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Buchanan v. Brown and Craighead
3 Tenn. 185 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 6, 1812
And if at any subsequent period a title better than that of Brown’s should make its appearance, by virtue of which the complainant or his heirs should be deprived of the enjoyment of this land, that then Brown should be compelled … But as this contract grew out of a transaction with the defendant Craig-head, who received the consideration, acted as the agent of Brown, and by whose information, it is fair,to suppose, Brown was governed, it seems to the
Cited 0 timesPublished56 Tenn. 1 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1871
In Humes v. … In the case of Painter v.
Cited 1 timesPublished56 Tenn. 1 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1871
In Humes v. … In the case of Painter v.
Cited 1 timesPublished209 Tenn. 141 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 8, 1961
In the case of Grant v. … In the case of George v.
Cited 28 timesPublishedBrown v. John Martin Construction Co.
642 S.W.2d 145 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 15, 1982
The custodian of the Second Injury Fund raised this question in Stovall v. General Shoe Corp., supra, and in E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company v. Friar, supra. … The employer relies on Employers-Commercial Union Companies v. Taylor, 531 S.W.2d 104 (Tenn.1975), Cleveland-Tennessee Enamel Company v. Eaton, 517 S.W.2d 10 (Tenn.1974), and Gluck Brothers, Inc. v.
Cited 9 timesPublished134 Tenn. 93 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1915
These are Conn v. Richmond, 17 Cal. App., 705 , 121 *101 Pac., 714, 719 , and Robinson v. Anderson, 26 Cal. App., 644 , 147 Pac., 1182 . … Leavenworth v. Wilson, 69 Kan., 74 , 76 Pac., 400 , 2 Ann. Cas., 367. The other Kansas case is Hay et al. v. Dorn (1914), 93 Kan., 392, 397 , 144 Pac., 235 -237.
Cited 5 timesPublished132 Tenn. 685 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1915
Lim., 93; Webb v. Garter, 129 Tenn., 182, 239 , 165 S. W., 426 . … Rucher v. Supervisor, 7 W. Va., 661 ; Purcell v. Parks, 82 Ill., 346 ; State v. *690 McDowell, 19 Neb., 442 , 27 N. W., 433 ; Louisville v. Wilson, 99 Ky., 598 , 36 S. W., 944 .
Cited 7 timesPublishedState Ex Rel. Brown v. McCanless
184 Tenn. 83 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1946
Nixon v. McCanless, 176 Tenn. 352, 354 , 141 S. … McCanless v. State ex rel. Hamm, 181 Tenn. 308, 314 , 181 S. W. (2d) 154 , 153 A. L. R. 832; McCanless, Com’r v. Klein, 182 Tenn. 631, 639 , 188 S.
Cited 4 timesPublishedCheryl Brown Giggers v. Memphis Housing Authority
277 S.W.3d 359 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 3, 2009
Brown, Jr., and Angela G. … Hunter v. Brown, 955 S.W.2d 49, 50-51 (Tenn.1997); Cowden v. Sovran Bank/Cent. S., 816 S.W.2d 741, 744 (Tenn.1991).
Cited 258 timesPublishedPorter Brown Limestone Co. v. Olson
648 S.W.2d 242 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 27, 1982
The estoppel issue is controlled by this Court’s opinion in Memphis Shopper’s News, Inc. v. Woods, 584 S.W.2d 196 (Tenn.1979) and the numerous prior decisions cited at page 200 therein.
Cited 12 timesPublishedBoard of Education of Viola Normal School v. Board of Education
160 Tenn. 351 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 1, 1930
Canton Cotton Mills v. Overall Co., 149 Tenn., 29 ; State ex rel. v. Vanderbilt University, 129 Tenn., 279 . … In explanation of the text the author quotes, in a note, from Omaha Water Co. v. Omaha, 147 Fed., 1, 5 , 77 C. C. A., 267 , 12 L. R. A. (N. S.), 736 (App. Dism., 207 U.
Cited 11 timesPublishedTomlinson v. Board of Equalization
6 L.R.A. 207 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 12, 1889
Where no right of appeal is given by the statute in express words or by necessary implication, an appeal will not lie, and it was therefore not error in the Board to refuse the appeal prayed for. Wade v. … Wade v.
Cited 28 timesPublished165 Tenn. 201 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 26, 1932
Walters v. State, 2 Chan. Cas., 69. And the right to sue the State cannot exist without affirmative authority from the legislature. Insurance Co. v. Craig, 106 Tenn., 621 ; State v. Odom, 93 Tenn., 446 ; State v. … Sneed, 9 Baxt., 472 ; Williams v. Register, Cooke, 214 .
Cited 27 timesPublished173 Tenn. 269 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 13, 1938
In Staples v. Brown, 113 Tenn., 639 , 85 S. … Anderson v. Memphis, 167 Tenn., 648 , 72 S. W. (2d), 1059 ; Prosterman v. Board of Dental Examiners, 168 Tenn., 16 , 73 S. W. (2d), 687 .
Cited 16 timesPublished124 Tenn. 39 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1910
Thereupon, the complainants, who are the county board of education for Humphreys county, and the county superintendent of public instruction, who is ex officio secretary of the county board uf education, filed this bill to … Real Prop., vol. 3, pp. 370, 371; Id., vol. 2, pp. 13-15; Rice v. Boston & W. R. R., 12 Allen (Mass.), 141.
Cited 15 timesPublishedEdmondson v. Board of Education
108 Tenn. 557 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 5, 1902
Governor v. McEwen, 5 Hum., 240 . Not only is this true, but the Board depends largely for the maintenance of its schools upon sources of income found outside the limits of the city of Memphis. … Railroad Co., 2 Cold., 645 ), and in Shelby County v.
Cited 11 timesPublished938 S.W.2d 351 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 4, 1996
Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564, 569-70 , 92 S.Ct. 2701, 2705 , 33 L.Ed.2d 548 (1972). … Zorzi v.County of Putnam, 30 F.3d 885, 894-95 (7th Cir.1994); McKinney v. Pate, 20 F.3d 1550, 1560 (11th Cir.1994); Sutton v. Cleveland Board of Education, 958 F.2d 1339, 1350-51 (6th Cir.1992); Reinhart v.
Cited 38 timesPublished847 S.W.2d 208 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 19, 1993
See Hamrick v. … Knoxville Traction Co. v. Brown, 115 Tenn. 323, 331 , 89 S.W. 319 , 321 (1905); Rollins v. Winn Dixie, 780 S.W.2d 765, 767 (Tenn.App.1989); Schwarzer, 139 F.R.D. at 476.
Cited 2,028 timesPublishedState Ex Rel. Brown v. Polk County
165 Tenn. 196 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 26, 1932
L., 579; Board of Viola v. Board of Warren County, 160 Tenn., 351 . … See State v.
Cited 15 timesPublishedHughes v. Board of Commissioners
204 Tenn. 298 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 12, 1958
Reetz v. [People of State of] Michigan, 188 U.S. 505 , 23 S.Ct. 390 , 47 L.Ed. 563 .” … As authority for this proposition see our case of Saunders v. Swann, 155 Tenn. 310 , 292 S.W. 458 .
Cited 16 timesPublished
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