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  • State v. Wade

    863 S.W.2d 406 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 4, 1993

    In Black v. … In Wilson v.

    Cited 120 timesPublished
  • McCallie v. Mayor of Chattanooga

    40 Tenn. 317 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1859

    On the 21st of August, 1854, by an ordinance of the board, a subscription of $100,000 of the stock of said “Wills' Yalley ” Road was made on behalf of the corporation of Chattanooga. … This case is wholly unlike the case of The State of New Jersey v. Wilson, 7 Cranch, 164 .

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Marler v. Claunch

    221 Tenn. 693 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 12, 1968

    Jennings *699 v. Jennings (1932) 165 Tenn. 295 , 54 S.W.2d 961 ; Shannon v. Board of Education of Kingsport (1955) 199 Tenn. 250 , 286 S.W.2d 571 , and other cases there cited. … The defendants attempt to distinguish the present case from Commerce Union Bank v. Albert, supra, on the grounds (1) that Mr.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Albert v. Williamson County

    798 S.W.2d 758 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 5, 1990

    In King v. … Earnest v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Buice v. Scruggs Equipment Co.

    194 Tenn. 129 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 7, 1952

    Cobble v. Langford, 190 Tenn. 385 , 230 S. W. (2d) 194 . … Dillard & Coffin Co. v. Richmond Cotton Oil Co., 140 Tenn. 290 , 204 S. W. 758 ; State ex rel. v. Holston *138 Trust Co., 168 Tenn. 546 , 79 S. W. (2d) 1012 .

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Deming v. Nichols

    135 Tenn. 295 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1916

    State, etc., v. Taxing Dist. of Shelby County, 16 Lea, 251 ; State v. Mason, 3 Lea, 649 ; Greenwood v. State, 6 Baxt., 567 , 32 Am. Rep., 539 . … Mayor of Nashville v. Fisher, 1 Shan. Cas., 345 .

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Dickson v. Dickson's Heirs

    9 Tenn. 110 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 15, 1826

    The act referred to in the decree, was passed in 1808, ch. 31; the first and second sections of which give the circuit courts power to grant divorces for different causes; one of which is the abandonment of the bed and board … The wretch who, for an infamous crime, has b een foi v^-ar- confined in a state prison, and his wife divorced *114 from him for this cause, may emigrate to the stale of /permessee?

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Mooney v. Sneed

    30 S.W.3d 304 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 13, 2000

    State v. Sliger, 846 S.W.2d 262, 263 (Tenn.1993). See also Gleaves, 15 S.W.3d at 802 ; Worley v. Weigels, Inc., 919 S.W.2d 589, 593 (Tenn.1996); Owens v. State, 908 S.W.2d 923, 926 (Tenn.1995). … Prior to its repeal, Tenn.Code Ann. § 29-26-102(4) (1980) defined “health care provider” for purposes of the Medical Malpractice Review Board and Claims Act of 1975: " 'Health care provider' includes but is not limited to

    Cited 169 timesPublished
  • State v. Campbell

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 20, 2001

    Brown, Judge No. … State v. Lavender, 967 S.W.2d 803, 806 (Tenn. 1998); State v. Fletcher, 805 S.W.2d 785, 788 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1991).

    Cited 0 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
  • Boillin-Harrison Co. v. Lewis & Co.

    182 Tenn. 342 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 5, 1945

    Board of Trade of Chicago v. Christie [Grain, etc., Co.], supra, 198 U. S. (236), 249, 25 S & Ct. 637, 639, 49 L. Ed. 1031 .” Lyons Milling Co. v. Goffe & Carkener, supra [8 Cir., 46 F. (2d) 241, 247, 83 A. L. R. 501].’ … The Supreme Court of the United States has very clearly distinguished *363 these transactions from wagering or gambling contracts in its opinion in the case cited by the Conrt of Appeals of Board of Trade, etc., v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • State v. Chalmers

    28 S.W.3d 913 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 5, 2000

    I had some kind of automatic rifle, it had a clip in it, black and brown color. “Dre” had a .380 automatic or something, look [sic] black to me. I think “Black” had a shotgun. … Burns, 979 S.W.2d 276 (Tenn.1998); State v. Howell, 868 S.W.2d 238 (Tenn.1993); State v. Boyd, 797 S.W.2d 589 (Tenn.1990); State v. Johnson, 762 S.W.2d 110 (Tenn.1988); State v.

    Cited 108 timesPublished
  • State ex rel. Pitts v. Nashville Baseball Club

    127 Tenn. 292 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1912

    Richardson v. Young, 122 Tenn., 471 , 125 S. W., 664 ; Kelly v. State, 123 Tenn., 516 , 132 S. W., 193 ; Brown v. Sullivan County, 126 Tenn., 689 , 151 S. W., 50 ; Martin v. … Arnold v. Knoxville, supra. The supposed holding in Hayes v.

    Cited 56 timesPublished
  • State v. Lyons

    802 S.W.2d 590 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 11, 1990

    See, e.g., State v. Wilkins, 655 S.W.2d 914 (Tenn.1983); State v. Thomas, 635 S.W.2d 114 (Tenn. 1982); State v. Schimpf 782 S.W.2d 186, 188-189 (Tenn.Cr.App.1989); State v. Alcorn, 741 S.W.2d 135, 138-139 (Tenn.Cr. … Marion County Board of Commissioners v. Marion County Election Commission, 594 S.W.2d 681, 685 (Tenn.1980); see also State v. Hudson, 562 S.W.2d 416, 418-419 (Tenn.1978).

    Cited 66 timesPublished
  • First Community Bank, N. A. v. First Tennessee Bank, N. A.

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 14, 2015

    ―Each conspirator must have the intent to accomplish this common purpose, and each must know of the other‘s intent.‖ Brown v. Birman Managed Care, Inc., 42 S.W.3d 62, 67 (Tenn. 2001) (citing Dale, 208 S.W.2d at 353-54). … Brown, __ S.W.3d __, No. E2014-00673-SC-R11-CD, 2015 WL 7748275, at *6 (Tenn. Dec. 2, 2015); State v. Wooden, __ S.W.3d __, E2014-01069-SC-R11-CD, 2015 WL 7748034, at *5 (Tenn. Dec. 2, 2015).

    Cited 0 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
  • McConnell v. State

    12 S.W.3d 795 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 14, 2000

    While it is true that a plea bargain agreement is contractual, see State v. Howington, 907 S.W.2d 403, 407 (Tenn. 1995), contract principles extend only so far, accord State v. Brown, 928 S.W.2d 453, 456 (Tenn. Crim. … .”); Forbe rt v.

    Cited 156 timesPublished
  • State Ex Rel. Ball v. City of Knoxville

    177 Tenn. 162 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 3, 1941

    In City of Knoxville v Smith, 176 Tenn., 73 , 138 S. … Anderson v. City of Knoxville, 176 Tenn., 541 , 144 S.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Shelby Abbott v. Blount County, Tennessee

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 10, 2001

    In Gaston v. Tenn. Farmers Mut. Ins. … (quoting Bill Brown Constr. Co. v. Glens Falls Ins. Co., 818 S.W.2d 1, 13 (Tenn. 1991)). Under this principle, an insurer “may not fail to act and then seek to enforce exclusionary terms of a policy.” Id. at 820.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Win Myint and wife Patti KI. Myint v. Allstate Insurance Company

    970 S.W.2d 920 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 1, 1998

    Should repair of an H-6 structure be denied, the owner must first appeal to the Housing Appeals Board for a variance. … See State v.

    Superseded by statute, as recognized in Tamarin Lindenberg v. Jackson Nat'l Life Ins. Co.Cited 669 timesPublished

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