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  • Black v. Wilson

    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.

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  • Hornberger v. Hornberger

    59 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.

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  • Glass v. Sullivan

    170 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.

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  • Georgia 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.

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  • Winchester v. Jackson & Evans

    4 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 .

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  • Griffin v. Parker

    129 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.

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  • Angel v. Jackson

    724 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.

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  • Dixie 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.

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  • Hopper v. Davidson County

    206 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.

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  • Laxon v. State

    126 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.

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  • West 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.

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  • State 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.

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  • Grundy 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.

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  • Jackson v. Clark & Fay, Inc.

    197 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 timesPublished
  • State v. Claybrook

    736 S.W.2d 95 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 8, 1987

    Justice Fones in Sommerville v. … But, as in State v.

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  • In Re Estate of McFarland

    167 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).

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  • State Ex Rel. v. Hammons

    166 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.

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  • Lane v. Farmer

    79 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 .

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  • Portin v. Portin

    149 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.

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  • Johnson v. Roland

    61 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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