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  • 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
  • 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.'

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  • Baird v. Rogers

    95 Tenn. 492 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 2, 1895

    City v. Laski, supra; Parsons v. McGavock, 2 Tenn. Ch., 582. … Clapp v. Walker, 25 Iowa, 315 ; Board of Com. v. Bond, 3 Col., 411 ; Drake on Att. (5th Ed.), Sec. 516b. This has been done in the case at bar.

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  • 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 .

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  • Mathews v. Harris

    713 S.W.2d 311 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 14, 1986

    The form continued: “I hereby authorize the Retirement Board of the Retirement System to make payment to the beneficiary whom I have above nominated and agree on behalf of myself and my heirs and assigns, that payment so … On the authority of Bowers v. Bowers, 637 S.W.2d 456 (Tenn.1982) the Chancellor held that the previous designation was not affected by the subsequent divorce proceedings which made no reference to it.

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  • Railroad Co. v. Brundige

    114 Tenn. 31 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1904

    In Gibson v. … In the well-considered case of Brown v. Mitchell (Tex. Sup.), 31 S. W., 621 , 36 L. R.

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  • McCallie v. Mayor of Chattanooga

    40 Tenn. 317 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1859

    On the 21st of August, 1854, by an ordinance of the board, a subscription of $100,000 of the stock of said “Wills' Yalley ” Road was made on behalf of the corporation of Chattanooga. … This case is wholly unlike the case of The State of New Jersey v. Wilson, 7 Cranch, 164 .

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  • Hall v. Nash

    184 Tenn. 312 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 11, 1947

    Co. v. Black, 129 Tenn. 30, 36, 37 , 164 S. W. 1183 , 1185, 51 L. R. A. (N. S.), 340. “. . . … Knoxville Traction Co. v. Brown, 115 Tenn. 323, 329, 330 , 89 S. W. 319 , 321. Both lower courts found evidence of negligence, and we find a basis for this conclusion.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Van Pelt v. State

    193 Tenn. 463 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 9, 1952

    Cards, dice, roulette wheels, slot machines, punch boards, certain kinds of boards or tables, lottery tickets, policy slips, ‘numbers’ books and slips are among the common forms of gam *472 bling devices and apparatus.” … McDougal v. State, 64 Tenn. 660 ; Wilson v. State, 103 Tenn. 87 , 52 S. W. 869 ; Cowan v. State, 117 Tenn. 247 , 96 S. W. 973 ; Nashville Railway & Light Co. v. State, 144 Tenn. 446 , 234 S. W. 327 ; Bowmer v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Eckhardt v. Phillips

    176 Tenn. 34 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 2, 1940

    I want my son, Swep, Sidnor to have his support out of my place till he is of age, without charge for board. “He must pay no board while at home before he is of age. … Cator, Meacham v. Graham, Katzenberger v. Weaver, Frank v. Frank, and Scruggs v.

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  • Howard v. State

    217 Tenn. 556 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 7, 1966

    We have critically, examined Johnson v. Johnson (1870), 49 Tenn. 521 ; Moore v. State (1871), 50 Tenn. *560 493; Bass v. State (1872), 65 Tenn. 579 ; State v. Farroto (1876), 67 Tenn. 571 ; Jackson v. … Burrage (1948), 188 Tenn. 80 , 216 S.W.2d 732 ; Hickle v. Irick (1956), 42 Tenn.App. 183 , 300 S.W.2d 54 ; Cobb v. Brown (1956), 42 Tenn.App. 595 , 305 S.W.2d 241 ; Duboise v.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Wilson v. Alexander

    115 Tenn. 125 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1905

    And in Blakeley v. … In Lewis v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Sun Coal Co. v. Epperson

    178 Tenn. 114 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 29, 1941

    Brown: Object to that. “Court: Sustain the objection. *118 “Mr. Ladd: We want that in the record if yon please. We except to the ruling of the Court. “By Mr. Ladd. “Q. … Hartford Hosiery Mills v. Jenigan, 149 Tenn., 241, 243 , 259 S. W., 546 , 547, 32 A. L. R., 563. And see the recent case of Key v. Briar Hill Collieries, 167 Tenn., 229 , 68 S.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Chattanooga v. Reid

    103 Tenn. 616 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 22, 1899

    Lasser, 9 Hum., 757 ; Mayor and City Council of Nashville v. Brown, 9 Heis., 1; Nibblitt v. Mayor and City Council of Nashville, 12 Heis., 684; Mayor and Aldermen of Knoxville v. Bell, 12 Lea, 158 . … Davis v. Knoxville, 6 Pick., 601 -603; McCrowell v. Mayor and Aldermen, 5 Lea, 688 , 689; Dillon’s Municipal Corporations (4th Ed.), Secs. 951, 952; Conelly v. Nashville, 16 Pick., 265 , 266.

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  • Cummins v. Woody

    177 Tenn. 636 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 14, 1941

    Bream v. Brown, 5 Cold., 168; Loague v. Railroad, 7 Pickle, 458 , 459, 19 S. W., 430 . … Traf ford v. Adams Express Co., 8 Lea, 96 , 109. In the case of Holston v. Dayton Coal & Iron Co., 11 Pickle, 521 , 524, 32 S.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Spicer v. State

    12 S.W.3d 438 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 7, 2000

    See, e.g., State v. Brown, 992 S.W.2d 389, 391 (Tenn. 1999); Rickman, 876 S.W.2d at 828; Burlison v. State, 501 S.W.2d 801, 804 (Tenn. 1973). 9 But see Tenn. R. Crim. … Brown, 992 S.W.2d at 391; see also State v. Shelton, 851 S.W.2d 134, 137 (Tenn. 1993).

    Cited 170 timesPublished
  • Turnage v. Kenton

    102 Tenn. 328 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 19, 1899

    Washburn Real Prop., Sec. 631; Blount v. Medlin, 2 Tenn., 199 ; Hebart v. Scott, 11 Pickle, 467 ; Massingill v. Boyles, 4 Hum., 206 . … Code (Shannon), 4456; Brown v. Johnson, 1 Hum., 261 ; Ramsey v. Monroe, 3 Sneed, 329 ; Nelson v. Trigg, 4 Lea, 706 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • McElya v. Hill

    105 Tenn. 319 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 12, 1900

    Waters v. Comly, 3 Harr. (Del.), 127; Connor v. Frierson, 14 Pickle, 183 . … Maney v. Porter, 3 Hum., 347 .

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  • Swift & Co. v. Haley

    142 Tenn. 382 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1919

    Brown, 103 Tenn., 450 , 53 S. W., 727 ; State v. Yardley, 95 Tenn., 546 , 32 S. W., 481 34 L. R. A., 656. … State v. Brown, 103 Tenn., 450 , 53 S. W., 727 ; Cannon v. Mathes, 8 Heisk., 519 ; Railroad v. Crider, 91 Tenn., 494 , 19 S. W., 618 ; State v. Yardley, 95 Tenn., 546 , 32 S. W., 481 , 34 L. R. A., 656.

    Cited 2 timesPublished

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