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  • Walker ex rel. Walker v. Peels

    204 Tenn. 40 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 6, 1958

    Co. v. Pitt, 1892, 91 Tenn. 86 , 18 S.W. 118 . … Co. v.

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  • Butler v. State

    128 Tenn. 164 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1913

    Be it further enacted, that subsection 9, of section 4652 of the Code, be so amended as to read as follows: ’ ‘ To knowingly or willfully destroy or carry away the rails or boards, wood or other lumber of another. ’ “Sec. … The case, in this aspect, falls within the principle of Deaderick v. State, 122 Tenn., 222 , 122 S. W., 975 .

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  • Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Schade

    137 Tenn. 214 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1916

    Co. v. Bilisoly, 116 Va., 562 , 82 S. E., 91 , and later cases in accord are: Western Union Tel. Co. v. Simpson, 117 Ark, 156, 174 S. W., 232 ; Bailey v. Western Union Tel. … Co. v. Croninger, 226 U. S., 491 , 33 Sup. Ct., 148, 57 L. Ed., 314 , 44 L. R. A. [N. S.], 257; Western Union Tel. Co. v. Brown, 234 U. S., 542 , 34 Sup. Ct., 955, 58 L.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • City of Knoxville, Tennessee v. Netflix, Inc.

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 22, 2022

    FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 529 U.S. 120, 132–33 (2000) (quoting Davis v. Mich. … Brown & Williamson, 529 U.S. at 133 (quoting Gustafson v. Alloyd Co., 513 U.S. 561, 569 (1995)). i.

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  • State v. Nesbit

    978 S.W.2d 872 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 28, 1998

    Brown, 836 S.W.2d at 541-542 . … West, 844 S.W.2d at 148 (citing State v. Browning, 666 S.W.2d 80, 84 (Tenn.Crim.App.1983); Sneed v. State, 546 S.W.2d 254, 258 (Tenn.Crim.App.1976)).

    Cited 252 timesPublished
  • O. H. May Co. v. Anderson

    156 Tenn. 216 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 3, 1927

    It is a rule of construction that when irreconcilable conflict appears in a Statute the last provision controls (Board of Commissioners v. … Wilcox v. State, 3 Heisk., 110 ; Levy v. Davis, 125 Tenn., 348 .

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  • 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.

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  • Reeder v. Trotter

    142 Tenn. 37 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1919

    People v. Church of Atonement, 48 Barb. (N. Y.), 606; *40 Grown v. Foster, 88 Me., 49, 33 Atl., 662 , 31 L. R. A., 116; Wooster v. Mullins, 64 Conn., 340 , 30 Atl., 144 , 25 L. R. A., 694.” 2. … Com., 181 note, 478 note; People ex rel. v. Rector, etc., 48 Barb. (N. Y.), 603, 606.”

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  • Collier v. Montgomery County

    103 Tenn. 705 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 10, 1900

    R. v. King, 13 Southern Rep., 824; State v. Board Police Com., 28 At. Rep., 311 ; Ayers v. Newark, 6 At. Rep., 659 ; Spokane Co. v. Allen et al., 37 Pac. Rep., 428 ; Dow v. Electric Co., 31 N. E. Rep., 22 (N. … Co. v. Alexander, 37 S. W. Rep., 981 ; Ran v. City of Little Rock, 34 Ark., 303; Sessums v. Botts, 34 Tex., 335 . In an unreported case, of C. W. Staten v. Montgomery Co.

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  • Martin v. Bush

    1 Thompson 158 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1858

    Gilliam, Show. 149; Lobdell v. Hopkins, 5 Cowen, 516. But see Minor v. Michie, Walk. Missis. 24. See also Roberts v. Beatty, 2 Penn. R. 65; Aldrich v. Albec, 1 Greenl. R. 120; Lamb v. Lathrop, 13 Wend. 95 ; Barr v. … Myers, 3 Watts & Serg. 295 ; Slingerland v. Morse, 8 Johns. R. 474 ; Mason v. Briggs, 16 Mass R. 453; Scott v. Crane 1 Conn. R. 255 ; Brown v. Berry, 14 N. H. R. 459; Robinon v. Batchelder, 4 N. H. R. 46; Smith v.

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  • 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 .

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  • Jones v. State

    218 Tenn. 378 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 5, 1966

    Ellen Long and Lester Brown. … Lindsey v. State, 189 Tenn. 355 , 255 S.W.2d 533 , 15 A.L.R.2d 527 (1949); Monday v. State, 160 Tenn. 258 , 23 S.W.2d 656 (1930).

    Cited 39 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
  • State v. Cabage

    649 S.W.2d 589 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 21, 1983

    This case is quite similar to that of State v. … In New York v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Cooper v. State

    123 Tenn. 37 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1909

    Tully Brown. … Brown and Mr. Bradford.

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  • Walker v. Vandiver

    133 Tenn. 423 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1915

    Y., 238 ; Trow Printing, etc., Co. v. New York Book Binding Co., 3 N. Y. Supp., 59 ; Beals v. Cameron, 3 How. Prac., 414 ; Smith v. White, 7 Hill, 520 ; Marston v. Lawrence, 1 Johns. Cas., 397 . Oregon: Farris v. … Texas: Trawick v. Martin Brown Co., 73 Tex., 522 , 12 S. W., 216 ; Payne v. Benham, 16 Tex., 364 ; Langham v. Thompson, 5 Tex., 127 ; International, etc., R. Co., v. Barton, 24 Tex. Civ. App., 122 , 57 S.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Hill v. Ford

    3 Shan. Cas. 531 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1875

    On the 7th of September, 1866, the board of directors, by resolution, authorized their president to increase the capital stock to $500,000. … The question as to declaring liens in favor of attorneys *538 was considered at some length, in the case of Hunt v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Ledbetter v. Ledbetter

    163 S.W.3d 681 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 7, 2005

    We begin our analysis with the case of Harbour v. Brown for Ulrich, 732 S.W.2d 598 (Tenn.1987). … Generally, agreements need not be in writing to be enforceable. 2 Bill Walker & Assocs., Inc. v. Parrish, 770 S.W.2d 764, 771 (Tenn.Ct.App.1989) (citing Rodgers v. S.

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  • Woods v. Batey

    83 Tenn. 733 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1885

    This court did, in one or two cases, undertake to revise the action of chancellors at chambers, in granting or dissolving injunctions, no point being made by counsel as to the jurisdiction *735 of the court: Keesee v. … Civil District Board, 6 Cold., 127 ; Williams v. Boughner, 6 Cold., 486 .

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  • Murray v. Thompson

    136 Tenn. 118 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1916

    This court in Roach v. … Hosler v. Beard, 54 Ohio St., 398 , 43 N. E., 1040 , 35 L. R. A., 161, 56 Am. St. Rep., 720 ; McClain v. Davis, 77 Ind., 419 ; Case v. Espenschied, 169 Mo., 215 , 69 S. W., 276 , 92 Am. St. Rep., 633 ; 3 R. C.

    Cited 7 timesPublished

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