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182 Tenn. 623 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 30, 1945
Holland v. Parker, 159 Tenn. 306, 307 , 17 S. W. (2d) 926 , quoted in Kyle v. Marcom, 181 Tenn. 57 , 178 S. W. (2d) 618 . … Gilkey, supra, citing, in addition to those before referred to in this opinion, Smith v. Sells, 156 Tenn. 539 , 3 S. W. (2d) 660 ; Haggard v. Gallien, 157 Tenn. 269 , 8 S. W. (2d) 364 ; Loring v.
Cited 5 timesPublished59 Tenn. 635 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1874
perpetually cared for, and in the event I give my estate to my wife, then at her death our graves would go into strange hands, and be uncared for; as it is, by giving my property to the City of Clarksville, and constituting said board … We quote- in reference to this the language of Vice Chancellor Kindersly, in Hoar v. Osborn, 1 Eq.
Cited 1 timesPublished170 Tenn. 230 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 23, 1936
Bates Sullivan saw Billings board the truck. Deceased had hauled logs on the night of the eighth, and had worked all day on the ninth moving his household stuff. … Co. v. Wright, 147 Tenn., 619 , 250 S. W., 903 , that *235 willful misconduct means something more than negligence and carries the idea of deliberation and intentional wrongdoing.
Cited 8 timesPublishedGeorgia Industrial Realty Co. v. City of Chattanooga
163 Tenn. 435 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 5, 1931
Hombra v. Smith, 159 Tenn., 308 ; Tennessee Central Railroad Co. v. Campbell, 109 Tenn., 640 ; Quarles v. Albert, 2 Tenn. Chy. … Dixon v. Railroad Co., 115 Tenn., 362 ; Hombra v.
Cited 12 timesPublished4 Tenn. 306 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 15, 1817
See, as to inquiry into foreign judgments, Wilson v. Robertson, 1 Tenn. 266 ; Estes v. Kyle, Meigs, 34; Hunt v. Lyle, 8 Yer. 142 ; Glasgow v. Lowther, Cooke, 464 ; Earthman v. Jones, 2 Yer. 484 ; Stegall v. … Wyche, 5 Yer. 83 ; Kelley v. Hooper, 3 Yer. 395 ; Moren v. Killibrew, 2 Yer. 376 ; Brown v. Brown, 2 Sneed, 434 ; Topp v. Branch Bank of Alabama, 2 Sneed, 184 ; Ridgeway v. Bank of Tenn. 11 Hum. 523 .
Cited 0 timesPublished129 Tenn. 446 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1914
The scaffold was about twenty-eight feet high, and was held up by boards of yellow pine about 28 feet in length which projected as supporting beams or arms. … Woods v. Lindvall, 48 Fed., 62 , 1 C. C. A. 37 ; Blomquist v. Chicago, etc., R. Co., 60 Minn.. 426, 62 N. W., 818 ; Lee v. Leighton Co., 113 Minn., 373 , 129 N. W. 767 ; Arkerson v. Dennison, 117 Mass., 407 ; Donahue v.
Cited 7 timesPublished724 S.W.2d 736 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 9, 1987
Jernigan v. Jackson, 704 S.W.2d 308 (Tenn.1986); Carter v. Olsen, 660 S.W.2d 483 (Tenn.1983); Dominion Nat. Bank v. Olsen, 651 S.W.2d 215 (Tenn.1983); Griffith Motors, Inc. v. … As was pointed out in State v.
Cited 2 timesPublishedDixie Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Kaplan
169 Tenn. 513 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 11, 1936
Kaplan, when he boarded the bus of the Dixie Greyhound Lines, Incorporated, at Memphis, was issued a *515 baggage check for his baggage from. Memphis to Jackson. … Transportation Co. v. Bloch Bros., 86 Tenn., 392, 414 , 6 S. W., 881 , 6 Am. St. Rep., 847 ; L. & N. Railroad v. Campbell & Richards, 7 Heisk. (54 Tenn.), 253; East Tennessee & V. Railroad Co. v.
Cited 1 timesPublished206 Tenn. 393 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 11, 1960
Bruce v. Anz, supra. See also other cases such as Officer v. Sims, 49 Tenn. 501 ; and Walker v. Aetna Casualty S Surety Co., 175 Tenn. 118 , 132 S.W.2d 219 , supporting what has been said hereinabove as to amendments. … Co. v.
Cited 13 timesPublished126 Tenn. 302 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1912
In Moss v. … The doctrine of acquiescence announced in Moss v. Gibbs is fully recognized in the later ca.se of State v. Pulp Co.
Cited 1 timesPublishedWest Point Banking Co. v. Gaunt
150 Tenn. 74 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1923
To support this contention the cases of Bank v. Russell, 124 Tenn., 618 , 139 S. W., 734 , Ann. Cas. 1913A, 203; White v. Hatcher, 135 Tenn., 609 , 188 S. W., 61 , and *78 Holliday State Bank v. … In Bank v.
Cited 4 timesPublishedState ex rel. Weldon v. Thomason
142 Tenn. 527 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1919
Railroad v. Hicks, 68 Tenn. (9 Baxt.), 451; Richardson v. Young, 122 Tenn., 517, 518 , 125 S. W., 664 ; Brown v. Sullivan, County 126 Tenn., 694 , 151 S. W., 501 ; State ex rel. v. Baseball Club, 17 Tenn., 292 , 154 S. … L., 97; Adams v. Clark, 36 Colo., 65 , 85 Pac., 642 , 10 Ann. Cas., 774; State v. Aloe, 152 Mo., 466 , 54 S. W., 494 , 47 L. R. A., 393; Jones v. Madison County, 72 Miss., 777 -793, 18 South., 87 ; Wade v.
Cited 45 timesPublishedGrundy County v. Tennessee Coal, etc., Co.
94 Tenn. 295 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 19, 1895
. & V.), § 664. … Mayor v. Alexander, 10 Lea, 477 ; Mayor v. Thomas, 5 Cold., 607 ; Bonaparte v. Baltimore, 104 U. S., 592 ; Kirtland v. Hotchkiss, 100 U. S., 491 -499; Cannon v. Apperson, 14 Lea, 588 ; 56 Am.
Cited 24 timesPublished197 Tenn. 135 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 21, 1954
Then there is tbe Virginia case of Scott County School Board v. Carter, 156 Va. 815 , 159 S. E. 115 , 83 A. L. R. 229, where a school teacher was killed in a school room which was demolished by a cyclone. … Such cases are Abell Chevrolet Co. v. Industrial Commission, 370 Ill. 460 ,19 N. E. (2d) 361, Gale v. Krug Park Amusement Co., 114 Neb. 432 , 208 N. W. 739 , 46 A. L. R. 1213; Baker v.
Cited 47 timesPublished736 S.W.2d 95 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 8, 1987
Justice Fones in Sommerville v. … But, as in State v.
Cited 39 timesPublished167 S.W.3d 299 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 7, 2005
See Oliver v. … Browning, 158 Ohio St. 54 , 107 N.E.2d 120 , 126 (1952); In re Slack’s Trust, 126 Vt. 37 , 220 A.2d 472, 474 (1966).
Cited 53 timesPublished166 Tenn. 469 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 21, 1933
In State ex rel. v. … Bogle v. Hammons, 49 Tenn., 137 ; Belote v. Henderson, 45 Tenn., 471 . It is plausibly argued that upon the issuance of the certificate to relator it was incumbent upon ITammons to institute an election contest.
Cited 5 timesPublished79 Tenn. 568 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1883
But if he stood in no fiduciary relation to the complainant, and appropriated her funds in the purchase of the land, no resulting trust would arise in her favor: Hawthorne v. Brown, 5 Sneed, 462 ; Ensley v. … Norton, 2 Atk., 74: White v. Carpenter, 2 Paige, 217 .
Cited 2 timesPublished149 Tenn. 530 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1923
It otherwise appears in the record that the deceased employee prior to his death supported the little boy, paying ,for his board and care at the home of a family in Nashville. … conclusion has been reached by the courts of several other states, construing different compensation statutes, we are of a contrary opinion, and have heretofore so intimated in the case of Bohlen-Huse Coal & Ice Company v.
Cited 28 timesPublished61 Tenn. 203 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1872
.* Brown, stayed by the said E. B. Lane.” The first named debt is identified as the one on which the judgment of $250, so often referred to, Avas obtained. … Hannum v. Wallace, 4 Hum., 143 . The only question that could be made as to the validity of this deed of trust is raised by the statements of John Gribble (the trustee).
Cited 1 timesPublished
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