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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 | 1916 | Ayer & Lord Tie Co. v. R. H. Dunaway & wife, Cora A. Dunaway | Henry | Breach of Contract |
Illinois railroad tie company sued Dunaway alleging they breached 1906 contract to sell timber rights on Cora's Henry City tract of 1200 acres on the Tennessee River & on the Kentucky state line. In 1913, TN passed legislation emancipating married women. So Cora then filed suit on her own against tie company & her husband, Robert H. Dunaway. Dispute over type of timber to be taken off the land (only red & white oak, which was suitable for railroad ties) & status of account between the parties. |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1388 | 344 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | C. Sweeny v. J. N. Thomason | Henry | Breach of Contract |
Sweeny was a brick mason contracted to build a house for the defendant. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 149 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | City of Paris v. Cumberland T& T Co. | Henry | Breach of Contract | West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1483 | 1002 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1920 | City of Paris v. Cumberland Telephone& Telegraph Company | Henry | Breach of Contract |
Plaintiff is sued defendant for breaching the contract to do business in their city by not "providing good service" as well as not paying rents for telephone poles erected within the city. The amount stated is $3024. |
West | Range: 78 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1632 | 241 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1925 | C. J. Milliken et al. v. A. A. Doty et al.. | Henry | Breach of Warranty |
Additional plaintiffs: Herman H. Milliken. Additional defendants: W. D. Cooper, T. W. Doty, Chelsey Alexander, Mrs. Sunshine Doty, Mrs. Lizzie Cooper, Mrs. Kate Alexander & Mrs. Ethel Doty. Plaintiffs bought 3 tracts of land from defendants and after moving onto said land they had it surveyed and the surveyor found that it was only 237 acres instead of the 270 acres they paid for. In 1912, 32 acres of land near land in question had been sold to F. H. Bellamy. Plat map is located on page 62. |
West | Range: 78 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1839 | 201 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1915 | Dunlop Milling Company v. Noble-Overby Company | Henry | Breach of Contract |
The plaintiff, a Clarksville mill that manufactured and sold flour, contracted with the defendant for the sale of flour, part of which the defendant refused to pay. The plaintiff's attorney was Austin Peay. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1355 | 352 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1913 | F. M. McClure et al.v. Johnson Porter Clay Company et al | Henry | Breach of Contract |
Additional plaintiffs: wife and J.P. McClure; additional defendant: Joel M. Porter |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1308 | 180 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | G. W. Swar v. S. J. Taylor | Henry | Breach of Contract | West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 604 | 227 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1911 | George Chennell v. James Wright et al. | Henry | Breach of Contract |
Other defendant: Mrs. Wright, defendant's wife. The contract involved an agreement by the defendants to care for the plaintiff for the rest of his life, after which they would take him home to Iowa to be buried and would receive all that remained of his estate. When the defendants refused to give him some of the money he had given to them for his care, he questioned what they were doing with that money. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 915 | 142 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1915 | H. L. Smith v. Sam Looney | Henry | Breach of Contract |
H.L. Smith is sued Sam Looney for $300.00 plus interest due him for commission as real estate agent per written contract for finding a buyer for Looney's property. Looney refused to close the deal even though the buyer was willing to pay full price. |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1471 | 216 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1927 | John Goodlow v. John W. Bobo, et al | Henry | Breach of Contract |
Other defendant: D.E. Bomar. Goodlow and Bobo, both African American, entered into an oral contract, later made written, where Goodlow purchased 1/2 interest in a tract of timber, paying Bobo (who owned the land) $50.00 in cash. Bomar held the mortgage. The contract stated Goodlow would work the tract and get timber, and that timber would be delivered to the railroad station in Paris, TN. Bobo contracted to sell timber to another party, preventing Goodlow from selling to railroad as allowed in contract. |
West | Range: 77 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1915 | 80 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1919 | J. M. Buckner v. J. L. Clark | Henry | Breach of Contract |
Plaintiff sued claiming he had a contract with defendant for the supply 3000 pounds of tobacco. Plaintiff claimed only 920 pounds was delivered and defendant had begun selling tobacco to others for a higher price than agreed to in the contract. |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1748 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | P. A. Sullivan v. Union Land Co. | Henry | Breach of Contract |
Case regards a contract dispute over Union's payment of a land sale commission. Folder contains Brief for Appellants, complainant's brief, and testimony. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 536 | 141 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | State (for the use of G. F. Foy) v. Levi Simmons, et al. | Henry | Breach of Bond |
Additional Defendants: A. Gibson and Caroline Williams, executrix for R. J. Williams. Levi Simmons is guardian to Nancy Josephine Foy and Grief Franklin Foy, minor orphans of B. F. Foy, dec. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 51 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | William Puckett & C. C. Porter v. G. H. Bugg | Henry | Breach of Contract |
Plaintiffs purchased barber furniture & fixtures from defendant. Defendant established a competing barber shop in Paris, TN in violation of an agreement with plaintiffs. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 181 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1927 | W. B. Bailey v. T. H. Barnes | Henry | Breach of Contract |
Pltf. was hired by dfnt. to live on his farm land to pick and plant crops from 1926 through 1927. Part of this contract entailed the pltf. was to resign from a better paying job. Without warning or notice Barnes sold the land and refused to uphold the payment end of the contract. |
West | Range: 77 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1916 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1927 | W. F. Pollock, et al. v. Frank Core, et al. | Henry | Breach of Contract |
Addt'l pltf: B. F. Pollock. Addt'l dfnt: Addie M. Core. Complaintants rented a dairy farm, land, and implements from the dfnts. Due to the purchase of the wrong hay and dfnts use of a pasture set aside for pltfs use. Despite assurances to not enact the forfieture clause in the contract, dfnts evicted pltfs in June of 1925. Housed in 2 folders. |
West | Range: 77 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1885 | 198 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | Z. L. M. Lester & wife v. W. E. Travis et al. | Henry | Breach of Trust |
Other plaintiffs include F. F. Porter administrator of N Porter deceased, Tim Barhaw, Jo H Porter and David M Scott. Ann M. was wife of Lester. |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 15 | 0 | Order A Copy |