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· 8/15/1983

Lawrence Ex Rel. Powell v. Stanford

Citations

  • 655 S.W.2d 927
  • 1983 Tenn. LEXIS 698

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that issues not properly raised at trial cannot be raised for the first time on appeal
  • stating that it “has long been the general rule that questions not raised in the trial court will not be entertained on appeal”
  • stating that it “has long been the general rule that questions not raised in the trial court will not be entertained on appeal”
  • recognizing “the general rule that questions not raised in the trial court will not be entertained on appeal”
  • providing that it “has long been the general rule that questions not raised in the trial court will not be entertained on appeal”
  • providing that a constitutional issue raised for the first time on appeal must be waived “unless the statute involved is so obviously unconstitutional on its face as to obviate the necessity for any discussion”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Brock, Fones, Cooper, Harbison, Drowota

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