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  • Hutton v. Watters

    132 Tenn. 527 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 6, 1915

    Co. v. … Co. v.

    Cited 44 timesPublished
  • Southern Railway Co. v. Grigsby

    155 Tenn. 285 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 28, 1927

    Board of Park Commissioners v. Nashville, 134 Tenn. 612, 630 ; Hayes v. Arrington, 108 Tenn., 494, 499 . … of Park Commissioners v.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • State ex rel. Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities v. City of Jackson

    573 S.W.2d 750 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 27, 1978

    In the very early case of Mayor and Aldermen of Memphis v. … E. g., City of Memphis v. Bettis, 512 S.W.2d 270 (Tenn. 1974).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Hooker v. Haslam

    393 S.W.3d 156 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 27, 2012

    Higgins v. … Hooker’s appeal of sanctions imposed by the Board of Professional Responsibility, spoke with one voice: Despite the ... sincerity of Mr.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • State v. Berry

    592 S.W.2d 553 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 7, 1980

    United States v. Brown, 466 F.2d 493, 495 (10th Cir. 1972); Hancock v. White, 378 F.2d 479, 482 (1st Cir. 1967). … United States v. Brown, supra at 495; State v. Smith, 107 Ariz. 100, 104 , 482 P.2d 863, 867 (1971); State v. McCorgary, 218 Kan. 358 , 543 P.2d 952, 958 (1975). 360 A.2d at 551 . *560 The second case is State v.

    Cited 45 timesPublished
  • Jones v. Harrison

    4 Tenn. 93 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 15, 1816

    See, as to specific articles, Ross v. Carter, 1 Hum. 415 ; Baird v. Tolliver, 6 Hum. 186 ; Noe v. Hodges, 5 Hum. 103 ; Hopson v. Fountain, 5 Hum. 140 ; Hixon v. Hixon, 7 Hum. 33 ; Brown v. … Simpson, 6 Yer. 295 ; McDonald v. Hodge, 5 Hay. 85 , and note sub fin.; King’s Digest, 5143.

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  • Lowenstein v. Reynolds

    92 Tenn. 543 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 6, 1893

    Stone Company v. Board of Publication, 91 Tenn., 200 . That case is exactly in point, and controls this one absolutely. … Code, § 1986 (M. & V., § 2746). Subsequent Acts have not extended the lien to persons further removed from the owner. Cole Manufacturing Co. v.

    Cited 3 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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  • Abbott v. State

    190 Tenn. 702 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 9, 1950

    Abbott’s testimony that she has heart trouble and unable to earn a living, is corroborated by the testimony of the woman with whom she was rooming and boarding. … In State v. Latham, 136 Tenn. 30 , 188 S. W. 534 , this Court held that the statute in question was constitutional. *704 In Poindexter v. State, 137 Tenn. 386 , at pages 392-393, 193 S.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Smith v. State

    215 Tenn. 314 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 6, 1965

    Polk v. Faris, 17 Tenn. 209 , 30 Am. Dec. 400 (1836); McCorry v. King’s Heirs, 22 Tenn. 267 , 39 Am.Dec. 165 (1842). … In the case of Brown v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Nashville Gas & Heating Co. v. City of Nashville

    177 Tenn. 590 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 14, 1941

    Gold v. Fite, 61 Tenn. (2 Baxt.), 237; Brown v. Hamlett, 76 Tenn. (8 Lea), 732.” … Brown v. Hamlett, supra. But there is no authority for modifying, supplying, enlarging or expanding the meaning of words used in a statute, except when necessary to effectuate an intent otherwise appearing.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Bouldin v. Lockhart

    62 Tenn. 262 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1873

    In Durham v. … In Wade v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Pentecost v. Anchor Wire Corp.

    695 S.W.2d 183 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 5, 1985

    See, e.g., CNA Insurance Co. v. Transou, Tenn., 614 S.W.2d 335, 337 (1981), Davis v. Traveler’s Insurance Co., Tenn., 496 S.W.2d 458 (1973); Brown Shoe Co. v. Reed, 209 Tenn. 106 , 350 S.W.2d 65 (1961). … Norton Co. v. Coffin, Tenn., 553 S.W.2d 751, 752 (1977); Imperial Shirt Corp. v. Jenkins, 217 Tenn. 602 , 399 S.W.2d 757 (1966); Union Carbide Corp. v. Cannon, Tenn., 523 S.W.2d 360 (1975).

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • State ex rel. McMorrow v. Hunt

    137 Tenn. 243 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1916

    The use of it as a supervisory writ is recognized and provided for in the Code (Sections 4853 and 4854) in the words: “The writ of certiorari may be granted ... in all cases where an inferior tribunal board, or officer exercising … or before the passage of the statute. *252 If petitioner means to say that his application was for a writ “asa substitute for appeal,” or “instead of writ of error” — what we have denominated the statutory writ (Conners v.

    Cited 40 timesPublished
  • State v. Lewis

    958 S.W.2d 736 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 29, 1997

    Brown v. Ohio, 432 U.S. 161,165 , 97 S.Ct. 2221, 2225 , 53 L.Ed.2d 187, 194 (1977). … Mascari v. Raines, 220 Tenn. 234, 239 , 415 S.W.2d 874, 876 (1967).

    Cited 59 timesPublished
  • Kasper v. State

    326 S.W.2d 664 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 3, 1959

    326 S.W.2d 664 (1959) John KASPER, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error. Supreme Court of Tennessee. July 27, 1959. … I remember he said, I had a fellow come up to me and say, `John, why don't you hang the School Board.'

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Young v. Harris-Cortner Co.

    152 Tenn. 15 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 6, 1924

    Rep., 527 ; Stone v. Perry, 60 Me., 48; Goldsmith v. Bryant, 26 Wis., 34 ; South San Francisco Packing Co. v. Jacobsen, 183 Cal., 131 , 190 P., 628 ; People’s State Bank v. Brown, 80 Kan., 520 , 103 P., 102 , 23 L. R. … Iankovets, supra; South San Francisco Packing Co. v. Jacobsen, supra.; People’s State Bank v. Brown, supra; Hodgson v. Barrett, supra; Stone v. Perry, supra.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • State Ex Rel. Canale Ex Rel. Hall v. Minimum Salary Department of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Inc.

    477 S.W.2d 11 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 7, 1972

    Blackburn are the directors of Minimum Salary Department; that the board of directors approved a loan of corporate funds to defendant H. … See Employers’ Indemnity Co. v. Willard (1911) 125 Tenn. 288 , 151 S.W. 1029 , and cases cited therein; Grant v. Martin (1968) 221 Tenn. 563 , 428 S.W.2d 785 .

    Cited 22 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
  • Central Drug Store v. Adams

    184 Tenn. 541 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 3, 1947

    Brown, 141 Iowa 540 , 120 N W. 334; Thompson on Real Property, Vol. 7, sec. 3569. … Zinn v. Sidler, 268 Mo. 680, 689 , 187 S. W. 1172 , L. R. A. 1917A, 455; Hartman v. Wells, 257 Ill. 167 , 100 N. E. 500 , Ann. Cas. 1914A, 901; Morrison v. Hess, Mo. Sup., 231 S. W. 997 , 18 A. L. R. 433; Elterich v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished

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