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  • Taylor v. State

    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 timesPublished
  • Richenberger v. Chrysler Credit Corp.

    547 S.W.2d 933 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 14, 1977

    In Johnson v. … Germain v. Bank of Hawaii, supra.

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  • Burlison v. Rose

    701 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 timesPublished
  • State v. Edwards

    572 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 timesPublished
  • D. M. Rose & Co. v. Snyder

    185 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 timesPublished
  • Harris v. Williford

    179 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 timesPublished
  • Carver v. Maxwell

    110 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 timesPublished
  • Pantry, 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 timesPublished
  • State v. Critchett

    69 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 timesPublished
  • Southern 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 timesPublished
  • Rose v. Rose

    176 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 timesPublished
  • Roberts v. Southern Ry. Co.

    141 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 timesPublished
  • Taylor v. McDaniel

    51 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.

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  • Stephen 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 timesPublished
  • Donna 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.

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  • Hopper v. Fisher

    39 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.

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  • Hopper v. Fisher

    39 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.

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  • Central 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 timesPublished
  • Stroupe v. Tidwell

    510 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 timesPublished
  • Petty 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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