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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1857 | A. Morrisson v. W. P. Roberts | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Roberts claims that Morrisson intentionally misrepresented his position as superintendent. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 253 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1922 | American National Bank v. E. H. Murray, et al. | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Although case was collected with the Eastern Division, it lists a Middle Tennessee County of origin. Case file is incomplete; brief only. Possibly related to case file in MT 442. Also included in ET OV 4 is an oversize account ledger dating 1909-1912. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1919 | A. Glassman, et ux. v. R. C. Willis, et al. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Appellants, partners Willis and Crittenden, entered into a building contract with appellees to build a house. Crittenden borrowed $600.00 from his bank on the strength of the building contract. However, Crittenden died before a bond was put in place. Appellants are arguing that, since Crittenden was the most capable partner and he died before execution of the bond, that the sureties should not be held. |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1570 | 236 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1918 | A. S. Holloway v. Cole-McIntyre-Norfleet Company | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Holloway sued. Case concerns an order of 50 barrels of meal that was not fulfilled by the defendants. Sued for $293.00. Printed copy of Petition for Certiorari Supersedas and Brief & Assignments of Error on Behalf of Plaintiff in Error included. |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1578 | 88 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1915 | American Zinc Co. v. Morris Sherman Co. | Hamilton | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Judgment only. Court says insufficient evidence of bad faith by defendant to have gone to a jury. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | A. L. Charles v. M. E. Carter | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
This case was argued over 192 barrels of potatoes. Charles claims that Carter would not allow him to inspect the potatoes before taking possession of them. Number of pages includes 2 documents, one unnamed. |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 472 | 137 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1906 | Amos Hardin v. P. E. Creelman Lumber Company | Hardin | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 978 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1935 | Alexander Hamilton Institute v. Mrs. Rebecca A. Rogers | Washington | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Exhibits: correspondence, certificate, enrollment agreement. |
East | Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 752 | 115 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | A. B. Beech v. J. A. McClure | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
On promises and covenants broken, Beech given $500 in damages |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 656 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Bristow Danner v. Thomas J. Stockard | Gibson | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 436 | 85 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | Bedford & Rutherford Co. v. Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Bedford | Contract Dispute and Damages | Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 517 | 256 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1905 | Bank of Martin v. J. H. Milam & W. J. Milam | Weakley | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1006 | 47 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1876 | B. L. McFerrin v. Ed McFerrin | Cannon | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Ed McFerrin is noted as being colored. Case concerns a contract for Ed McFerrin to farm on land owned by B. L. McFerrin and to divide up the corn crop grown on the land. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 629 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | Bryant Byas v. Robert Martin & Samuel Vance, exe of John Vance Sr, dec | Jefferson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
For period of 6 years before death of John Vance Sr, Byas & his wife performed large amount of work for Vance, at his request, & promised to pay them what work was reasonably worth, but he never did so. Jury ruled in Byas' favor, awarding $95 in damages. Witnesses: Galloway Cates (pssbly Vance's brother-in-law), Alexander Newman, Edmond Foster, Thomas Wright, Elizabeth Byas (Bryant's sister-in-law), Mary Cates, William McNight, William Williams, Patrick Pierce, others. Alternate spelling for pla.: Briant |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1175 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Bluff City Cotton Mills v. Thomas Hyde | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Defendant sought damages based on a contract the plaintiff denied ever existed. |
West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 629 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | B. N. Pendleton v. Auto Sales& Service Company | Sullivan | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Contract for a new Plymouth coupe car. |
East | Range: 8 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 857 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Browning & McIntosh for the use of C. S. Collier v. Stewart Mfg. Co. | Houston | Contract Dispute and Damages |
This is a suit for wood furnished under contract by Browning and McIntosh to Stewart Mfg Co. Full names of Plaintiffs/Appellees: Jason Browning and George McIntosh. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 786 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | C. B. Glenn v. Rose L. Fletcher et al. | Hamilton | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Please do not pull. Case in very poor condition. Cross & Hatfield partnership mentioned. Case concerns contract over building a hotel on Market Street in Chattanooga. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1082 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1815 | Clement McDaniel v. Montgomery Bell et al. | Montgomery | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional Defendant: Morgan Brown. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212A | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | C. C. Cowan & Co. v. Evander Williams & Co. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Case involved the quality of 21 bales of cotton. The number of pages includes 3 legal documents. |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 470 | 109 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | C. H. Pond & E. A. Shedd v. R. M. Quigley & Co. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1015 | 327 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1888 | Chesapeake & Nashville Railway Company v. John Branhaw | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Exhibit material is a hand-drawn map. The plaintiff filed the bill after they paid the defendant $700 for access to a land to build a railroad, but when they failed to complete construction by the designated date, they were obstructed from the land. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 765 | 144 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | C. M. Watson v. North Carolina& St. Louis Railway Company | Carroll | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The North Carolina and St. Louis Railway Company was under contract to transport cotton for the plaintiff, C.M. Watson. While cotton was in the care of the North Carolina and St. Louis Railway Company, it was destroyed by fire and not delivered. Cotton valued at $500.00. |
West | Range: 78 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1672 | 80 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1893 | D. D. Driver v. J. R. Corley | DeKalb | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Driver was seeking a sum of $ 74.50 for work and labor he performed for Corley. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 994 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1838 | Dyer Pearl et al. v. Mayor & Alderman of Nashville | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional Plaintiff: Sylvester Bard. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 207 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Dabney Crenshaw v. C. H. Rayburn | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 413 | 48 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1859 | David Campbell& Company v. Reeves& Brenan | Knox | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The plaintiff supplied the defendant with peaches, fresh oysters and tomatoes. The defendant was to sell these items and give some of the proceeds to the plaintiff. The defendant sold the items but did not give any of the proceeds to the plaintiff. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1178 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1843 | Eliza A. Morrison, et al. v. Asahel Aldrich | Franklin | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional Complainant: Joseph P. Morrison. Listed as "Enrolled in Book No. 1. Pages 605-10." |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | E. H. Puryer v. J. C. Broach | Benton | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Pyryer was accused of failing to comply with a contract made with Broach to furnish money to the latter to buy tobacco. |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 651 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Ed Turner v. McConnell Furniture Co. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
This is the plaintiff's brief for the Court of Civil Appeals in Jackson. There are no other case files. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1073 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Enoch Brown, admr. of James W. Cloud, dec. v. Nashville Life Insurance Co. | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages | Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 603 | 89 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1923 | E. A. Guilfoyle& Company v. Charles Eaton | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Charles Eaton was employed by E.A. Guilfoyle and Company for several years and both parties agreed to a new contract of employment terms with a cut in salary for Eaton beginning July 1, 1921. However, by the end of July, Eaton refused to take a salary cut. Eaton claims he is entitled to the full salary for the month of July. |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1706 | 78 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | F. B. T. Hollenberg v. R. M. Jones et al. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Co-defendant is Mrs. R. M. Jones. The property in question is a piano purchased by Mrs. Jones from the Hollenberg Music Co. Issues include her ownership of the piano separate from her husband, her husband's assumption of the loan after a period of time, Hollenberg's tearing up of the original contract and signing of a new one, and the fact that the piano was not made of walnut, as Mrs. Jones had been informed by the salesman. Several briefs are included in the folder. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 600 | 85 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1908 | F. L. Aiken v. Chicago Mill & Lumber Co. | Lauderdale | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Plaintiff was under contract to sell logs to the defendant company. He says he delivered the logs as contracted and is sued for payment. |
West | Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1171 | 66 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | F. M. Freeman& William D. Alexander v. P. N. Conner, admr. of J. L. Alston | Lauderdale | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 92 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1923 | Federal Coal Company v. United States Fuel Corporation | Hamilton | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The two parties are disputing two different contracts regarding the selling of coal. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 452 | 128 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | F. G. & J. W. Harris v. E. P Tyree et al | Sumner | Contract Dispute and Damages |
2 folders. Add. Defendants:J.A. Wemyss, W.M. Stewart, Joseph Miller, and J.K. Miller. Defendants created an unofficial group named the Grangers and went into contract with plaintiffs to deliver 580 spring lambs on a certain day. The defendants failed to deliver the livestock and under the contract were supposed to pay $1 per head in damages plus a deposit put into a local bank. The defendants refused to pay either sum. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 809 | 369 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | F. L. Barrier v. McFadden & Oates | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Case concerned a dispute on amount of commissions owed by defendant for cotton bought and sold by the plaintiff on the defendants behalf. Case file appears to not be complete. No docket number indicated. Folder 2 contains an envelope with 223 pages of receipts that were filed as an exhibit to the case. See WT2126 for another envelope of receipts (302 pgs), 2 stuck inside envelope. |
West | Range: 77 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 2075 | 651 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | G. Henniken & George W. Palmore v. W. U. Brown, M. N. Brown & George Goodwin | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The plaintiffs and defendants as business partners owed Hugh McAllister & Harp Cheney $560.20. The defendants owed over $1k separately, which they pledged to pay, but did not. Later they claimed they did not owe an additional amount. Suit was filed to settle the debt and prevent liability of all partners, including the plaintiffs. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 3a | 133 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1843 | Green Coleman v. Alexander Allen et al. | Bedford | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional Defendant: Asa Fonville. Plaintiff seeks damages ($400) for an alleged breach of contract. Listed as "Recorded in Book No.2, 525-7." |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1908 | George S. Parkes & Co. v. Pirece, Cequin & Co. | Obion | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Vol. 2 of the civil appeals case regarding the shipment of spokes from defendant to Standard Wheel Co. in Terre Haute. Parkes (also spelled Parks) appears to be the account mgr. for defendant. Affidavits & testimony: C. Flisher, Harry S. Stokes, Isaac Brann, W. P. Murrell, W. L. McFarland & J. W. Pickle. Vol. 1 was not in the same box. Several pages could not be removed from binder w/o damage. See undated deposition of George S. Parkes in WT 887. |
West | Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 972 | 224 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Granville Young v. J. Crutcher Young | Giles | Contract Dispute and Damages | Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 557 | 45 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1812 | Henry Cook v. Thomas Shute | Williamson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Case was filed to settle a dispute over the sale of land obtained through a military land grant. Small drawings of the land and surveys included. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 3 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1866 | H.W. Compton for use of Andrew J. Duncan v. The Union Bank | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
This dealt with Confederate treasury notes which was used in exchange for bank note in February 1862. The Union Bank of Tennessee would not honor the notes. The laws of War were in place which prevented payment of note. One year later the note was presented to a New Orleans Bank and they would not honor it either because it was Confederate notes. There was money in the bank to honor the notes, but in September, 1863 the U.S. Military authorities removed the money. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 264 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | H. P. S. Alspaugh v. L. L. Matthews | Franklin | Contract Dispute and Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 257 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1914 | H. J. Ludeke v. S. J. Sullender | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Contract issue concerns the operation of a "liquor saloon business" in a property when the contract specifically prohibited such a business . |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1087 | 123 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | Indiana Drug Specialty Co. v. J. H. Harris, et al. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Co-defendant: V. L. Sullivan. The dispute concerns a drug order that was shipped despite being canceled by special-delivery letter. The drug company demanded payment in spite of the cancellation. Documents included on pages 6 &7. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1041 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1914 | I. W. Jones v. Taylor Drug Company | Dyer | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Plaintiff had bills to Taylor Drug Company. Plaintiff told Taylor Drug not to sell to his family. Plaintiff's wife continued to buy products. Is promise to pay by a family wife without her husband's approval valid promise or promise without consideration? |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1365 | 100 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | International Conservatory of Music v. D. P. Ozment | Dyer | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Cause of action: contract for music instruction |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1287 | 97 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1851 | Jonathan W. Wilson v. William P. Hickerson, et al. | Franklin | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional Defendants: Robert Blackburn, Thomas Powers |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 233 | 0 | Order A Copy |