Case law

Johnson v. Patterson

81 Tenn. 626 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1884

Wood, 5 Heis., 98; Saunders v. Stalling, 5 Heis., 72; Connor v. Hare, 1 Tenn. Ch., 25; Wait’s Act. & Def., vol. 2, 369, and cases cited. … Brown, and that this item was then adjudged, together with others involved in a settlement' of a debt due from Brown to the estate, and a balance struck as per agreement of parties, by which Mrs.

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 .

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 .

Griffin v. State

109 Tenn. 17 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1902

In Jenkins v. … We place no reliance upon the testimony of the witnesses Janie Brown and Mollie Snapp, who were introduced to show the unchaste character of the female in question.

Stallard v. State

187 Tenn. 418 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 11, 1948

W. (2d) 843 , and Thompson et al. v. State, 171 Tenn. 156 , 101 S. W. (2d) 467 , has no application here. … In Woodruff et al. v. State, 164 Tenn. at pages 538, 539, 51 S.

Wagner v. Smith

81 Tenn. 560 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1884

Unquestionably only what the son had — no more, no less: See Chitwood v. Trimble, 2 Baxt., 78 . … The Uspendens, if nothing else, could exclude such creditor, but especially would this be the ease where the land was impounded • by injunction, as in this case: Green v. Demoss, 10 Hum.; Brown v.

Snyder v. Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen & Ginsburg, P.A.

986 S.W.2d 550 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 1, 1999

.”); Yoder v. Adriatico, 459 So.2d 449, 450 (Fla.App.1984) (“[T]he tort of abuse of process is concerned with the improper use of process after it issues.”); Brown v. … Byrne, 770 S.W.2d 65, 67 (Tex.App.1989); Mullins v. Sanders, 189 Va. 624 , 54 S.E.2d 116, 121 (1949); Batten v.

Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County v. Tennessee Department of Education - Concurring in Part & Dissenting in Part

Tennessee Supreme Court · May 18, 2022

Merit Bd. of Knoxville v. Burson, 816 S.W.2d 725, 728 (Tenn. 1991); S. Constructors, Inc. v. Loudon Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 58 S.W.3d 706, 714 (Tenn. 2001). … In Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority v.

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 .

Boyd v. Peoples Protective Life Insurance Company

208 Tenn. 280 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 5, 1961

Town of Freeport v. Board of Supervisors [of Stephenson County,] 41 Ill. 495 ; Clark v. Robinson, 88 Ill. 498 ; Barton v. Barton, 74 Ga. 761 ; Grant v. Dalliber, 11 Conn. 234 .” It then referred to Bryant v. … The brief of the Insurance Company cites cases reported in Pippin v. Jones, 52 Ala. 161 ; Home Ins. Co. v. Pettit, 225 Ala. 487 , 143 So. 839 ; Rydstrom v. Queens Ins.

Banks v. Elks Club Pride of Tennessee 1102

301 S.W.3d 214 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 13, 2010

Brown v. Wal-Mart Discount Cities, 12 S.W.3d 785, 787 (Tenn.2000). We have found this balance in proceedings that link liability to fault. Biscan v. Brown, 160 S.W.3d 462, 474 (Tenn.2005); Ali v. … V. Dr.

Norman v. State

127 Tenn. 340 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1912

Ferguson, 11 Humph., 565 ; Kimbrough v. Mitchell, 1 Head., 450; State v. McAuley, 4 Heisk., 424 ; Goodwin v. Nicklin, supra. In Patton v. … C., 1-279; Queen v. Yore, 1 Jeb. & S., 563; Brown’s Case, 1 Vent., 243; Fulwood’s Case, Cro. Car.; Rex v. Locker, 5 Esp., 107; Rex v. Sergeant, Ryan & M., 352; King v. Perry, 1 Hawk. P.

Whitson, Admr. v. T.C. Ry. Co.

163 Tenn. 35 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 3, 1931

Co. v. … Crofford v. Cothran and Niel, supra, arose prior to the adoption of the Code of 1858-. At that time the statutes of limitation affected forms and not causes of action. Hughes v. Brown, 88 Tenn., 578, 586 ; Railroad v.

City of Knoxville v. Gervin

169 Tenn. 532 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 14, 1936

In the case of Memphis v. … W., 486 ; Scott v. Wagstaff, 120 Tenn., 252, 258 , 107 S. W., 976 ; Ballard v. Scruggs, 90 Tenn., 585, 588 , 18 S. W., 259 , 25 Am. St. Rep., 703 ; Hughes v. Brown, 88 Tenn., 578, 589 , 13 S. W., 286 , 8 L. R. A., 840.

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).

Morrison v. Crews

192 Tenn. 20 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 9, 1951

Nelson v. Sneed, 112 Tenn. 36, 50 , 83 S. W. 786 . … Skelton v. Barnett, 190 Tenn. 70 , 227 S.

Miller v. Morelock

185 Tenn. 466 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 29, 1947

These two items amounted to $625 and were specified on the face of the claim as being for services rendered in nursing and as business agent and for board and lodging *470 from February 1944 to July of 1944. … The established rule upon this is expressed by this Court in Tanksley v. Tanksley, 145 Tenn. 468, 470 , 239 S.

State v. Hall

8 S.W.3d 593 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 15, 1999

See, e.g., State v. … In State v.

McArthur v. Faw

183 Tenn. 504 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 19, 1946

Memphis Natural Gas Co. v. Pope et al., 178 Tenn. 580 , 161 S. W. (2d) 211 .” In point on the principle involved is the decision in Dunlop v. … In Memken Co. v. Brinkley, 94 Tenn. 721, 731 , 31 S.

Tennessee Eastman Co. v. Adams

214 Tenn. 451 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jul 15, 1964

In National Cordova Corporation v. … Johnson v. Irby, 27 Tenn. 654 (1848); Pritchard v. Johnson-Toby Const. Co., 155 Tenn. 571 , 296 S.W. 17 (1927).