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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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  • Lea v. Lea

    145 Tenn. 693 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1921

    A., 664; Soper v. Brown, 136 N. Y., 244 , 32 N. E., 768 , 32 Am. St. Rep., 731 ; Chwatal v. Schreiner, 148 N. Y., 683 , 43 N. E., 166 ; New York L. Ins. & T. Co. v. Viele, 161 N. Y., 19 , 55 N. E., 311 , 76 Am. St. … W., 546 ; Gerrish v. Hinman, 8 Or., 349 ; Burrell v. Baskerfield, 11 Beav., 525; Rivenett v. Bourquin, supra; Brisbin v. Huntington, supra; Thomas v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Dunlap v. Dixie Greyhound Lines, Inc.

    178 Tenn. 532 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 4, 1942

    Railroad Commission v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co., 310 U. S., 573 , 60 S. Ct., 1021 , 84 L. Ed., 1368 , Fulmer v. Board of Railroad *538 Com’rs, 96 Mont., 22 , 28 P. (2d), 849 ; Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines v. … In Johnson Freight Lines, Inc., v. Davis, 174 Tenn., 51 , 123 S.

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  • Cross v. Keathley

    119 Tenn. 567 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1907

    In Oglesby v. … In Mauck v. Brown, 59 Neb., 313 , 81 N.

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  • Amanda Elliott v. R. Michael Cobb

    320 S.W.3d 246 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 23, 2010

    In Runnells v. … In Guess v.

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  • State v. Harrington

    627 S.W.2d 345 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 28, 1981

    627 S.W.2d 345 (1981) STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Loshie Pitts HARRINGTON, Appellant. Supreme Court of Tennessee. December 28, 1981. *346 Jerry V. Smith and Nathan T. Brown, Dickson, for appellant. William M. … Boulden v. Holman at 1142. Accord, Maxwell v.

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  • Lipscomb v. Dean

    69 Tenn. 546 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1878

    To purchase and hold in' the bounds of their respective board of directors, such real estate and school furniture as may be necessary for school purposes. 2. … only makes the succeeding one more easy and disastrous, and the writer of this opinion must be permitted to say for himself that he has never been able to give his assent to the judgment of the court in the case of Nichol v.

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  • Terrance Lavar Davis v. State of Tennessee

    313 S.W.3d 751 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 7, 2010

    As we observed in McConnell v. … The Board of Probation and Parole makes the decision whether to grant parole. Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-28-118(a) (2006). .

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  • City of Knoxville v. Melvin F. Burgess, Inc.

    180 Tenn. 412 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 20, 1943

    Cass v. … Co. v. Carlsted, 165 Minn., 313 , 206 N. W., 450 ; Lawson v. County Board of Pub. Instruction, 118 Fla., 246 , 159 So., 14 ; United States Fidelity & G. Co. v. Tafel Electric Co., 262 Ky., 792 , 91 S. W. (2d) 42 .

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  • Diana Morris v. State of Tennessee

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 1, 1999

    Hill v. … See Anderson v.

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  • State Ex Rel. v. Collier

    160 Tenn. 403 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 1, 1930

    D. 21881; State of Tennessee v. W. A. Collier et al., R. D. 23507; State of Tennessee v. W. A. Collier and Alice T. Collier, R. D. 23508; State of Tennessee v. Warren Brown, R. D. 24209. … Asso. v. Easton, 153 Tenn., 675 ; Vertrees v. State Board of Elections, 141 Tenn., 645 ; McCampbell v. State, 116 Tenn., 98 .

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Kincaid v. Meadows

    40 Tenn. 188 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1859

    Bullard v. Copps, 2 Hum., 409 . … McGavock v. Brown & Williams, 4 Hum., 251 , 253. Affirm the judgment.

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  • State of Tennessee v. James Robert Christensen, Jr.

    517 S.W.3d 60 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 7, 2017

    v. … See United States v. Brown, 449 F.3d 741, 745 (6th Cir. 2006) (recognizing that, "[t]o justify a warrantless entry based on exigent circumstances, there must also be probable cause to enter the residence”). .

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  • Anderson v. Ammonett

    77 Tenn. 1 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1882

    So, of the equity of a claimant .under an unregistered contract for a mortgage on the specific property: Cook v. Cook, 3 Head, 719 . So, of the vendor's equity for the unpaid purchase money of land: Brown v. … Masterten, 3 Hum., 619; Myers v. Ross, 3 Head, 60 ; Kirkpatrick v. Ward, 5 Lea, 432 ; Simpkinson v. McGee, 4 Lea, 437 .

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  • Cole v. Taylor

    132 Tenn. 92 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1915

    In the case of Miller v. … The opinion of this court in Finley v. Brown, 122 Tenn. (14 Cates), 335, 125 S. W., 259 , 25 L. R. A. (N.

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  • Smith v. Pickwick Electric Cooperative

    212 Tenn. 62 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 10, 1963

    This definition finds support in Black’s Law Dictionary, Fourth Edition, Blackstone’s Commentaries, Furman v. Nichol, 43 Tenn. 433 , 445. … In the case of Chumbley v.

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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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  • 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?

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • State of Tennessee v. Jimmy Williams

    558 S.W.3d 633 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 12, 2018

    Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979) (citing Johnson v. Louisiana, 406 U.S. 356, 362 (1972)); see Tenn. R. App. P. 13(e); State v. Davis, 354 S.W.3d 718, 729 (Tenn. 2011). … State v. Dorantes, 331 S.W.3d 370, 379 (Tenn. 2011); State v. Brown, 551 S.W.2d 329, 331 (Tenn. 1977) (quoting Farmer v. State, 343 S.W.2d 895 (Tenn. 1961)).

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  • Estate of Jenkins v. Guyton

    912 S.W.2d 134 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 18, 1995

    The majority then discussed Mennonite Board of Missions v. … In City of New York v. New York, N.H. & H.R.

    Cited 16 timesPublished

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