Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry 1892 East Tennessee, Virgina and Georgia Railroad Co. v. F. M. Getty McMinn Damages

Additional defendants W. Getty. The plaintiff was seeking damages for not delivering goods. The plaintiffs charged that the defendant broke the contract.

 East Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1739 52 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 East Tennessee, Virginia, & Georgia Railway Co. v. K. Owenby McMinn Damages

Plaintiff was seeking damages due to the loss of goods. Plaintiffs barn was near the tracks and full of dry hay. The passanger train came by and the smoke- stack of the train sparks came off and the barn was set on fire. The defendant stated that their trains were up date witht latest improvments.

 East Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1700 96 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 First National Bank of Athens, for the use of McKeldin & Nixon v. J.S. Gouldy et al. McMinn Injunction

Injunction bill was brought for the use of McKeldin & Nixon to impound a judgment in favor of Gouldy. Gouldy was indebted to McKeldin & Nixon by account for merchandise sold to him .

 East Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1749 32 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 James W. Foster, in error v. State McMinn Assault with Intent to Commit Rape

Foster was accused of attempting to kill William T. Wattenbarger. He hid in the bushes in broad daylight while Wattenbarger approached on the road. The defense argued that the jury was coerced in its decision. The main evidence was a pair of shoes worn by Foster the day of the shooting, and the tracks they made in the freshly plowed soil of the corn field.

 East Range: 18 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1969 181 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 James Vaughn et al v. C. G. Snider et al McMinn Fraud

Additional plaintiff: David Vaugh, Alfred Vaughn, Emaline Vaughn, Lizzie Vaughn, Allice Johnson and Thom Vaughn. Additional defendant W. W. Hutsell, A. K. John, T. V. Blevin and N. J. Lillard. Plaintiffs stated to the court that the defendant committed fraud by stating he was guardian to the family and by asking for money. The plaintiff also stated that the defendant swindled him out of money for two mules. Plaintiff was seeking the money he lost to the defendant.

 East Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1704 103 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 R. E. Cookston v. John W. Foster, et al. McMinn Recovery of Money/ Wages

Isaac Cookston was too poor to care for his son, so the 9-year-old boy was sent to live with the Fosters, who would treat him as their child. He testified that he worked as a lackey boy doing farm and house work. "They furnished me with [John W. F. Foster's] old cast off clothing….I had to eat at the second table, and if there was any negroes there I had to eat at the same table with them." He slept in the potato house for years. The Fosters taught him at home. Cookston sued for $3,000 lost wages.

 East Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1751 77 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 Thomas H. Small v. Alexander Nokes McMinn Debt

The plaintiff claimed that the defendant was indebted to him for three hundred and twelve dollars.

 East Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1755 42 Order A Copy