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863 S.W.2d 406 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 4, 1993
In Black v. … In Wilson v.
Cited 120 timesPublishedMcCallie 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 timesPublished221 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 timesPublished798 S.W.2d 758 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 5, 1990
In King v. … Earnest v.
Cited 4 timesPublishedBuice 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 timesPublished135 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 timesPublished9 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 timesPublished30 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 timesPublishedTennessee 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 timesPublishedState 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 timesPublishedBoillin-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 timesPublished28 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 timesPublishedState 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 timesPublished802 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 timesPublishedFirst 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 timesPublishedCity 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 timesPublished12 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 timesPublishedState 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 timesPublishedShelby 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 timesPublishedWin 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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