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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.
Cited 32 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 timesPublished2 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.
Cited 6 timesPublished512 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.
Cited 88 timesPublished171 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.
Cited 9 timesPublished53 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.
Cited 0 timesPublishedState 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.
Cited 5 timesPublished54 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 .
Cited 0 timesPublishedJeremy 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).
Cited 75 timesPublished24 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.
Cited 733 timesPublishedState 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 .
Cited 26 timesPublished579 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).
Cited 7 timesPublished198 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 timesPublishedFirst 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 timesPublished47 Tenn. 483 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1870
In Police Jury v. Reeves, 6 Martin, La., N. … In Mead v.
Cited 0 timesPublishedPowell 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.
Cited 29 timesPublishedState 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 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 0 timesPublished92 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.
Cited 1 timesPublished97 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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