Case law

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 .

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.

State v. Taylor

774 S.W.2d 163 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 3, 1989

A needle and a syringe containing a brown' colored liquid were found near the body. Richmond’s urine tested positive for cocaine. … See State v. Sparks, 727 S.W.2d 480 (Tenn.1987); State v. Goad, 707 S.W.2d 846 (Tenn.1986); State v. Smith, 695 S.W.2d 954 (Tenn.1985); and State v. Coleman, 619 S.W.2d 112 (Tenn.1981).

State ex rel. Bell v. Cummings

130 Tenn. 566 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1914

State v. Board of Education, 56 Miss., 518 ; State ex rel. v. St. Louis County Court, 34 Mo., 546, 571 ; State v. Brewer, 64 Ala., 287 ; Lucas v. Tippecanoe County, 44 Ind., 524 . … Nashville v. Towns, 5 Sneed (37 Tenn.), 186; Demoville v. Davidson County, supra; and see State v.

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 .

Lindsey v. Fowler

516 S.W.2d 88 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 12, 1974

Co. v. … In Roberts v.

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 .

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.

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.

Godwin v. Taenzer

122 Tenn. 101 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1909

The principle thus announced has been recognized and applied in Nesbitt v. St. Paul L. B. R. Co., 21 Minn., 491 ; Central Coal, etc., Co. v. John Henry Shoe Co., 69 Ark., 302, 63 S. W., 49 ; Everson v. … It is insisted, however, by the counsel for defendant, that a different rule has been established in this State in the cases of Dougherty v. Chestnutt, 86 Tenn., 12 , 5 S. W., 444 , and Holt v.

Polsky v. Atkins

197 Tenn. 201 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 23, 1954

Wright v. State, 171 Tenn. 628 , 106 S. W. (2d) 866, 870 ; Huffer v. State, 178 Tenn. 644, 646 , 162 S. W. (2d) 381, 382 ; Henderson v. Grundy County Beer Committee, 176 *206 Tenn. 397, 402, 141 S. … Section 161 Pages 521 and 522 in reference to whether or not the doctrine of res judicata applies to orders of administrative agencies or boards.

Seaton v. Lawson Chevrolet-Mazda, Inc.

821 S.W.2d 137 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 4, 1991

Howard Co. v. … Brown, 568 S.W.2d 100, 102-03 (Tenn.1978); and Isaacs v. Bokor, 566 S.W.2d 532, 538-39 (Tenn.1978)). In Beck Enterprises, Inc. v.

Mascari v. Raines

220 Tenn. 234 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 22, 1967

In the case of Biggs v. … Perkins v. Watson, Trustee, 61 Tenn. 173 (1872); Stevenson v.

Waller, Lansden, Dortch, & Davis v. Haney

851 S.W.2d 131 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 23, 1992

Pineda, Brown, Dobson, Burnette & Kessler, Chattanooga, for appellee. OPINION O'BRIEN, Justice. … On appeal the Court of Appeals applied the doctrine of "close scrutiny," citing Hutchinson v.

Horton v. Mayor of Nashville

72 Tenn. 39 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1879

J., in Mills v. City of Brooklyn, 32 N. … Y. v. Farze, 3 Hill, 612 ; 1 Denio, 601 ; Hutson v. Mayor of N. Y., 9 N. Y., 163 ; Barton v. City of Syracuse, 36 N. Y., 54; McCarthy v. Syracuse, 46 N. Y., 194 ; Meares v. Wilmington, 9 Ind., 73 .

Durell v. Martin

172 Tenn. 97 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 27, 1937

Upon the authority of Davis v. Bullington, 164 Tenn., 272 , 47 S. W., (2d), 555; Ewell v. Sneed, 136 Tenn., 602 , 191 S. W., 131 , 5 A. L. R., 303; Johnson v. Johnson, 92 Tenn., 559 , 23 S. W., 114 , 22 L. R. … J., 1934; Verhine v. Ragsdale, 96 Tenn., 532 , 35 S. W., 556 ; McLemore v. Railroad Co., 111 Tenn., 639 , 69 S. W., 338 ; Tate v. Tate, 126 Tenn., 169, 212 , 148 S. W., 1042 .

Telegraph Co. v. Mellon

100 Tenn. 429 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 12, 1898

Co. v. West. Union, 96 U. S., 1 ; Western Union v. Texas, 105 U. S., 466 ; Ratterman v. Western Union, 127 U. S., 411 ; West. Union Tel. Co. v. State Board, 132 U. S., 472 . … Western Union v. Mayer, etc., 38 Fed. Rep., 552; Munn v. Kansas, 123 U. S., 623 ; Morgan v. Louisiana, 118 U. S., 462 .