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State ex rel. Lewis v. State

Citations

  • 208 Tenn. 534
  • 12 McCanless 534
  • 347 S.W.2d 47
  • 1961 Tenn. LEXIS 316

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that a genuine and existing controversy must be presented for adjudication as a court has no right to enter an advisory opinion
  • stating that “[t]he courts of [Tennessee] have no right to render [] advisory opinion[s].”
  • “where only the taxing of the costs is involved and the major question has become moot that we will not consider the question”

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Judges: Buenett

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