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189 Tenn. 657 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 10, 1950
Ency. of Law (2d Ed.), p. 601; Kelly & Co. v. State, 123 Tenn. 516 , 132 S. W. 193 ; State ex rel. Board, etc., of Benton County v. Boice, 140 Ind. 506 , 39 N. E. 64 , 40 N. E. 113 .” … See also Kyle v. Marcom, 181 Tenn. 57 , 178 S. W. 2d 618 ; Clark v. Vaughn, 177 *665 Tenn. 76 , 146 S. W. 2d 351 ; and Anderson v. Carter County, 172 Tenn. 114 , 110 S. W. 2d 321 ; State ex rel. Bales v.
Cited 0 timesPublished113 Tenn. 205 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1904
Co. v. Kennedy, 41 Miss., 679 ; Doyle v. Kiser, 6 Ind., 242 ; Pardee v. Drew, 25 Wend., 459 ; Pettegrew v. Barnum, 11 Md., 449 , 69 Am. Dec., 212 . … He boarded the train without purchasing a ticket, and made the whole journey without paying fare.
Cited 2 timesPublishedState of Tennessee v. Jerry Lee Hanning
296 S.W.3d 44 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 20, 2009
Three categories of police-citizen interaction have been judicially designated: (1) full-scale arrest, which must be supported by probable cause, see Brown v. … See State v.
Overruled by Prado Navarette v. California, 134 S. Ct. 1683 (2014)Cited 92 timesPublishedTennessee Supreme Court · Apr 11, 2000
I had some kind of automatic rifle, it had a clip in it, black and brown color. “Dre” had a .380 automatic or something, look [sic] black to me. … Burns, 979 S.W.2d 276 (Tenn. 1998); State v. Howell, 868 S.W.2d 238 (Tenn. 1993); State v. Boyd, 797 S.W.2d 589 (Tenn. 1990); State v. Johnson, 762 S.W.2d 110 (Tenn. 1988); State v.
Cited 0 timesPublishedDevisees of Robertson v. Maclin
4 Tenn. 70 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 15, 1816
He was boarded by Elijah Robertson, who furnished him with several suits of clothes. … See, as to trusts, Barry v. Deloach, 2 Tenn. 395 ; Dudley v. Bosworth, 10 Hum. 9 ; Harris v. Carney, 10 Hum. 349 ; Smitheal v. Gray, 1 Hum. 491 ; Pritchard v. Wallace, 4 Sneed, 405 ; Sanders v.
Cited 0 timesPublishedTennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Company v. Brandon Debruce
Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 16, 2019
Co. v. Hammond, 290 S.W.2d 860, 862 (Tenn. 1956) (citing Johnson City v. Caplan, 253 S.W.2d 725, 726 (Tenn. 1952); Cummings v. Beeler, 223 S.W.2d 913, 917 (Tenn. 1949)). … See Prewitt v. Brown, 525 S.W.3d 616, 621 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2017) (citations omitted); Ferguson, 218 S.W.3d at 55–56; see also Jacoway v. Travelers Co., No. 1:18-cv-00200, 2019 WL 591452, at *5–6 (E.D. Tenn.
Cited 0 timesPublishedAna R. Padilla v. Twin City Fire Insurance Company
Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 6, 2010
PADILLA 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.
Cited 0 timesPublished91 Tenn. 267 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 27, 1892
Fitzhugh v. The State, 13 Lea, 260 ; Baxter v. The State, 15 Lea, 657 . It was not decided in Hargrove v. The State, 13 Lea, 179 , as insisted by counsel, that such an oath was insufficient. … Hannum v. State, 6 Pickle, 647 . The case at bar is not analogous to that of Nelson v. State, 10 Hum., 532 -534.
Cited 24 timesPublished975 S.W.2d 269 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1998
Sample, 680 S.W.2d 447 (Tenn.1984); State v. McKay, 680 S.W.2d 447 (Tenn.1984); State v. Dicks, 615 S.W.2d 126 (Tenn.1981); State v. Strouth, 620 S.W.2d 467 (Tenn.1981). In State v. … See State v.
Cited 49 timesPublishedBrian Coblentz v. Tractor Supply Company
Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 22, 2025
Murray, 46 S.W.3d at 175 (quoting Brown v. Canterbury Corp., 844 S.W.2d 134, 136 (Tenn. 1992)). … See, e.g., Campbell, 883 S.W.2d at 605–06 (holding that electrical firm hired by broadcasting company to remove antenna and conduct other demo work at company was a “subcontractor” under section 50-6-113(a)); Brown v.
Cited 0 timesPublished540 S.W.2d 641 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 17, 1976
Essary v. State, 210 Tenn. 220 , 357 S.W.2d 342 (1962); Nichols v. … The findings of the Grievance Procedure Board of Review Decision reinstating Mrs. Owensby as an employee of Central State Hospital have also been tendered to this court for consideration.
Cited 98 timesPublishedTennessee Public Service Commission v. Nashville Gas Co.
551 S.W.2d 315 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 21, 1977
Thus, in the case of Smith v. … Tennessee Natural Gas Lines, Inc. v.
Cited 7 timesPublishedAndrew K. Armbrister v. Melissa H. Armbrister
414 S.W.3d 685 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 21, 2013
Ballard, 434 So.2d 1357, 1360 (Miss. 1983)); see also Richardson v. Richardson, No. W2000-02374-COA- R3-CV, 2001 WL 687074, at *3 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 14, 2001); Brown v. … Brown, No. 02A01-9709-CV-00228, 1998 WL 760935, at *8 (Tenn. Ct. App. Nov. 2, 1998) (same); Wall v. Wall, 907 S.W.2d 829, 834 (Tenn. Ct.
Cited 446 timesPublished124 Tenn. 536 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1911
Various illustrations of the principle will he found in the following cases: Yerger v. Rains, 4 Humph., 259 ; Hale v. Henderson, 4 Humph., 199 ; Allen v. Dodd, 4 Humph., 131 , 40 Am. Dec., 682 ; Isler v. … Brunson, 6 Humph., 278 ; Lea v. Collins, 4 Sneed, 393 ; Nichols v. Cabe, 3 Head, 92 ; Parks v. McKamy, 3 Head, 297 ; Rhodes v. Summerhill, 4 Heisk., 204 ; Heart v. Brewing Co., 121 Tenn., 71 , 113 S. W., 364 , 19 L. R.
Cited 6 timesPublished161 Tenn. 23 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 24, 1930
In Wilcox v. … Some of our later cases are McElroy v. State, 146 Tenn. 442 : Watson v. State, 133 Tenn. 198 , and Bond v. State, 129 Tenn. 75 .
Cited 28 timesPublished102 S.W.3d 587 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 16, 2003
See Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 , 83 S.Ct. 1194 , 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963); Sample v. State, 82 S.W.3d 267 (Tenn.2002). … Fallin v. Knox County Board of Commissioners, 656 S.W.2d 338, 342 (Tenn.1983); State v. Minimum Salary Dep’t. of A.M.E. Church, 477 S.W.2d 11, 12 (Tenn.1972). Id. at 319 (emphasis added).
Overruled on other grounds by Tommy Nunley v. State of Tennessee, 552 S.W.3d 800 (2018)Cited 173 timesPublishedState ex rel. Thompson v. Nashville Ry. & Light Co.
151 Tenn. 77 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1924
Chapter 140, Acts of 1903, which was sustained against attacks upon its constitutionality in Standard Oil Co. v. State, 117 Tenn., 620 , 100 S. W., 705 , 10 L. R. A. (N. S.), 1015; State v. … Coal Creek, etc., Co. v. Tennessee Coal, etc., Co., 106 Tenn., 651 , 62 S. W., 162 ; Knapp v. Golden Gross, 121 Tenn., 212 , 118 S. W., 390 .
Cited 2 timesPublished120 Tenn. 618 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1908
Fulghum v. M. C. Cotton, 6 Lea, 590 ; Craigmiles v. Hays, 7 Lea, 724 ; Schultz v. Blackford, 9 Lea, 434 ; Wessel v. Brown, 10 Lea, 705 ; Bridges v. Cooper, 98 Tenn., 394 , 39 S. W., 723 ; McClurg v. … In Fulghum v.
Cited 6 timesPublished280 S.W.3d 798 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 26, 2009
(quoting State v. Lotter, 255 Neb. 456 , 586 N.W.2d 591, 610 (1998)) (alteration in original); see also Pierce v. … State v. Ruiz, 204 S.W.3d 772, 778 (Tenn.2006).
Cited 158 timesPublished83 Tenn. 497 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1885
Brown, 1 Cold., 456 . … From the case of Napier v. Simpson, 1 Tenn.
Cited 2 timesPublished
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