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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. W. Stovall, et al. v. A. D. Barnes, et al. | Madison | Debt for Rent |
Exhibits: Ledger sheets. Additional plaintiff: William Thompson. Additional defendant: D. M. Barnes. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1277 | 159 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Columbia Military Academy v. Louis Woods et al. | Shelby | Debt |
Additional defendant: Walter Goodman. Cause of action: debt for tuition and expenses. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1293 | 132 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | C. C. Fast v. W. Lucado | Shelby | Debt |
Items purchased: two mules |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1098 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Citizens Bank et. Al. v. Henry A. Klyce Co. et. Al. | Dyer | Debt |
Additional plaintiff: Mercantile Bank & Trust Co. Additional defendant: The Hess Warming & Ventilating Co. Amount of debt was $7000. Debt was for the cost to install a Hess Pneumatic Grain Drier & Cooler at the Henry A. Klyce Co. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1294 | 178 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | C. M. McClung et al. v. George Parnell et al. | Scott | Debt |
Add. Pla: Trotter Brothers, a mercantile firm, The Handley-Goodman Grocery Co. and Cowan McClung and Co., a mercantile firm. Add. Def. New River Lumber Co. Plaintiffs claim Parnell is indebted to them for goods, wares, merchandise sold and delivered as well as promissory notes. Plaintiffs further claim that the New River Lumber Co. is indebted to Parnell. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1299 | 126 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | D. M. Meredith, admr. v. First National Bank of Tullahoma | Coffee | Debt Settlement |
J. L. Dibrell of White County died May 1910 leaving a will which appointed Meredith as admr. cum testamento anexo and qualified as such admr. and entered upon the discharge of the duties of trust. Dibrell in his lifetime borrowed for defendant $6700 & executed 2 notes. Only security taken was stock in Bon Air Coal & Iron Co. This stock and equal amount of said notes were sold and applied to the credit. However, Dibrell's estate insolvent and the defendant lost the majority of these notes. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 998 | 47 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | E. G. Butler, trading as The Butler Lumber& Shingle Company v. M. L. Heidel, et al. | Shelby | Debt |
Additional defendants: J. F. Heidel, Coe & Johnson (a firm comprised of M. E. Coe & L. H. Johnson), Germania Savings Bank and Trust Company. Debt for lumber and building materials for house remodel. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1297 | 438 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Emma Sanders v. New Prospect Baptist Church et. Al. | Shelby | Debt |
Additional defendants: E. D. Cherry, Madison Coleman, S. C. Coleman, Robert Cook, Henry Smith, Charles Johnson, Frank Patterson, Thomas Cockrell, Roy Cockrell, Max Halperin, G. A. Griffin. Sanders sued to collect on 2 notes owed by the church. Notes were originally due to N. S. Sanders. Emma is the widow of N. S. Sanders. Total debt was $8580 plus interest. Money was used by the church to erect a building. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1310 | 256 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | E. J. Wirfs v. Annie Merriwether | Shelby | Debt for Rent | West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1268 | 33 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | Frances Reems v. T. H. Hayes | Shelby | Debt |
Reems is sued Hayes for "debt due by promissory note, $173.00" plus $1.80 interest. Plaintiff's name is also spelled "Francis Reems" at various points in the document, but she is described as "a single woman," so "Frances" is more likely to be correct. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 858 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Fruit Growers Bank v. F. H. Herhold, et al,& E. B. Hill & Brother v. F. H. Herhold, et al,& F. H. Herhold v. R. Ihlenburg, et al | Weakley | Debt |
Debt due on promissory note. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1088 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Ford Motor Company, for the use & benefit of the Frankland Carriage Company v. John G. Walters | Weakley | Debt |
Also called Franklin Carriage Company of some of the documents. Debt of $213.75 for purchase of automobiles. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1100 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Forrester& Forrester v. W. R. Thomas | Gibson | Debt, Balance on |
Plaintiffs: W. A. Forrester, J. M. Forrester, d/b/a Forrester & Forrester Real Estate Brokerage. Defendants: W. R. Thomas, J. G. Thomas, L. F. Smith. Debt due for services- remaining amount of $200 in contract for $2,000.00 for selling tract of land for defendant Thomas in Gibson Co., 1909. Court decision appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals, Jackson, TN. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1327 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | G. T. Taylor& Company v. Yazoo& Mississippi Valley Railroad Company | Shelby | Debt |
Cause of action: debt by way of the defendant appropriating a railway car of corn from the plaintiff and selling it without their permission. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1092 | 136 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | H. Voight v. J. T. Sledge | Shelby | Debt for Wages |
Stated cause of action: "debt due by contract for work and labor done and material furnished in the construction of residence…in Memphis." |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1081 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | H. G. Pickard v. Morris Walsh, et al. | Shelby | Debt on Account |
Plea of debt due for labor performed as a mechanic in the sum of $14.70, under $500.00. R. M. Martin, contractor. Defendants: Morris Walsh, Mrs. Jennie Breen, Mrs. Morris Walsh, Mrs. O'Reilly, and R. M. Martin. Business located at S. Fourth St., Memphis. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1309 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | H. H. Cooper v. the Bloodine Corporation | Madison | Debt on Account |
Plea of debt due by account under $500.00. Bloodine Corp., chartered in State of Massachusetts; dealer in drugs and medicinal supplies. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1307 | 76 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | I. J. Bloom v. Armstrong Furniture Company | Shelby | Debt on Account |
Plea of debt due by account, $88.25, or under $500.00. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1309 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | I. F. McLean v. Madigan & Walsh Company | Shelby | Debt on Account |
Lawsuit is for the value of a carload of Circle White Oak Burbon (sic) heading sold, shipped to defendant from plaintiff's factory in Nashville, Tenn., 12 Feb. 1907. Valued at $1,721.47 plus 6% interest. Judgment was appealed to the Tennessee Court of Civil Appeals in Jackson. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1263 | 521 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | J. E. Cobb v. C. B. Parker, et al | Shelby | Debt |
Additional defendant: Paul W. Evans. Debt due on notes for purchase of diary farm materials. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1091 | 191 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | J. D. Stowers v. Baxter Ware | Shelby | Debt |
Debt due for professional services under $500. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1306 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | John O. Carroll v. Consumers Coal Company | Shelby | Debt on Account |
Plea of debt due by account, $10.25, or under $500.00. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1309 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | John W. Hunter v. R. A. Swadley, et al. | Washington | Debt Dispute |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 90 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Jerome P. Parker Harris Co. v. Louie Mitchell | Shelby | Debt on Account | West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1090 | 55 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | J. E. Cobb v. O. B. Parker | Shelby | Debt | West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1090 | 10 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | Johnston & Fleming v. George H. Glascock | Shelby | Debt |
Debt for repairing a well at the Memphis Brewering Co. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1276 | 169 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | McAdoo-Ridley Co. v. Max Halperin | Shelby | Debt on Account |
Suit is to recover $345.50, debt due by account under $500. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 858 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Nelson Perkins v. Levi Roberts | Henry | Debt on Account |
Nelson Perkins is sued Levi Roberts for $469.85.. Perkins borrowed $200.00 from Roberts to purchase some timber on some land and he made a verbal contract with defendant to sell and deliver to him cross ties at an agreed price. Defendant has never paid for the cross ties. Includes a ledger book. |
West | Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1520 | 168 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Nolan Bros. Lumber Co., for the use of the National City Bank v. Gayoso Lumber Company | Shelby | Debt |
Debt due on account. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1296 | 49 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | P. G. Dodge Lumber Co. v. O. G. Gardner Lumber Co., et al. | Haywood | Debt |
Co-defendants: T. E. Mercer, Jim Justice, C. E. Pigford, Hatchie Lumber Co., & Mercer-Justice Lumber Co. The plaintiff questions timber cutting on a piece of property that had been earmarked to pay off a debt, and charges those involved with kiting. Cause of action: injunction against further cutting and settlement of debt. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 858 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | P. G. Dodge Lumber Company v. O. G. Gardner Lumber Company et al | Haywood | Debt |
Incomplete case. See box 858 for further materials. Additional defendants but possibly incomplete: Hatchie Lumber Co., T. E. Mercer, R. R. Sneed, Mercer-Justice Lumber Co. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1116 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Rogers Cotton Cleaner & Gin Co. v. Rodgers Cotton Cleaner & Machinery Co., et. Al. | Shelby | Debt on Account |
Additional defendant: N. S. Sherman Machinery & Iron Works. Debt was for goods sold to defendant. Amount of debt was $1716.92. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1311 | 175 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | S. I. Cockroft, Trustee v. William H. Carroll | Shelby | Debt |
Cockroft was representing the bankrupt estates of A. J. Perry, E. B. Carroll, and the Oasis Lumber & Timber Co. Amount of debt listed as $3100. Includes printed copy of "Statement of the Case, Assignments of Error, Brief and Argument on Behalf of William H. Carroll" and "Brief of Appellee" William Carroll. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1310 | 356 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Three States Lumber Company v. Twin City Box Factory, Inc., et al. | Shelby | Debt on Account |
Plaintiff is corporation chartered in State of Wisconsin. Defendant company is chartered in State of Minnesota. Additional defendant: Adirondack Fire Insurance Co., New York. Company & contents destroyed by fire, 2 June 1910, Memphis. Exhibit: Decision, Supreme Court of Minnesota, State of Minnesota v. Twin City Box Factory, Corp., April 1911. Court judgment appealed to Court of Civil Appeals, Jackson. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1301 | 105 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | W. A. Craddock v. R. J. Smiddy | Shelby | Debt | West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1268 | 22 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | W. D. Wilkerson v. The Edgewood Distilling Company | Shelby | Debt |
Wilkerson sued claiming the defendant owed him $325.00 as a commission for work done selling a piece of land owned by the defendant in Arkansas. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1302 | 81 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | W. Q. Hosac et al. v. W. L. Williams | Bradley | Debt |
Add. Pla. H. C. Cooper and G. E. Mauk for the use of W. Q. Hosac and G. E. Mauk. Pla. claim they entered into a contract with the Def. to complete construction work on a residence being built in the town of Cohutts, GA for said Def. Def. claims the work completed was unskillful, and because of the poor quality he was unable to insure the building. Def. has since refused to pay the Pla. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1308 | 122 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company v. C. S. Gladden | Shelby | Debt |
Suit concerns defendant's failure to pay for a shipment of logs. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1081 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Z. Watts v. J. R. Briggs | Shelby | Debt |
debt for rent under $500 |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1275 | 8 | Order A Copy |