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  • Mayor of Knoxville v. Cain

    128 Tenn. 250 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1913

    Flenni-ken, chairman of the board of public works, who, as such chairman, had charge of the streets and street forces of the city. This is denied by Mr. … Rep., 127 ; Brownsville v. Arbuckle (Ky.), 99 S. W., 239 ; Town of Corinth v. Lawrence (Ky.), 127 S. W., 1009 ; City of Natchez v. Lewis, 90 Miss., 310 , 43 South. 471 ; Chase v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co., 134 Mo.

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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
  • Telegraph Co. v. Munford

    2 L.R.A. 601 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 3, 1889

    Jones, but that, on the contrary, he was accustomed to receive his messages at his usual boarding place, which was known at least to some of the telegraph company’s messengers. Two days thereafter Col. … Brumley v. Railroad, 5 Lea, 401 . These principles applicable to common carriers seem to us to be alike applicable to telegraph companies. Mr.

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  • State v. Bell

    512 S.W.3d 167 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 10, 2015

    State v. Brown, 29 S.W.3d 427, 432 (Tenn.2000) (quoting Washington v. Texas, 388 U.S. 14, 19 , 87 S.Ct. 1920 , 18 L.Ed.2d 1019 (1967)). … .”); Chapman v.

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  • Fiske v. Grider

    171 Tenn. 565 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 17, 1937

    Hilliard v. Stark, 82 Tenn. (14 Lea), 9; Snyder v. Summers, 69 Tenn. (1 Lea), 481; Wilson v. Corry, 69 Tenn. (1 Lea), 391; Andrews v. Page, supra; Morris v. Smith, 30 Tenn. (11 Humph.), 133. … This court, in Andrews v.

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  • Fain v. Inman

    53 Tenn. 5 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 13, 1871

    Eq., 384, Trotter v. Erwin, 27 Miss., 772 ; Gilman v. Brown, per Story J., 1 Mason, 102 . This court, in two well-considered opinions, have followed this doctrine. … And to this effect is the case of Ellis, ex’r, v. Temple, 4 Col., 319 . The case of Brown v. Vanlier, 7 Hum., 239 , relied upon by the counsel for complainant, does not sustain him as applied to the case now before us.

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  • State Ex Rel. Beeler v. City of Nashville

    178 Tenn. 344 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 17, 1942

    Quinn v. Hester, 135 Tenn., 373 , 186 S. W., 459 . … We find no difficulty with General Board of State Hospitals v . Robertson, 115 Va., 527 , 79 S. E. 1064 , so strongly *353 relied on by the city here.

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  • Merritt v. Duncan

    54 Tenn. 156 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 6, 1872

    The same doctrine is laid down in Nallett v. Parker, 6 Wend., 615 ; Mickles v. Calvin, 4 Barb., 304 ; Woodhull v. Holmes, 10 John. R., 231; Munroe v. Cowper, 5 Pick. R., 412. … The same doctrine was recognized in Van Wyck v. Norvell, 2 Hum., 195 .; and in Ryland v. Brown, *164 2 Head, 273 .

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  • Jeremy Flax v. Daimler-Chrysler Corporation

    272 S.W.3d 521 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 24, 2008

    Like the majority, I believe that such claims must be supported by expert medical or scientific evidence as required by Camper v. Minor, 915 S.W.2d 437 (Tenn.1996). … See State v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 18 S.W.3d 186, 193 (Tenn.2000) (noting that courts are not to render advisory opinions).

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  • Wyatt v. State

    24 S.W.3d 319 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 27, 2000

    Jarman, 445 So. 2d 1184 (La. 1984); State v. Brown, 410 A.2d 1033 (Me. 1980); State v. Earp, 571 A.2d 1227 (Md. 1990); State v. Allen, 514 A.2d 1263 (N.H. 1986); People v. Cadorette, 439 N.E.2d 353 (N.Y. 1982); State v. … See also State v.

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  • State Ex Rel. Lightman v. City of Nashville

    166 Tenn. 191 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 20, 1933

    L., p. 800, sec. 108; Farmer v. Nashville, 127 Tenn., 516 ; Nashville v. Link, 12 Lea, 498 ; Long v. Taxing District, 7 Lea, 134 ; Raleigh v. Daughertg, 3 Lea, 11 . … Melton v. State, 160 Tenn., 273 ; Haley v. State, 156 Tenn., 85 ; Ferrell v. State, 86 Tenn., 523 .

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  • Dungan v. Dungan

    579 S.W.2d 183 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 2, 1979

    In the wake of Boddie v. … See, e. g., Cohen v. Board of Supervisors, 20 Cal.App.2d 236 , 97 Cal.Rptr. 550 (Ct.App.1971); see generally Annot., 52 A.L.R.3d 844 (1973).

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  • Hale v. State

    198 Tenn. 461 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 6, 1955

    The majority opinion cites in support thereof Carter v. State, 181 Tenn. 250 , 181 S. W. (2d) 137 ; Brown v. State, 186 Tenn. 378 , 210 S. W. (2d) 670 ; Davis v. State, 186 Tenn. 195, 198 , 209 S. … In Hooks v. State, 154 Tenn. 43 , 289 S.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • First Community Bank, N.A. v. First Tennessee Bank, N.A.

    489 S.W.3d 369 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 6, 2015

    Brown v. Birman Managed Care, Inc., 42 S.W.3d 62, 67 (Tenn.2001) (citing Dale, 208 S.W.2d at 353-54 ). … Brown, 2015 WL 7748275 , at *6 (Tenn. Dec. 2, 2015); State v. Wooden, 478 S.W.3d 585, 591 (Tenn. 2015).

    Cited 57 timesPublished
  • Murdock v. Mayor of Memphis

    47 Tenn. 483 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1870

    In Police Jury v. Reeves, 6 Martin, La., N. … In Mead v.

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  • Powell Ex Rel. Powell v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

    217 Tenn. 503 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 14, 1966

    The cases which so hold are Harralson v. Whitehead, 236 Ark. 325 , 365 S.W.2d 868 ,1963); Wilson v. Shumate, 296 S.W. 2d 72 (Mo.1956); Wagner v. Shanks, 194 A.2d 701 (Del. 1963); Allen v. … . - The case of Nielsen v. Brown, 232 Or. 426 , 374 P.2d 896 (1962), was cited for authority for this statement in addition to those cases referred to above.

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  • State of Tennessee v. Kevin Anthony Dickson, Jr.

    413 S.W.3d 735 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 8, 2013

    State v. Davidson, 121 S.W.3d 600, 614 (Tenn. 2003). Premeditation may also be inferred from circumstantial evidence surrounding the crime. State v. Brown, 836 S.W.2d 530, 541 (Tenn. 1992). … Bland, 958 S.W.2d at 660 (citing Brown, 836 S.W.2d at 541-42; State v. West, 844 S.W.2d 144, 148 (Tenn. 1992)).

    Cited 179 timesPublished
  • 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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  • DeArmond v. DeArmond

    92 Tenn. 40 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 1, 1892

    The Chancellor decreed a divorce from bed and board, and alimony. The husband has appealed and assigned errors. The first error assigned is that the affidayit to the bill is fatally defective. … In the case of Hackney v. Hackney, 9 Hum., 453 , the question is suggested by Judge McKinney, but was not really involved, and was not decided. In the case of Stewart v.

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  • Schmalzried v. White

    97 Tenn. 36 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 13, 1896

    or built to be occupied by three or more families above the first floor, and every building already erected, or that may hereafter be built, three or more stories in height, occupied or used as a hotel, lodging house, or boarding … The cases of Philadelphia Railroad v. Ervin, 89 Pa. St., 71 (S. C., 33 A. R., 726); Flynn v. Canton Co., 40 Md., 812 (S. C., 17 A. R., 603); Henry v. Sprague, 11 R. I., 456 (S. C., 23 A. R., 502), and Vandyke v.

    Cited 22 timesPublished

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