Case law

Hardwick v. Heirs of Beard

57 Tenn. 659 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1873

Lane v. Marshall, 1 Heis. So the question depends upon the effect of the quit-claim deed from Tibbs to Beard of February 25, 1867. … Whitewell v. Martin, 7 Yer., 384 , in such case, mere naked adverse possesion will not avoid the deed.

Terry v. McDaniel

103 Tenn. 415 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 3, 1899

In Story v. … Goozen v. Phillips, 49 Mich., 7 . In Baker v.

Irwin v. Bedford County

151 Tenn. 402 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1924

Co. v. State of Tennessee, 8 Heisk., 780; State v. Anderson County, 8 Baxt., 253 ; Barnard v. Hawkins County, 2 Shan. Cas., 97 ; Pulaski v. Gilmore, *412 3 Shan. Cas., 116 ; Carriger v. … W., 670 ; Weil v. Newbern, 126 Tenn., 257 , 148 S. W., 680 , L. R. A., 1915A, 1009, Ann. Cas., 1913E, 25; Town of Coloma v. Eaves, 92 U. S., 484 , 23 L. Ed., 579 ; County of Moultrie v. Savings Bank, 92 U.

Walker v. Davis

139 Tenn. 475 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1917

Dec., 441 ; State v. Parrott, 71 N. C., 311 , 17 Am. Rep., 5 ; Adams v. Barney, 25 Vt., 225 ; Roberts v. Rose, L. R., 1 Ex. 82; Penruddock’s Case, 5 Coke, 101, n, a and b. In Brown v. … See the following cases in addition to those cited supra: Harvey v. Dewoody, 18 Ark., 252; Moffett v. Brewer, 1 G. Greene (Iowa), 348; State v. Moffett, 1 G. Greene (Iowa), 247; Gates v.

Voightman & Co. v. Southern Railway Co.

123 Tenn. 452 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1910

Schwab & Sons Co. v. Frieze, 107 Mo. App., 553 , 81 S. W., 1174 , and Brown & Haywood Co. v. Trane, 98 Wis., 1 , 73 N. W., 561 . The cases cited sustain the text. … In Brown & Haywood Co. v. Trane, 98 Wis., 1 , 73 N. W., 561 , the facts were these: The plaintiff; as subcontractor, furnished!

West v. Media General Convergence, Inc.

53 S.W.3d 640 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 23, 2001

Brown Group, Inc., the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee held that “[ajlthough no Tennessee state court has recognized the [Restatement (Second) ] distinctions, federal courts applying Tennessee … News & Observer Publ’g Co., 310 N.C. 312 , 312 S.E.2d 405 (1984); Hougum v. Valley Mem’l Homes, *645 574 N.W.2d 812 (N.D.1998); Yeager v. Local Union 20, Teamsters, 6 Ohio St.3d 369 , 453 N.E.2d 666 (1983); Brown v.

Roach v. Hacker

70 Tenn. 633 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1879

Code, see. 2114a); Wade v. Wade, 2 Leg. Rep., 10 . *634 George A. Roach and the complainant, Emma C. his wife, resided on the lot in controversy, from 1871 to April, 1874, it being the property of the husband. … Roach left his mother in charge of the property, who rented it, and lived with the renter, paying her board with the rent for one year.

Chambers v. Pemberton

176 Tenn. 178 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 18, 1940

The bill in this case prayed for an injunction to restrain Pemberton from acting as a member of the County School Board to which he had been elected on the allegation that he had removed his residence from the civil district … the case is a proper one, he shall fix the amount and condi *180 tions of tbe bond to be executed, for approval as to sureties and filing by tbe clerk of bis court. ’ ’ Commenting on this statute, it was said in Foster v.

Elliott v. Williamson

79 Tenn. 38 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1883

Accordingly royal grants in England have-been found after an indefinitely long entertained, peaceable enjoyment, accompanied by .the usual acts of ownership: Rex v. Brown, cited Cowp., 110; Mayor, etc., v. … The State is bound by the acts of its officers like natural persons: State v. Hamilton, 11 Hum., 47 ; State v. Crutcher, 2 Swan, 515 .

Byram v. McDowell

83 Tenn. 581 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1885

The record is the best and only competent evidence of its contents: Jones v. Hollingsworth, 10 Heis., 653; Brown v. Wright, 4 Yer., 57 ; Walker v. Cottrell, 6 Baxt., 257 . … But the party may be personally estopped by his subsequent acts from contesting rights acquired under it: Haynes v. Powell, 1 Lea, 347 . He cannot estop other persons claiming under him by act antedating the estoppel.

Mengel Box Co. v. Fowlkes

135 Tenn. 202 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1916

and collection of the cost and expense of such improvement, and the manner of obtaining the means and funds therefor. ’ ’ Section 4 of the act is in the following language: “That at the time and place fixed by the said board … Bouvier in his Law Dictionary (quoted by this court in Railroad v. Crider, 91 Tenn., 489, 505 , 19 S.

ABC Plumbing & Heating, Inc. v. Dick Corp.

684 S.W.2d 84 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 14, 1985

In the opinion on the petition to rehear in Harrison Construction Company v. … (citations omitted) Storm v. Thompson, 185 Iowa 309 , 170 N.W. 403 (1919).

Richard A. Berent v. CMH Homes, Inc.

Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 5, 2015

In Brown v. … Brown, 216 S.W.3d at 786. Similarly, in McGregor v.

Worthington v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway

114 Tenn. 177 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1904

It is held in Allen v. … See, also, Gross v. The State, 78 Ala., 430 ; Brown v. The State, 89 Ga., 340 , 15 S. E., 462 ; 12th Ency. Plead. & Prac., 270. In the case of Carthage v. Buckner, 8 Ill.

State ex rel. Little v. Slagle

115 Tenn. 336 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1905

Glasgow’s Lessee v. Smith, 1 Tenn., 144, 152-155 ; Rose v. Lane, 3 Humph., 218 -220; Vance v. Campbell, 8 Humph., 527 ; Robertson v. Lesson, 7 Cold., 160 ; Reves v. State, 11 Lea, 124 . … Rep., 239 ); and, when the duties of the office are fixed by statute, it is immaterial that the compensation of the officer is fixed by some other board or officer (Chambers v. State [Ind. Sup.], 26 N. E., 893 , 11 L.

Newport Housing Authority v. Ballard

839 S.W.2d 86 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 28, 1992

See Brown, Right to a Jury Trial in Forcible Entry and Detainer Actions in General Sessions Courts in Tennessee, 6 Mem.St.U.L.Rev. 59 (1975); also Pernell v. … Trigally v. Mayor of Memphis, 46 Tenn. 382 (1869); Marler v. Wear, 117 Tenn. 244 , 96 S.W. 447 (1906); Harbison v. Briggs Bros. Paint Mfg. Co., 209 Tenn. 534 , 354 S.W.2d 464 (1962); Grooms v.

McAllister v. McAllister

57 Tenn. 345 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1872

See Chunn v. Chunn, Meigs’ R. One of the allegations of the bill is, that the defendant attempted to take the complainant’s life by poison. There is no sufficient evidence to sustain this charge. … This divorce may be from the bonds of matrimony or from bed or board, in the discretion of the court. This discretion we feel is a delicate trust.

City of Harriman v. Southern Railway Co.

111 Tenn. 538 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1903

People v. Boston R. R. Co., 70 N. Y., 569 ; Inhabitants v. New York R. R. Co., 45 N. J. Eq., 436, 18 Atl., 242 . … Co. v. Chicago, 140 Ill., 309 , 29 N. E., 1109 ; Mugler v. Kansas, 123 U. S. 623 , 8 Sup. Ct., 273, 31 L. Ed., 205 ; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. Co. v. Chicago, 166 U. S., 255 , 17 Sup. Ct., 592, 41 L.

State v. Dixon

530 S.W.2d 73 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 17, 1975

McMinn County *75 Board of Education v. Anderson, 200 Tenn. 333 , 292 S.W.2d 198 (1956). … See Daniel v. State, 24 Ga.App. 557 , 101 S.E. 812 (1919). Cf. Maxwell v. State, 97 Ga.App. 334 , 103 S.E.2d 162 (1958); Patterson v. State, 42 Okl.Cr. 255 , 275 P. 387 (1929); Jenkins v.

Bozeman v. Naff

155 Tenn. 121 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 26, 1927

Brown v. Gyre, 2 Overton, 189; Osborne v. Poe, 6 Humph., 111 -113. … In Hume v.