Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1900 Allan C. Johnson, admr., of estate of John J. Thomason, dec. v. First National Bank of Gatesville, Texas Weakley Debt Dispute

Bank charged Thomason's estate with owing on a note of $642.00. The county court agreed & ordered the estate to pay the note with 10% interest. Case then appealed to Weakley Co. Circuit Court. Thomason countered saying the statute of limitations had run out. Substantial depositions given by A. R. Williams and H. B. Cardwell.

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 679 57 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Adam J. Jett et al. v. J. S. Menken et al. Shelby Debt Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: J. S. White. Additional defendants: Rachel H. Menken, John Claflin and Napoleon Hill.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 795 288 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Allen West Commission Company v. Carroll & McCallum Chester Contract Dispute and Damages

J.W. Carroll, W.C. McCallum, defendants, applied for line of credit, $3,000 to $4,000, to be used if needed, with promise to ship cotton to complainant in case of failure to ship or pay commissions; agreement to ship cotton to complainant in St. Louis, MO Dispute over agreed compensation. Hon. Alvin G. Hawkins, Chancellor.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 788 19 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Amelia Battier v. Rosa Beurer, et al. Shelby Estate Dispute

Additional defendants listed as George Beurer, William Beurer, Lewis P. Beurer, Samuel Hirsh, Louis Erb, the Memphis Building and Savings Association. Concerns the estate of Jacob Beurer.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 792 87 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Alice Woodfin v. L. Marks, et al Madison Land and Title Dispute West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 802 15 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 A. E. Pearson v. John Colbert & Dan Shea Shelby Land and Title Dispute West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 798 53 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Allen C. Johnson, admr. of John J. Thomason, dec. v. The First National Bank of Gatesville, Texas Weakley Debt Dispute

Case involves 3 issues: payment of a note to the bank, suppression of a deposition, and attorney-client privilege.

 West Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 831 15 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 A. (Adeline) C. Brewton v. M. (Mai) E. Schiffley et al Shelby Deed Dispute

Additional Defendants: Albert & William Prince; Mrs. Carrie Schiffley & husband, Frederick Schiffley. All defendants heirs at law of Sarah A. (Prince) Caskin , dec. July 1898; husband Robert W. Caskin, dec. Nov. 1886. Plaintiff sued to have her name placed as "grantee" on 2 warranty deeds to a lot in Memphis. One is the deed of Lucy C. & Thomas Maydwell to Sarah L. Clark, Sarah A. Prince & Robert Caskin; other deed from Sarah L. Clark & her husband to Sarah A. Prince.

 West Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 837 92 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Barnet C. Brown, et al. v. Will Wright, et al. Morgan Land and Title Dispute

Case is incomplete; brief only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 88 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Belle Ellis et al. v. Mosie Pearson et al. Haywood Deed Dispute

This is a suit to set aside a deed to 40 acres of land, to assign the property to the minor children of the decedent J. H. Pearson, and to sell other properties to pay the decedent's debts. Co-plaintiffs: Austin Ellis, Fannie May Leggett, L. M. Leggett, Sallie Taylor, D. H. Taylor, & Mary Pearson. Co-defendants: Lillie Pearson, Corrine Pearson, Willie Pearson, Carrie Pearson, & Roe Christmas. All but Christmas and the Ellises are minors.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 794 56 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 C. H. Conley v. Amanda L. Potts et al. Crockett Estate Dispute

The widow of L.C. Potts, Amanda L. Potts, is in a dispute with his creditors over the right to his personal property.

 West Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 784 287 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Catherine Wilson et al. v. H. Schafer et al. Shelby Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: Robert Wilson, Elizabeth G. Dunham, and others. Additional Defendants: Reuben Jones, Adam Smith, and others. Land title disputes based on family members who died intestate.

 West Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1355 300 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Charles Moses, exor. v. Fannie Grainger, et al. Knox Debt Dispute

Additional defendants are unnamed.

 East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 36 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Coal Creek Consolidated Coal Co., et al. v. East Tennessee Iron & Coal Co., et al. Campbell Land and Title Dispute

Case file is incomplete; opinion & Decree only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 90 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Charles Moses, exe. v. Fannie Grainger, et al. Debt Dispute

Case is incomplete; brief only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 88 9 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Clifford Bruce, et al. v. Alice B. Byrd, et al. Shelby Estate Dispute

Other plaintiffs: Robert M. McLean, exor. of William S. Bruce, dec. Other defendants: Carrie M. McLean, Dr. E. A. Neely, Ida B. Neely, Bessie B. McLean, William S. Bruce Neely, Francis Sim Neely, Eugene Austin Neely, Elisabeth Alice Neely.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 790 82 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Clifford Bruce v. Alice B. Byrd, et al. Shelby Estate Dispute

Additional defendants: Carrie M. McLean and Ida B. Neely. Includes oversize balance sheet for W. S. Bruce and Business, 1897.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 813 109 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Dangler Stove Manufacturing Company, et al. v. Woolridge Stove Company, et al. Shelby Contract Dispute and Damages

Continental National Bank, contract dispute with the Woolridge Stove Co. over trust deed, bankruptcy. George M. Brasfield, president of Woolridge Stove Co. Hon. F. H. Heiskell, Chancellor, Chancery Court of Shelby County TN.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 788 225 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Dora Hendrick et al. v. V. O. Hendrick, exe. of S. J. Hendrick, dec.& L. M. Carter Carroll Estate Dispute

Plaintiffs: Dora Hendrick and Cora Hendrick, minors and sue by their next friend, W. H. Eason. File incomplete: table of contents and page 1 missing. Also contains record of the case of Gray & Dudley Hardware Co. et al. v. V. O Hendrick et al.

 West Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 802 462 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Dayton Long v. Thomas C. Crow Carter Land and Title Dispute East Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 728 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Dora& Cora Hendrick, by their next friend W. H. Eason v. V. C. Hendrick, et al. Carroll Estate Dispute

Estate of S. J. Hendrick. Additional defendants could not be determined.

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 670 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 E. A. Johnson, ex. of Leonard Johnson, dec. v. J. N. Johnson, et al. Hardin Estate Dispute

Other defendants: Watt Hardin; Louisa Hardin; Hester Collie; J. B. Altom; C. C. Brandon; Nora Brandon; John Howard; Alley Howard; Joe Johnson; Kate Johnson; Mary Johnson; John Johnson

 West Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 451 398 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Emily Clowney, by next friend v. Cothran & Company Tipton Land and Title Dispute West Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 758 217 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 E. B. McHenry, Clerk & Master, etc. v. M. B. Trezevant, Trustee, John M. Peters Shelby Property Dispute

E.B. McHenry, late Clerk & Master, Chancery Ct., sues in capacities for the use of Otto Seyppel against defendants. re: plantation in Arkansas owned by Pearl Burgett, rent and taxes owed.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 800 61 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Fred R. Hunt, Jr. v. A. Kolsky Shelby Land and Title Dispute West Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 841 100 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Feder, Holzman & Co. v. W. H. Gass Knox Contract Dispute and Damages

Case is incomplete; brief only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 88 15 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 F. M. Kennedy & Co. v. J. L. Pogue Madison Debt Dispute

F. M. Kennedy & Co., a stave business, comprised of J. B., Charles & J. E. Kennedy & A. Stafford. Details of case not given. Pogue brought suit by warrant twice against plaintiffs on "a plea of debt due by account". Won first suit with judgment of $457.90 & costs against plaintiffs. F. M. Kennedy & Co. won second suit with judgment of $220.19 & costs against Pogue. Pogue dec. pending suit; W. H. Rogers admin.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 807 25 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 George A. Smith v. M. J. Hogan, exe. & admr. Hawkins Estate Dispute/ Settlement

Court orders a land sale, of property unknown, and that Bettie McMillan and her husband to be paid out of a land sale. Incomplete case. See also boxes ET5.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1 5 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 George C. Kobbe v. Harriman Land Company, et al. Morgan Land and Title Dispute

Harriman Land Co. made a fraudulent claim to Kobbe's land. They proceeded to cut valuable timber and collect rents on properties they had seized. Additional Defendants: John A. Jones, John Jones, John Kries, & the F. G. Oxley Stave Co. See add'l documentation in boxes ET 92, ET 34. Possibly related case in ET 2a named George C. Kobbe v. John D. Kries. Exhibits include 4 oversize maps of land in dispute. Maps located in ET Oversize Box 21.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 13a 312 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Germania Building Co. v. Joseph Haines Shelby Property Dispute

Regarding sewer line.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 804 125 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 George W. Strother et al. v. James Reilly et al Shelby Estate Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: Annie Kinniard Strother, James Kinniard and Austin Bull Kinnaird Additional defendants: M. Gavin, Trustee; Thomas Keely; Martin Kelly, Jesse Kit and Jackson Martin

 West Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 831 125 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 H. P. Maxwell v. J. Fletch Woodard Warren Property Dispute

Bill of Complaint and other miscellaneous documents. It looks like the cover to the case has been defaced with graffiti.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 37 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Henry G. Dent v. George G. Dent, et al. Shelby Estate Dispute

Defendants: George G. Dent, Annie C. Dent, Mrs. Sarah L. Dent, Susan D. Dent, Lee Baggett, Mary E. Baggett, William M. Randolph, Trustee; C.W. Frayser, W.A. Wheatley, Nolan Fontaine, Trustee; W.C. Sloan. Estate of Henry G. Dent, Sr. (dec.) Properties along DeSoto St., Beale St., Memphis. DeSoto Building & Loan Association. Case concerns sale of properties by Henry Jr. and dower/homestead of Sarah L. Dent. 2 folders.

 West Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 730 457 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 H. C. Polk et al. v. A. Gunther et al Shelby Estate Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: E. A. Burrow, A. G. Burrow, H. B. Chambers, A. T. Chambers, Amanda Shepherd, B. A. Shepherd, Aaron Polk, Lee Polk, John Polk and William Polk Additional Defendants: Laura O. Gunther and John A. Taylor

 West Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 769 167 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Hugh Leslie v. P. B. Ballinger, et al. Decatur Property Dispute

Estate of Aaron Ballinger, dec. 1898. Tract of land, 110 acres. G.W. Hollowell, Add.. defendant in this case, purchased 70 acres. Hannah J. Ballinger (half sister, defendant); Cheatham Ballinger, Aaron Ballinger, Alice Ballinger, Fannie Ballinger. Property in question was located in 8th Civil Dist., Decatur Co., TN. Original 200-acre tract of Moses Ballinger.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 800 57 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 James B. Riley v. James King Knox Land and Title Dispute

Case file is incomplete; brief only.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 69 1 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 J. C. Neely v. Sam Rembert Shelby Contract Dispute and Damages West Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 825 24 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 J. W. Dickinson v. W. J. Abston Shelby Mortgage Dispute

Interested parties: J. H. Ward, Lucy C. Ward, Louis Stubblefield, B. R. Miller, B. R. Dunn Cause of Action: Mortgage Fraud?

 West Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 831 145 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 John S. Simmons v. Harriet A. Bailey & E. E. Bailey Fayette Land and Title Dispute West Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 835 60 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 J. W. Crudgington v. W. J. Hogan, et al. Knox Debt Dispute

Incomplete case file. Short brief only. Suit seeks to establish the legality of garnishing accounts and income in order to recover a debt.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 7 1 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 John Baring, et al. v. Ike Jobe, et al. Debt Dispute

Additional Defendants: H. H. Carr, E. C. Reeves, and J. L. Carty. Case file is incomplete; brief only.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 69 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 J. H. Whitaker et al. v. T. J. Whitaker et al. Putnam Land and Title Dispute

Case concerns the ownership of coal rights and royalties due for a specific tract of land in Putnam Co. Add. Plaintiff: W. W. Cooper. Add. Defendants: Monterey Coal Co., Nashville Coal Co., Nashville & Knoxville Railroad Co., W. R. Jones, W. L. Danley, J. H. Ambrose, John S. Knox, J. R. Sneed.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 486 263 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 J. H. P. Westbrook v. M. B. Thompson, et al. Lake Estate Dispute

Other defendants: R. M. Isler; Hany Isler; L. Donalson; May Donalson; Eloise Donalson; Jessie Isler; Meriweather Donalson; Westbrook Donalson; Tschudi Swayne; Norman Donalson.

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 686 72 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 J. G. Thomas, et al. v. W. A. Minton, et al. Gibson Insurance Disputes

Additional complainants: J.W. Howell, Wilson & Flowers Co., J.C. Tilghman, W.L. Howell, John Garrison, Deason & Rankin, R.Z. Taylor, the Kenton Bank, C. R. Wade, R.A. Turner. Defendants: J.C. Tilghman. $3 million life insurance policy with Central Benefit Life Association of Union City, TN.

 West Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 730 63 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 John Earp et al. v. Jesse Edginton Special, admr. et al Shelby Estate Dispute West Range: 91 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 769 450 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 James R. Tomlinson et al. v. S. H. Tomlinson et al. Shelby Estate Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: Sallie A. Wiley and her husband James A. Wiley, Mary Buford and her husband H. C. Buford. Additional defendants: 17 additional defendants listed. Caroline D. Flaherty, deceased.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 793 220 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 James P. Wilson v. E. S. Tippett, et al. & E. S. Tippett, et al. v. J. P. Wilson Land and Title Dispute

Others involved: E. A. Tippett (wife) & Tom Clark, Edna Wilson (wife) & A. E. Hubbard. Bill alleged that Wilson was the owner of a tract of land & he was entitled to the fruits & profits of that land. Meanwhile the Tippetts were cutting & removing valuable timber from that land. This is a convoluted case. Could not identify county or court.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 803 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Joshua Boyd & Josephine Boyd v. Charles E. Jerman admr. et al Crockett Estate Dispute

Josephine Boyd, formerly Josephine Sibley Estate under dispute: A J White and Thomas S Weaver Additional defendants: James Adams, Weno Adams, Sarah Turner, Elizabeth White, Thelitha White, Robert White, Sarah Johnson, A L Fisher, Roten, McCraw, et al No Docket Number Additional Defendants: R T Miller, Annie Miller, R R White, John C White, Samuel White, W P White, Zoarrah White, C E. Sibley, Mattie Sibley, Sallie Sibley, James Bastee, Joe Bastee, B F Simmons, Kate Simmons, H C Gregory, Kate Gregory

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 803 148 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 J. D. Sasser Jr. et al. v. The Mayor & Aldermen of Middleton Hardeman Taxation Disputes

Other plaintiffs: M. Wilson, F. S. Simpson, T. J. Hudson, W. B. Shearin, Billy Shearin, J. W. Wilson, C. M. Wilson, J. S. Sasser, & J. E. Jenkins. Defendants include Mayor C. M. Lambeth and Councilmen C. L. Webb, J. H. Miller, Tom G. Moon, John Jenkins, A. T. Cox, T. P. Neely. The complaint is that the election of the town officers was irregularly conducted, and that taxation is unfair. The lengthy case files are in three folders.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 796 342 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 J. E. Mask, et al. v. Memphis Trust Company Shelby Estate Dispute

Estate of W. P. Dunavant. Additional plaintiffs: Dora Mask, B. F. Dunavant, W. A. Dunavant, Mrs. B. F. Dunavant, W. E. Brown, Ella Brown, Marguerite D. May, Harry May.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 796 163 Order A Copy

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