Case law

Manes v. Hines & McNair Hotels, Inc.

184 Tenn. 210 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 30, 1946

This wet spot was about 6 inches *213 in diameter and somewhat oval in shape, and at times about 18 inches in length and extending’ over one or more of 3-inch floor boards. … Memphis Street Railway Co. v. Roe, 118 Tenn. 601 , 102 S. W. 343 ; Worsham v. Dempster, 148 Tenn. 267 , 255 S. W. 52 . In Willcox v. Hines, 100 Tenn. 538 , 46 S. W. 297 , 41 L. R. A. 278, 66 Am. St.

Watts v. Memphis Transit Management Co.

224 Tenn. 721 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 4, 1971

Anderson Fish & Oyster Co. v. Olds (1955), 197 Tenn. 604 , 277 S.W.2d 344 ; Powers v. Vinsant (1932), 165 Tenn. 390 , 54 S.W.2d 938 . In the present case Memphis. … Loser v. National Optical Stores Co. (1949), 189 Tenn. 433 , 225 S.W.2d 263 ; State Board of Architectural, etc. v. Blalock (1950), 190 Tenn. 626 , 231 S.W.2d 326 ; State ex rel. West v.

Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. v. Akin

140 Tenn. 34 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1917

Akin boarded one of the company’s trains at Bellevue for the purpose of going to Kingston Springs, and that when the train reached the latter station the ears stopped where passengers were usually taken on and discharged. … Railroad v. Lindamood, 111 Tenn., 457, 474 , 78 S.

Tennessee Products & Chemical Corp. v. Taylor

190 Tenn. 130 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 17, 1950

In the earliest of these cases, Benedict Bros. v. Davidson County, 110 Tenn. 183, 187, 189 , 67 S. … Following the Benedict case, supra,' this Court in Darnell & Son Co. v. Memphis, 116 Tenn. 424 , 95 S. W. 816 , and in Neuhoff Packing Co. v. Sharpe, 146 Tenn. 293 , 240 S.

Dillard & Coffin Co. v. Smith

105 Tenn. 372 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 26, 1900

Solinsky v. The Bank, 85 Tenn., 368 ; Gage v. Epperson, 2 Head, 669 ; Arnendale v. Morgan, 5 Sneed, 703 ; Chesney v. Rodgers, 1 Heis., 242; Bank v. Haller, 17 Pick., 85 . … Knott v. Cunningham, 2 Sneed, 205 ; Brown v. Kinchloe, 3 Cold., 198 ; Turner v. Brock, 6 Heis., 50.

Madison Trust Co. v. Stahlman

134 Tenn. 402 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1915

“V. … In Bank v.

Estep v. State

183 Tenn. 325 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 5, 1946

In the case of State v. … In the case of State v.

Jourolmon v. Massengill

86 Tenn. 81 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 26, 1887

In that case that Court held that a Stock Board may make membership therein subject to the rule, that if the member becomes insolvent, his seat may be sold for the benefit of his creditors among the other members of the Board … Brown, 21 Conn., 1 . Such trusts have been sustained in Vermont. See White v.

Boyd v. Hensley

6 Tenn. 258 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 15, 1817

See Rice v. R. R. Bank, 7 Hum. 39 ; Craighead v. State Bank, Meigs, 199; Haisten v. Hixen, 3 Sneed, 691 ; Brown v. Moore, 6 Yer. 272 ; Peyton v. Peacock, 1 Hum. 135 ; Nichol v. Ridley, 5 Yer. 63 ; Van Hook v. … Story, 4 Hum. 59 ; Hendrick v. Hendrick, 1 Tenn. 265 ; Irby v. Brigham, 9 Hum. 750 ; Overton v. Hardin, Brownsville, 1869; King’s Digest, 5794 et seq.

State v. Keen

Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 12, 2000

See Keen, 926 S.W.2d at 739 (citing California v. Brown, 479 U.S. 538, 107 S.Ct. 837 (1987)); Saffle v. Parks, 494 U.S. 484, 110 S.Ct. 1257 (1990); Boyd, 797 S.W.2d at 598. … Woodson v. Porter Brown Limestone Co., Inc., 916 S.W.2d 896, 903 (1996).

Norris v. Monarch Fire Ins. Co.

180 Tenn. 660 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 5, 1944

The authority cited' by the Court of Appeals (Young v. Brown, 136 Tenn., 184 , 188 S. W., 1149 , and McGehee v. Henry, 144 Tenn., 548 , 234 S. W., 509 , 18 A. L. R., 103) fully supports its opinion. … Co. v. Fallow, 110 Tenn., 720 , 77 S. W., 937 ; Farnum v. Ins. Co., 83 Cal., 246 , 23 P., 869 , 17 Am. St. Rep., 233 .

Barnes Bros. v. Coal Co.

101 Tenn. 354 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 12, 1898

Citty v. Mfg. Co., 9 Pickle, 276 . It is next said a contract, under a by-law of the corporation, could not be made for a longer time than three months, without the approval of the board of directors. … Tarbox v. Hartenstien, 4 Bax., 78 ; Railroad v. Staub, 7 Lea, 397 .

Wurzburg v. New York Life Ins.

140 Tenn. 59 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1918

Co. v. Board Armstrong & Co., 115 Va., 836 , 80 S. E., 565 , L. R. A., 1915F, 979. We think both these cases are sound. A corporation is often quite dependent upon the service of particular officers for its prosperity. … Ins., Co. v. Schaefer, supra and Keckley v. Coshocton Glass Co., supra.

Allen v. McCullough

49 Tenn. 174 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 22, 1870

PI., 31; Browne on Actions, 43 Law. Lib., 237, m. … Rel., 3rd ed., 53, 54; Adair v. Shaw, 1 Sch. and Lef., 263; Jones v. Walkup, 5 Sneed, 138 , 139; Browne on Act., 43 Law. Lib., 245, m.

Jefferson County Bank v. Hale

152 Tenn. 648 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 6, 1925

Hale a separate estate to her sole and separate use under the rule announced in Carpenter v. Franklin, 14 S. W., 484 , 89 Tenn., 142 , Templeton v. Brown, 5 S. W., 441 , 86 Tenn., 50 , and Ferguson v. Booth, 160 S. … Bell v. Lyle, 10 Lea, 44 ; Mount v. Kesterton, 6 Cold., 462 .

Shelburne v. Frontier Health

126 S.W.3d 838 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 6, 2003

Kirk, are registered with the Tennessee Board of Claims as members of a community-based screening agency. … In Johnson v.

Eddlemon v. Tecumseh Products Co.

101 S.W.3d 57 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 29, 1999

In Woodall v. Hamlett, 872 S.W.2d 677 (Tenn.1994), the Supreme Court held that judgments involving the Workers’ Compensation Act are controlled by Tenn. … The Supreme Court in Woodall v. Hamlett, 872 S.W.2d 677 (Tenn.1996), held the statute was applicable on this issue. 2 .

Covert v. Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry.

186 Tenn. 142 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 28, 1948

Tinsley v. Bryan, 148 Tenn. 256, 261 , 255 S. W. 49 , 50. The limit of amount upon the jurisdiction is not applicable in an ejectment case (Frazier v. Browning, 79 Tenn. 253 ), nor in mandamus (State ex rel. v. … An example is Ducktown Sulphur, etc., v. Fain, 109 Tenn. 56 , 70 S. W. 813 , 815, where the principle as quoted above from Hale v.

Briscoe v. Allison

200 Tenn. 115 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 27, 1956

See also Black v. Nashville Banner Pub. Co., 24 Tenn. App. 137 , 141 S.W.2d 908 . Peculiarily applicable to tbe present controversy is tbe following’ statement by tbe Court in Lowrey v. … Brown, 35 Tenn. 17 : “It is not essential that a verdict should be technically responsive to tbe issues joined; if in its sense and legal effect it be substantially so, it will suffice ’ ’.

Gas-light Co. v. Memphis

93 Tenn. 612 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 31, 1894

The Board of Commissioners constitute an agency or instrumentality of the Taxing District, and the plea of the statute of limitations is unavailing as a defense to the city. … In the case of Gas Company v.