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  • Mayor Aldermen of Gallatin v. Sumner Co.

    152 Tenn. 518 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 6, 1925

    Woolf v. … Lansing v. Board of State Auditors, 111 Mich., 327 , 69 N. W., 723 .

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  • Hull v. Hull Bros. Lbr. Co.

    186 Tenn. 53 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 16, 1948

    See also Powers v. Fletcher, 84 Ind. 154 ; Benson v. Morgan, 50 Mich. 77 , 14 N. W. 705 . In 73 A. L. … In Vick v. Gower, 92 Tenn. 391 , 21 S. W. 677, 678 , Mr.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • State ex rel. Rambo v. Maloney

    92 Tenn. 62 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 5, 1892

    State of Tennessee v. Glenn, 7 Heis., 472; State of Tennessee v. McKee, 8 Lea, 24 ; State of Tennessee v. Leonard, 2 Pickle, 485 . … Powers v. Hurst, 2 Hum., 24 ; Brewer v. Davis, 9 Hum., 209 ; Keys v. Mason, 3 Sneed, 8 . The rule is different, however, under the Constitution of 1870.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • State v. Collins

    528 S.W.2d 814 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 29, 1975

    McMinn County Board of Education v. Anderson, 200 Tenn. 333 , 292 S.W.2d 198 (1956). On February 4, 1974, in State v. … Wattingham v. State, 37 Tenn. 64 (1857); Murphy v. State, 47 Tenn. 516 (1870); Frazier v. Elmore, 180 Tenn. 232 , 173 S.W.2d 563 (1943), and Corlew v. State, 181 Tenn. 220 , 180 S.W.2d 900 (1944).

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  • Green v. Ashe

    130 Tenn. 615 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1914

    Thereafter Ashe did not attend any meetings of that bank’s board of directors. … Burrows v. Niblack, 84 Fed., 111 , 28 C. C. A., 128 ; Tait v. Pigott, 32 Wash., 344 , 73 Pac., 364 ; Union Trust & Savings Bank v. Amery, 72 Wash., 648 , 131 Pac., 199 ; Fitzpatrick v. McGregor, 133 Ga., 332 , 65 S.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • State of Tennessee v. Howard Hawk Willis

    496 S.W.3d 653 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 6, 2016

    She testified that, on September 25, 2002, a pet dog named “Doge” was checked in for boarding. … State v. Do-rantes, 331 S.W.3d 370, 379 (Tenn.2011); State v. Brown, 551 S.W.2d 329, 331 (Tenn. 1977).

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  • State of Tennessee v. William Darelle Smith

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 10, 2013

    State v. Brown, 311 S.W.3d 422, 434 (Tenn. 2010) (quoting Neder v. United States, 527 U.S. 1, 15 (1999)). … Browning, When All That Twitters Is Not Told: Dangers of the Online Juror, 73 Tex. B.J. 216, 217 (2010); Caren Myers Morrison, Can the Jury Trial Survive Google?, 25 Crim. Just., Winter 2011, at 4, 5.

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  • Kahn v. Kahn

    756 S.W.2d 685 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 22, 1988

    One of the earliest cases was Spurlock v. Brown, 91 Tenn. 241 , 18 S.W. 868 (1892). Neither the facts nor the law applied in that case provide any precedent for our decision in this case. … In Wilson Management v. Star Distributors, 745 S.W.2d 870 (Tenn.1988), we said: Again, we agree with Trice [v.

    Cited 62 timesPublished
  • Harriman Land Co. v. Hilton

    121 Tenn. 308 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1908

    In Smith v. … Citing People v. Snyder, 41 N. Y., 397, 402 ; Darst v. Bates, 51 Ill., 439 ; McConnell v. Brown, Litt. Sel. Cas., 459 ; Jayne v. Gregg, 42 Ill., 413 ; Blake v. Fash, 44 Id., 302. “In Raines v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • City of Nashville v. Dad's Auto Accessories, Inc.

    154 Tenn. 194 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 19, 1926

    See Railroad Co. v. Cemetery Co., 116 Tenn., 400 , 94 S. W., 69 . Of the latter class was the recent case of Chattanooga v. N. C. & St. L. Ry., 284 S. W., — -,- cited by petitioner. … In Railroad v. Campbell, 109 Tenn., 640 , 75 S.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • In re Settlement of Cator

    82 Tenn. 408 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1884

    Brown, 4 Baxt., 475 , he should not be held to the utmost degree of diligence. … That he was surety is abundantly proved: 1 Lea, 488 ; Allen v. Henley, 2 Lea, 143 ; 3 Lea, 668 ; Ibid, 215.

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  • Fritts v. Safety National Casualty Corp.

    163 S.W.3d 673 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 21, 2005

    Richards v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 70 S.W.3d 729, 733 (Tenn. 2002); see Rhodes v. Capital City Ins. … Brown Shoe Co. v. Reed, 350 S.W.2d 65, 71 (Tenn. 1961).

    Cited 87 timesPublished
  • Louisville & N. R. v. Marlin

    135 Tenn. 435 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1915

    W., 1055 ; Railroad v. Ray, 101 Tenn., 1, 10 , 1 S. W., 554 ; Railroad v. Katzenberger, 16 Lea [84 Tenn.], 380, 1 S. W., 44 , 57 Am. Rep., 232 ; Penn. R. Co. v. Roy, 102 U. S., 451 , 26 L. Ed., 141 ; Dwinelle v. … Co. v. Elliott, 1 Cold. [41 Tenn.], 611, 78 Am. Dec., 506; Railroad v. Mitchell, 11 Heisk. [58 Tenn.], 400; Railroad v. Connor, 15 Lea [83 Tenn.], 254; Dodge v. Boston & Bangor Steamship Co., 148 Mass., 207 , 19 N.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Crawley v. State

    219 Tenn. 707 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 17, 1967

    Roe v. State, supra, at 295. See also, Newly v. State, 215 Tenn. 609 , 388 S.W.2d 136 (1965). … Fortune v. State, 197 Tenn. 691 , 277 S.W.2d 381 (1955); Pruitt v. State, 216 Tenn. 686 , 393 S.W.2d 747 (1965).

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • State v. Thacker

    164 S.W.3d 208 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 27, 2005

    See; e.g., State v. Bush, 942 S.W.2d 489, 501 (Tenn.1997); State v. Brown, 836 S.W.2d 530, 541 (Tenn.1992). … See Houston v. State, 593 S.W.2d 267, 276 (Tenn.1980), overruled on other grounds by State v. Brown, 836 S.W.2d 530 (Tenn.1992). 2.

    Cited 444 timesPublished
  • Puryear v. McGavock

    56 Tenn. 461 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1872

    In Naff v. … The same principle was laid down in the case of Tedder v. Odom, 2 Heis., 69.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Nashville Housing Authority v. Cohen

    541 S.W.2d 947 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 12, 1976

    Davidson County Board of Education v. First American National Bank, 202 Tenn. 9 , 301 S.W.2d 905 (1957); Woodfolk v. Railroad, 32 Tenn. 421 (1852). … Go. v. Saale, 377 S.W.2d 427 (Mo.1964); State Roads Comm’n v. Warriner, 211 Md. 480 , 128 A.2d 248 (1957); People v. Dunn, 46 Cal.2d 639 , 297 P.2d 964 (1956); Hall v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Russell v. Finney

    3 Shan. Cas. 254 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1877

    [the present complainant], ha-ve all of my real estate that I have or may have, during her natural life, or widowhood, for the use of her and my children, and that my said wife, Martha L., is not to charge board for *257 … We had substantially this .question in principle before us at last term at Jackson, in the case of James Wicker-sham’s estate [Belcher v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Cureton v. Cureton

    117 Tenn. 103 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1906

    Nicely v. Nicely, 3 Head, 184 ; Swan v. Harrison, 2 Cold., 543 ; Corley v. Corley, 8 Baxt., 7 , 10. In Nicely v. … We do not think it material that the complainant drew her bill stating facts which would have been sufficient, if proven, to have justified the court in granting a divorce from bed and board or absolutely, under Shannon’s

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Carpenter v. State

    838 S.W.2d 525 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 28, 1992

    In Dial v. … Relying on Lusk v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished

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