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  • Acme Box Co. v. Gregory

    119 Tenn. 537 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1907

    Iron Co. v. Pace, 101 Tenn., 476 , 486—489, 48 S. W., 232 ; Ferguson v. Phoenix Cotton Mills, 106 Tenn., 236 , 61 S. W., 53 ; Brown v. Electric Co., 101 Tenn., 252 , 47 S. W., 415 , 70 Am. St. Rep., 666 ; Corbett v. … W., 694 ; Brewer v. Tennessee, etc., Coal Co., 97 Tenn., 615 , 37 S. W., 549 ; Railroad v. Smith, 9 Lea, 685 .

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  • Williams v. Birmingham & N. W. Ry. Co.

    129 Tenn. 680 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1914

    Brown v. Hamlett, 8 Lea, 735 ; Gold v. Fite, 2 Baxt., 248 ; Maxey v. Powers, 117 Tenn., 403 , 101 S. W. 181 . … Barnes v. Thompson, supra; Alley v. Lanier, 1 Cold., 541 ; Kay v. Smith, 10 Heisk., 42 ; Steger v. Arctic Refrigerator Co., 89 Tenn. 453 , 14 S. W. 1087 , 11 L. R. A. 580; Ragon v. Howard, 97 Tenn. 341 , 37 S. W. 136 .

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  • Craig v. State

    50 Tenn. 227 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1871

    A question very similar to this, was determined by this court in Armstrong v. The State, 1 Cold., 338 . … We express no opinion as to whether, upon the facts, the case is within the principles announced in Simpson v.

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  • Craig v. State

    50 Tenn. 227 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1871

    A question very similar to this, was determined by this court in Armstrong v. The State, 1 Cold., 338 . … We express no opinion as to whether, upon the facts, the case is within the principles announced in Simpson v.

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  • American Surety Co. v. Grace

    151 Tenn. 575 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1924

    In Jones v. … Woodward v. Bird, 105 Tenn., 671 , 59 S. W., 143 ; Ford v. Brown, 114 Tenn., 467 , 88 S. W., 1036 , 1 L. R. A. (N. S.), 188.

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  • Neely v. State

    210 Tenn. 52 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 4, 1962

    Sharp v. State, supra; State ex rel. Underwood v. Brown, 193 Tenn. 113, 119 , 244 S.W. 2d 168 . … J., McCall v. State, supra). Louisville & N. Railroad Co. v. Ray, supra, 124 Tenn. 16, 26-29 , 134 S.W. 858, Ann.Cas. 1912D, 910; Feldman v. Clark, 153 Tenn. 373 , 284 S.W. 353 ; Jackson v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Texas Co. v. Fort

    168 Tenn. 679 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 6, 1935

    For example, see Van Dyke v. Thompson, 136 Tenn., 136 , 189 S. W., 62 ; Hunter v. Conner, 152 Tenn., 258 , 277 S. W., 71 ; Henderson Co. v. Breeden Bros., 148 Tenn., 278 , 255 S. W., 359 ; Couch v. … State v. Yardley, 95 Tenn., 546, 553 , 32 S. W., 481 , 34 L. R. A., 656; State v. Brown, 103 Tenn., 449, 458 , 53 S. W., 727 ; Peterson *684 v. State, 104 Tenn., 127, 131 , 56 S. W., 834 ; Rhinehart v.

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  • Colligan v. Cooney

    107 Tenn. 214 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 25, 1901

    The case of State v. … The rule as to strangers to the record is that of res inter alios acta, embodied in Brown’s Legal Maxims, 858, as follows : “A transaction between two parties ought not to operate to the disadvantage of a third.”

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  • Ward v. Crisp

    189 Tenn. 513 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 17, 1949

    The Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Watson v. Jones, 13 Wall. 679 , 20 L. … Justice Lurton in the quotation from Nance v. Busby, supra.

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  • Sims v. Knoxville Railway & Light Co.

    141 Tenn. 238 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1918

    Street Railroad v. Boddy, 105 Tenn., 666 , 58 S. W., 646 . … Traction Co. v. Lane, 103 Tenn., 376 , 53 S. W., 557 , 46 L. R. A., 549.

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  • State ex rel. Cates v. West Tennessee Land Co.

    127 Tenn. 575 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1913

    Ed., 39 1; Moore v. Sanborne, 2 Mich., 519 , 59 Am. Dec., 209 ; Brown v. Chadbourne, 31 Me., 9, 50 Am. Dec., 646 ; Hickok v. Hine, 23 Ohio St., 523 , 13 Am. Rep., 255 ; Diedrich v. Northwestern Union R. … In Brown v.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Snake Steel, Inc. v. Holladay Construction Group, LLC

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 30, 2021

    See Terry v. Niblack, 979 S.W.2d 583 (Tenn. 1998) (negligence); Hunter v. Brown, 955 S.W.2d 49 (Tenn. 1997) (sexual abuse); Potts v. Celotex Corp., 796 S.W.2d 678 (Tenn. 1990) (products liability); Foster v. … Spires v. Simpson, 539 S.W.3d 134, 143 (Tenn. 2017) (quoting State v. Collins, 166 S.W.3d 721, 726 (Tenn. 2005)).

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  • Gentry v. Memphis Federation of Musicians, Local No. 71

    177 Tenn. 566 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 14, 1941

    These conclusions follow from the principles announced in Leeper v. State, 103 Tenn., 500 , 53 S. W. 962 , 48 L. R. A., 167; Scopes v. State, 154 Tenn., 105 , 289 S. W., 363 , 53 A. L. R., 821; Waugh v. … Scopes v. State, supra. But as to students the case is different. They are not employees.

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  • Tinsley v. Bryan

    148 Tenn. 256 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1922

    In Wagstaff v. … Browning, 11 Lea, 253 ), nor in mandamus (State ex rel. v. Alexander, 115 Tenn., 157 , 90 S. W., 20 .) Washburn v. Moore, 3 Tenn. Ct. Civ.

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  • Brewer v. Aetna Life Insurance Co.

    490 S.W.2d 506 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 5, 1973

    Health and Educational Facilities Board of County of Knox et al. (1970) 224 Tenn. 240 , 453 S.W.2d 771 , the Court quoted approvingly from Mayor and Aldermen of Knoxville v. … Cannon v. Mathes, 8 Heisk. 504 , 519 [504].” In the case of West v.

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  • Deaderick v. Wilson

    67 Tenn. 108 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1874

    R., 26-33; 1 Redf. on Railw., 576; and numerous authorities cited in printed brief of Shields’ counsel, pp. 29, 30, 31; also cases collected in Board of Commissioners of Tippecanoe County v. Reynolds, June number Amer. … The Liquidators &c., v. Coleman & Knight, 6 vol. Eng. Reps., 18; Post v. Russell, 36 Ind., 60 ; Amer. R., p. 5, vol. 10, and cases cited; Overend, Gurney & Co. v. Gibbs; House of Lords Cases, in Eng. R., p. 1; Koeler v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Justice v. McBroom

    69 Tenn. 555 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1878

    Askew v. Townsend, 2 Dick, 471; Oldfield v. Cobbett, 20 Beav., 563; Yeomans v. Kilvington, 1 Dick, 351. … Sayer, 1 Dick, 42; Wharam v. Broughton, 1 Ves., 180; Cox v. McNamara, 1 Hogan, 12. The defendant might, of course, make defense to the scire facias by demurrer or otherwise. Brown v. Vermuden, 1 Ch. Cas., 272; Dunn v.

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  • Province v. Building & Loan Ass'n

    104 Tenn. 458 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 25, 1900

    In King v. … To the same effect is Baltimore Building & Loan Association v. Powhattan Imp. Co. (Maryland), 39 Atl. R., 214, and the case of Miller v.

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  • Lowry v. Lowry

    541 S.W.2d 128 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 26, 1976

    While we accept this as a proper statement of the law of gifts, Brown v. … Agrelius v. Mohesky, supra.

    Cited 45 timesPublished
  • State v. Dailey

    235 S.W.3d 131 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 20, 2007

    Brown, M2004-02101-CCA-R3-CD, 2005 WL 2139815, at *5 (Tenn. Crim. App. … See State v.

    Cited 79 timesPublished

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