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equity rule in Tennessee

5 Tennessee opinions name it 2 courts 1873–1961 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Tennessee courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (2)

CaseFollowedCited
Brown v. Van Peltgreen
tennctapp · 1953 · cited in 1 Tennessee opinions naming this issue, 1959–1959
2 sentences

1959See also Brown v. Van Pelt, 37 Tenn. App. 352 , 263 S. W. (2d) 956 .

1959See also Brown v. Van Pelt, 37 Tenn. App. 352 , 263 S. W. (2d) 956 .

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McNew v. Tobygreen
tenn · 1845 · cited in 1 Tennessee opinions naming this issue, 1959–1959
1 sentence

1959See McNew v. Toby, 25 Tenn. 27 , 28; 1 Gibson, supra. Our statutes defining the jurisdiction of the Chancery Court in respect of the amount involved, which were the Act of 1801, and the Act of 1835-6 (ch. 4), were compiled in our first official Code of 1858 as follows: “4280.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Tennessee. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (4)

CaseCitedYears
Smith v. Harrison green
tenn · 1871
2 sentences

1959It is said, indeed, that it is part of the equity doctrine of fraud not to define it, lest the craft of man should find ways of committing fraud which might evade such a definition.” Smith v. Harrison, 49 Tenn. 230, 242 .

1953It is said, indeed, that it is part of the equity doctrine of fraud not to define it, lest the craft of man should find ways of committing fraud which might evade such a definition.” Smith v. Harrison, 49 Tenn. 230, 242 .

21953–1959
Hull v. Vaughn green
tenn · 1937
2 sentences

1961Bell-Dowlen Mills v. Draper, 169 Tenn. 112, 117 , 83 S.W.2d 247 ; Hull v. Vaughn, 171 Tenn. 642, 647 , 107 S.W.2d 219 .

1961Bell-Dowlen Mills v. Draper, 169 Tenn. 112, 117 , 83 S.W.2d 247 ; Hull v. Vaughn, 171 Tenn. 642, 647 , 107 S.W.2d 219 .

11961–1961
Bell-Dowlen Mills v. Draper neutral
tenn · 1935
2 sentences

1961Bell-Dowlen Mills v. Draper, 169 Tenn. 112, 117 , 83 S.W.2d 247 ; Hull v. Vaughn, 171 Tenn. 642, 647 , 107 S.W.2d 219 .

1961Bell-Dowlen Mills v. Draper, 169 Tenn. 112, 117 , 83 S.W.2d 247 ; Hull v. Vaughn, 171 Tenn. 642, 647 , 107 S.W.2d 219 .

11961–1961
Taylor v. Benham green
· 1847
1 sentence

1873It is a doctrine of a court of equity, often reiterated in this court, that a. trustee will not be held responsible for the loss of a trust fund if the loss be not occasioned by his own laches or bad faith: Elliott v. Carter, 9 Gratt., 559 ; Taylor v. Benham, 5 How., 233 ; Knight v. Lord Bymoth, 4 A. and K., 486; 1 Dickins R., 126; Thompson v. Brown, 4 Johns.

11873–1873

Where else courts name it

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