Case law

Southern Railway Co. v. Linear

138 Tenn. 543 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1917

Co. v. Thompson, 234 U. S., 576 , 34 Sup. Ct., 964, 58 L. Ed., 1478 , is in point. In that ease it appeared that Mrs. … See, also, Louisville & Nashville Railway Co. v. Mottley, 2: 19 U. S. 467 , 31 Sup. Ct., 265, 55 L. Ed., 297 , 34 L. R. A. (N. S.), 671, and Chicago, I & L. R. Co. v. United States, 219 U. S., 486 , 31 Sup.

McGannon v. Farrell

141 Tenn. 631 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1919

Van Leer v. Fain, 6 Humph., 104 ; Dick v. Martin, 7 Humph., 263 ; Mitchell v. Bank, 8 Humph., 216 ; Cobb v. O’Neal, 2 Sneed, 438 ; Cobb v. Wallace, 5 Cold., 539 , 98 Am. Dec., 435 ; Bissenger v. … Continuing, the court said: “As well stated by the author of Browne on Parol Evidence, supra: ‘Parol evidence is incompetent- to add any covenant to a deed, or to enlarge or contradict any covenant, or create a reservation

Roane Hosiery, Inc. v. King

214 Tenn. 441 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 15, 1964

During 1961 appellant’s officers and directors constituted a majority of the Delaware corporation’s board of directors. … John Ownbey Co. v. Butler, 211 Tenn. 366 , 365 S.W.2d 33 .

State Ex Rel. Anderson v. City of Knoxville

176 Tenn. 541 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 23, 1940

electric and water departments and the necessary readjustments in connection therewith, the rights conferred by this Act on the employees in the Departments under the *544 supervision of the Knoxville Electric Power and Water Board … In Van Dyke v.

Tackett v. Mullins

612 S.W.2d 909 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 9, 1981

In Taylor & Sons Plumbing Co., Inc. v. Corondolet Realty Trust, et al., 611 S.W.2d 572 (Tenn.1981), released February 2, 1981, at Jackson, Tennessee, we carved out an exception to the strict rule of Farmer v. … The rationale employed in reaching that result is expressed in the following quote from Kennoy v.

Mallory v. Hanaur Oil Works

86 Tenn. 598 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 8, 1888

Thomas v. Railroad Company, 101 U. S., 71 . … Thomas v. Railroad Company, 101 U. S., 86 .

Anderson v. Save-A-Lot Ltd.

989 S.W.2d 272 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 25, 1999

App. 1990) (finding that a sexual harassment injury arose out of and in the course of the claimant’s employment) ; In re Brown v. Alos Micrographics Corp., 540 N.Y.S.2d 911 (N.Y. App. … The suit arose after the employee, a bank employee, allegedly was accosted by a member of the bank’s board of directors.

Snow v. City of Memphis

527 S.W.2d 55 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 9, 1975

Brown-Forman Co. v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, 217 U.S. 563, 573 , 30 S.Ct. 578, 580 , 54 L.Ed. 883 . State Board of Tax Com’rs of Indiana v. Jackson, 283 U.S. 527, 537 , 51 S.Ct. 540, 543 , 75 L.Ed. 1248 . … R. v.

Hall v. State

71 Tenn. 552 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1879

In support *554 of this position, counsel cite Brown v. Newby, 6 Yer., 395 . … Cate v. State, 3 Sneed, 120 ; Smith v. Hickman, Cooke, 330 .

Clinchfield Fuel Co. v. W. M. Lundy & Son

130 Tenn. 135 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 1, 1914

Bryan v. Henderson, 88 Tenn. (4 Pick.), 23, 12 S. W., 338 ; Croone v. Bivens, 39 Tenn. (2 Head), 339; Hollis Wright & Co. v. Staley, 62 Tenn. (3 Baxt.), 168, 27 Am. … It is true, as stated in Dean v.

Baggett v. Baggett

541 S.W.2d 407 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 30, 1976

Lindley v. Lindley, 274 Ala. 570 , 150 So.2d 746 (1963); Rivieccio v. Bothan, 27 Cal.2d 621 , 165 P.2d 677 (1946); Board of Trustees of Fireman's Relief & Pension Fund v. Cotton, 208 Okl. 421 , 256 P.2d 802 (1953). … Accord Walker v. Hutchinson, supra; Armstrong v. Manzo, supra; Burden v.

Shelton v. Sears

57 Tenn. 303 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1872

It was so held by this court in the ease of Kannon v. Pillow, 7 Hum., 292 . … United States v. Wonson, 1 Gallison, 18 ; Meyer v. Forelhrod, 4 Wash. C. C., 349 ; 1 Kent, 345 (note).

Shelton v. Sears

57 Tenn. 303 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1872

It was so held by this court in the ease of Kannon v. Pillow, 7 Hum., 292 . … United States v. Wonson, 1 Gallison, 18 ; Meyer v. Forelhrod, 4 Wash. C. C., 349 ; 1 Kent, 345 (note).

Odom v. Sanford & Treadway

156 Tenn. 202 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 3, 1927

Casement v. Brown, 148 U. S., 622 , 13 Sup. Ct., 672, 37 L. Ed., 582 .” … Foster v. City of Chicago, 64 N. E., 322, 323 , 197 Ill., 264 .”

Wilson v. Miller

194 Tenn. 390 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 11, 1952

Barthell v. Zachman, 162 Tenn. 336 , 36 S. W. (2d) 886 . … The action is likewise similar to a stockholder’s derivative suit as approved by this Court in McCampbell v. Fountainhead Railroad Co., 111 Tenn. 55 , 77 S. W. 1070 ; Peeler v. Luther, 175 Tenn. 454 , 135 S.

Life & Casualty Ins. Co. of Tennessee v. McCormack

174 Tenn. 327 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 4, 1939

Williams v. State, 155 Tenn., 364 , 293 S. W., 757 ; Richardson v. Young, 122 Tenn., 471 , 125 S. W., 664 . … Spicer v. King Bros. & Co., 136 Tenn., 408 , 189 S. W., 865 ; Daniel v. Larsen, 157 Tenn., 690 , 12 S. W. (2d), 386 ; Spring Hill Cemetery v. Lindsey, 162 Tenn., 420 , 37 S. W. (2d), 111 .

Alex v. Armstrong

215 Tenn. 276 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 11, 1964

In People v. … (citing numerous cases) Null v. Elec. Power Board of Nashville, 30 Tenn.App. 696, 707 , 210 S.W.2d 490, 494 .

Whitwell v. State

520 S.W.2d 338 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 20, 1975

Myers v. Brown, 209 Tenn. 141 , 351 S.W.2d 385 (1961), the Court said: “The word ‘verdict’ is from the Latin veredictum meaning a true declaration. … In the case of Baldwin v.

Nashville Interurban Ry. v. Gregory

137 Tenn. 422 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1916

Co. v. Shelton, supra. … S.), 913; Memphis Street Railway Co. v. Cavell, 135 Tenn., 463 , 187 S. W., 179 . The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur was discussed in the late case of Gill v. Brown, 130 Tenn., 178 , 169 S.

Keisling v. Keisling

92 S.W.3d 374 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 23, 2002

KEISLING v. … Bethell v. Kilvington, 45 S.W. 433, 435 (Tenn. 1898). Accord Nash-Putnam v. McCloud, 921 S.W.2d 170, 174 (Tenn. 1996); Bond v.