Case law

Lightfoot v. Grove

52 Tenn. 473 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 17, 1871

Brown, 4 Yerg, 198. … We do not think it necessary to review the case of Wade v.

State v. Springfield

97 Tenn. 302 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 26, 1896

Brown and others, against John H. Springfield, to have bis office as Justice of the Peace declared vacant, on account of alleged abandonment. … As correctly said by the Court of Chancery Appeals, this Court virtually settled the principle controlling this case, when it, in the late case of Strain v.

Mayor of Pulaski v. Gilmore

3 Shan. Cas. 115 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1880

forty thousand dollars to their capital stock, on such terms and limitations as tbe board might see proper. … “No argument,” says Judge McKinney, in the case of Cook v.

State of Tennessee v. Susan Jo Walls

537 S.W.3d 892 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 9, 2017

State v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 18 S.W.3d 186, 192 (Tenn. 2000) (citing Super Flea Mkt. of Chattanooga, Inc. v. Olsen, 677 S.W.2d 449, 451 (Tenn. 1984); State ex rel. Lewis v. … Norma Faye Pyles Lynch Family Purpose LLC v. Putnam Cnty., 301 S.W.3d 196, 202 (Tenn. 2009); see also State v.

City of Oak Hill v. State ex rel. First Christian Church

492 S.W.2d 915 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 2, 1973

The application was denied by the City’s Board of Zoning Appeals upon the ground relator had only 16.-02 acres of land upon which to construct the buildings. … State v. City of Oak Hill, 204 Tenn. 353 , 321 S.W.2d 557 (1959). The logical and reasonable construction of the Ordinance is that it creates two separate, distinct and noncumulative requirements of acreage.

Patterson v. Tracy City

183 Tenn. 160 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 5, 1946

Justice McKINNEY, in McMahan v. … Yardley, 95 Tenn. [546], 550, 32 S.W. 481 , *Page 165 482, 34 L.R.A. 656 , `An act to protect hotel, inn, and boarding-house keepers.' " Tennessee Coal, Iron Railroad Co. v.

Metropolitan Government of Nashville v. Hillsboro Land Co.

222 Tenn. 431 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 13, 1968

State v. Smith (1952) 194 Tenn. 582 , 253 S.W.2d 758 ; Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. Evans (1951) 192 Tenn. 218 , 240 S.W.2d 249 . … Bailey et al. v. State (1924) 150 Tenn. 598 , 266 S.W. 122 .

James Q. Holder v. Westgate Resorts Ltd.

356 S.W.3d 373 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 12, 2011

Brown v. Crown Equip. Corp., 181 S.W.3d 268, 273 (Tenn. 2005). … See State v.

Dean v. Vaccaro

39 Tenn. 488 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1859

The ease of Ostrander v. Brown, in 15 John. 39 , seems to require an actual delivery to the consignee to discharge the carrier from responsibility. But the conclusion of Mr.

Tennessee Small School Systems v. McWherter

91 S.W.3d 232 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 8, 2002

Tennessee Small School Sys. v. McWherter, 851 S.W.2d 139 (Tenn.1993) (“Small Schools I ”). … See Van Tran v. State, 66 S.W.3d 790, 804 (Tenn.2001).

Mills v. Bennett

94 Tenn. 651 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 18, 1895

It was held in the case of Denny v. … Brown v. Leitch, 60 Ala., 313 . We think the weight of reason as well as authority is opposed to such stipulations. In our view, it is immaterial whether the contract is made by a single man or the head of a family.

Burson v. Moore

224 Tenn. 55 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 16, 1970

State v. Greeson, supra. In reaching these conclusions we have considered the cases relied on in appellant's brief, particularly Byrd v. Employment Security Agency, 86 Idaho 469 , 388 P.2d 100 ; Sanders v. … Okl., 430 P.2d 789 , and Tharp v.

Bishop v. United States Steel Corp.

593 S.W.2d 920 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 11, 1980

Consolidated Coal Company v. Brown, 225 Tenn. 572 , 474 S.W.2d 416 (1971); Chames v. Burk, 205 Tenn. 371 , 326 S.W.2d 657 (1959). … In a similar case, Belk-Elkhorn Corporation v.

Dupuis v. Hand

814 S.W.2d 340 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 22, 1991

In Lentz v. … Powell v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., 217 Tenn. 503 , 398 S.W.2d 727, 732 (1966). “Where the reason fails the rule should not apply.” Brown v. Selby, 206 Tenn. 71 , 332 S.W.2d 166, 169 (1960).

Sullivan County, Tennessee v. The City of Bristol, Tennessee

575 S.W.3d 324 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 8, 2019

Street, Blountville, Tennessee, for the appellants, Sullivan County Board of Education and Sullivan County, Tennessee. K. … Beard v. Branson, 528 S.W.3d 487, 494-95 (Tenn. 2017) (quoting Kiser v. Wolfe, 353 S.W.3d 741, 745 (Tenn. 2011)); Circle C Constr., LLC v.

Mitchell v. W. L. Stewart & Bro.

57 Tenn. 18 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1872

See Yancey v. Brown & Appleton, 3 Sneed.0 Reverse the judgment and remand the cause for a new trial.

Simmons v. Leonard

89 Tenn. 622 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 12, 1891

Hawkins v. Kercheval, 10 Lea, 542 ; Frazier v. Browning, 11 Lea, 253 ; McGrew v. City Produce Exchange, 1 Pickle, 572 ; Williams v. Burg, 9 Lea, 455 ; Glenn v. Moore, 11 Lea, 256 ; State v. … Townsend v. Townsend, 4 Cold., 70 .

Forrest v. State

81 Tenn. 103 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1884

Brown, 8 Hum., 89 . … The opinion of the jury, even when unqualified is not binding on the court: Lewis v. State, 3 Head, 127 . But the opinion is of course entitled to grave consideration: Poe v. State, 10 Lea, 673 .

Temple v. Ferguson

110 Tenn. 84 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1902

In Brown v. Foote, 2 Tenn. Ch., 260, Judge Cooper said, viz.: “There seems to he no conflict in the authorities upon this point, and Mr. … In Smith v.

Taylor v. Chandler

56 Tenn. 349 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1872

The general features of taxation, or of a public burden that may be imposed as such, are thus laid down by Judge Cooley in the case of “The People v. Township Board, reported in 9 Am. … Township Board .