Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry 1881 Adam Moorer (col.) v. Peter Fitzpatrick Lauderdale Breach of Bond

Plaintiff was bound as an apprentice.

 West Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 172 135 Order A Copy
View Entry 1881 A. A. Vaughn v. A. J. Vaughn et al Obion Breach of Bond

Additional Defendants: T. W. Dickerson & W. R. Hogan. Defendant A. J. Vaughn father & guardian of A. A. Vaughn; Dickerson & Hogan A. J. Vaughn's securities. Guard Document appointing A. J. Vaughn guardian mistakenly refers to plaintiff as A. J. Vaughn.

 West Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 184 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1891 A. J. Barton, et al. v. Litt Lett, et al Cost Bond

Additional plaintiffs: G. A. Ward, J. M. Davidson, J. B. Ward, H. C. Ward, J. L. McAdams, S. J. Hillis, D. W. Scates, John Wish, H. C. Watkins, J. D. Barton, J. W. Farlip, W. H. Baker, J. B. Mullins, W. L. Barton, J. D. L. Whittaker, J. E. McLerky Additional defendants: S. W. Lafon, T. J. Little

 West Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 335 60 Order A Copy
View Entry 1881 Asa Faulkner et al. v. Sam Brown et al.. Warren Bond Dispute

Additional plaintiffs - H. H. Faulkner and R. Kennedy - additional defendants - David Coppinger, R. W. Spanks, Joe Sanders and J. B. Brooks

 Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 A. L. Spears, guardian of Emma Hooner v. G. T. Smith, et al. Marion Breach of Bond

Additional defendants: B. Lassiter and H. L. Bible. Case plaintiffs charge that, as her former guardian, Smith took money intended for Hooner, a minor. See boxes ET 1694 and ET 1681 for additional pages.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 71 458 Order A Copy
View Entry 1947 Arthur C. Lunceford v. Marie Parks Lunceford Hamilton Bond Dispute East Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 263 22 Order A Copy
View Entry 1905 Albert McDougal v. The Convent of The Good Shepherd Shelby Bond West Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 763 34 Order A Copy
View Entry 1869 A. M. Gawble, James W. French, & Thomas Pickens v. Horace Maynard, George Brown, & L.C. Hawk Blount Bond Dispute

Mentions earlier case in which court ruled in favor of defendants for $690. Plaintiffs now argue that the decree was rendered without notice and that they were ignorant of it until have court adjourned. Plaintiffs further argue that judgment is erroneous and unfair to them. They also claim no knowledge of bonds entered into the records of the court. Plaintiffs' property will be sold to satisfy decree unless superseded by current court.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1185 15 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 Ben Stewart v. Amos A. Thompson Chester Bond Dispute West Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 398 23 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 B. P. Bashaw v. Burritt College, Trustees Coffee Bond

Same or related case: MT Box 730.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 669 23 Order A Copy
View Entry 1860 Benjamin P. Clark et al. v. State et al. Davidson Bond Dispute

Plaintiff J. E. Dromgoole is the father of poet Will Allen Dromgoole. Add. Plaintiffs: John B. James, John E. Dromgoole, R. W. Moss. Add. Defendant: Bank of Tennessee.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 489 270 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 Bernard Lowenstein, et al. v. Patrick McCadden, et al. Shelby Bond Dispute

Other plaintiffs: Elias Lowenstein. Other defendants: Martin Kelly; J. E. Mask; Memphis Trust Company, admr. of W. P. Dunnavant, dec.

 West Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 622 192 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Bertha C. McVey v. Frank Burns et al. Hamilton Bail Bond

Additional Defendant: Peabody Howard, Atty.-Gen. of 6th Judicial Dist.; Burns Hamilton Co. Sheriff. Plaintiff, wife of Charles E. McVey, argues that her unauthorized signature was used on a bond for F. M. James, charged with drunken driving. James absconded & forfeited the bond; land owned by the McVeys was taken by the court to satisfy the judgment. Mrs. McVey argues that they have no liability as their attorneys were only authorized to sign their names to civil bonds. Any other use is forgery.

 East Range: 8 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 982 42 Order A Copy
View Entry 1930 Bank of Huntington, et al. v. Carroll County, et al. Carroll Bond Dispute

Addtl pltf: Farmers State Bank. Addtl dfnt: D. A. Burkhalter, Judge of County Court of Carroll County. Pltfs. sued to have 2 undelivered, but agreed upon bonds be aned, rescinded, vacated, & for nothing held. Pltfs. entered agreement with dfnts. To buy from them bonds in the aggregate sum of $96,000. Bonds issued for refunding a bond issue made by the county April 1925 for $40,000 issued and sold under Chapter 120 of the Private Acts of 1921, passed by 62nd State General Assembly.

 West Range: 77 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 2088 53 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 Baley Buttram et al.v. State et al Scott Bond Dispute

Pla. sued State & others re: judgment entered Emsley Jeffers & Ptlffs (as his securities) for revenue collected & to have been accounted for by Jeffers as Scott County Revenue Collector for 1865. Pla. disputing authority for bond, for which original documents have gone missing.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1227 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 C. T. Inslee v. Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad Co. et al Shelby Bond Dispute

Additional Defendant: Taxing District of Shelby Co., TN. Inslee citizen of New York

 West Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 216 70 Order A Copy
View Entry 1924 C. A. Webb & Company v. Lona Wolfe, et al. Polk Bond Dispute

Case file is incomplete; opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 1 Order A Copy
View Entry 1890 C. W. Cottrell v. J. C. Tuberville Weakley Cost Bond West Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 335 196 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 C. N. Grosvenor v. City of Memphis Shelby Bond Dispute West Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 368 27 Order A Copy
View Entry 1899 Charles H. Oehm, et al. v. W. V. Holley, et al Shelby Breach of Bond

Additional plaintiffs: Charles W. Oehm. Additional defendants: Frank Trimble

 West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 725 60 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 City of Memphis v. Robert C. Brinkley et al. Shelby Bond Dispute

Other defendants: Wm. B. Waldron, Sam Tate, Moses J. Wicks, Pinckney C. Bethel, Edward W. Mumford, N.B. Forrest, Edgar McDavitt, James M. White, Memphis & Charleston RR Co., John Overton, William Dickson, J.C. Dougherty.

 West Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 41 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 City of Memphis v. Memphis Savings Bank Shelby Bond Dispute

Memphis Savings Bank questions whether the City of Memphis has the right to call a "series" of its bonds.

 West Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 511 45 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 C. C. Cantrell, admr & John H. Bradley et al. v. Jackson Bradley et al Sumner Bond Dispute

Administrator of G.W. Allen. et al.described as John H. and Jackson Bradley as defendants, but case named John. H. Bradley a plaintiff. Bond and estate dispute.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 803 126 Order A Copy
View Entry 1920 Crane Company v. W. W. Tucker admr. of E. B. Curtiss, dec., et al Madison Breach of Bond

Crane Co. organized in Illinois; E. B. Curtiss entered into bond with the city of Henderson to install a heating system in the high school with a cost of $1600 additional defendants: Jere I. Galbraith, J. H. Davidson, S. B. Smith, O. L. McCallum, J. M. McCorkle, J. G. Hardeman, J. A. Ward and W. C. Reams

 West Range: 79 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1602 275 Order A Copy
View Entry 1852 Dustin S. Dunn v. L. Mino Bentley et al. Lawrence Bond Dispute

Additional Defendants: George T. Hughes, W. B. Chaffin, J. Lum Chaffin, executors of William Chaffin, deceased. In December 1852, Daniel Bentley, deceased sold to the W. B. Chaffin and T. E. Harwell a certain town lot on the public square in Lawrenceburg. Case appears to involve a bond dispute over the town lot.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 19 255 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 D. Weaver T'R v. T. C. Bleckley Shelby Bond Dispute

Involves bond issues for Confederate soldiers and their wives.

 West Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 15 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 D. Deaderick v. United Electric Railway, et al. Davidson Breach of Bond

Addtl dfnts: Dr. William Morrow, Frank C. Morrow, W. C. Dibbrell, Lewis T. Baxter, Jas. B. Richardson, Jas. H. Yarbrough, Wm. Duncan, E. B. Criddle, M. T. Bryan, Russell Duncan, H. W. Buttorff, T. O. Morris, C. H. Sharpe, and J. H. Thomas. Deaderick was a share holder of the Nashville and Edgefield Street R.R. Co. before it grew into dfnt. co. Despite claims of fraudulent contracts, the stocks of the initial company were never paid out or recognized before stocks of the various companies were consolidated.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 979 176 Order A Copy
View Entry 1878 Executors of John B. Rodgers, et al. v. M. C. Dibrell et al. White Breach of Bond

Additional Complainants: W. R. Smith and George W. Anderson. Additional Defendant: G.G. Dibrell. One of the early claims of this dispute was heard by a so-called "rebel" court in Sparta during the war.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 40 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1919 E. M. Foster et al. v. A. H. Roberts et al. Davidson Bond Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: H. G. Hill, Gerald Howard, Marshall Hitckiss, Walter Stokes, Jr., John L. Kennedy Jr., C. S. Brown, A. L. Kornman, and Charles B. Loventall. Additional defendants: John B. Thomason, Hill McAlister, and Ike B. Stevens

 Middle Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 142 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1924 Englewood Milling Co. v. J. P. Thompson McMinn Bond Dispute

Case file is incomplete; opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 1 Order A Copy
View Entry 1924 E. J. Thomas v. J. S. Gill, Sr. Grainger Bond Dispute

Case file is incomplete; opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 1 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Company v. George M. Branner, et al., exe. Of John R. Branner, dec. Knox Bond Dispute

The E.T., V & G. railroad company sued the defendants for $13,547.08 for proceeds of bonds sold by John R. Branner, former President and Chief Financial Officer of the railroad co. The plaintiff charged that John R. Branner fraudulently and without authority placed 100 bonds of $1000 each on deposit with C. Porrell Green & Co., an insolvent banking firm, and for failing to withdraw them upon knowing this as well as for converting bonds for his own and his brother's use.

 East Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1250 39 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 First National Bank v. Nashville Street Railway et al. Davidson Bond Dispute

Additional parties: Richard Wiggin

 Middle Range: 37 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1193 90 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 Francis M. White et al. v. John Canepo et al. Shelby Bond Dispute

Other plaintiffs: C. F. Vance and E. E. Clark. Case involves the estate of John Canepo, who died of yellow fever, intestate and without heirs. Plaintiffs claim that they never served as security for Public Administrator James A. Anderson, and that administrative bonds for which they are said to be responsible were never issued.

 West Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 37 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 F. M. White, et al. v. John A Weaver, et al. Shelby Bond Dispute

Co-complainants: C. F. Vance, & E. E. Clark. Weaver, surviving son of J. B. & Martha C. Weaver, dec., requests that Judge J. A. Anderson be named admr of his parents' estate. Plaintiffs say they are not liable as sureties in Anderson's bond.

 West Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 37 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1882 First National Bank of Charleston v. Memphis& Charleston Railroad Co. Shelby Bond West Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 197 61 Order A Copy
View Entry 1928 Fowler Bros. & Co. v. Grover Davis Knox Bond Dispute

Case file is incomplete; opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 1 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 George W. Martin, admr. of William Martin, dec. v. John Somens, exe. of James Somens, dec. Weakley Bond Dispute

The bond dispute is over a Prosecution Bond worth $250. Ethel Somens, L. C. Castleman, John A. Gilchrish, Jacob Somens, Susan Garrett, Jesse Garrett, Ben F. Castleman, Alice Josephine Castleman, Albert Castleman, Dasis Annie Castleman, Napoleon Bonaparte Castleman, etc……

 West Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 46 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 George H. Young, et al. v. Joseph B. Mitchie, et al. Madison Bond Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: William Dickson and W. D. Dunn. Additional defendants: R.M. May and the Mobile & Ohio Railroad. George Young resided in Mississippi. Dickson and Dunn were from Alabama. Michie and May were from Madison County, Tennessee.

 West Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 29 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 G. W. Terry et al. v. W. H. Blackman Sumner Bond Dispute

Plaintiffs seek to collect on debts owed by Defendant. Because Defendant is in default, Plaintiffs seek to collect from his securities. Add. Plaintiffs: Mrs. G. W. Terry, Thomas Lloyd, B. W. Thompson, R. Wilson, J. R. Walsh.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 520 43 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 G. G. Dibrell et al. v. W. B. Cummings et al. White Breach of Bond

Case includes counter-suit of W. B. Cummings et al. v. G. G. Dibrell et al. Other defendant: Mary C. Cummings. Other plaintiffs: James Dibrell & William Turner. Suit alleges that Cummings died when he was still in office as Circuit Court Clerk, and that he still held county funds that he had collected. Suit was filed to collect those funds claimed by plaintiffs. Complete title of complaint is "injunction and attachment," as well as "breach of bond."

 Middle Range: 37 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1217 53 Order A Copy
View Entry 1914 Green Massie et al.v. C. P. Pope et al Shelby Bond

All are members of New Philadelphia Baptist Church in White Station, Shelby Co.; members collected over $300 deposited it in the Solvent Savings Bank & Trust; claim that Pope did not confer with congregation before withdrawing all the funds

 West Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1477 42 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 G. W. Hoodenpyle v. White County White Bond Dispute

Hoodenpyle bought 25 interest-bearing bonds ($50 each) issued by White County, some of which County paid but some of which are due & owing; hence this suit. County claimed bonds were not validly issued. Court ruled in county's favor. Exhibit: page-sized bond w/interest coupons attached

 Middle Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 832 25 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 Gwynn Foster v. Thomas B. Allison& George W. Beavers Bedford Breach of Bond Middle Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 74 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 George J. Clements et al. v. State for the use of James F. Scott Smith Breach of Bond

Additional plaintiff: Ira W. King. Scott sued Clements and King for breach of an apprentice bond, given by plaintiffs and James Stiwalt as suretites in 1859. Scott was then 13 or 14 years old and according to the bond he would remain as apprentice till he was 21. However without plaintiffs consent Scott joined the U. S. Army they could not regain possession of him. Scott claimed Clements beat him severly with a stick and that he did not receive education or clothes as was stipulated in the bond.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 25a 142 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 George T. Riggs, Guardian of Cleo Daughtery v. John Lea, et al. exe. Of Samuel Tunnel, dec. Anderson Bond Dispute

Bonds are part of an estate settlement. Additional defendants: W. L. Foster.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 951 310 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 Geo. L Davis, et al. v. Peter Jones, et al. Bond Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: not listed. Additional defendants: Robert Rodgers and Campbell Brown. Davis sued Jones and his sureties for a lost Guardianship Bond.

 East Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1583 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1882 H. Amy& Co. et al. v. Memphis & Charleston RR et al. Shelby Bond Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: Gustave Ludwig Hoppenstedt (who, with Henry Amy, comprised H. Amy & Co.), Patrick McNichol, and William M. Randolph. Additional Defendant: Taxing District of Shelby County.

 West Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 205 91 Order A Copy
View Entry 1914 Hunt-Berlin Coal Company v. William B. McGee& the Empire State Company of New York Shelby Bond

Branch office of Empire State Company of New York in Memphis, TN; McGee transferred liability under bond to Hunt-Berlin Coal; McGee liable to Hunt-Berlin for bond in the sum of $1200 with interest

 West Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1345 98 Order A Copy
View Entry 1940 H. A. Clayton v. The Read House Company Hamilton Bond Dispute

Exhibits: deed of trust, contract, notes, bonds, correspondence, excerpts of proceedings from directors' meeting, check, balance sheets, lists of officers and directors of Read House, minutes, checks, depositions.

 East Range: 7 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 576 684 Order A Copy

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