Case law

Bellar v. Baptist Hospital, Inc.

559 S.W.2d 788 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 3, 1978

Reed v. Genesco, 512 S.W.2d 1 (Tenn.1974). Appellant made this discovery in 1973 and 1974. Relying on Fields v. … Considering the allegations of the complaint in light of these rules and the doctrine of equitable estoppel as applied in the recent workmen’s compensation case of Giles County Board of Education v.

Menees v. Ewing

141 Tenn. 399 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1918

No ballot without the official indorsement of the chairman of the board of commissioners shall be deposited, and none but ballots provided in accordance with the provisions of this article shall be counted.” … See, also, Rail v. Potts et al., 8 Humph., 225 .

St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Leazer

119 Tenn. 1 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1907

The rule, however, announced in Railroad v. … In Davidson-Benedict Co. v. Severson, 109 Tenn., 572 , 72 S.

Federal Coal Co. v. United States Fuel Corp.

147 Tenn. 212 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1922

Dahnke-Walker Milling Co. v. Bondurant, 257 U. S., 282 , 42 Sup. Ct., 106, 66 L. Ed., 114 ; Lemke v. Farmers’ Grain Co., 258 U. S., 50 , 42 Sup. Ct., 244, 66 L. … Heyman v. Hays, 236 U. S., 178 , 35 Sup. Ct., 403, 59 L. Ed., 527 . Phis decision virtually destroyed our case of Logan v. Brown, 125 Tenn., 209 , 141 S. W., 751 , referred to by counsel.

Weiss v. McCanless

176 Tenn. 222 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 18, 1940

It is insisted for the Commissioner, that the order of the Commissioner was self-execnting, and the case of McKee v. State Board of Elections, 173 Tenn., 276 , 116 S. W. (2d), 1033 , 117 S. … As said in Patterson v.

Pera v. Kroger Co.

674 S.W.2d 715 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 13, 1984

It was held in Brown v. Dunstan, 219 Tenn. 291 , 409 S.W.2d 365 (1966), that the one-year statute for personal injuries governed an action brought for damage to the plaintiff’s reputation as a businessman and citizen. … These rights, so alleged to be damaged, are personal and would be included within ‘for injuries to the person’ as this phrase is used in T.C.A. sec. 28-304”. 4 Brown v.

Robinson v. Frankel

85 Tenn. 475 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 25, 1887

Bump on Fraudulent Conveyances, 96; Bumpas v. Dotson, 7 Hum., 317 . … Bump on Fraudulent Conveyances, 89, 92, and 93; Hendricks v. Robinson, 2 Johns. Ch. Rep., 300 . Even if ti.

Blackburn v. Blackburn

526 S.W.2d 463 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 18, 1975

Whitt v. Whitt, supra. … Sections 36-820 and 36-828; Whitt v. Whitt, supra; Penland v. Penland, supra. As is pointed out in Whitt v.

Smith v. City of Pigeon Forge

600 S.W.2d 231 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 14, 1980

The Board of Commissioners shall by appropriate resolution earmark any portion of said funds from the special reserve fund for .projects, purchases, or expenses deemed appropriate. … Berry v. Shelby Co., 139 Tenn. 532, 541 , 201 S.W. 748 , 750 (1918) and Ferrell v. Doak, 152 Tenn. 88, 90 , 275 S.W. 29 , 29 (1924). Many Tennessee cases are collated in Berry and Farrell.

Nichols v. State

90 S.W.3d 576 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 7, 2002

In State v. … V.

State of Tennessee v. Urshawn Eric Miller- Concurring in part and Dissenting in part

Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 7, 2021

From the church, the defendant went to the victim’s boarding house where he left his wallet so it appeared the defendant had been there. Id. … Brown, No. W2004-01139-CCA-R3-CD, 2005 WL 885132 (Tenn. Crim. App. Apr. 18, 2005), perm. app. denied (Tenn.

Van Tuyl v. Carpenter

135 Tenn. 629 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1915

No such privilege is accorded to the stockholders as such, or to any stockholder, so that it results, if the board of directors does not choose to apply to the court or in default thereof the majority of the stockholders, … S. ex rel. v. Knox . So it comes to this: That in Kennedy v. Gibson , and Casey v.

State ex rel. Cole v. City of Hendersonville

223 Tenn. 365 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 23, 1969

The case of Board of Supervisors of Norfolk County v. Duke, 113 Va. 94 , 73 S.E. 456 (1912), involved a challenge to incorporation of a part of a thickly settled community. … As noted in Board of Supervisors of Norfolk County v. Duke, supra, surely the Legislature did not intend any such result. I realize this dissenting opinion is in conflict with Raucher v.

Briscoe v. Vaughn

103 Tenn. 308 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 30, 1899

Thompson v. Stacy, 10 Ter., 493 ; White v. Nash ville, 2 Swan, 364 ; Latta v. Brown, 12 Pickle, 356 . So the homestead- right hovers over the whole land until it is assigned by metes and bounds, of some equivalent act. … In the case of Farris v.

Dolen v. State

187 Tenn. 663 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 11, 1948

Lawson v. State, 176 Tenn. 457 , 143 S. W. (2d) 716 . … We are of the opinion that the rule stated on this subject in Seals v. State, supra, and Lawson v.

Dobson v. Huddleston

863 S.W.2d 392 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 2, 1993

In Lawrence v. … See e.g., Lawrence v. MacFarland, 354 S.W.2d at 82 , First National Bank v. McCanless, 186 Tenn. 1 , 207 S.W.2d 1007, 1009 (Tenn.1948); Fidelity-Bankers Trust Co. v. McCanless, 181 S.W.2d at 749 .

Jackson v. State

180 Tenn. 158 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 29, 1943

People v. Repke, 103 Mich., 459 , 61 N. W., 861 ; State v. Henderson, 186 Mo., 473 , 85 S. W., 576 .” … Atkins v. State, 119 Tenn., 458 , 105 S. W., 353 , 13 L. R. A. (N. S.), 1031.

Ransome v. State

91 Tenn. 716 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 22, 1892

The recital of the substance of the Act amended is-quite as clear and satisfactory as that found in the Act sustained by this Court in State, ex rel., v. J. L. Gaines, Comptroller, 1 Lea, 734 . … association, and are inclosed with good and substantial fences.” .Another witness adds this further description of the methods of the exchange: “The defendant hab all the horses which are going to run in the race put upon a board

Roberts v. Lebanon Appliance Service Co.

779 S.W.2d 793 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 6, 1989

In Wyatt v. Brown, 39 Tenn.App. 28 , 281 S.W.2d 64 (1955) the court stated: The controlling intention is the legal intention deductible from the acts of the parties.

Bevis v. Southern

489 S.W.2d 35 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 2, 1973

United States Rubber Products Co. v. Cannon, 172 Tenn. 665 , 113 S.W.2d 1184 [1938]; Fidelity & Cas. Co. v. Treadwell, 212 Tenn. 1 , 367 S.W.2d 470 [1963]. … Lunsford v. A. C. Lawrence Leather Co., 189 Tenn. 293 , 225 S.W.2d 66 [1949]; Greene Co. v. Bennett, 207 Tenn. 635 , 341 S.W.2d 751 [1960]; Fed. Mut. etc. Co. v. Cameron, 220 Tenn. 636 , 422 S.W.2d 427 [1967].