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Tennessee Supreme Court Cases
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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1856 | James S. Boyd v. Anthony L. Maxwell, Jr. et al | Knox | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Add. defendant: C. Porvell. Plaintiff entered into a contract to furnish for the defendants working under the firm name of Maxwell Briggs & Company a large amount of lumber for a rail road bridge. sued for the recovery of $4,000 in goods and labor for which the plaintiff was never paid by the defendant's company. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1161 | 218 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | John McMahan v. Jackson Grubb & R. J. Engledon | McMinn | Contract for Labor and Materials |
Grubb & Engledon were partners in tailoring business and McMahan a farmer. Both parties had an arrangement in which McMahan furnished Grubb & Engledon with produce in exchange for their tailoring clothes for him. It was also agreed that both Grubb's & Engledon's accounts were blended. Plaintiff unaware of change in relationship between def'ts who later dispute in three other cases about account balances (what they did or did not receive). |
East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: Oversize Box 17 | 80 | Order A Copy |