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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 | 1894 | C. Aultman & Co. v. W. T. Sparks et al | Carroll | Breach of Warranty |
Additional Defendant: H. J. Haynes. File consists only of briefs. Plaintiffs appear to be sued for $320 on an unpaid note for a threshing machine purchased from them. Also question as to whether the terms of machines' warranty were honored as thresher was damaged while standing in field belonging to R. W. Haynes. Haynes father of H. J. Haynes & father-in-law of Sparks. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 579 | 70 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1913 | Farnsworth Evans Company v. Blanks Gin Company | Carroll | Breach of Contract |
Complainant brought this suit to recover the loss in weight of 815 bales of cotton and 7 bales of cotton which were sold and shipped to the complainant. Case divided into two folders |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1336 | 330 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | Home Insurance Co. of New York v. L. B. Walker | Carroll | Breach of Contract |
Pltfs. sued to recover payments owed to the by dfnt. for his policy (No.: C. I. 36222), known as a Tennessee Farm Policy, on which they paid out insurance from a fire on Aug. 25, 1931, but never received payment beyond principle investment. Connected to Hartford Fire Ins. v. L. B. Walker (WT2159). |
West | Range: 76 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 2164 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | I. H. Prichard, et al. v. Johnson Toby Construction Co., et al. | Carroll | Breach of Contract |
Addtl pltfs: Tom Jamison, J. P. King, F. A. Wall, W. L. Gooch, Billie Carnal, Miss Lizzie Carnal, Miss Susie Carnal, Mrs. Martha Wall, S. J. Belew, S. M. Pinckney, and R. L. Belew, as the Roan's Creek Drainage District No. 8; Carroll County Board of Dir. Addtl dfnts: J. Sam Johnson, Frank T. Toby, Lewis F. Johnson, and Farmer's State Bank. Pltfs. contracted with dfnts. to build a drainage ditch to Sandy River, contract was not properly fulfilled. See WT 1879. Maps in M-17-19 |
West | Range: 77 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 2051 | 1378 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | P. E. Parker v. George T. McCall, et al | Carroll | Breach of Bond |
Additional defendants J. W. McCall, J. N. Bellew |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 572 | 200 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1906 | R. J. Whitworth et al. v. W. May Brevard | Carroll | Breach of Contract |
Additional Plaintiffs: Polk Alexander and R.W. Bandy (who, along with Whitworth, were residents of Weakley County, Tennessee). |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1038 | 83 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | S. E. Tucker v. C. H. Springer et al. | Carroll | Breach of Contract |
Additional Defendants: L. J. Tosh and Loula Gorden |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 536 | 412 | Order A Copy |