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  • Lynch v. Faris

    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.

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  • Railroad Co. v. Baldwin

    113 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.

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  • State 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 timesPublished
  • State v. Chalmers

    Tennessee 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.

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  • Devisees 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.

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  • Tennessee 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.

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  • Ana 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.

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  • Lancaster v. State

    91 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.

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  • State v. Blanton

    975 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.

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  • Brian 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.

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  • Edwards v. State

    540 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.

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  • Tennessee 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.

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  • Andrew 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.

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  • Arlington Hotel Co. v. Ewing

    124 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.

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  • Davis v. State

    161 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 .

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  • Ricky Harris v. State

    102 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 timesPublished
  • State 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 .

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  • Schoolfield v. Cogdell

    120 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.

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  • Bean v. Bailey

    280 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).

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  • Coal Creek Mining Co. v. Heck

    83 Tenn. 497 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1885

    Brown, 1 Cold., 456 . … From the case of Napier v. Simpson, 1 Tenn.

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