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710 S.W.2d 510 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 27, 1986
Brown, Jr., Anita B. Hardeman, Brown, Dobson, Burnette & Kresler, Chattanooga, for plaintiffs-appellees. OPINION FONES, Justice. Plaintiff Virginia Dodson, individually and as Virginia H. … Hammond v. Herbert Hood Co., 31 Tenn.
Cited 13 timesPublished171 Tenn. 536 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 10, 1937
Malone v. Williams, 118 Tenn., 390 , 103 S. W., 798 , 121 Am. St. Rep., 1002 ; Staples v. Brown, 113 Tenn., 639 , 85 S. W., 254 ; Maloney v. Collier, 112 Tenn., 78 , 83 S. W., 667 ; Moore v. Sharp, 98 Tenn., 65, 38 S. … W., 411 ; Boring v. Griffith, 1 Heisk. (48 Tenn.), 456; Dodd v.
Cited 4 timesPublished50 Tenn. 408 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 7, 1872
Beatty went to the magistrate’s office, where,” he says, “he found the prisoner under arrest, as well as Dick Brown, another negro implicated in the poisoning. … A remark of tbe court in the case of State v. Fields, Peck R., p. 143, is relied on to sustain this objection.
Cited 2 timesPublishedTibbals Flooring Co. v. Brewster
196 Tenn. 684 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 23, 1954
In Russell v. Virginia Bridge & Iron Co., 172 Tenn. 268 , 111 S. … In Ezzell v. Tipton, 150 Tenn. 300 , 264 S.
Cited 2 timesPublished56 Tenn. 95 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1871
Brown & Walker and Campbell & McEwen. The complainant brings the case up by writ of error. … solicitors of the several parties are entitled to a lien upon the recovery of their «clients for reasonable fees, and this lien has been held to attach to real estate, where it is the subject matter of litigation: See Hunt v.
Cited 0 timesPublished56 Tenn. 95 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1871
Brown & Walker and Campbell & McEwen. The complainant brings the case up by writ of error. … solicitors of the several parties are entitled to a lien upon the recovery of their «clients for reasonable fees, and this lien has been held to attach to real estate, where it is the subject matter of litigation: See Hunt v.
Cited 0 timesPublished192 Tenn. 310 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 16, 1951
In the Floyd case, supra- the holding of which was re-affirmed by this Court in Quinley v. Cocke, supra, it is said: “And in Duckworth v. … “And in Boyce v.
Cited 12 timesPublished189 Tenn. 240 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 10, 1949
City of Nashville v. Brown, 25 Tenn. App. 340 , 157 S. W. 2d 612 . … Shannon’s Code, Section 1679; State v. Mayor, etc., of Town of Loudon, 3 Head, 263 ; DeTavernier v.
Cited 6 timesPublished8 Tenn. 488 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 22, 1872
v. … And so it has been uniformly recognized as a proper remedy to avoid or correct oppression and unlawful assessments of taxes: McGrath v. Loague, 6 Cold., 340 ; Spears v. Loague, 6 Cold., 420 .
Cited 0 timesPublishedFrazier v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.
67 S.W.3d 782 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 19, 2001
DROWOTA, III, J., and HAMILTON V. GAYDEN, JR., Sp. J., joined. … See Advo, Inc. v. Phillips, 989 S.W.2d 693 (Tenn.Sp.Workers Comp.1998).
Cited 4 timesPublishedState ex rel. National Conservation Exposition Co. v. Woolen
128 Tenn. 456 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1913
Johnson, 23 Colo., 153 , 46 Pac., 681 ; Brown v. State, 32 Tex. Cr. R., 119 , 22 S. W., 596 -602; Baker v. Kaiser 126 Fed., 321 , 61 C. C. A., 303 ; State v. Shores, 31 W. Va., 491 , 7 S. E., 413 , 13 Am. St. … Moreover, it is, in our opinion, wholly consonant with good reason.” • Brown v. State, 32 Tex. Cr. R., 119, 132 , 22 S. W., 596, 601 .
Cited 17 timesPublished924 S.W.2d 666 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 17, 1996
Brown v. Illinois, 422 U.S. at 598 , 95 S.Ct. at 2259 (quoting Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. at 486 , 83 S.Ct. at 416 ) (emphasis added). … Brown v. Illinois, 422 U.S. at 603-04 , 95 S.Ct. at 2261-62 ; see also Williams v. State, 348 N.E.2d at 628 .
Cited 282 timesPublishedMitchell 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.
Cited 0 timesPublished90 Tenn. 647 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 31, 1891
In the case of Turner v. … This Court has decided that it will not reverse upon defendant’s unsupported affidavit (Brown v. State, 85 Tenn., 439 ), and there was uo error for refusing a new trial on this ground.
Cited 8 timesPublished200 Tenn. 273 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 5, 1956
The citation of Smiley v. … See State v.
Cited 29 timesPublishedEast Tennessee Coal Co. v. Taylor
131 Tenn. 11 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1914
Wooldridge v. Bank, 1 Sneed (33 Tenn.), 298; Williams v. Neil, 4 Heisk. (51 Tenn.), 282; Hughes v. Brown, 4 Pick. (88 Tenn.), 578, 13 S. W., 286 , 8 L. R. A., 480; Realty Co. v. … Williams v. Otey, supra. Certainly third parties could not complain.
Cited 2 timesPublished809 S.W.2d 893 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1991
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). … U.S., 757 S.W.2d 687, 711 (Tex.1988); Vt.Stat.Ann. tit. 15, Sec. 1001 (Supp.1984); Va.Code Sec. 8.01-220 (1984); Lund v. Caple, 675 P.2d 226 , 100 Wash.2d 739 (1984); Brown v.
Cited 30 timesPublishedState of Tennessee v. Marlo Davis
466 S.W.3d 49 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 3, 2015
See State v. Brown, 311 S.W.3d 422, 431-32 (Tenn.2010); State v. Ducker, 27 S.W.3d 889, 896 (Tenn.2000). … If that is the case, the verdicts are legally inconsistent and cannot withstand challenge”); Brown v.
Cited 176 timesPublished39 Tenn. 582 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1859
Taylor v. Skaine, 2 South Ca. Rep., 696; People v. Collins, 7 Johns. Rep., 549; McInstry v. Tanner, 9 Johns. Rep., 135. The same rule is laid down by this Court in Pearce v. Hawkins, 2 Swan, 87 . … We have been referred by the counsel of the plaintiffs in error, to Gregg v. Cooke, Peck’s Rep., 82, and Brown v. Newby, 6 Yer., 395 . But it is manifest that in these cases, as also in Smith v.
Cited 1 timesPublished210 Tenn. 175 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 4, 1962
In the case of Turner v. … Sm ith v. State, 90 Tenn. 575 , 18 S.W. 248 ; King v. State, 91 Tenn. 617 , 20 S.W. 169 ; Morgan v. Duffey, *183 94 Tenn. 686 , 30 S.W. 735 ; Ferguson v. Moore, 98 Tenn. 342 , 39 S.W. 341 .’ Sherman v.
Cited 8 timesPublished
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