Case law

Woolen v. State ex rel. Portis

129 Tenn. 455 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1914

The above section 11 provides that the State shall pay for the board of State’s prisoners, and this we construe to cover a safe-keeping in work-house or jail, both before and after conviction, on commutation from penitentiary … It is insisted by counsel of the Comptroller that the ruling in the case of Knox County v. Fox, 107 Tenn., 724 , is favorable to his contention.

Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Connor

56 Tenn. 19 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1871

Brown, 5 Col., 169 .) It is argued that the Court erred in placing the burthen on the Railroad Company of disproving negligence. … This is distinctly held in the case of Horne v. The Memphis and *22 Ohio R. R. Co., 1 Col., 77 .

Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Connor

56 Tenn. 19 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1871

Brown, 5 Col., 169 .) It is argued that the Court erred in placing the burthen on the Railroad Company of disproving negligence. … This is distinctly held in the case of Horne v. The Memphis and *22 Ohio R. R. Co., 1 Col., 77 .

Keenan & Wade v. City of Trenton

130 Tenn. 71 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1914

of Education v. … Emporia, 32 Kan., 456 , 4 Pac., 815 ; Paterson v. Barnet, 46 N. J. Law, 62; Board, etc., v. East Tenn., etc., Co., 115 Fed., 307 , 53 C. C. A., 132 ; Sedalia v. Donohue, 190 Mo., 407 , 89 S. W., 386 , 4 Ann.

State v. Chilhowee Woolen Mills Co.

115 Tenn. 266 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1905

In the case of Treadwell v. … To the same effect, see Trisconi v. Winship, 43 La. Ann., 45 , 9 South., 29 , 26 Am. St. Rep., 175 , and Slee v. Bloom, 19 Johns., 456 , 10 Am. Dec., 273 .

Rosenbaum v. Campbell

196 Tenn. 555 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 21, 1954

Burkett v. Burkett, 193 Tenn. 165 , 245 S. W. (2d) 185 . … It seems to us that the appellant would be no more entitled to bail now than he would be if he was in the penitentiary and was applying to the parole board or to the Governor pending his application before that body or the

Humphreys County Ex Rel. Cherry Bottom Drainage Dist. v. Burch

179 Tenn. 562 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 30, 1943

In Keesee v. … See, also, Waterhouse v. Cleveland Public *565 Schools, 55 Tenn. (8 Heisk.), 857; Lipscomb v. Dean, 69 Tenn. (1 Lea), 546; Smith v. Carter, 131 Tenn., 1 , 173 S. W., 430 .

Huddleston v. City of Murfreesboro

635 S.W.2d 694 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 21, 1982

Case v. Carney, 213 Tenn. 597 , 376 S.W.2d 492 (1964). . . . … Lansden v. Tucker, 204 Tenn. 388 , 321 S.W.2d 795 (1959).

Nelson v. Martin

958 S.W.2d 643 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 24, 1997

In Bain v. … Any Officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of the majority of the Directors. 7 .

Houston National Bank v. Wood

125 Tenn. 6 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1911

See Ball v. Stanley, 5 Yerg., 199 ; Upchurch v. Darnell, 3 Sneed, 444 ; Scruggs v. Lester, 1 Heisk., 150 ; Memphis City Bank v. Smith, 110 Tenn., 337 . … While it has been held in Tennessee (Hanover National Bank v. Brown, Chy. App., 53 S.

State Ex Rel. v. Waggoner

162 Tenn. 172 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 21, 1931

Church, South, v. Hinton, supra. … Knox College v. Board of Review, 380 Ill. 160 , 35 A. L. R. 1041. The solution of each case depends on its own facts and the conclusions reached by the different courts are not altogether easy of reconciliation.

Hill v. Hill

159 Tenn. 27 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 13, 1929

The idea is illustrated in our cases of Waddle v. Terry, supra; Armstrong v. Parks’ Devisees, 9 Humph., 195 ; Latta v. Brown, 96 Tenn., 343 ; and the cases of American National Bank v. Chapin, 17 A. L. … R., 304; and Young v. Harris, 5 A. L.

Henniger v. City of Memphis

120 Tenn. 555 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1908

IB, showing the pay rolls for the engineering department and the board of health and garbage department, amounting to $266,406.05 for the year 1907. … In East Tennessee University v.

Rounds v. State

171 Tenn. 511 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 10, 1937

In Brown v. Mississippi, 297 U. S., 278 , 56 S. Ct., 461 , 80 L. … See, also, State v. Fields, 7 Tenn. (Peck), 140; Ann v. State, 30 Tenn. (11 Humph.), 159; Deathridge v. State, 33 Tenn. (1 Sneed), 75, 76; Strady v. State, 45 Tenn. (5 Cold.), 300; Self v.

State v. Watkins

362 S.W.3d 530 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 9, 2012

App. 2007); State v. Brown, 11 A.3d 663, 672- 73 (Conn. 2011); Johnson v. State, 5 A.3d 617, 620-21 (Del. 2010); Ivey v. State, 47 So. 3d 908, 910 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010); Drinkard v. … See Quisenberry v. Commonwealth, 336 S.W.3d 19, 40 (Ky. 2011); Suarez v. Byrne, 890 N.E.2d 201, 209 (N.Y. 2008); State v. Brown, 895 N.E.2d 149, 152-56 (Ohio 2008).

Cromwell v. Dobbins

191 Tenn. 92 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 9, 1950

Warfield v. Thomas’ Estate, 185 Tenn. 328 , 206 S. W. (2d) 372, 374 . … Payne v. State, 158 Tenn. 209 , 12 S. W. (2d) 528 . *96 In accord with the opinion of this Court in Warfield v. Thomas’ Estate, snpra, 206 S.

City of Murfreesboro v. Fortner

570 S.W.2d 859 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 21, 1978

Except for a procedural question, the disposition of this case is controlled by the opinion of the Court in the cases of City of Murfreesboro v. Pilkington and City of Murfreesboro v. … Appellee applied to the City Council of Murfreesboro, acting as a Beer Board, for a permit authorizing on-premises consumption of beer in connection with the operation of a pizza parlor.

Turley v. Massengill

75 Tenn. 353 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1881

An injunction not to sell an estate for any pretext whatever: McDougal v. Brown, 21 Mo., 57 . A condition that the devisee should not alien it: Reifsnyder v. Hunter, 7 Harris Pa. R,., 41. … See also Judge Cooper’s opinion in the case of Hooberry v. Harding, 3 Tenn. Ch. Rep., 677, and authorities there cited. It is a settled rule of law, says Judge Swayne, in the case of Nichols v.

Legere v. State

111 Tenn. 368 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1903

Hayes v. Cheatham, 6 Lea, 2 ; Dosset v. Miller, 3 Sneed, 76 ; Queener v. Morrow, 1 Cold., 11 ; Third Nat. Bk. v. Robinson, 1 Baxt., 479 ; Glass v. Bennett, 89 Tenn., 478 , 14 S. W., 1085 ; Graham v. … While it “sometimes is a matter of nice judgment to determine that no motive existed at a given time to misrepresent the facts” (Spurlock v. Brown, 91 Tenn., 240 , 18 S. W., 868 ), it is not so in the present case.

City of Memphis v. State ex rel. Ryals

133 Tenn. 83 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1915

Co. v. Daggs, 172 U. S., 562 , 19 Sup. Ct., 281, 43 L. Ed., 562 , cited with approval in State ex rel. v. Schlitz Brawing Co., supra. … Mehlos v. Milwaukee, 156 Wis., 591 , 146 N. W., 882 , 51 L. R. A. (N. S.), 1009, Ann. Cas., 1915C, 1102; Central Lumber Co. v. South Dakota, 226 U. S., 157 , 33 Sup. Ct., 66, 57 L. Ed., 164 ; Motlow v.