Graves v. Illinois Central Railroad

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[w]hen there is a conflict between the common law and a. statute, the provision of the statute must .prevail”

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Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lavin v. Jordon
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2000-04-24· cited 142×
• House v. Estate of Edmondson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2008-01-25· cited 65×
• Tennessee Central Railroad v. Vanhoy
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1920-09-15· cited 61×
• Stem v. Nashville Interurban Ry.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1919-12-15· cited 42×
• Hurt v. Yazoo & M. V. R.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1918-04-15· cited 40×
• Knoxville Outfitting Co. v. Knoxville, Fireproof Storage Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1929-12-21· cited 29×
• Tennessee Cent. Ry. Co. v. Page
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1925-12-06· cited 27×
• Southern Railway Company v. Maples
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1956-12-07· cited 15×
• Julia H. \Robin\ Meyers v. First Tennessee Bank, N.A.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2016-05-27· cited 11×
• Steele v. Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1926-07-13· cited 11×
• Southern Ry. Co. v. Simpson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1923-09-15· cited 10×
• Baggett v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1962-08-30· cited 10×
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Ross
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1926-03-20· cited 9×
• Callaway v. Christison
  Sixth Circuit· 1945-03-26· cited 9×
• Unnamed case
  Sixth Circuit· 1955-03-02· cited 5×
• Southern Ry. Co. v. Matthews
  Sixth Circuit· 1928-11-10· cited 5×
• Moulton v. Dawson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1964-10-09· cited 3×
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Farmer
  Sixth Circuit· 1955-03-02· cited 1×
• Howard v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1926-01-04
• Sons of Confederate Veterans Nathan Bedford Forrest Camp 215 v. City of Memphis
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2017-10-24

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chattanooga Rapid Transit Co. v. Walton
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1900-09-29· cited 40×
• Hughes v. Abston
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1900-06-14· cited 32×
• State v. Cooper
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1908-04-15· cited 18×
• Russell v. Colyar
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1871-03-13· cited 8×
• Padgett v. Ducktown, Etc., Iron Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1896-11-14· cited 8×
• St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. Finley
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1909-04-15· cited 8×
• Railroad v. McDonough
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1896-09-22· cited 7×
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Sawyer
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1904-12-15· cited 5×
• Southern Ry. Co. v. Elder
  Sixth Circuit· 1897-07-06· cited 3×