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  • Continental National Bank v. First National Bank

    108 Tenn. 374 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 8, 1902

    Rogers v. Stokes, 3 Pickle, 298 ; McBee v. Bowman, 5 Pickle, 140 ; Spears v. Ins. Co., 1 Bax., 370 ; Henry v. Brown, 2 Heis., 213; Scott v. Fletcher, 1 Tenn., 488 .

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Fitzpatrick v. Fitzpatrick

    131 Tenn. 54 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1914

    .” *57 In De Armond v. De Armond, 92 Tenn., 40 , 20 S. … It is true at this time the bill was so drawn, treating the affidavit as. a statutory part of the bill under the authority of De Armond v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • City Transp. Co. v. Noel

    187 Tenn. 676 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 11, 1948

    “Plaintiff had boarded the bus at this stop on other occasions. … In Villa v. United Electric Rys. Co., 51 R. I. 384, 155 A. 366 , 75 A. L.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Smith v. Grizzard

    149 Tenn. 207 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1923

    Justice Lueton (Waters v. Hutton, 85 Tenn., 116 , 1 S. … We think the conclusion we have reached is amply supported by the holdings in Adams v. Brown, 4 Baxt., 124 ; Rich v. Scales, 116 Tenn., 57 , 91 S. W., 50 ; Waters v. Hutton, 85 Tenn., 109 , 1 S. W., 787 ;. Young v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Myers v. Comer

    144 Tenn. 475 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1921

    In Miner v. Brown, 133 N. Y., 308 , 31 N. … To the same effect is the rule announced in Hunt v. Blackburn, 128 U. S. 464 , 9 Sup. Ct. 125, 32 L. Ed. 488 ; McDermott v. French, 15 N. J. Eq., 78; Hadlock v. Gray, 104 Ind., 596 , 14 N. E., 167 ; Dowling v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Tuck Ex Rel. Latham v. Payne

    159 Tenn. 192 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 25, 1929

    In passing upon this question the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, in County Board of Education v. Hensley, 42 L. R. A. (N. … L., 242; Barham v. Turbeville, supra; County Board of Education v. Hensley, supra; Whitman v. Allen, supra; International Land Co. v. Marshall (Okla.), 19 L. R. A. (N. S.), 1063.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • McCarley v. McCarley

    210 Tenn. 484 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 7, 1962

    As observed in Burton et al v. … Jordan v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Bonnie Harmon v. Hickman Community Healthcare Services, Inc.

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 28, 2020

    Wagner, M.D., a physician who was board-certified in neurology and psychiatry. In response, Hickman Community Healthcare challenged Dr. … Hodge v. Craig, 382 S.W.3d 325, 334 n.3 (Tenn. 2012) (citing Brown v. Roland, 357 S.W.3d 614, 620 (Tenn. 2012); In re Adoption of E.N.R., 42 S.W.3d 26, 32 (Tenn. 2001); Alexander v.

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  • Harmon v. Tyler

    112 Tenn. 8 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1903

    In Gillespie v. … “So far as our investigation has gone, it is only in the Iowa case, supra [Brown v. McCollum, 76 Iowa, 479 , 41 N. W., 197 , 14 Am. St.

    Cited 18 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
  • Strong v. State ex rel. Barrett

    129 Tenn. 472 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1914

    State v. Staten, 46 Tenn. (6 Cold.) 250 . A kindred question arose in this State and was decided in Knox v. State, 68 Tenn. (9 Baxt.), 202. … See, also, People v. Creamer, 30 App. Div., 624 , 53 N. Y. Supp., 1111 ; State v. Sanders, 153 N. C., 627 , 69 S. E., 272 ; State v. Everitt, 164 N. C., 399 , 79 S. E., 274 , 47 L. R. A. (N. S.), 848.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Norma Faye Pyles Lynch Family Purpose LLC v. Putnam County

    301 S.W.3d 196 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 16, 2009

    State, 208 Tenn. 534, 536-37 , 347 S.W.2d 47, 48 (1961), and not theoretical or abstract, State v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 18 S.W.3d 186, 192 (Tenn.2000); Miller v. … The application was not filed with the Building Finance Committee of the Tennessee Board for Economic Growth until November 25, 2008.

    Cited 141 timesPublished
  • Williams v. State

    191 Tenn. 456 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 9, 1950

    It would depend upon the good behavior of the defendant and the attitude of the Parole Board under the indeterminate sentence law, but that is something with which you have nothing to do.” … In this connection, see also People v. Smith, 206 Cal. 235 , 273 P. 789 ; Bird v. State, 154 Ark. 297 , 242 S. W. 71 .

    Cited 15 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
  • LaFever v. Ware

    211 Tenn. 393 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 7, 1963

    Derryberry v. State Board of Election Commissioners, 150 Tenn. 525 , 266 S.W. 102 (1924). … Mitchell v. Kinney, 242 Ala. 196 , 5 So.2d 788, 793 (1942). To the same effect are the cases of Glasco v. State Election Board, 121 Okl. 119 , 248 P. 642 (1926) which cited Throop and Mechem as above, Shub v.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • In re Murphy

    726 S.W.2d 509 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 3, 1987

    In Richardson v. … In Chumbley v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • 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
  • 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 .

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Houghton v. Aramark Educational Resources, Inc.

    90 S.W.3d 676 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 22, 2002

    Owens v. State, 908 S.W.2d 923, 926 (Tenn.1995); State v. Sliger, 846 *679 S.W.2d 262, 263 (Tenn.1993). … Ezell v. Cockrell, 902 S.W.2d 394, 399 (Tenn.1995) (citing Cardwell v. Bechtol, 12A S.W.2d 739, 744 (Tenn.1987)).

    Cited 251 timesPublished
  • Tinsley Properties, LLC v. Grundy County, Tennessee

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 25, 2026

    The County admitted that the Board of Commissioners did not comply with the requirements in the CZA when adopting the Resolution. … State v. Deberry, 651 S.W.3d 918, 925 (Tenn. 2022) (quoting Ellithorpe v. Weismark, 479 S.W.3d 818, 827 (Tenn. 2015)).

    Cited 0 timesPublished

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