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  • Turley v. Taylor

    65 Tenn. 376 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1873

    See Brown v. Brown & McCulloch, 2 Sneed, 435 . But while all this may be true, it is, we think, a sound principle, as held by this court in Coffer v. Neely, 2 Heis., 304. … This is not like the case of Thorington v.

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  • State v. Sheffield

    676 S.W.2d 542 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 27, 1984

    The reasons we gave in State v. … Defendant relies upon Enmund v.

    Superseded by statute, as recognized in State v. BaroneCited 1,445 timesPublished
  • Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Handman

    81 Tenn. 423 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1884

    Gurley, 12 Lea, 46 ; Railroad v. Bowler, 9 Heis., 866. The leading case in our books is Fox v. Sandford, 4 Sneed, 36 . … And it has been expressly held by other courts that an engineer and fireman, who work together at or cm the same engine,' are fellow-servants within the rule: Jones v. Yeager, 2 Dill., 64 ; Caldwell v. Brown, 53 Pa.

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  • Walker v. Clark

    2 Shan. Cas. 566 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1877

    . *567 The case of Boyd v. Anderson, 1 Tennessee Reports, 437, is, at first sight, apparently such a case. … A board of commissioners had been appointed by the State of Tennessee, to adjudicate the validity of land warrants of this class, and were authorized to ascertain such as were_bona fide and fairly obtained, and such as were

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  • State Ex Rel. Ward v. Murrell

    169 Tenn. 688 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 17, 1936

    Hodge v. State, 135 Tenn., 525 , 188 S. W., 203 ; Judges’ Cases (McCulley v. State), 102 Tenn., 509 , 53 S. W., 134 ; State ex rel. Webb v. Brown, 132 Tenn., 685 , 179 S. W., 321 ; Moore v. State, 5 Sneed., 510. … In Moore v.

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  • Burts v. Beard

    58 Tenn. 472 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1872

    Eaton v. Dickinson, 3 Sneed, 406 . … In the ease of Merritt v.

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  • West Tennessee Motor Express, Inc. v. Tennessee Public Service Commission

    514 S.W.2d 742 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 15, 1974

    In Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. … Rounds v. State, 171 Tenn. 511 [ 106 S.W.2d 212 ].”

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  • Watkins Ex Rel. Watkins v. Watkins

    160 Tenn. 1 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 9, 1929

    Bentley v. Whittemore, *10 18 N. J. Eq., 373; Hosford v. Nichols, 1 Paige, 220 ; Williams v. Maus, 6 Watts, 278 ; Wills v. Cowper, 2 Ohio, 124." Acker v. Priest, supra. … Bagwell v. McTighe, 85 Tenn., 616 ; Templeton v. Brown, 86 Tenn.,, 50. This case is up on demurrer..

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Buchanan v. Nixon

    163 Tenn. 364 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 14, 1931

    Nixon appealed and the Court of Appeals has affirmed the Chancellor, following Erck v. Church and citing, also, Williams v. Hewitt, 128 Tenn., 689 . … See full citation of the Tennessee cases in which this question of accidental possession has been considered on page 691 of Williams v. Hewitt, supra, beginning with the leading case of Kirkman v. Brown, 93 Tenn., 476 .

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  • State of Tennessee v. Susan Jo Walls - Concurring in result only

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 9, 2017

    State v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 18 S.W.3d 186, 192 (Tenn. 2000) (citing Super Flea Mkt. of Chattanooga, Inc. v. Olsen, 677 S.W.2d 449, 451 (Tenn. 1984); State ex rel. Lewis v. … Norma Faye Pyles Lynch Family Purpose LLC v. Putnam Cnty., 301 S.W.3d 196, 202 (Tenn. 2009); see also State v.

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  • Odum v. Adkins

    168 Tenn. 215 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 14, 1934

    Stoll v. Schneider, 158 Tenn., 344 , 13 S. W. (2d), 325 ; Rogers v. Whitney, 91 Vt., 79 , 99 A., 420 . … So a description is sufficient if it may be aided by parol proof and the property covered by the mortgage identified. ’ ’ In Atwood v. Brown & Dillon, 1 Shan.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Pollard v. Knox County

    886 S.W.2d 759 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 10, 1994

    as the beginning point of wage-basis calculations, there should be included not only wages and salary but anything of value received as consideration for the work as for example, tips, bonuses, commissions and room and board … Gajan v. Bradlick Co., Inc., 4 Va.App. 213 , 355 S.E.2d 899 (1987).

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  • Bateman v. Ryder

    106 Tenn. 712 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 13, 1901

    We think that the rule laid down by the trial Judge isp in substantial conformity to .that announced in Persons v. The State, 90 Tenn., 291 ; Wilcox v. The State, 94 Tenn., 112 . … The two latter came to Memphis in 1S91 and left the pictures, guitar, and trunk of clothing and papers with the defendant, paying her board for several months.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Burts v. Beard

    58 Tenn. 472 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1872

    Eaton v. Dickinson, 3 Sneed, 406 . … In the ease of Merritt v.

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  • Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Hay

    159 Tenn. 202 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1929

    In Meade Fiber Corp. v. … In McFarland v.

    Cited 27 timesPublished
  • State v. Blair

    165 Tenn. 519 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 14, 1933

    Smith (Boynton) v. Board of Commissioners of Shawnee County, 132 Kan., 233 , 294 Pac., 915 ; certiorari denied by the Supreme Court of the United States, 283 U. S., 855 , 75 L. Ed., 1462 . … Rucker v. Merck, 172 Ga., 793 , 159 S. E., 501 , and Atlanta v. Stokes, — Ga., —, 165 S.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Federated Mutual Implement & Hardware Co. v. Shoemaker

    211 Tenn. 523 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 7, 1963

    In the case of Dancy v. Abraham Bros. … In the case of Wilson v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Shuey v. Frierson

    193 Tenn. 318 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 9, 1952

    Puckett v. Ainsworth, 9 Tenn. 254 ; Smith v. Cunningham, 2 Tenn. Ch. 565, 575; Bently v. Hurxthal, 40 Tenn. 378 ; Boggess v. Gamble, 43 Tenn. 148 ; Blackburn v. Allen, 4 Tenn. 31 . … A different line of cases such as Smith v. Foster, 43 Tenn. 139 ; Street Railway v. Gore, 106 Tenn. 390 , 61 S. W. 777 ; Brown & Sons Lumber Co. v. Sessler, 128 Tenn. 665 , 163 S.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Burts v. Beard

    58 Tenn. 472 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1872

    Eaton v. Dickinson, 3 Sneed, 406 . … In the ease of Merritt v.

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  • Hawkins v. State

    213 Tenn. 712 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 8, 1964

    (Cathey v. State, 191 Tenn. 617, 235 S.W.2d 601 (1950); Nance v. State, 210 Tenn. 328 , 358 S.W.2d 327 (1962)); and this is ordi *717 narily a question for. the jury. Beadle v. … Cooper v. State, 123 Tenn. 37 , 138 S.W. 826 (1910); Ivy v. State, 197 Tenn. 650, 652 , 277 S.W.2d 363 (1954).

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