Case law

City of Memphis Alcohol Commission v. Randall Memorial Free Will Baptist Church, Inc.

550 S.W.2d 657 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 9, 1977

. § 57-205 and Howard v. Willocks, 525 S.W.2d 132 (Tenn.1975). … See Richards v. Lewisburg Alcoholic Beverage Commission, 543 S.W.2d 852 (Tenn.1977); T.C.A. § 57-209. See also Cantrell v. DeKalb Co.

Matthews v. Crofford

129 Tenn. 541 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1914

Allen v. Keily, 17 R. I., 731, 24 Atl., 776 , 33 Am. St. Rep., 905 , 16 L. R. A., 798, and authorities cited in note; note to Whitney v. Brown, 11 L. R. A. (N. S.), 468. … Wilson v. *553 Campbell, 75 Kan., 159 , 88 Pac., 548 , 121 Am. St. Rep., 366 , 12 Ann. Cas., 766, 8 L. R. A. (N. S.), 426, and notes; Whitney v. Brown, 75 Kan., 678 , 90 Pac., 277 , 12 Ann. Cas., 768, 11 L. R. A. (N.

Saylors v. Riggsbee

544 S.W.2d 609 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 6, 1976

Speight v. Miller, 223 Tenn. 259 , 443 S.W.2d 657 (1969); Steffen v. Little, 2 Wis.2d 350 , 86 N.W.2d 622 (1957); Hoen v. District Court, etc., 159 Colo. 451 , 412 P.2d 428 (1966); Clews v. … Brown, 171 F.2d 199 (5th Cir. 1948). Unless ambiguous, a strict construction is not in order. Anderson v. Outland, supra. Our decision in Speight v. Miller, supra, is controlling here.

Lawrence Ex Rel. Powell v. Stanford

655 S.W.2d 927 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 15, 1983

City of Elizabethton v. Carter County, 204 Tenn. 452 , 321 S.W.2d 822 (1958); Vea ch v. State, Tenn., 491 S.W.2d 81 (1973); Harrison v. Schrader, Tenn., 569 S.W.2d 822 (1978); Dorrier v. … Moorhead v. J.C. Penney Co., Inc., supra; Medlin v. Allied Inv. Co., 217 Tenn. 469 , 398 S.W.2d 270 (1966); Johnson v.

Page v. Turcott

179 Tenn. 491 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 9, 1943

Stewart, 32 Tenn. (2 Swan), 591, 592; Saillard v. Saillard, 2 Tenn. Ch. … Brown v. Brown, 159 Tenn., 551 , at page 553, 20 S. W. (2d), 1037 , at page 1038; Baeyertz v. Baeyertz, 171 Tenn., 190 , 101 S. W. (2d), 689 .

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.

Sikes v. Colonial Rubber Co.

575 S.W.2d 275 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 29, 1978

See, e. g., Redman v. DuPont Rayon Co., 165 Tenn. 585 , 56 S.W.2d 737 (1933); Brown v. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp., 181 Tenn. 293 , 181 S.W.2d 148 (1944); Flowers v. … In Burton v.

State v. Berrios

235 S.W.3d 99 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 17, 2007

State v. Simpson, 968 S.W.2d 776, 784 (Tenn.1998) (quoting State v. Brown, 836 S.W.2d 530, 547 (Tenn.1992)). … We utilized the factors established in Brown v. Illinois, 422 U.S. 590, 603-04 (1975), for determining whether a voluntary confession was sufficiently attenuated from an unlawful seizure.

Tennessee Department of Human Services v. Lumley

638 S.W.2d 381 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 30, 1982

However, in this case, the same issue was ruled upon by this Court in the case of Pickett v. Brown, 638 S.W.2d 369 (Tenn.1982), released simultaneously this date.

Hackerman v. State

189 Tenn. 130 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 9, 1949

Defendant relies upon four unreported cases of this Court: Wyndham v. State, 1 Hamilton criminal; Conley v. State 1 Hamilton criminal; White v. … Cards, dice, roulette wheels, slot machines, punch boards, certain kinds of boards or tables, lottery tickets, policy slips, ‘numbers’ books and slips are among the common forms of gambling devices and apparatus.”

Battle v. House

72 Tenn. 202 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1879

The third and fifth clauses of this will were construed in the case of Perkins v. Clack, 3 Head, 734 . … The ' case of Brown v. Dortch is similar in its facts and principles to this case.

State v. Wainwright

128 Tenn. 544 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1913

We are referred to certain cases in our reports as out of harmony with this view, viz., Barnes v. Brown, 1 Tenn. Chy. App., 726; Hamilton v. Gaslight Co., 115 Tenn., 153 , 90 S. W., 159 ; Anderson v. Post (Tenn. Chy. … In Barnes v. Brown the absence of the decimal point was distinctly referred to. The cases generally speaking, were put upon the absence of the dollar mark.

City of Johnson City v. State ex rel. Maden

202 Tenn. 318 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 7, 1957

This Court in 1850 speaking through Judge Green in the case of Funa v. … Boardman v.

Brewington v. Brewington

215 Tenn. 475 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 4, 1965

Article I, Sec. 17, Constitution of Tennessee; Code Section 8634; Scates v. Board of Commissioners of Union City, 196 Tenn. 274 , 265 S.W.2d 563 ; Phillips v. Marion County, 166 Tenn. 83 , 59 S.W.2d 507 ; Quinton v. … Board of Claims, 165 Tenn. 201 , 54 S.W.2d 953 ; Insurance Co. v. Craig, 106 Tenn. 621 , 62 S.W. 155 ; Moore v. Tate, 87 Tenn. 725 , 11 S.W. 935 , 10 Am.St.Rep. 712 .” 199 Tenn. at 328 , 286 S.W.2d at 869 .

Knox County Ex Rel. Kessel v. Lenoir City

837 S.W.2d 382 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 27, 1992

In this appeal, we are asked to declare unconstitutional a private act passed in 1970 that governs distribution of tax-equivalent payments on property owned by the Lenoir City Utilities Board. … Leech v. Wayne County, 588 S.W.2d 270, 273 (Tenn.1979).

State Ex Rel. Knox County v. Adair

181 Tenn. 655 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 2, 1944

Waterhouse v. Martin, 7 Tenn. (Peck) 374 , 379. … In Tennessee Fertilizer Co. v. McFall, 128 Tenn. 645 , 163 S.

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.

State Ex Rel. Phillips v. Greer

170 Tenn. 529 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 21, 1936

State v. Bush, 141 Tenn., 229 , 208 S. W., 607 . … State v. Crump, 134 Tenn., 121 , 183 S. W., 505 , L. R. A. 1916D, 951. Tbe rule applied in State v. Bush, supra, is controlling. Appeal dismissed.

Deaton v. Evans

192 Tenn. 348 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 16, 1951

In Lyons v. Lay, 179 Tenn. 388, 392 , 166 S. … Blanchard Co. v. Doak, supra.

Kelly v. Conner

122 Tenn. 339 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1909

In Brown v. … Denver v. Beede, supra; Poyer v. Des Plaines, supra; Brown v. Birmingham, supra.