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In the matter of: S.M.L. (DOB 12/26/88), C.B.L. (DOB 4/14/92), D.K.J. (DOB 5/8/93) Children under the age of 18.

07-93-017-CC

C.L.H. has filed a timely Tenn. R. App. P. 39 petition for rehearing and a Tenn. R. App. P. 14 motion to consider post-judgment facts. She asserts that our original opinion filed on June 12, 1998 misapprehends material facts with regard to her more recent self-improvement efforts, and she offers new evidence regarding her educational attainments and the stability of her living environment.

 

Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Henry F. Todd
Dickson County Court of Appeals 07/01/98
William Michael Anderton v. Evelyn Adele Morgan Anderton

01A01-9701-CH-00013

Mr. Anderton has filed a Tenn. R. App. P. 39 petition for rehearing and a Tenn. R. App. P. 14 motion to consider post-judgment facts with regard to his actual gross income in 1996 and 1997. Ms. Anderton has filed a response to these motions. We have determined that Mr. Anderton’s motions should be granted.

Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Henry F. Todd
Williamson County Court of Appeals 07/01/98
Lionel L. Lulow v. Earl Poss and Carl Poss - Concurring

01-A-01-9509-CH-00399

This is an appeal by defendants/appellants, Earl and Carl Poss, from a decision of the chancery court in a boundary dispute. It is the Posses contention that the chancery court erred when it approved the survey  entered into evidence by the plaintiffs/appellees, Lionel and Nancy Lulow.  The diagram below, while not drawn to scale, depicts the layout of the relevant tracts of land.  Reference to this diagram will be helpful in understanding the following facts.

Authoring Judge: Judge Walter W. Bussart
Originating Judge:Judge Robert E. Corlew, III
Cannon County Court of Appeals 07/01/98
Consumer Advocate Division, v. Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Nashville Gas Company

01A01-9708-BC-00391

This petition under Rule 12, Tenn. R. App. Proc., to review a rate making order of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority presents a host of procedural and substantive issues. We affirm the agency order.

Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Court of Appeals 07/01/98
W. Hudson Connery, Jr. et al., v. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, et al.

01A01-9709-CH-00529

Twenty former employees of “HealthTrust,” a ____________ sued HealthTrust and its “successor in interest,” Columbia Health Care Corporation, to recover share of stock (or the value thereof) which they had purchased with earned bonuses and for the value of shares of stock due some of the plaintiffs due them upon discharge. Two of the plaintiffs nonsuited, leaving eighteen.

Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Henry F. Todd
Originating Judge:Chancellor Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.
Davidson County Court of Appeals 07/01/98
Bennie Day and Karen Day v. City of Decherd, Otis B. Smith, Jr., Mayor, et al. - Concurring

01-A-01-9708-CH-00442

Property owners alleged in a petition for common law certiorari that the city of Decherd acted arbitrarily and capriciously in refusing to rezone their property from residential to commercial. The Chancery Court of Franklin County dismissed the petition. We affirm.

Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Originating Judge:Judge L. Curtis Smith
Franklin County Court of Appeals 07/01/98
James E. Collins v. Department of Correction

01A01-9709-CH-00558

The captioned appellant is a prisoner in the punitive custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction. On February 19, 1997, he filed in the Trial Court a petition for declaratory judgment alleging that on November 16, 1996, he filed with the Department a petition for a declaratory order correcting an erroneous entry showing two life sentences which have been merged.

Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Henry F. Todd
Originating Judge:Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle
Davidson County Court of Appeals 07/01/98
In re: Jason Ryan Stephens, Pamela Renee Stephens, v. James Callaway

01A01-9801-JV-00043

This appeal involves a biological father's obligation to support his thirteen year old son.

Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Judge David Loughry
Rutherford County Court of Appeals 07/01/98
David K. Wachtel, Jr., v. Western Sizzlin Corporation, F/K/A Franchisee Acquisition Cororation, v. David K. Wachtel, Jr. and Restaurant Management Services, Inc.

01A01-9708-CH-00396

This breach of contract case is before us on a Rule 54.02, Tenn. R. Civ. Proc. appeal. The only question for our decision is whether the trial court erred in granting the defendant’s motion for partial summary judgment on the plaintiff’s claim for certain consequential damages arising from the defendant’s breach of contract. We reverse the trial court.

Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Originating Judge:Chancellor Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.
Davidson County Court of Appeals 07/01/98
Gretchen Hart, v. Ronald Rick Hart

01A01-9707-CV-00344

This is a post-divorce decree proceeding to adjust the amount of periodic alimony. The wife has appealed from the judgment of the Trial Court increasing the alimony from $1,000 per month to $1,350 per month.

Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Henry F. Todd
Originating Judge:Judge Muriel Robinson
Davidson County Court of Appeals 07/01/98
State of Tennessee on relation of Ervin Smith and Ervin Smith Individually, v. L. B. Franklin and Alex Richmond, Cit of Carthage, Tennessee, a municipal corporation, Mayor David Bowman

01A01-9710-CH-00546

The plaintiff, Ervin Smith, has appealed from the judgment of the Trial Court as to his rights in regard to an alleged public right-of-way on property adjoining plaintiff’s land.

 

Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Henry F. Todd
Originating Judge:Chancellor C. K. Smith
Smith County Court of Appeals 07/01/98
Razorback Marble Mfg. Co., Inc., v. D.D. Roberts Construction Company, Naran P. Patel, Kusum N. Patel, and Heritage Bank

01A01-9709-CH-00512

In this construction contract dispute, the Chancery Court of Montgomery County granted a judgment plus prejudgment interest to Razorback Marble Manufacturing Company, Inc. On appeal, Roberts Construction Company, Inc. and D. D. Roberts, Individually, raise issues pertaining to the Contractor’s Licensing statutes and the Notice of Non-Payments statute. Razorback insists that it was due a larger judgment and a greater award of prejudgment interest.

Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Originating Judge:Chancellor Alex W. Darnell
Montgomery County Court of Appeals 07/01/98
02A01-9707-CH-00157

02A01-9707-CH-00157

Originating Judge:W. Michael Maloan
Obion County Court of Appeals 06/30/98
Bradson Mercantile vs. Joseph Crabtree

02A01-9710-CV-00272
Shelby County Court of Appeals 06/30/98
Shelley Sackett v. Hal Roseman

M2002-00587-COA-R9-CV
This interlocutory appeal was brought to determine whether the trial court properly exercised subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Joint Enforcement Act (UCCJEA).
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Muriel Robinson
Davidson County Court of Appeals 06/30/98
Henry Collier vs. Methodist Hosp., et al

02A01-9607-CV-00165

Originating Judge:Dick Jerman, Jr.
Haywood County Court of Appeals 06/30/98
King vs. King

03A01-9710-CH-00441
Court of Appeals 06/29/98
Connatser vs. Connatser

03A01-9801-CV-00005
Court of Appeals 06/29/98
Kellogg Co., vs. TN Comm., et al

02A01-9612-CH-00302

Originating Judge:C. Neal Small
Shelby County Court of Appeals 06/26/98
Sanjurjo vs. Woods

03A01-9708-CH-00330
Court of Appeals 06/26/98
Fye vs. Kennedy

03A01-9707-CV-00287
Hamilton County Court of Appeals 06/26/98
03A01-9712-CV-00532

03A01-9712-CV-00532
Court of Appeals 06/26/98
City of Knox vs. Garuin

03A01-9801-CV-00038
Court of Appeals 06/26/98
Moore vs. Feathers

03A01-9802-CV-00063
Court of Appeals 06/26/98
Judd's vs. Muir

03A01-9801-CH-00002
Court of Appeals 06/26/98