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995 S.W.2d 78 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 21, 1999
On April 21, 1994, the Tennessee Board of Pardons and Paroles regained custody of Gwin from the Georgia Department of Corrections due to an alleged commutation violation. … Briggs v.
Cited 841 timesPublishedRichenberger v. Chrysler Credit Corp.
547 S.W.2d 933 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 14, 1977
In Johnson v. … Germain v. Bank of Hawaii, supra.
Cited 0 timesPublished701 S.W.2d 609 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 9, 1985
Murphy Truck Lines v. Brown, 203 Tenn. 414, 422 , 313 S.W.2d 440, 443 (1958). … Memphis Street Railway Co. v. Cooper, 203 Tenn. 425, 435 , 313 S.W.2d 444, 449 (1958); Cherry v. Floyd, 60 Tenn. App. 521 , 448 S.W.2d 444, 447 (1969).
Cited 19 timesPublished572 S.W.2d 917 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 6, 1978
United States v. Pastor, 557 F.2d 930 (2d Cir. 1977); Iske v. United States, 396 F.2d 28 (10th Cir. 1968). … King, Minn., 257 N.W.2d 693 (1977); State v. Lisk, 21 N.C.App. 474 , 204 S.W.2d 868 (1974); State v. Brown, 576 P.2d 776 (Okl.Cr.1978).
Cited 22 timesPublished185 Tenn. 499 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 29, 1947
“In our former opinion Judge Baptist pointed out that Brown v. [Chattanooga] Electric Railway Co., 101 Tenn. 252 , 47 S. W. 415 [ 70 Am. St. … Brown, 25 Tenn. App. 340, 349, 350 , 157 S. W. (2d) 612, 618, 619 ; National Life & Acc. Ins. Co. v. Morrison, 179 Tenn. 29, 53 , 162 S. W. (2d) 501, 510 .”
Cited 172 timesPublished179 Tenn. 299 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 7, 1942
Whatever doubt may have theretofore existed, it was definitely settled in Wright v. Black, 159 Tenn., 254 , 17 S. … Appellants invoke and rely on Snider v. Brown (Tenn. Ch. App.), 48 S. W., 377 , 379, et seq., opinion by Wilson, J. That case is to be distinguished in several respects.
Cited 7 timesPublished110 Tenn. 75 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1902
The facts applicable to this point, as found by the court of chancery appeals, are as follows: During the slave period, and according to the custom of marriage then in force (see Brown v. Cheatham, 91 Tenn., 98 , 17 S. … Briscoe v. Vaughn, 103 Tenn., 308 , 52 S. W., 1068 .
Cited 17 timesPublishedPantry, Inc. v. City of Pigeon Forge
681 S.W.2d 23 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 5, 1984
See: Watkins v. Naifeh, Tenn., 635 S.W.2d 104 (1983); Thompson v. City of Harriman, Tenn., 568 S.W.2d 92 (1978). … See City of Chattanooga v. Tennessee Alc. Bev. Com’n, Tenn., 525 S.W.2d 470 (1975).
Cited 6 timesPublished69 Tenn. 271 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1878
The defendant is indicted for extortion by taking more than his proper fees as pound-keeper, an • officer-created by an ordinance of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Chattanooga, the fees being prescribed by … It is settled, too, in The State v. Merritt, 5 Sneed, 69 , that even. an honest belief that the officer was entitled to the fee will not shield him, as he is bound to know the legal fees to which he is entitled.
Cited 1 timesPublishedSouthern Railway Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
209 Tenn. 177 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 8, 1961
Hinchman v. City Water Co., 179 Tenn. 545 , 167 S.W.2d 986 . … Co. v. Hammond, 200 Tenn. 106 , 290 S.W. 2d 860 , and Southern Fire & Gas Co. v. Cooper, 200 Tenn. 283 , 292 S.W.2d 177 , for numerous decisions of this Court holding as above indicated.
Cited 7 timesPublished176 Tenn. 680 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 18, 1940
Lawrence v. Nelson, 113 Iowa, 277 , 85 N. W., 84 , 57 L. R. A., 583; Wood v. Wood, 136 Iowa, 128 , 113 N. W., 492 , 12 L. R. A. (N. S.), 891, 125 Am. St. Rep., 223 ; Johnson v. Coleman, 23 Wis., 452 , 99 Am. … Dec., 193 ; Bomsta v. Johnson, 38 Minn., 230 , 36 N. W., 341 ; Brown v. Grove, 116 Ind., 84 , 18 N. E., 387 , 9 Am. St. Rep., 823 . Other like cases are collected in notes, 57 L. R. A., 588; *683 1 L. R. A. (N.
Cited 12 timesPublished141 Tenn. 95 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1918
Illinois Central Railway Co. v. Messina, 240 U. S., 395 , 36 Sup. Ct., 368, 60 L. Ed., 709 , and Southern Railway Co. v. Linear, 138 Tenn., 543 , 198 S. W., 887 , L. R. … Jones v. Cullen, 100 Tenn., 24 , 42 S. W., 873 ; Carson v. Peterson, 105 Term., 541, 58 S. W., 1060 ; Coal & Coke Co. v. Steel Co., 123 Tenn., 428, 131 S. W., 988 , 31 L. R. A. (N. S.), 278; Boshwitz v.
Cited 1 timesPublished51 Tenn. 545 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 9, 1871
The case of Brent and Wife v. Brown et als., 8 Head, 560 , is referred to as sustaining the right to the relief sought in this bill.
Cited 0 timesPublishedStephen Michael West v. Derrick D. Schofield
519 S.W.3d 550 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 28, 2017
.‖); Marmet Health Care Ctr., Inc. v. Brown, 565 U.S. 530, 531 (2012) (―When this Court has fulfilled its duty to interpret federal law, a state court may not contradict or fail to implement the rule so established.‖). … The Plaintiffs contend that this is a free-standing basis for an Eighth Amendment challenge, citing In re Kemmler, 136 U.S. 436, 447 (1890); Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 102 (1976); Baze, 553 U.S. at 49; and Brown v.
Cited 13 timesPublishedDonna Cooper v. Dr. Mason Wesley Mandy
Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 20, 2022
But the doctor was not a board-certified plastic surgeon, and the surgery did not go well. … Effler v.
Cited 0 timesPublished39 Tenn. 253 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1858
And, on the same subject, White v. Albertson, 3 Dev., 242 ; Brown et al. v. Wood, 17 Mass., 72 ; Britain v. Cowen, 5 Hum., 318 , 319; 1 Greenl. Ev., § 19. … Judge Resse, in Britain v.
Cited 0 timesPublished39 Tenn. 253 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1858
And, on the same subject, White v. Albertson, 3 Dev., 242 ; Brown et al. v. Wood, 17 Mass., 72 ; Britain v. Cowen, 5 Hum., 318 , 319; 1 Greenl. Ev., § 19. … Judge Resse, in Britain v.
Cited 0 timesPublishedCentral Hospital for Insane v. Adams
134 Tenn. 429 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1915
Brown v. Trustees of Schools, 224 Ill., 184 , 79 N. E., 579 , 115 Am. St. Rep., 146 , 8 Ann. Cas., 96. This ease holds as does the' court in Memphis v. … Eastern State Hospital v. Graves, supra, was cited approvingly in State v.
Cited 15 timesPublished510 S.W.2d 77 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 19, 1974
In State Board of Equalization of California, et al. v. … Ziffrin, Inc. v. Reeves, 308 U.S. 132 , 60 S.Ct. 163 , 84 L.Ed 128; Indianapolis Brewing Co. v. Liquor Control Commission, 305 U.S. 391 , 59 S.Ct. 254 , 83 L.Ed. 243 ; State Board of Equalization of California v.
Cited 3 timesPublishedPetty v. Phœnix Cotton Oil Co.
150 Tenn. 292 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1924
State v. Yardley, 95 Tenn., 553 , 32 S. W., 481 , 34 L. R. A., 656; State v. Brown, 103 Tenn., 456 , 53 *296 S. W., 727 ; Peterson v. State, 104 Tenn., 131 , 56 S. W., 834 ; Railroad v. State, 110 Tenn., 617 , 75 S. … Garvin v. State, 13 Lea, 162 ; Railroad v. Byrne, supra.
Cited 7 timesPublished
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