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  • Smith v. St. Louis Mutual Life Insurance

    2 Tenn. Ch. R. 727 · Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Apr 15, 1877

    Salvin v. James, 6 East, 571; Wood v. Dwarris, 11 Exch. Rep. 493; Rose v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., 24 N. Y. 653 . … In the summer of 1873 a new board of directors seems-to have been elected by the policy-holders of the St.

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  • Dayle Ward v. Metropolitan Government Of Nashville And Davidson County, Tennessee

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Apr 17, 2019

    STANDARD OF REVIEW Our standard of review of decisions of zoning appeals boards was set forth in Wilson County Youth Emergency Shelter, Inc. v. … In Johnson v.

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  • Knoxville's Community Development Corp. v. Woodfam Investments, L. P.

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Jul 24, 2000

    Davidson v. Greer, 35 Tenn. 384 (Tenn. 1855). Kyle v. Kyle, 74 S.W.2d 1065 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1934). However, written contracts and instruments may be reformed upon a showing of a mutual mistake or fraud. Pierce v. … McDonald v. Scott County, 87 S.W.2d 1019, 1021 (Tenn. 1935).

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  • TECO Barge Line, Inc., n/k/a U.S. United Barge Line, LLC v. Justin P. Wilson, Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Jul 9, 2010

    board to hear constitutional claims was before our Supreme Court in Colonial Pipeline Co. v. … Ott v.

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  • Mold-Tech USA, LLC v. Holley Performance Products, Inc.

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Aug 26, 2005

    P. 13(d); Wright v. City of Knoxville, 898 S.W.2d 177, 181 (Tenn. 1995); Union Carbide Corp. v. Huddleston, 854 S.W.2d 87, 91 (Tenn. 1993). … Bill’s Coal Co. v. Bd. of Pub. Utils., 887 F.2d 242, 247 (10th Cir. 1989); Holiday Mfg. Co. v. B.A.S.F. Sys., Inc., 380 F. Supp. 1096, 1102 (D. Neb. 1974); Cherwell-Ralli, Inc. v.

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  • James C. Breer v. Quenton White

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Aug 23, 2005

    In Willis v. … The petition does not empower the courts to inquire into the intrinsic correctness of the board's decision. Arnold v. Tenn. Bd. of Paroles, 956 S.W.2d 478, 480 (Tenn.1997); Robinson v.

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  • Patterson v. Hunt

    682 S.W.2d 508 · Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Jul 13, 1984

    Substantially the same is supported by Garret v. State, 534 S.W.2d 325 (Tenn.Crim.App.1975); Crum v. State, 530 S.W.2d 103 (Tenn.Crim.App.1975); Little v. … In State ex rel. v.

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  • Young v. Barrow

    130 S.W.3d 59 · Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Sep 16, 2003

    Brown v. City of Manchester, 722 S.W.2d 394, 397 (Tenn.Ct.App.1986); Usrey v. Lewis, 553 S.W.2d 612, 614 (Tenn.Ct.App.1977). III. Mr. Young’s Claims Against Harrison Brothers Insurance We turn first to Mr. … Richardson v. Tennessee Bd. of Dentistry, 913 S.W.2d 446, 459 (Tenn.1995); Brown v. Brown, 29 S.W.3d 491, 495 (Tenn.Ct.App.2000); Collins v. Greene County Bank, 916 S.W.2d 941, 945 (Tenn.Ct.App.1995).

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  • Shirley Collins v. John D. Carter

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Apr 9, 2020

    .”); Parrish v. Marquis, 172 S.W.3d 526, 530 (Tenn. 2005), overruled on other grounds by Himmelfarb v. … Carter’s signature was not attested to by the Board Secretary, as required by the Board’s bylaws. See id. § 7-82- 309(a)(2) (authorizing the board to make bylaws).

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  • Knoxville Community Development Corporation v. Orchard Entertainment Group, LLC

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Oct 9, 2020

    See MDHA v. Eaton, 216 S.W.3d 327, 342 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2007). … P. 13 (d); Alexander v. Inman, 974 S.W.2d 689, 692 (Tenn. 1998). Review of the trial court’s conclusions of law is de novo, with no presumption of correctness. Ganzevoort v.

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  • Anderton v. Anderton

    988 S.W.2d 675 · Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Jul 1, 1998

    See Brown v. Brown, 913 S.W.2d 163, 169 (Tenn.Ct.App.1994); Ingram v. Ingram, 721 S.W.2d 262, 264 (Tenn.Ct.App.1986). … See Shackleford v. Shackleford, 611 S.W.2d 598, 601 (Tenn.Ct.App.1980). While divorced couples often lack sufficient income or assets to enable both of them to retain their pre-divorce standard of living, see Brown v.

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  • Davis v. Rose

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Feb 28, 1997

    In Jennings v. … Powell v. Parole Eligibility Review Board, 879 S.W.2d 871 (1994); Yokley v. State 632 S.W.2d 123 (Tenn. App. 1981).

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  • Harrison v. Southern Ry. Co.

    31 Tenn. App. 377 · Court of Appeals of Tennessee · May 13, 1948

    W. (2d) 561 ; Brown v. Chattanooga, 180 Tenn. 284 , 174 S. W. (2d) 466 ; Fields v. Gordon, Tenn. App., 203 S. W. (2d) 934 ; McGinniss v. Brown, Tenn. App., 204 S. W. (2d) 334 ; Campbell v. Campbell, Tenn. App., 199 S. … Brown, 25 Tenn. App. 340 , 157 S. W. (2d) 612 ; Clinton v. Davis, 27 Tenn. App. 29 , 177 S. W. (2d) 848 ; Wolfe et al. v. Vaughn, 177 Tenn. 678 , 152 S. W. (2d) 631 .

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  • Deron A. Hatton v. CSX Transportation

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Jun 29, 2004

    Memphis v. Bettis, 512 S.W.2d 270 (Tenn. 1974); Chumbler v. McClure, 505 F.2d 489 (6th Cir. Tenn.1974). … In Ennix v.

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  • Cynthia H. Kovacs-Whaley, Director and Shareholder of Wellness Solutions, Inc. v. Wellness Solutions, Inc.

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Mar 16, 2012

    Brown, 955 S.W.2d 49, 50-51 (Tenn. 1977). As does the trial court, the appellate court considers the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party and resolve all inferences in that party’s favor. … Accordingly, they have declined to substitute their judgment for that of a corporation’s board of directors when the board has acted in good faith and in the exercise of honest judgment in the lawful and legitimate

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  • PMFS H-VIEW I, LLC v. METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Sep 26, 2019

    Watts v. Civil Serv. Bd. for Columbia, 606 S.W.2d 274, 277 (Tenn. 1980). … Manning v. City of Lebanon, 124 S.W.3d 562, 565 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003) (citing Winters v. Sawyer, 225 Tenn. 113, 463 S.W.2d 705 (1971)). City of Jackson v. Walker, No.

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  • Bond v. Bible

    675 S.W.2d 185 · Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Apr 19, 1984

    Our scope of review of the Chancellor’s holding is as limited as his was of the Board of Review. … Watt v. Civil Service Commission, (1980 Tenn.) 606 S.W.2d 274 at 277 .

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  • TRAVIS SAXTON v. JESSICA SAXTON

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Jan 16, 2026

    Saxton also relies upon having filed in October 2025 a complaint concerning Judge Harrington with the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility that she indicates was forwarded to the Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct … This includes instances in which a complaint has been filed with the Board of Professional Responsibility regarding the judge. See, e.g., Salas v. Rosdeutscher, No. M2021-00157- COA-T10B-CV, 2021 WL 830009, at *3 (Tenn.

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  • Howard Jefferson Atkins v. Tennessee Department of Correction

    Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Aug 15, 2025

    Brown v. Jordan, 563 S.W.3d 196, 200 (Tenn. 2018). … (quoting McConnell v. State, 12 S.W.3d 795, 798 (Tenn. 2000))). Still, the State maintains that the Tennessee Supreme Court’s decisions in Brown v Jordan, 563 S.W.3d 196 (Tenn. 1996) and State v.

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  • First National Bank, Hope, Arkansas v. Foster

    60 Tenn. App. 711 · Court of Appeals of Tennessee · Nov 21, 1969

    Villines v. Parham-Lindsey Grocery Co. (1927) 6 Tenn.App. 254 . Guarantors are not favored under the law of Tennessee. W. R. Grace & Company v. Taylor (1965) 55 Tenn.App. 227 , 398 S.W.2d 81 . … Hassell-Hughes Lumber Co. v. Jackson (1949) 33 Tenn.App. 477 , 232 S.W.2d 325 .

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