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95 Tenn. 396 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 10, 1895
Greene v. Starnes, 1 Heis., 582; Saylors v. Saylors, 3 Heis., 533; O’Neal v. Smith, 10 Lea, 340 ; McBee v. Bearden, 7 Lea, 733 ; Howell v. Cobb, 2 Cold., 104 ; Armstrong v. Croft, 3 Lea, 191 ; Spencer v. … Marshall v. Hudson, 9 Yer., 57 ; Maxey v. Carter, 10 Yer., 521 ; Cocke v. Hoffman, 5 Lea, 109 ; Reeves v. Pulliam, 7 Bax., 120 ; Jamison v. Lillard, 12 Lea, 690 ; Gibson v. Jones, 13 Lea, 684 ; Glass v.
Cited 6 timesPublished126 Tenn. 331 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1912
Memphis v. Lasser, 9 Humph., 757 ; Nashville v. Brown, 9 Heisk., 1 , 24 Am. Rep., 289 ; Niblett v. Nashville, 12 Heisk., 684 , 27 Am. Rep., 755 . In Knoxville v. … Even in Williams v.
Cited 25 timesPublishedTennessee Cent. Ry. Co. v. Pharr
183 Tenn. 658 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 13, 1946
and commissions, for the reason that it was suspended by Section 10618, as held by us in Woodroof v. … State v. Public Service Commission of Missouri, 330 Mo. 729 , 51 S. W. (2d) 73, 76 ; Board of Levee Com’rs v. Johnson, 178 Ky. 287 , 199 S. W. 8, 12 , L. R. A. 1918E, 202.
Cited 3 timesPublished110 Tenn. 638 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1903
In Templeton v. Brown, 86 Tenn., 55 , 5 S. … Nelson v. Trigg, 2 Tenn. Cas., 645 ; Spurlock v. Brown, 91 Tenn., 241, 257 , 18 S. W., 868 .
Cited 11 timesPublished166 Tenn. 218 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 20, 1933
Mitchell v. Usilton, 146 Tenn., 419 ; City of Nashville v. Latham, 160 Tenn., 581 ; American Mutual Liability Co. v. Otis Elevator Co., 160 Tenn., 248 ; McCreary v. Nashville C. & St. L. Ry., 161 Tenn., 691 ; Revell v. … I.), 146 Atl., 484 , and Kelly v. North British R. Co. (1915), 53 Scot. L. R., 53, As observed in American Mutual Liability Co. v.
Cited 17 timesPublished53 Tenn. 489 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 1, 1871
Brown, 7 John. C. R., 222. … Jarman, vol. 1, p. 160, and approved by this court in Brown v.
Cited 0 timesPublishedSweeton v. Tennessee Consol. Coal Co.
179 Tenn. 216 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 2, 1942
Kinnard v. Tennessee Chem. Co., 157 Tenn., 206 , 7 S. W. (2d), 807 . Actual dependency for support is the test. See Wilmoth v. Phoenix Utility Co., 168 Tenn., 95, 97 , 75 S. W. (2d), 48 . … What this young man had heretofore contributed had been little, if anything, more than his reasonable board and other expenses.
Cited 7 timesPublished128 Tenn. 340 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1913
It was held in Lewis v. … State v. Rose, supra; United States v. Hartwell, 6 Wall., 385, 393 , 18 L. Ed, 830, 832; People v. Duane, 121 N. Y., 367, 375 , 24 N. E., 845 .
Cited 9 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 1 timesPublishedMcClain v. Henry I. Siegel Co.
834 S.W.2d 295 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 6, 1992
date that the judgment or decree is entered at an annual rate of interest five (5) *296 percentage points above the average prime loan rate for the most recent week for which such an average rate has been published by the board … See, e.g., Fowler v.
Cited 29 timesPublishedWashington v. Robertson County
29 S.W.3d 466 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 2, 2000
In Carr v. … The Supreme Court has recently reaffirmed this holding in Board of County Comm’r v. Brown, 520 U.S. 397 , 117 S.Ct. 1382 , 137 L.Ed.2d 626 (1997).
Cited 38 timesPublished184 Tenn. 443 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 1, 1945
Proof of a particular threat is made to his' wife that he would kill her if she “turned him up” to the Draft Board, and it is shown that she nevertheless did report to the Board that he was not supporting her or the children … Hays v. State, 159 Tenn. 388 , 19 S. W. (2d) 313 ; Williams v. State, 164 Tenn. 562 , at page 570, 51 S. W. (2d) 482 ; Rowe v. State, 164 Tenn. 571 , at page 579, 51 S. W. (2d) 505 ; Hutchins v.
Cited 41 timesPublished7 L.R.A. 469 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 1, 1890
Town of West Hartford v. The Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Hartford, 44 Conn., 361 . … The strongest adverse case is that of City of Louisville v. Commonwealth, 1 Duvall, 295.
Cited 23 timesPublished244 S.W.3d 321 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 19, 2007
Flannary, 121 S.W.3d at 650 ; Brown v. Brown, 913 S.W.2d 163, 166 (Tenn.Ct.App.1994). … McFarland v. McFarland, No. M2005-01260-COA-R3-CV, 2007 WL 2254576 , at *6 (Tenn.Ct.App. Aug.6, 2007). First, the contributions must be “real and significant.” Id.; Brown, 913 S.W.2d at 167 .
Cited 179 timesPublished137 Tenn. 224 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1916
Johns v. Montgomery, 265 Ill., 21 , 106 N. E., 497 , L. R. A., 1916B, 1073, Ann. Cas., 1916A, 996, following Curtiss v. Brown, 29 Ill., 201 ; Lenow v. Arrington, 111 Tenn., 720 , 69 S. W., 314 ; Ricardi v. … In Burroughs v.
Cited 14 timesPublished192 Tenn. 521 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 16, 1951
Seeber, in his official capacity as County Judge for Anderson County, Tennessee, against the defendants as members of the Anderson County Board of Commissioners of Elections. … This Court in State v. True, 116 Tenn. 294 , 95 S.
Cited 2 timesPublished528 S.W.2d 545 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 29, 1975
Brewer, 408 U.S. 471 , 92 S.Ct. 2593 , 33 L.Ed.2d 484 (1972) and Gagnon v. Scarpelli, 411 U.S. 778 , 93 S.Ct. 1756 , 36 L.Ed.2d 656 (1973). … Therefore, Petitioner strongly argues that the holding of Mempa v.
Cited 6 timesPublished106 Tenn. 273 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 19, 1901
State v. Barksdale, 5 Hum., *278 154 ; Nashville v. Brown, 9 Heis., 2; Niblett v. Nashville, 12 Heis., 684; Poole v. … Jones v. Telephone Co., 17 Pick., 443 .
Cited 12 timesPublishedShockley v. Morristown Produce & Ice Co.
158 Tenn. 148 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 8, 1928
Chemical Co. v. … White v. Bates, 234 Ill., 276 ; Hendricks v. Calloway, 211 Mo. 536 .
Cited 40 timesPublished199 Tenn. 479 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 3, 1956
Lea v. Brown, 166 Tenn. 669, 692, 693 , 64 S. W. (2d) 841, 848 , 91 A. L. R. 1246, is appropriate: • “A-party- may waive any provision of a contract-statute, or constitution intendéd for his benefit. … Lea v. Brown, supra., ... .. The trial judge’s second grqund for holding the Act invalid was that the Act “was not the law of the.land” within the meaning of the Constitution.
Cited 20 timesPublished
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