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The files located in the Tennessee Supreme Court Cases represent an especially valuable resource for historical and genealogical research at the Tennessee State Library and Archives [TSLA].
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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1912 | A. M. Webb v. Jackson Railway & Lights Co., et al. | Madison | Breach of Contract |
Additional Defendant: Jackson & Suburban Street Railroad Co. Jackson & Sub. St. Railroad Co. transferred all debts and liabilities to Jackson Rwy & Lights Co. - which discharged Webb, who was bound by contract (having lost both feet and suing Jack. & Sub. St. Railroad Co. for negligence in Civil Circuit Court 1900. |
West | Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1162 | 824 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Advance Lumber Company v. M. I. Moore | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
3 folders. Exhibit materials in folder 3. Dispute over vague conditions in lumber contract. Plaintiff states that $16,000 worth of their lumber under the contract was being held in defendant's yard. Company advanced money but never received their share of the product. Includes assignment of error |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1352 | 571 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Cresent Cotton Oil Co. v J .J. Burnett | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Included is a brief for defendant in error; Abstract, assignment of errors and brief by counsel for plaintiff in error |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1262 | 138 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Ed Turner v. McConnell Furniture Co. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
This is the plaintiff's brief for the Court of Civil Appeals in Jackson. There are no other case files. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1073 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Eugene & Mary Laurenzi v. Union Square Land Co. | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Exhibits: The union depot and adjoining plaza Property; Auction sale at Peabody Hotel; original deed; building plans for Union Depot |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1271 | 591 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Fulton Bag& Cotton Mills v. F. W. Brode | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1091 | 170 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | Farnsworth-Evans Co. v. Chicago, Memphis & Gulf Railroad Co., et. al. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional defendant: Illinois Central Railroad Company. Plaintiff sued claiming he hired the railroad to bring bales of cotton from Ridgely, TN to Covington, TN. During transport there was a fire that damaged part of the load. Damages asked for were $1866.07, the difference between the undamaged values of the 50 bales of cotton compared to the sales price received for the damaged bales. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1310 | 151 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Henry J. Long v. Columbus F. Thomas | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Damages for breach of contract, $1,000.00, relative to sale of land, collateral provided by the Barretsville Supply Company. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1263 | 157 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | International Conservatory of Music v. D. P. Ozment | Dyer | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Cause of action: contract for music instruction |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1287 | 97 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | J. M. Steele v. Jerome P. Parker, Harris Company | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Plea for damages for breach of contract in regard to sale of an automobile under $500.00. Automobile in question is an Overland Model 31 5-passenger sedan valued at $600.00. Credit for $145.00 for trade. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1309 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | John J. Ostby v. John Lamogue et al | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Additional defendants: H. B. Everett, W. C. Lowe, L. T. McDonald, L. S. Prescott |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1094 | 110 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | J. R. Perryman v. Gay Ola Co. | Shelby | Breach of Contract | West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1094 | 274 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | John J. Clark v. McMath & Johnson | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Breach of contract by plaintiff, commissions on sale of saw mill and timber on 1,200 acres of land located in Sunflower County, Miss. Judgment of $499.00. Plaintiff John J. Clark resident of Jacksonville, Illinois. Two folders. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1262 | 276 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | J. Y. West, et al. v. Gaar, Scott, & Co. | Lauderdale | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Plaintiffs: J. Y. West, I. P. West, Jr. of Lauderdale Co. Defendants: Garr, Scott & Co., a corporation organized under laws of Indiana, Rufus Campbell, agent; J. W. Watkins, agent. Company retails engine, sawmill, and kindred machinery. Business dispute over three notes borrowed on account, also complaints that machinery failed to function properly. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1282 | 389 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | J. E. Hennessey v. Memphis Automobile Company | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Purchase of used automobile, 20 March 1911, for $900.00, with $200 down payment. Automobile model 1909 Model A 120 Stoddard-Dayton. Plaintiff refused to make payments alleging automobile was unfit for use and "piece of junk." Defendant company states automobile not intended for difficult use by plaintiff. Court decision was appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals, Jackson. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1301 | 108 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | L. M. Weathers v. Charles Loridans | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The case involves the conditions of a contract between an architect and a contractor to build a large commercial building in Memphis. Case has been divided between two folders (cover-269 and 270-end)Documents are copied into the text of the case. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 915 | 543 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | McMath & Johnson v. W. C. White | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Cause of action: contract dispute where the plaintiff is sued the defendant for enforcement of the agreed upon contract. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1073 | 77 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | R. T. Ronaldson et al. v. N. P. Allison | Shelby | Land, Contract Dispute |
Other plaintiff: Margaret Ronaldson. The case concerns what seems to be a misunderstanding about a sale of property - Ronaldson believes he bought the property; Allison said someone else owned the property and Ronaldson had merely purchased a trust deed. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1073 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | T. O. Spacey v. Memphis Telephone Company | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
This is a supplemental brief and argument for defendant-in-error -- there are no other case files. The court that heard the original case is not stated in these documents. This brief is directed to the Court of Civil Appeals in Jackson. The original case seems to have concerned the denial of service, or of specific services, by the telephone company to a customer. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1073 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Thomas O. Vinton v. Cole Manufacturing Company, et. Al. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional defendants: Eagle Sheet Metal Works, J. S. Patterson & Son, Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company. Vinton sued to stop the additional defendants listed from sued him. Amount owed was $826.00. 2 folders. Vinton hired Patterson & Sons to oversee the building of a house for him at the corner of Central Avenue and Melrose Street in Memphis. Patterson had not paid the subcontractors, so Vinton sued to stop liens from being placed on the property. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1310 | 438 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | W. N. Kilpatrick v. J. W. Skinner | Shelby | Breach of Contract | West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1306 | 14 | Order A Copy |