Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1928 Haywood Tuggle v. John Burks Shelby Land and Title Dispute

Question of Tuggle being entitled to an injunction to protect his fence boundaries or if Burks was entitled to enter the land and take a 5 acre tract in the middle that he purchased from Bettie Walker Ex: drawing of Tuggle lands

 West Range: 77 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1925 208 Order A Copy
View Entry 1928 Joseph Meister et al.v. Mrs. S. Steppach Shelby Contract Dispute and Damages

Incomplete case. Additional plaintiffs not known. Two copies of the same filing present: 'Statement of the case, Assignment of Error, Brief and Argument on Behalf of Appellant.' More in WT1972.

 West Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1137 27 Order A Copy
View Entry 1928 Joseph Meister & Julian Allenberg v. Mrs. S. Steppach Shelby Contract Dispute and Damages

Plaintiffs claimed that defendant entered into a contract to purchase property from them located at corner of Peach (Carnes) Avenue and Queen Street in Memphis but failed to complete the purchase. Purchase price was $5000 and included 4 duplex houses and one single house. More in WT1137. Some files found with State v. Frank Abels, et al. (WT2156).

 West Range: 77 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1972 214 Order A Copy
View Entry 1928 N. J. Colquhoun v. Poland Soap Works Shelby Contract Dispute and Damages

Debt due of $175 on verbal and written contract(s) of employment. Carter D. Poland is listed as the president of Poland Soap Company and it is a corporation of Anniston, Alabama, having no office in Tennessee.

 West Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1954 102 Order A Copy
View Entry 1928 Oliver James Hook v. George Hook, et al. Knox Land and Title Dispute

Case includes a petition of certiorari. Case file is incomplete; opinion and correspondence only.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1928 The City of Knoxville v. S. G. Lawson, et al. Knox Land and Title Dispute

Case file is incomplete; opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 3 Order A Copy