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great rule in Tennessee

6 Tennessee opinions name it 2 courts 1903–2013 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 (0)

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No positive-treatment citations attached to this issue in Tennessee.

Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

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

Also cited on this issue (7)

CaseCitedYears
McGinnis v. State green
tenn · 1848
1 sentence

2013McGinnis v. State, 28 Tenn. (9 Hum.) 43 , 47-48 (1848); see also 9 David Louis Ray-bin, Tennessee Practice: Criminal Practice and Procedure § 9.3, at 268 (2008) [hereinafter Raybin] (“The grand jury is said to stand between the accuser and the accused.... ”).

12013–2013
Andrew Jackson Hotel, Inc. v. Platt neutral
· 1935
2 sentences

1963In Andrew Jackson Hotel, Inc. v. Platt, 19 Tenn. App. 360 , 89 S. W. (2d) 179 , the hotel’s guest delivered his automobile to the hotel’s doorman, who either took or sent the car to a garage from which the hotel received a commission on all automobiles sent there by it, and for which the hotel was held to be responsible just as if it had itself operated the garage.

1963In Andrew Jackson Hotel, Inc. v. Platt, 19 Tenn. App. 360 , 89 S. W. (2d) 179 , the hotel’s guest delivered his automobile to the hotel’s doorman, who either took or sent the car to a garage from which the hotel received a commission on all automobiles sent there by it, and for which the hotel was held to be responsible just as if it had itself operated the garage.

11963–1963
Yost v. Hudiburg neutral
tenn · 1879
1 sentence

1932Gibson says, “this is the great rule.” The opinion of this Court in Yost v. Hudiburg, 70 Tenn., 627, 630 , and of the Court of Appeals in Farmers Bank of Lynchburg v. Farrar, 4 Tenn. Appeals, 186, are particularly relied on.

11932–1932
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Tarwater green
texapp · 1903
1 sentence

1919“To this rule it is held that all others, except those founded upon public policy, and the necessity of sustaining established principles of law, are not only subordinate but auxiliary.” The rule is spoken of by Chief Justice Beakd in Frank v. Frank, 120 Tenn., 580 , 111 S. W., 1121 , as follows: “In every case the courts assiduously seek to ascertain the intention of the testator, and, when ascertained, it will be given effect, unless it contravenes some rule of law or public policy.” See, also, to the same effect, Pritchard on Wills, sections 387, 393; East v. Burns, 104 Tenn., 182 , 56 S. W

11919–1919
Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. Fifth Baptist Church green
· 1883
1 sentence

1904The great principle of the common law, which is equally the teaching of Christian morality, so to use one’s property as not to injure others, forbids any other application or use of the rights and powers conferred.” 108 U. S., 317 , 2 Sup. Ct., 727, 27 L.Ed., 744 .

11904–1904
Munson v. Syracuse, Geneva & Corning Railroad green
ny · 1886
1 sentence

1903Munson v. Railroad, 103 N. Y., 58 , 8 N. E., 355 .

11903–1903
Munson v. Syracuse, Geneva & Corning R. R. Co. green
ny · 1886
1 sentence

1903Munson v. Railroad, 103 N. Y., 58 , 8 N. E., 355 .

11903–1903

Where else courts name it

NY 38 (1853–2011) PA 15 (1883–2009) TX 14 (1912–2023) IN 11 (1822–2007) FL 10 (1892–1974) OR 9 (1885–1999) IL 8 (1895–1988) NJ 8 (1878–2021) NC 8 (1890–1948) AL 7 (1914–1989) CA 7 (1910–2003) MA 6 (1851–2000) TN 6 (1903–2013) ME 6 (1905–1986) OK 6 (1897–1972) WY 6 (1925–1989) WA 5 (1901–1997) IA 5 (1942–2022) MN 5 (1881–1943) MO 5 (1867–1987) KY 4 (1913–2003) VA 3 (1938–1998) MI 3 (1942–2011) LA 3 (1912–2015) SD 3 (1945–1992) NV 3 (1868–1969) WI 2 (1902–1932) DE 2 (1938–2024) ND 2 (1942–1974) MS 2 (1983–2018) DC 2 (2015–2024) OH 2 (1859–1922)

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