W.3d at 716-17 ; Biscan v. Brown, 160 S.W.3d at 480 .

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  • State Ex Rel. Maner v. Leech

    588 S.W.2d 534 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 9, 1979

    V. … The first three paragraphs of Section 5-551(b) read as follows: County Board of Commissioners in Knox County.

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  • Broome v. Louisville & Nashville R.

    194 Tenn. 249 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 7, 1952

    After hearing that petition, the Supreme Court of the United States held: “We hold that the jurisdiction of the Board (the Adjustment Board) to .adjust grievances and disputes of the type here involved is exclusive. … Bethlehem Steel Co. v. New York State Labor Relations Board, 330 U. S. 767 , 67 S. Ct. 1026 , 91 L. Ed. 1234 ; LaCrosse Telephone Corp. v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board, 336 U. S. 18 , 69 S. Ct. 379 , 93 L.

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  • Gaines v. Tennessee Cent. Ry. Co.

    175 Tenn. 389 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 20, 1940

    Co. v. … Ry. v. Baker, 167 Tenn., 470 , 71 S.

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  • Norwood v. Tellico River Lumber Co.

    146 Tenn. 682 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1922

    In Swanson v. … Osterhout v. Latham (1917), 92 Conn., 91 , 101 Atl., 494 . In Littler v. George A.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • City of Rockwood v. Chamberlain Memorial Hospital

    221 Tenn. 468 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1968

    We think that under the rule as laid down in Morrison v. … Shelby County Board of Commissioners v. Shelby County Quarterly Court, 216 Tenn. 470 , 392 S.W.2d 935, 936 .

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  • Nichols v. Cecil

    106 Tenn. 455 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 16, 1901

    The bill alleges, that about August 25, 1897, complainant and defendant entered into a contract whereby it was agreed that defendant would sell and deliver at once, free on board cars at Ashwood, Tenn., 6,000 bushels of No … Beech v. Haynes, 3. Tenn. Ch., 569. We cannot, therefore, upon the pleadings determine the contract between the parties. The next inquiry 'is whether the contract is established by the findings of the jury.

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  • Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Lillie

    112 Tenn. 331 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1903

    Railroad v. Ray, 101 Tenn., 10 , 46 S. W., 554 , and cases there cited; Mann Boudoir Car Co. v. Dupre, 21 L. R. A., 289, note. … Co. v. Roy, 102 U. S., 451 , 26 L. Ed., 141 ; Thorpe v. N. Y. Central & Hudson R. R. Co., 76 N. Y., 406 , 32 Am. Rep., 325 ; Dwinelle v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. Co., 120 N. Y., 117 , 24 N. E., 319 , 8 L. R. A., 224, 17 Am.

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  • Metcalf v. State

    205 Tenn. 598 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 2, 1959

    It is held in the Arizona case of Clark v. … In tlie Illinois case of People v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Edith Johnson v. Mark C. Hopkins

    432 S.W.3d 840 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 19, 2013

    Auth. v. Ballard, 839 S.W.2d 86, 89 (Tenn. 1992); Robert Larry Brown, Note, Right to a Jury Trial in Forcible Entry and Detainer Actions in General Sessions Courts in Tennessee, 6 Mem. St. U. L. … See Elliot v. Lewis, 463 S.W.2d 698, 700 (Tenn. 1971); Hawkins v.

    Cited 123 timesPublished
  • Boggers v. Boggers

    65 Tenn. 299 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1873

    The principle decided in Chenault v. … Chenault, 5 Sneed, is certainly correct; that is, that where the divorce is only from bed and board, the marriage relation still subsists, and the husband is still bound to maintain his wife, and this duty the court may from

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  • Jaco v. Department of Health, Bureau of Medecaid

    950 S.W.2d 350 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 25, 1997

    McClain v. Henry I. Siegel Co., 834 S.W.2d 295, 296 (Tenn.1992) (quoting Worrall v. Kroger Co., 545 S.W.2d 736, 738 (Tenn.1977)). … See Tennessee State Board of Education v.

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  • H. G. Hill Co. v. Whitice

    149 Tenn. 168 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1923

    Mabry v. Tarver, 1 Humph., 94 ; Jenkins v. Ewin, 8 Heisk., 456 ; Kurth v. State, 86 Tenn., 134 , 5 S. W., 593 ; Railroad v. Harris, 99 Tenn., 702 , 43 S. W., 115 , 53 L. R. … Jenkins v. Ewin, supra; Friedman v. Mathes, 8 Heisk., 489 ; Kelly v. Dwyer, supra; American Steel Wire Co. v. Speed, 110 Tenn., 524 , 75 S. W., 1037 , 100 Am. St. Rep., 814 ; Trentham v. Moore, 111 Tenn., 346 , 76 S.

    Cited 10 timesPublished

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