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  • Stockley v. Cissna

    119 Tenn. 135 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1907

    Counsel cites: Rutherford v. Franklin, 1 Swan, 322 ; Brown v. Johnson, 1 Humph., 262 ; Mansfield v. Northcut, 112 Tenn., 536 , 80 S. W., 437 . … Rutherford v. Franklin, 1 Swan, 322 ; Brown v. Johnson, 1 Humph., 262 ; Mansfield v. Northcut, 112 Tenn., 536 , 80 S. W., 437 .

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Cummings v. Beeler

    189 Tenn. 151 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 10, 1949

    Buena Vista Special School District v. Board of Election Com’rs. of Carroll County, 173 Tenn. 198 , 116 S. W. (2d) 1008 . … McCready v. Hunt, 1834, 2 Hill, Law, S.

    Cited 61 timesPublished
  • Benedict Bros. v. Davidson County

    110 Tenn. 183 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1901

    In Evening Journal Ass’n v. State Board of Assessors, 47 N. J. Law, 38, 54 Am. Rep., 114 , the court embodies in the text of its opinion, the definition given in Braude’s Encyclopedia, as follows: “Mr. … In Correlo v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Swift v. Kirby

    737 S.W.2d 271 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 31, 1987

    (Shann.), 10 (1847); Gentry v. Gentry, 33 Tenn. (1 Sneed) 87 (1853); Carter v. Sims, 49 Tenn. (2 Heis.) 166 (1870); Toombs v. Palmer, 51 Tenn. (4 Heis.) 331 (1871); Greenwald v. … Ridgway, 71 Tenn. (3 Lea.) 623 (1879); Wessel v. Brown, 78 Tenn. (10 Lea.) 685 (1882); Paul v. Williams, 80 Tenn. (12 Lea.) 215 (1883); Knox v. McCain, 81 Tenn. (13 Lea.) 197 (1884); McClean v.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Seiber v. Reeves Logging

    284 S.W.3d 294 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 1, 2009

    See Brown v. John Martin Constr. Co., 642 S.W.2d 145, 147 (Tenn.1982); Arnold, v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 614 S.W.2d 43, 44 (Tenn.1981). … Calaway v.

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Smith v. Davidson County

    201 Tenn. 686 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 8, 1957

    Incidently, we call attention to the fact that this Act was not held unconstitutional insofar as minor children under 16 years of age and dependent surviving mothers are concerned in the case of Davidson County v. … The decree below is reversed, the cause is remanded to the Penion Board for proceedings ,ip accordance with this opinion.

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  • Peoples Savings & Loan of Nashville Co. v. Pack

    225 Tenn. 296 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 19, 1971

    In Industrial Development Board of County of Sevier v. … In Liles v.

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  • Sun Coal Co. v. Wilson

    147 Tenn. 118 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1922

    The board did not find that his refusal was due to any ignorance or misunderstanding on his part, and no such finding would be justified on this record. … “To support this contention he has cited but three authorities, all being New Jersey cases: Newbaker v. N. Y. Susq. & W. R. R. Co., 38 N. J. Law Journ., 175; McNally v. Railroad Co., 87 N. J. L., 455; Feldman v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Richard Moreno v. City of Clarksville

    479 S.W.3d 795 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 18, 2015

    See Brown v. … See, e.g., Lynn v.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Barton's Lessee v. Shall

    7 Tenn. 214 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 15, 1823

    In Elliot v. … Judge Brown has heard what has been *187 urged on either side, and deems it proper to advise until the next term. Situated as I am, it is more reasonable that I should advise. Note. —This case is cited in Rafferty v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Westmoreland v. Dixon and Shelton

    5 Tenn. 222 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 6, 1817

    Horn v. Nichols. The true doctrine of this kind is laid down by Mr. Justice Buller in the same page as the preceding case of Horn and Nichols, and immediately preceding it. It is the case of Chandler v. Lopus, from Cro. … A. sold to B. paints for good Spanish brown and white lead and for a full price; the paints proved bad and of no value.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Dr. William P. Harman v. University of Tennessee

    353 S.W.3d 734 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 16, 2011

    State v. … . § 49-5-609(a)(6) (2009) (emphasis added) (“It is unlawful for a board of education or its designated representative to: Discharge or discriminate against an employee because the employee has filed an affidavit, petition

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Pepper v. Telegraph Co.

    4 L.R.A. 660 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 7, 1889

    In Saveland v. … So of Barous v. Brown, 25 Kan., 410 ; Matteson v. Noyes, 25 Ill., 591 ; C. & St. L. R. R. Co. v. Mahoney, 82 Ill., 73 ; Williams v. Brickle, 37 Miss., 682 ; C. & I. R. R. Co. v. Russel, 91 Ill., 298 ; State v.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Allstate Insurance Company v. Diana Lynn Tarrant

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 26, 2012

    Bill Brown Constr. Co. v. Glen Falls Ins. Co., 818 S.W.2d 1, 4 (Tenn. 1991) (quoting 15 Tenn. Jur. Insurance § 9 (1984)). … In Maryland Casualty Co. v.

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  • Robert Cunningham, Jr.,e t al v. Shelton Security Service, Inc.

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 17, 2000

    See Krick v. … See Williams v. Brown, 860 S.W.2d 854, 857 (Tenn. 1993). The motion to dismiss involved here was made under Tenn. R. Civ. P. 41.02(2) (motion for involuntary dismissal in non-jury action).

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  • State Ex Rel. Hurst v. Sullivan County

    173 Tenn. 414 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 15, 1938

    White v. Rio Grande Western Ry. Co., 25 Utah, 346, 71 P., 593 . … The jail is controlled and supervised by the sheriff of the county, *418 while the workhouse is managed and directed by a board of commissioners.

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  • Keehn v. Armstrong

    186 Tenn. 260 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 28, 1948

    not possessed of assets at least equal to the unearned premium reserve and other liabilities shall make an assessment upon its members liable to assessment to provide for such deficiency, . . . ” The case of Keehn et al. v. … December 31, 1936, a gross impairment of assets totaled over $1,000,000, and tbat before December 1, 1936, tbe Company was insolvent, did not bave tbe assets required by law for doing a mutual insurance business and tbat tbe Board

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Bryant v. Central Motor Express, Inc.

    218 Tenn. 542 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 8, 1966

    Board of Equalization v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad, 148 Tenn. 676 , 257 S.W. 91 (1923). … In Life & Casualty Insurance Co. v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Scruggs v. Davis

    40 Tenn. 664 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1859

    This charge is sustained by the authority of the Supreme Court of the United States, in Boyce v. Anderson, 2 Peters, 156 . … In Angelí on Car., sec. 122, the doctrine of Boyce v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • R. C. Owen Co. v. Butler

    215 Tenn. 599 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 4, 1965

    Owen Co. v. … Owen Co. v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished

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