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231 S.W.2d 369 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 28, 1948
231 S.W.2d 369 (1950) AKERS v. GILLENTINE et al. Supreme Court of Tennessee. February 28, 1948. *370 Hoyt Bryson, of Woodbury, for appellant. Sterling S. Brown, Woodbury, for appellees. BURNETT, Justice. … We refer to Powell and Smith v.
Cited 12 timesPublishedI. M. Darnell & Son Co. v. City of Memphis
116 Tenn. 424 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1906
Ed., 538 ), and is in harmony with other adjudications of that court (Woodruff v. Parham, 8 Wall. [U. S.], 123, 19 L. Ed., 382 ; Brown v. Houston, 114 U. S., 622 , 5 Sup. Ct., 1901, 29 L. Ed., 257 ; May v. … Justice Brown said: “The power of taxation under this provision was fully-considered in Bell’s Gap R. R. Co. v. Pennsylvania, 134 U. S., 232 , 10 Sup. Ct., 533, 33 L.
Cited 1 timesPublishedState ex rel. Linkous v. Morris
136 Tenn. 157 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1916
Appellant relies on the doctrine of Malone v. Williams, 118 Tenn. (10 Cates), 390-480, 103 S. W., 798 , 121 Am. St. Rep., 1002 . In that case, at page 461 of 118 Tenn., page 817 of 103 S. W. ( 121 Am. St. … Van Dyke et al. v. T. C. Thompson et al., 189 S. W., 62 , from the Hamilton equity docket, in which an opinion was filed on October 3, 1911, which by inadvertence was not marked for publication, but is now so marked.
Cited 12 timesPublished186 Tenn. 69 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 16, 1948
On January 23, 1940, Rogers, Meredith and Meredith Caldwell, Jr., were elected to the Board of Directors of Red Ace, and on the sanie day the new board of directors authorized the President of Red Ace to settle its debt to … Brumley v.
Cited 84 timesPublishedCity of Memphis, a Municipal Corporation v. The Civil Service Commission of the City of Memphis
Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 2, 2007
Prior to 1989, the exclusive means of appeal by a municipal employee from a decision by a civil service board was by common law writ of certiorari. Tidwell v. … wherein the local civil service board is located
Cited 0 timesPublished129 Tenn. 631 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1914
Justice Beard in Carson v. … Box Company v. Moore, supra; Anderson v. Miami Lumber Co., 59 Or., 149 , 116 Pac., 1056 ; Rowan v. Carleton, 100 Miss., 177 , 56 South., 329 ; Hitch Lumber Co. v. Brown, 160 N. C., 281 , 75 S. E., 714 .
Cited 4 timesPublished200 Tenn. 503 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 20, 1956
State v. Cloksey, 37 Tenn. 482 . … Henry v. White, 194 Tenn. 192 , 250 S.W.2d 70 .
Cited 29 timesPublishedCounty of Shelby v. City of Memphis
211 Tenn. 410 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 7, 1963
(New River Lumber Co. v. Tennessee Ry. … Dement, 1 Humph. 332 ; White v. Buchanan, 6 Cold. 32 ; Noel v. Scoby, 2 Heisk. 20 ; Ferris v. Fort, 2 Tenn.Ch. [147] 150; Board v. Bodkin Bros., 108 Tenn. 700 , 69 S.W. 270 ; Baker v.
Cited 66 timesPublished655 S.W.2d 941 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 22, 1983
The Court further finds that the Defendant, The City of Memphis Board of Education, and its agents, servants or employees, Tommy L. … As pointed out in Street v.
Cited 21 timesPublishedGibson County Special School District v. Palmer
691 S.W.2d 544 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 3, 1985
Board of Education Com’rs of Carroll County, 173 Tenn. 198 , 116 S.W.2d 1008 (1938). Wright v. Cunningham, 115 Tenn. 445 , 91 S.W. 293 (1905) established this legal principle in Tennessee. … Keesee et als. v. The Civil District Board of Education, et al., supra; Waterhouse v. Public Schools, supra; Reelfoot Lake Levee Dist. v. Dawson, 97 Tenn. 151 , 36 S.W. 1041 (1896); Williamson v.
Cited 30 timesPublished207 Tenn. 438 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 7, 1960
An order for an inspection of books or papers being “an intermediate order” was held not reviewable by certiorari by the Supreme Court of Minnesota in Asplund v. Brown, 203 Minn. 571 , 282 N.W. 473 . … Lemon v.
Cited 8 timesPublishedEmployers' Liability Assur. Corp. v. Warren
172 Tenn. 403 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 12, 1938
In Patten Hotel Co. v. Milner, 145 Tenn., 632 , 238 S. … R., 316; Harivel v. Hall-Thompson Co., 98 Conn., 753 , 120 A., 603, 605 ; Beem v. Lee Mercantile Co., 337 Mo., 114 , 85 S. W. (2d), 441 , 100 A. L. R., 1044. In Harivel v.
Cited 28 timesPublishedCapitol News Co., Inc. v. METRO. GOV'T, ETC.
562 S.W.2d 430 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 6, 1978
See Trigally v. Mayor and Aldermen of Memphis, 46 Tenn. 382 (1869); Howard and Von Drake v. State, 143 Tenn. 539 , 227 S.W. 36 (1920); Metropolitan Government v. Miles, 524 S.W.2d 656 (Tenn.1975). … See Whitney v. Municipal Court of San Francisco, 58 Cal.2d 907 , 27 Cal.Rptr. 16 , 377 P.2d 80 (1962); People v. Llewellyn, 401 Mich. 314 , 257 N.W.2d 902 (1977); Dimor v.
Cited 20 timesPublishedMemphis Country Club v. Tidwell
503 S.W.2d 919 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 3, 1973
He relies on Saverio v. Carson, 186 Tenn. 166 , 208 S.W.2d 1018 [1948], and on Crescent Amusement Company v. Carson, 187 Tenn. 112 , 213 S.W.2d 27 [1948]. Mrs. Saverio operated a diaper service. … In Anders v.
Cited 3 timesPublishedCox v. MA Primary and Urgent Care Clinic
313 S.W.3d 240 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 21, 2010
Board of Osteopathic Examination under the provision of T.C.A. § 63-19-109. … For example, in Bradford v.
Cited 33 timesPublished584 S.W.2d 783 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 6, 1979
We recognize that the United States Supreme Court, both in the case of Brown v. *787 Illinois, 422 U.S. 590 , 95 S.Ct. 2254 , 45 L.Ed.2d 416 (1975) and in the very recent decision of Dunaway v. … In the case of State v. Chandler, 547 S.W.2d 918 (Tenn.1977), this Court considered in detail the decision in Brown v.
Cited 22 timesPublished206 Tenn. 489 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 6, 1960
As to the legal question raised this Court has already held in Prosterman v. … Tennessee State Board of Dental Examiners, 168 Tenn. 16 , 73 S.W.2d 687 , that a statute regulating the practice of dentistry (Section 63-506, T.C.A.) does not violate Article I, Section 8, Constitution of Tennessee.
Cited 1 timesPublished53 Tenn. 5 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 13, 1871
Eq., 384, Trotter v. Erwin, 27 Miss., 772 ; Gilman v. Brown, per Story J., 1 Mason, 102 . This court, in two well-considered opinions, have followed this doctrine. … And to this effect is the case of Ellis, ex’r, v. Temple, 4 Col., 319 . The case of Brown v. Vanlier, 7 Hum., 239 , relied upon by the counsel for complainant, does not sustain him as applied to the case now before us.
Cited 1 timesPublished100 Tenn. 436 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 25, 1898
Evans v. Pigg, 3 Cold., 397 ; Richardson v. McLemore, 5 Bax., 586 ; Williams v. Hutchings, 10 Lea, 328 . … Silver v. Reynolds, 17 N. J. L., 275; Murray v. Snow, 37 Iowa, 410 ; Norman v. Thompson, 4 Exch., 755; Ellsworth v. Fogg, 35 Vt., 355 ; Draper v. Hill, 43 Vt., 439 .
Cited 9 timesPublished102 Tenn. 495 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 22, 1899
Curran v. Louisville, 83 Ky., 628 ; Krecken v. Voltz, 110 Ill., 264 ; Wiggins v. McClary, 49 N. Y., 348 ; Bombaugh v. Miller, 82 Pa. St., 208; 2 Wash. on Real Property, 312. In Dill v. Board of Education, 47 N. J. … Dill v. Board of Education, supra; Jamison v. Walker, 11 Gray, 423 ; Smith v. Langwald, 140 Mass., 205 .
Cited 18 timesPublished
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