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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1919 | C. Roland Flick v. Steger & Sons Piano Mfg. Co. et al | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional defendants: Claude P. Street and The Cumberland Valley National Bank |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 140 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | Charles P. Burr & Co. v. W. H. Howe | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Dispute was over the bulk sales of corn by the plaintiff. Exhibits include booklet of exchange. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 708 | 53 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1892 | D. Johnson v. Tennessee Brokerage Association | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The Tennessee Brokerage Association was a futures dealer (Bucket Shop) comprised of S. H. Bell, J. A. Bishop, and Adolph Blitz. Plaintiff states that the defendant's business was to makes bets with customers on the rise and fall of certain commodities. Plaintiff complains that his transactions with the defendant were illegal gambling contracts and is now seeking a return of the money he lost. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 929 | 109 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1919 | Dr. Thomas M. Hudson v. W. D. Ferrill | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages | Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 72a | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1918 | George Moore & Sons v. F. W. Woolworth Co., et. al. | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages | Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 79 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1881 | James H. Allen v. George W. Saulpaw et al. | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
S. D. J. Lewis is the Admr. Of James H. Allen deceased. Also includes case of "D. E. Davenport v. George W. Saulpaw" Additional Defendants: George P. Gates, and Louis E. Saulpaw. A. S. Maxwell involved too. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 67 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1888 | John J. Vertrees v. Col. A. S. Colyar et al | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Add. Defs: Ira P. Jones, John B. Colyar, Albert Roberts, Thomas F. Perkins, The Union and American Publishing Company, A. M. Shook, Eugene Roberts, & Demoss & Malone (firm comprised of Abram L. Demoss & Thomas H. Malone), Trustees. Dispute over sale of majority of stock in Def publishing company, publisher of The American (political newspaper & organ of TN Democratic Party). Transcript offers Verhees' perspective on political nature of the paper at that time & its importance to the Democratic Party. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 770 | 381 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1852 | J. B. Halbert v. William N. Bilbro | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional names: The East Tennessee Mining and Manufacturing Company. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 236 | 59 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1914 | James Higdon v. Bransford Realty Company | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages | Middle | Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 131 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1860 | James M. McCullogh & Lewis B. Huff v. Garner Legier & Jones | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Defendants were hired by contract to do carpentry work for a house. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 311 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1914 | J. D. Andrews v. E. K. Denton | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The contract was entered into on a sale of 2 lots in the Lindsley Home Place at Holly St. and Shelby Ave. respectively. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 553 | 26 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | James W. Lovell et al. v. Alex Kendall et al. | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional plaintiffs: T.A. Lovell, Mattie A. Lovell, and G.W. Ashcraft. Additional defendants: members of Upper Cumberland Line Steamer Co. Both parties had entered into co-partnership for running and operating steamboats on the Cumberland River above Nashville. Dispute over substitute contract in which defendants failed to pay plaintiffs their share of the profits of all vessels from the season of 1887-8. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 837 | 98 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1874 | Laurell W. Harnes & Laurell P. Mosley v. William L. Newson, et al | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional Defendants: William T. Newson, Charles F. Brown and William Glassgon. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 20a | 187 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | Massengale Commission Co. v. E. T. Noel | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The dispute involved a large shipment of wheat. Exhibits include booklet of exchange. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 708 | 156 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | Nashville Cooperage Company v. Blymyer Manufacturing Company | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The dispute involved the cost of constructing a foundation for engine boilers built by defendant. Exhibits include blueprints. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 709 | 96 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1921 | O. P. Hurd v. John B. Ransom & Co. | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
O. P. Hurd doing business as Bennett & Witte. Includes 3 briefs. 3 folders. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 444 | 690 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | Rodgers Bros, Roach & Stansell, M. J. Roach, Lowrence Bros. & Co., Brown Construction Co., Rodgers & Brothers v. Mason & Hanger Co. | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Counsel for Plaintiff: Henry Craft & Normal Farrell; Counsel for Defendant: Keeble & Seay, A. W. Stockell |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 144 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1875 | Robert F. Bell v. Samuel E. Hare | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Bell & Hare were partners in running the hotel with Mr. Bledsoe until the latter left the business in Jan 1868. In April, they changed their agreement, DBA S. E. Hare & Co. though Hare acted as an agent for Bell, whom owned the hotel. Bell borrowed money from Hare mortgaging the furniture & fixtures of the hotel as surety. The suit was filed the clarify the financial equity each party had right to. 2 folders. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 5 | 423 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1891 | R. Frazier v. Shafner & Green | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Defendant is a company comprised of T. P. Green, M. Shafner, & William Cooper. In 1885, the parties entered into a contract for the plaintiff to sell and deliver to the defendants two million feet of yellow poplar logs free from defects. Def. advanced him $1,275. After the logs were measured, a majority were washed away in a tide on the river and the defendants fraudulently changed the wording of the contract without plaintiff's knowledge to make him liable for the lost logs and monetary advance. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 842 | 336 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | State v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co. | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The State claimed to have a contract with the Railroad Co. that made the State a shareholder of the company, entitling the State to dividends of said stock, which the State claimed to have not received and sued for damages and/or the owed dividends. Includes and exhibit of reported case of "State v. Delinquent Railroads." Additional materials including exhibit in box MT 1100. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 578 | 302 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1893 | Sumner County Creamery v. R. W. Rodgers and Co. | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
R. W. Rodgers and Co. is composed of R. W. Rodgers and Elwin Neiderhouser. Additional defendants: Rodgers Bros. and Neiderhouser (Robert W. Rogers, Isaac H. Rogers, and Elwin Neiderhouser) and The Nashville Creamery Co. (Robert W. Rogers, Isaac H. Rogers, Stanley Bell, Georgie Bell). Plaintiff sued the defendants for damages for failing to comply with a lease agreement and damaging machinery. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 974 | 91 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1922 | State Trust Co. v. John O. Griffin et al. | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Co-defendant: L. F. Chambers |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 156 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | T. F. Lundergan v. Cumberland Foundry & Manufacturing Company | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages | Middle | Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 157 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1888 | The Hickman, New Madrid, & Cairo Transportation Company v. Charles Hegwald & Company | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The original bill alleges that the defendant entered into a contract with plaintiffs and they state that the machinery and final product were unfit according to the description in the contract. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 753 | 221 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1914 | United State Fidelity & Guaranty Company v. George Moore & Sons | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages | Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 83 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1913 | Vanderbilt University Board of Trust v. State | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Case in 13 folders |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 95 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | W. S. Johns v. Westinghouse Machine Company | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The plaintiff signed a contract with the defendant to be the exclusive sales agent for a specified area. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 707 | 318 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1891 | Woodall, Thompson, & Moore v. Foster & Webb | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Woodall, Thompson, & Moore were promised the exclusive right to sell a large plot of land in West Nashvile by Dr. Blakemore. When they contacted Foster & Webb to fulfill the necessary paperwork, Foster admitted that the property had just been sold by Foster & Webb. And in doing so the commission of $94. 50 went to Foster & Moore. Plaintiffs sueing to recover the commission. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 847 | 40 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1887 | W. J. Wallace et al. v. H. E. Jones | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional Plaintiffs: Joshua D. Spain and James M. Hawkins (trustees of Wallace). Spain and Hawkins were business partners who had a dispute with the defendant. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 689 | 192 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1887 | W. H. Prewitt v. Prewiit, Spurr & Company | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The plaintiff was a former partner of the defendant, a company involved in the cedar wood business. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 692 | 52 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1865 | Zachariah Parker v. Kellogg & Newman et al. | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional Defendants: J. D. Scruggs & Green Adams. The plaintiff sold and delivered to the defendants 88 bales of cotton for $20,959. Plaintiffs then shipped cotton to the co-defendants. The defendants failed to pay according to the agreements. 2 folders. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 18a | 490 | Order A Copy |