Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1856 G. Lee Price et al. v. William H. Crouch, admr. Of C.B. Reynolds, dec. Washington Breach of Contract

Reynolds did not deliver the contracted amount of French Brandy Price paid for. Crouch had obtained a judgment against Price for $148. Price charges such judgment as unjust and oppressive.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1181 39 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Hale v. Witt Jefferson Breach of Contract East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 31 1 Order A Copy
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 Swann v. Shadrach I. Bare [Bear] & John P. Seahorn [Sehorn] Jefferson Breach of Contract

Swann negotiated a contract with Bare [Bear] for Bare to drive fifty-two head of hogs to the Southern market. Bear "has since absconded to parts unknown." Hogs, weighing 14,200 pounds were to be sold at 3.5 cents per pound. Others involved: L. D. Franklin, George W. Carter, and Samuel Prewitt.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1179 110 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 John Riggins v. Leigh Chrisenhall Montgomery Breach of Contract

Defendant did not build a saw mill as contracted to do so by the Plaintiff.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 260 0 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
View Entry 1856 Thomas Kelly v. William McMackin Lawrence Breach of Contract Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 258 0 Order A Copy