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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Davis v. Bank of Illinois

    561 S.W.2d 144 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 23, 1978

    On November 7, 1973, its board of directors authorized the procurement of a loan from the Bank of Illinois, for the purpose of purchasing and developing a Travelodge Motel. … Jackson City Bank & Trust Co. v. Sternburg, 281 Mich. 313 , 274 N.W. 806 (1937) (guaranty agreement); Keller v. New Jersey Fidelity & Plate Glass Ins. Co., 306 Pa. 124 , 159 A. 40 (1932) (guaranty); Bullock 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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  • Ana R. PADILLA v. TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY

    324 S.W.3d 507 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 6, 2010

    See Woods v. Harry B. Woods Plumbing Co., 967 S.W.2d at 772 ; Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Stevenson, 212 Tenn. 178, 182 , 368 S.W.2d 760, 762 (1963); Partee v. … However, even though the courts now construe the Workers’ Compensation Law liberally in favor of the injured employee or beneficiary, Crew v. First Source Furniture Grp., 259 S.W.3d 656, 664 (Tenn.2008); Brown v.

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  • 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.

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  • 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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  • State of Tennessee v. Corrin Kathleen Reynolds

    504 S.W.3d 283 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 3, 2016

    See, e.g., State v. Marsala, 216 Conn. 150 , 579 A.2d 58, 59 (1990); State v. Guzman, 122 Idaho 981 , 842 P.2d 660, 667 (1992); State v. Gutierrez, 116 N.M. 431 , 863 P.2d 1052, 1068 (1993). … In Brown v. State, 330 Ga.App. 488 , 767 S.E.2d 299, 302 (2014), the Georgia Court of Appeals did not apply a good-faith exception, relying on the Georgia Supreme Court’s decision in Gary v.

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  • 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

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  • Palmer v. Southern Express Co.

    129 Tenn. 116 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1913

    Co. v. … Cas., 1913D, 1239; Weil v. Newbern, 126 Tenn., 223 , 148 S. W., 680 , Ann. Cas., 1913E, 25; Railroad v. Memphis, 126 Tenn., 267 , 148 S. W., 662 , 41 L. R. A. (N. S.), 828, Ann. Cas., 1913E, 153; Brown v.

    Cited 41 timesPublished
  • Wright v. State

    171 Tenn. 628 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 17, 1937

    Grant v. Lindsay, 58 Tenn. (11 Heist.), 651, 666; Wood v. Tipton County, 66 Tenn. (7 Baxt.), 112, 113, 32 Am. Rep., 561 ; John Hunter v. Justices of Campbell County, 47 Tenn. (7 Cold.), 49, 56, 58. … Burks v. State, 162 Tenn., 406 , 36 S. W. (2d), 892 ; Payne v. State, 158 Term., 209, 12 S. W. (2d), 528 . What then is the authority of the county court in this respect?

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  • Robertson v. Davis

    169 Tenn. 659 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 15, 1936

    Minton v. Stahlman, 96 Tenn., 98 , 34 S. W., 222 ; Deaderick v. Bank of Commerce, 100 Tenn., 457 , 45 S. W., 786 ; Jones v. First State Bank, 158 Tenn., 356 , 13 S. W. (2d), 326 . In Minton v. … Hughes v. Brown, 88 Tenn., 578 , 13 S. W., 286 [8 L. R. A., 480]; Spering’s Appeal, 71 Pa., 11 [ 10 Am. Rep., 684 ]; Mor. Priv. Corp., sec. 516.”

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  • State ex rel. Memphis v. Butler

    86 Tenn. 614 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 17, 1888

    Corban v. Boston Papier-mache Company, 10 Gray, 245 ; Bickerhof v. Brown, 7 Johns. Ch., 217 . … Wallace v. Loomis, 97 U. S.; Jones v. Haversham, 107 U. S., 174 .

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  • State of Tennessee v. Johnny Summers Cavin (Concur)

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 8, 2023

    See Lovlace v. … Corp. v.

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  • State v. Kiser

    284 S.W.3d 227 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 13, 2009

    Woodson v. Porter Brown Limestone Co., 916 S.W.2d 896, 906 (Tenn.1996). … We also recognized in Brown , however, that a defendant’s right to present witnesses is not absolute. Id.

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  • West v. Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc.

    256 S.W.3d 618 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 10, 2008

    Fultz v. … Agency v. Brown Stove W orks, Inc., 637 S.W .2d 876, 880 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1982) (noting that the plaintiff did not file its lawsuit until “almost one week after it had been served with process” in the prior action).

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  • Billy Joe Childress v. Natasha Barnes Currie

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 14, 2001

    See Brown v. Weik, 725 S.W.2d 938, 945 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1983). … See Hogan v. Cooper, 619 S.W.2d 516, 519 (Tenn. 1981); see also Richmond v.

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  • 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.

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  • Davis v. Parks

    151 Tenn. 321 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1924

    Ed., 986 ; Cole v. Nashville, 5 Cold., 639 ; Railroad Co. v. Pillow, 9 Heisk., 248 ; Love v. White, 4 Hayw., 210 ; Chilton v. Scruggs, 5 Lea, 313 ; Hughes v. Brown, 88 Tenn., 578 , 13 S. W., 286 , 8 L. R. … Co. v.

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  • Terry Sullivan Ex Rel. Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Sullivan v. Chattanooga Medical Investors, LP

    221 S.W.3d 506 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 24, 2007

    Hunt v. … Brooks v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished

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