Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1883 Guadalupe Y Calvo Mining Co. v. W. T. Beaty Shelby Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

In 1881 defendant sued to collect $5000 in pay for services rendered to the company. B. F. Fly & Robert F. Looney named as stockholders. Company based in Chihuahua, Republic of Mexico. Chartered in TN in 1878 by B. F. Fly, Robert F. Looney, Thomas P. Chambers, Robert F. Looney, Jr. & T. W. Brown.

 West Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 169 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 Joseph P. Macheca v. J. W. Tighe & Son Shelby Sale of Damaged/Misrepresented Goods West Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 15 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 James Callahan v. Sarah A. Murrah Shelby Petition to Compel Payment for Goods West Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 222 153 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 Nora B. Hart et al. v. Bianca Czapski et al. Shelby Petition for the Sale of Goods and Chattels

Co-complainant: A. W. Hart. Co-defendants: Benny Czapski, Annie Czapski, Louis Czapski. Nora Hart is the guardian of Bianca Czapski and her sibling and asks that a guardian ad litem be appointed to sell some of the railroad bonds left them by their late father, the annual income from the bonds being insufficient for their education and support.

 West Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 237 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 State v. Jim James Shelby Receiving Stolen Goods

Actual charge is larceny and receiving stolen goods. The first charge is that he "feloniously did steal, take and carry away two hogs of the value of 15 dollars, the property of Robert Bankster." The second charge is that he "feloniously and fraudulently did buy, receive, conceal, and have in his possession with intent to deprive the true owner thereof two hogs … well knowing said hogs … to have been recently before then feloniously stolen, taken and carried away."

 West Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 216 32 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 State v. Solomon Whitesides Shelby Unlawful Selling of Goods

Actual charge is selling cotton after dark, "between the hours of sunset and sunrise."

 West Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 210 17 Order A Copy