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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1920 | A. N. Kirtland, et al. v. George C. Corbett, et al. | Davidson | Breach of Contract |
Also found in MT box 548. 6 folders. Additional Complainant: Lillie B. Kirtland. Additional Defendant: Sarah B. Corbett. Exhibits: Law Dictionary, Building Laws of the City of Nashville, residential blueprints, architect specifications, contracts. Complainants contracted to build a house for defendants. Defendants then backed out of contract. Complainants claimed they were unable to sell the house or afford the mortgage and lost said house and money invested therein. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 547 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | Berman & Burnett v. May Hosiery Mills | Davidson | Breach of Contract |
2 Folders. |
Middle | Range: 27 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 60 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | C. D. Park v. Henry Harlan, African American | Maury | Breach of Contract | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 397 | 156 | 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 | 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 | 1920 | Fred K' Vietor & Achelis v. Washington Manufacturing Co. | Davidson | Breach of Contract |
The complainants entered into a contract with the defendants for the sale of fabric materials…the defendants attempted to cancel the contract after the materials had been delivered and have failed to return the goods or pay the invoice of $11,336.07 Complainants Carl Vietor, John Vietor, John Achelis, Thomas F. Vietor, Thomas Smidt, and Ernest Vietor doing business as Fred K' & Achelis. Fabric samples included. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 410 | 180 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | General Consumers Company v. Bass Wiles & Foster Willes | Davidson | Breach of Contract | Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 155 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1920 | George S. Williams & Company v. Marion County, et al. | Marion | Breach of Contract |
Other defendants: G. Sherman; T. M. Walker; John T. Raulston; C. T. Williamson; W. A. Cantrell; W. H. Klein; J. F. Tate; Lewis Duncan; Dr. J. T. Fergason. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 451 | 429 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | I. Shemper v. Frank Perkman, et. al. | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Additional defendants: Fannie Brenner; Louis Brenner; J. B. York; Robert York. Plaintiff sued, claiming he had a contract with the defendant to purchase relaying rails. Defendants did not fulfill the order. Sued for $2215 plus interest & costs. |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1649 | 160 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | James E. Stark & Company v. Kelsey Wheel Co., Memphis Plant | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Breach of contract on the part of the defendant to recover $26,472.21. Appeal heard in Middle Division, Tennessee Supreme Court |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 395 | 250 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | J. C. Barnes v. J. L. Harris | Madison | Breach of Contract |
Regarding sale of Gates Rubber Half Sole business |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 460 | 67 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | Lewisburg & Northern Railroad Company v. Southern Surety Company | Davidson | Breach of Bond |
The object of the bill was to collect on judgments rendered against complainant in 3 cases of Eddie Polk v. Lewisburg and Northern Railroad Co., to insure the payments of which judgments by its principal the Walton-McDowell Co., the bond was taken. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 546 | 354 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | Memphis, Helena & Rosedale Packet Co. v. Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke Co., et al. | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Appeal heard in Middle Division, Tenn. Supreme Court. Complainant filed suit, breach of contract is sale of coal "of a grade 'cypress creek run of mine'" for operation of Steamer "Kate Adams" during calendar year of 1916. Defendant alleged not to deliver coal to meet requirements. Includes many exhibits, re: Rand McNally Indexed Pocket Map of Kentucky, Fuel Book of the Steamer "Kate Adams," (1911-12), registered in Arkansas. Known as the "Lovin' Kate." |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1217 | 1034 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | Marks& Anderson v. Smith Brothers Grain Company, et al. | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Additional defendants: Central State National Bank of Memphis, and the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank of Fort Worth, Texas. Not all metal pieces could be removed. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: c Shelf: Box Number: 457 | 96 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | P. A. Sowell, et al. v. Sam Cohn, et al. | Davidson | Breach of Contract |
Plaintiffs: P. A. Sowell, Tennie S. Williamson, Charles S. Williamson, Jr. Defendants: Sam Cohn, Claibourne N. Bryan, B. F. Wilkerson, E. T. Brown. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 166 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | R. F. Maddux, et al. v. Nashville Commercial Club | Davidson | Breach of Contract |
Additional plaintiffs: R. F. Jackson, N. Baxter Jackson |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 455 | 243 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | Southern Publishing Association v. Clements Paper Company | Davidson | Breach of Contract | Middle | Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 138 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1920 | Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. J. K. Jeffries & Son | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Co-Defendant: Norman Jeffries. Defendants are planters, accused of refusing to deliver the contracted amount of cotton seed, and that the complainant had to replace the missing amount at a higher price. Complainant is sued for the difference. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 49 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | The Rowland Company v. Edgar-Morgan Company | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
This case deals with a breach of contract. The two parties entered into a contract for two thousand sacks of mixed feed. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 857 | 138 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | Washington Manufacturing Company v. May Hosiery Mills | Davidson | Breach of Contract | Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 147 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1920 | Wildberg Box Company v. H. W. Darby | Shelby | Breach of Contract | Middle | Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 142 | 0 | Order A Copy |