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  • 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 .

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • 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 .

    Overruled on other grounds by Trau-Med of America, Inc. v. Allstate Insurance Co., 2002 Tenn. LEXIS 154 (2002)Cited 79 timesPublished
  • 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.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Denny v. Wilson County

    198 Tenn. 677 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 2, 1955

    Katsenberger v. Weaver, 110 Tenn. 620, 635, 636 , 75 S. W. 937, 941 ; KVOS, Inc., v. Associated Press, 299 U. S. 269, 289 , 57 S. Ct. 197 , 81 L. Ed. 183, 188 ; State ex rel. v. … W. 1151 ; Winters v. American Trust Co., 158 Tenn. 479 , 14 S. W. (2d) 740 ; State ex rel. Lea v. Brown, 166 Tenn. 669 , 64 *685 S. W. (2d) 841, 91 A. L. R. 1246; Burns v. Duncan, 23 Tenn. App. 374 , 133 S.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • 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.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Lewis v. State

    202 Tenn. 328 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 7, 1957

    In Epperson v. State, 73 Tenn. 291 , and Foster v. … And so in Robertson v. State, 70 Tenn. 239 ; Nelson v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • 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.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • State Ex Rel. Dawson v. Bomar

    209 Tenn. 567 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 8, 1962

    Grandstaff, State ex rel., v. Gore, 182 Tenn. 94 , 184 S.W.2d 366 ; Giles v. State, ex rel. Giles, 191 Tenn. 538, 545 ; Bomar v. State ex rel. Stewart, 201 Tenn. 480, 485 , 300 S.W.2d 885 . … Jones v. West, 139 Tenn. 522 and 530, 201 S.W. 743 ; State ex rel. Underwood v. Brown, 193 Tenn. 113, 122 , 244 S.W.2d 168 ; 25 Am.Jur., 160, 163.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • 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.

    Cited 50 timesPublished
  • 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).

    Cited 226 timesPublished
  • Hawkins County v. Davis Ex Rel. Davis

    216 Tenn. 262 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 2, 1965

    Rogers v. Butler, 170 Tenn. 125 , 92 S.W.2d 414 ; Marion County v. Cantrell, 166 Tenn. 358 , 61 S.W.2d 477 ; Wilson v. Maury County Board of Education, 42 Tenn. … Had this Court, in Cartwright v.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Madison County Ex Rel. Drainage District No. 5 v. Alston

    162 Tenn. 599 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 11, 1931

    See Young v. People, 196 Ill., 603 , and People v. Whidden, 191 Ill., 374 . … A., Note C, page 208, and in principle by our cases of Tomlinson v. Board of Equalization, 98 Tenn., 1 ; Briscoe v. McMillan, 117 Tenn., 115 ; Carriger v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • State ex rel. Harris v. Hamby

    114 Tenn. 361 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1904

    State v. Gaines, 2 Lea, 316 ; State v. Lindsay, 103 Tenn., 625 , 53 S. W., 950 ; Judges’ Cases, 102. Tenn., 509, 53 g. … W., 750 , and State v. Akin, 112 Tenn., 603 , 79 S. W., 805 .

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Mechanics' Bank & Trust Co. v. Hood

    126 Tenn. 443 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1912

    Ross, 3 Yerg., 330 ; Hunter v. Dickinson, 10 Humph., 37 ; Klein v. Kern, 94 Tenn., 34 , 28 S. W., 295 ; Banking Co. v. Hall, 119 Tenn., 548 , 108 S. W., 1068 ), yet it would not by the aforesaid preliminary provision. … This provision fall within the definition of primary liability covered *448 is the same as section 192 of the original Negotiable Instruments Act recommended by the National Conference of State Boards of Commissioners, and

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • State of Tennessee v. Charles Damien Darden

    12 S.W.3d 455 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 7, 2000

    See, e.g., Carter v. … The Board of Parole responded by amending the Rule to eliminate the presumption of paro le rele ase .

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Delaney v. Town of Etowah

    182 Tenn. 386 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 5, 1945

    The testimony further shows that there was nothing in the wiring from the switch board to the radio that would cause this; that the only possible cause of stepping up the voltage was the radio. … Oesterreich v. Claas, 237 Wis. 343 , 295 N. W. 766 , 134 A. L. R. 499, annotation 508; 18 Am. Jur. 498 -500 (Electricity, Sec. 102). In Gas & Electric Co. v. Speers, 113 Tenn. 83 , 81 S.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Lewis v. Shelby County

    116 Tenn. 454 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1906

    The scope of this writ, as applicable to inferior tribunals of the class referred to herein, will be found fully discussed in a case of Staples v. Brown, 113 Tenn., 639 , 85 S. W., 254 .

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Phillip Carey Co. v. Harrison

    138 Tenn. 697 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1917

    In Gould v. Frost, 138 Tenn., 467 , 196 S. … Stone Co. v. Board of Publication, 91 Tenn., 200 , 18 S. W., 406 .

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Smith v. Tate

    143 Tenn. 268 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1920

    Barron v. Baltimore, 7 Pet., 243 , 8 L. Ed., 672 ; Fox v. Ohio, 5 How., 410 , 12 L. Ed., 213 ; Davis v. Texas, 139 U. S., 651 , 11 Sup. Ct., 675, 35 L. Ed.,, 300; Brown v. New Jersey, 175 U. S., 172 , 20 Sup. … In Com v. Phelps, 209 Mass. 396 , 95 N. E., 868 , Ann.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Wallace v. Stewart

    559 S.W.2d 647 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 12, 1977

    Noting that this Court held in Troutt v. Carl K. … Realty Co. v. Crabtree, 365 S.W.2d 313 (Ky.1963); Krawezyk v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 175 Pa.Super. 361 , 104 A.2d 338 (1963); Chapman v.

    Cited 20 timesPublished

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