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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 | 1908 | Harper Bedford & wife, who sue for use of William Ball & Co. v. W. A. Gage & Co. | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Case concerns a plantation called Pillow Mound Place in Arkansas. |
West | Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1138 | 128 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1908 | J. A. Mann, et. al. v. The Board& Alderman of the Town of Brownsville & Robert N. Bond | Haywood | Breach of Contract |
Additional plaintiffs listed as Dr. A. Battle, Dr. H. P. Hudson, James Tipton, W. W. Wagner, H. L. Currie, George Hertz, Richard Hofrichter, T.W. Pope, J.C. Pracht, W.T. Bullifin, Henry Buford, B.W. Ross, Robert W. Kinney, James Kinney, L.G. Covington, L.S. Covington, T.A. Freeman, B.C. Miles, Thomas McKinnon, C.C. Hickle, Vernon Mann, et al. Too numerous to type in allotted space. Case deals with leasing of the operation of the city water works plant. |
West | Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1170 | 394 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1908 | Louisville Cotton Oil Company v. Crescent Cotton Oil Company | Shelby | Breach of Contract | West | Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1142 | 562 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1908 | Mary M. Wood& W. C. Wood v. Chicago Life Insurance Company | Haywood | Breach of Contract |
Alternate Defendant name: Mutual Life Insurance Company of Illinois Cause of Action: Failure to pay on life-insurance policy upon the death of Jesse Wood Partial Docket Number: 1907… |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 935 | 145 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1908 | State National Bank v. East End Railway Co. | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
This case involves the sale of the East End Railway Co. from one party to another. There were many stipulations in the contract and now the parties are in disagreement as to whether or not the conditions of the contract have been upheld. Brief included. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 938 | 85 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1908 | Voigtmann & Company et al. v. Southern Railway Company et al. | Knox | Breach of Contract |
Deposition of W. H. Garvey, witness for the Complainant. Garvey was superintendent of Oliver Sollitt Company on the Coster Car Shops. Contracts not completed due to lack of funds to continue the work. Exhibits are too numerous to list separately. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 716 | 170 | Order A Copy |