Case law

Roney v. Luttrell

200 Tenn. 403 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 27, 1956

certio-rari otherwise in lieu of appeal because the revisory power of the higher court is limited to the correction of errors of tribunals located within the territorial jurisdiction of the appellate body, citing McKee v. … Board of Elections, 173 Tenn. 269 , 117 S.W.2d 752 .

State v. Abrams

935 S.W.2d 399 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 12, 1996

State v. Brown, 836 S.W.2d 530, 539-40 (Tenn.1992) (citations omitted). … In State v.

Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance v. Greene County Farmers Mutual Life Ins.

165 Tenn. 337 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 26, 1932

State v. … Laurenzi v. Insurance Company, supra, at page 661.

Landers v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.

775 S.W.2d 355 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 3, 1989

Henry Jackson Williams, a Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon, deposed on behalf of the appellee, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, that he saw Mr. … In Cates v.

Thompson v. Firemen's Fund Insurance Co.

798 S.W.2d 235 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 22, 1990

In a split decision in Wooley v. … See Brown v. Consolidation Coal Co., 518 S.W.2d 234 (Tenn.1974) (judgment reopened after 14 months to allow correction of mistake under Rule 60.02(5)).

Frankfort Distillers Corporation v. Liberto

190 Tenn. 478 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 9, 1950

Under similar facts, this Court refused relief in United Artists Corporation v. Board of Censors, Tenn. Sup., 225 S. W. (2d) 550 . … There, the unqualified foreign corporation sought relief against the Board of Censors of the City of Memphis.

Tracy Rose Baker v. State of Tennessee

417 S.W.3d 428 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 6, 2013

Graham v. … See Brown v. Latham, 914 S.W.2d 887, 888 (Tenn. 1996); Ahern, 15 S.W.3d at 82.

Day v. Walton

199 Tenn. 10 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 2, 1955

For example — the case of Kuhn v. Bader, 89 Ohio App. 203 , 101 N. … Holmes v. Elder, 170 Tenn. 257 , 94 S. W. (2d) 390 , 104 A. L. R. 1282; Cambria Coal Co. v. National Surety Co., 141 Tenn 270, 276, 209 S. W. 641 ; Green v.

Jeremy Flax v. Daimler-Chrysler Corporation - Concurring/Dissenting

Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 24, 2008

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE October 25, 2007 Session Heard at Maryville1 JEREMY FLAX ET AL. v. … See State v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 18 S.W.3d 186, 193 (Tenn. 2000) (noting that courts are not to render advisory opinions).

Wattenbarger v. Tullock

197 Tenn. 279 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 6, 1954

Vineyard v. Vineyard, 26 Tenn. App., 232, 239 , 170 S. W. (2d) 917 . Nor does the fact that the suit was dismissed as to the Bank make it a final decree that is appealable by the complainants. In Isreal v. … McMorrow v. Hunt, 137 Tenn. 243 , 192 S. W. 931 , that this supervisory or superintending writ may be granted in a proper case .although the decree is not final. In the case of Conners v.

Gonsewski v. Gonsewski

350 S.W.3d 99 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 16, 2011

Prior to 1857, English ecclesiastical courts, which had jurisdiction over family matters, could grant divorces a mensa et thoro, known today as a divorce from bed and board or legal separation. See Wood v. … In addition, the practice of ordering spousal support from the husband’s property only in bed and board divorces was changed during this time, such that support could be ordered in both bed and board and absolute divorces

Angel v. Hamilton County

185 Tenn. 609 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 16, 1948

Gates et al. v. Long et al., 172 Tenn. 471, 488 , 113 S. W. (2d) 388, 395 . … Carr v. Wallace, 168 Tenn. 591, 593, 594 , 79 S. W. (2d) 1027, 1028 .

Blalock v. State

108 Tenn. 185 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 23, 1901

Rogers v. Railway Co., 70 Ga., 717 ; Board v. Dart, 67 Ga., 765 ; Penn P. Co. v. Scheiern, 12 Montana, 122; Houghwont v. Boisanbin, N. J., Eq., 318; Kendall v. Kingsly, 120 Mass., 94 . In Thorne v. … In Rogers v.

Burrough v. Brooks

40 Tenn. 392 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1859

Brooks, with whom Oldham boarded, went to their office, and ascertaining the fact that a bill was to be filed, caused Oldham, on that same night, to execute for his benefit and the benefit of certain other persons, a deed … Lester v. Cummings, 8 Hum., 388 .

Presley v. State

161 Tenn. 310 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 19, 1930

Johnson v. State, 125 Tenn., 425, 434-435 , and cases there cited. … Moody v. State, 46 Tenn. (6 Cold.), 299; Reagan v. State, 155 Tenn., 397 . In Riggs v. State, 43 Tenn. (3 Cold.), 85, this court noted the converse of the rule stated in Moody v.

Hill v. State

73 Tenn. 725 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1880

Rhodes v. State, 1 Cold., 351 ; Brown v. State, 6 Baxt., 422 . … Commonwealth v. Herrick, 6 Cush., 465 ; State v. Ingersoll, 17 Wis., 631 ; People v. Pritchard, 21 Mich., 236 ; Smith v. Hickman, Cooke, 330 .

Bryant v. Moore

198 Tenn. 335 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 6, 1955

The defendants rely on our case of Trent v. State ex rel. Smith, 1953, 195 Tenn. 350 , 259 S. W. (2d) 657 . … Mitchell v. McDonald, 164 Miss. 405 , 145 So. 508 , 86 A. L. R. 290; Burdine v. Kennon, 186 Tenn. 200 , 209 S. W. (2d) 9 , 2 A. L. R. (2d) 577.

Ex parte Chattanooga Bar Ass'n

566 S.W.2d 880 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 12, 1978

We have heard oral argument on behalf of petitioner and the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court. I. … See Chapdelaine v. Haile, 548 S.W.2d 656 (Tenn.1977). III.

McKinney v. Davidson County

194 Tenn. 689 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 15, 1953

Kincaid v. Hamilton, 109 Tenn. 276 , 70 S. W. 619 ; Byington v. Bass, 11 Tenn. App. 569 . … Brown, 15 R.

McBride v. State

195 Tenn. 308 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 5, 1953

Tucker v. Carter County Beer Board, 191 Tenn. 210 , 232 S. W. (2d) 38 ; Sowell v. Red, 192 Tenn. 681 , 241 S. W. (2d) 775 .