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James v. Kennedy

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided June 10, 1939PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chiee Justice Green

delivered the opinion of the Court.

From a judgment of the circuit court dismissing his appeal to that court from the Court of General Sessions, the plaintiff has appealed to this court.

The Court of General Sessions for Davidson County was established by chapter 12 of the Private Acts of 1937, tailing over the jurisdiction and authority formerly exercised by justices of the peace in that county in civil and criminal cases, snits and actions. This statute was considered and its validity sustained in Hancock v. Davidson County, 171 Tenn., 420, 104 S. W. (2d), 824.

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hancock v. Davidson CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1937
  2. State v. BockmanTennessee Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Mayor of Chattanooga v. KeithTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Cook v. GuillTennessee Supreme Court · 1938

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Dishmon v. Shelby State Community CollegeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1999
  2. First American Trust Co. v. Franklin-Murray Development Co., L.P.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
  3. Brown v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 1955
  4. Brown v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 1955
  5. Depew v. King's, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1955

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