Case law

State ex rel. Citizens of Wilson County v. Lebanon & Nashville Turnpike Co.

151 Tenn. 150 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1924

Harris v. Columbia Water, etc., Co., 114 Tenn., 328 , 85 S. W., 897 ; Memphis City Bank v. Smith, 110 Tenn., 337 , 75 S. W., 1065 ; Melton v. Pace, 103 Tenn., 484 , 53 S. W., 939 . This is not the suit of individuals. … State ex rel. v. Turnpike Co., 112 Tenn., 615 , 79 S. W., 798 . To the same effect see State ex rel. v. White’s Creek Turnpike Co., 3 Tenn. Ch., 163; State v. McConnell, 3 Lea, 332 ; State ex rel. v.

State of Tennessee v. Westley A. Albright

564 S.W.3d 809 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 11, 2018

See Gagnon v. … Simmons , 812 F.2d at 565 ; People v. Calderon , 356 P.3d 993 , 997 (Colo. Ct. App. 2014) ; State v. Boseman , 87 Conn.App. 9 , 863 A.2d 704 , 712 (2004) ; State v. Monson , 518 N.W.2d 171 , 173 (N.D. 1994) ; State v.

Martin v. Coleman

19 S.W.3d 757 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 16, 2000

Crawford v. Crawford, 198 Tenn. 9,14, 277 S.W.2d 389, 391 (Tenn. 1955); Rambeau v. Farris, 186 Tenn. 503, 506, 212 S.W.2d 359, 360 (1948); Bass v. Bass, 774 S.W.2d 170 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1987). … Id.; Roberts v. Lebanon Appliance Serv. Co., 779 S.W.2d 793, 795 (Tenn. 1989).

Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Wade

127 Tenn. 154 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1912

Bear River, etc., Co., 35 Cal., 679 , injury, to plaintiff’s land by defendant’s careless management of his water ditch; Board of Commissioners of Porter County v. … Co. v. McCoy, 81 Ky., 403 , damages for personal injury; Sawyer v. Hannibal, etc., R. Co., 37 Mo., 240 , 90 Am.

City of Memphis v. Enloe

141 Tenn. 618 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1919

State v. Railroad, 124 Tenn., 1 , 135 S. W., 773 ; Stratton v. Morris, 89 Tenn., 534 , 15 S. W., 87 , 12 L. R. A., 70; Railway v. Ellis, 165 U. S., 155 , 17 Sup. Ct., 255, 41 L. Ed., 666 ; Connolly v. … “One of the principal grounds of appeal is that the ordinance of the borough and the acceptance by the sewerage company of the provisions thereof constitute an inviolable contract between the parties which the Board of Public

Cagle v. Cagle

190 Tenn. 360 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 29, 1950

Haley v. Doochin, 186 Tenn. 137 , 208 S. W. (2d) 756; Page v. Turcott, 179 Tenn. 491 , 167 S. W. (2d) 350 ; Greenlaw v. Kernahan, 36 Tenn. 371 . … Rose v. Rose, 176 Tenn. 680 , 145 S. W. (2d) 773 ; Owens v. Sims, Ex’r, et al., 43 Tenn. 544 . We find no error in the decree of the Chancellor sustaining the demurrer and it is affirmed. All concur.

State of Tennessee v. Lemaricus Devall Davidson

509 S.W.3d 156 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 19, 2016

(quoting State v. LaChance, 524 S.W.2d 933, 937 (Tenn. 1975), abrogated on other grounds by State v. Brown, 836 S.W.2d 530, 543 (Tenn. 1992)). … Brown v. Crown Equip. Corp., 181 S.W.3d 268, 277 (Tenn. 2005) (citing State v. Stevens, 78 S.W.3d 817, 833 (Tenn. 2002); Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael, 526 U.S. 137, 150 (1999)); State v.

Allied Chemical Corp. v. Wells

578 S.W.2d 369 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 19, 1979

. § 50-902(d). 1 While this Court recognized in the case of Jose v. … Co. v. Evans, 221 Tenn. 199 , 425 S.W.2d 611 (1968); Bowman v. Smith-Built Homes, Inc., 221 Tenn. 102 , 424 S.W.2d 801 (1967).

Johnson v. Johnson

22 L.R.A. 179 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 16, 1893

If at any time in the future there should not be as many as two of my descendants able and. willing to take charge of this trust, then it shall revert to a board, consisting of the elders of the several Presbyterian Churches … Reeves v. Reeves, 5 Lea, 644 ; Rhodes v.

Five Star Express, Inc. v. Davis

866 S.W.2d 944 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 22, 1993

Turpin v. Conner Brothers Excavating Co., 761 S.W.2d 296 (Tenn.1988); Volner v. Davis, 624 S.W.2d 555 (Tenn.1981); Sikes v. Colonial Rubber Co., 575 S.W.2d 275 (Tenn.1978); Human v. … Loveday, 202 Tenn. 589 , 308 S.W.2d 385 (1957); Flowers v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., 186 Tenn. 603 , 212 S.W.2d 595 (1948); Brown v. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp., 181 Tenn. 293 , 181 S.W.2d 148 (1944); Redman v.

Patti Zakour v. Ut Medical Group, Inc., & Scott Craig, M.D.

Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 22, 2007

Hernandez, 500 U.S. at 364; Hugueley, 185 S.W.3d at 369; Woodson v. Porter Brown Limestone Co., 916 S.W.2d 896, 906 (Tenn. 1996). B. … Brown v. Kelly, 973 F.2d 116, 121 (2d Cir. 1992) (citing United States v. Sherrills, 929 F.2d 393, 395 (8th Cir. 1991)).

Moseley v. Goodman

138 Tenn. 1 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1917

In Mabank v. Brooks, 1 Brown’s Reports, 76, it appeared that the legatee was dead, to the knowledge of the testator, when the will was executed; hence the legacy was sought to he transmitted to Mabank’s heirs at law. … Compare Ferguson v. Mason, 2 Sneed, 618 ; Delmare v. Robello, 1 Ves. Jr., 415; Holmes v. Custance, 12 Ves. Jr., 279.

Richmond Screw Anchor Co. v. E. W. Minter Co.

156 Tenn. 19 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 21, 1927

Brown v. Brown, 155 Tenn., 530 , 296 S. W., 356, 360 , and cases there cited. … Amusement Co. v.

State v. Wilson

70 Tenn. 204 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1879

Read v. Bobb, 4 Yer., 66 . … Miller v. Conlee, 5 Sneed, 432 . It is obvious that this “ advantage” should be most sedulously secured in cases involving great constitutional questions.

Hudson v. King

49 Tenn. 560 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 21, 1871

Jur., § 755; Sneed v. Bradley, 4 Sneed, 301 . … Brown on Frauds, §§ 348, 371. *574 We hold that the memorandum of the sale of the land in this case is not sufficient under the statute of frauds, and that consequently the sale of the land on the 18th of February, 1862,

City of Memphis v. Memphis Water Co.

52 Tenn. 495 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 21, 1871

On the 18th of December, 1866, the Mayor and Aldermen passed an ordinance to create a board of commissioners for the erection, care, and maintenance of the Memphis water works. … We know of no better definition of a monopoly, than that given by Lord Coke, and adopted by the Supreme Court in the case of Charles River Bridge v.

Young v. South Tredegar Iron Co.

85 Tenn. 189 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 21, 1886

Cornick v. Richards, 3 Lea, 1 . The Court in this case of Cornick v. … In the case of Lea v.

Shelby County v. Exposition Co.

96 Tenn. 653 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 28, 1896

Railroad Co. v. County Court, 1 Sneed, 667 ; McCallie v. Chattanooga, 3 Head, 318 ; Adams v. Railroad Co., 2 Cold., 645 . Kindred questions have been similarly decided in other States. … Norman v. The Kentucky Board, etc., 93 Ky., 537 (S. C., 18 L. R. A., 556).

State v. Benson

973 S.W.2d 202 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 1, 1998

The officers seized a gray sweatshirt and brown cotton work gloves which were later identified as being worn by one of the men involved in the robbery. … In Vasquez v.

Bledsoe v. State

215 Tenn. 553 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 4, 1965

Thompson v. State, 198 Tenn. 267 , 279 S.W.2d 261 (1955). … As said in the case of Finley v.