Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry 1931 Catherine Gaines et al. v. Cordelia McKinney et al. Knox Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: Annie Gaines Reed, Mary Gaines Eidson and Charles Eidson. Additional defendants: J.W. Haywood, Maggie Haywood, E.F. Lennon, R.L. Huff, Commercial Bank and Trust Co., Charles Gaines and Annie May Gaines. Gaines et al. suing for deed between E.H. Rocket and Andy Gaines & Cordelia McKinney, which attempted to convey a joint tenancy between Gaines and McKineey to be declared and void; for land to be sold and the Bank restrained from selling property.

 East Range: 9 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1291 91 Order A Copy
View Entry 1931 J. B. & W. G. Brownlow, Agents for Leasing Company No. 1 v. Ressler Leather Company Knox Land and Title Dispute

Brownlows recovered judgment against Ressler for $430 & for possession of premises at No. 310 Wall Avenue in Knoxville, where proprietorship shoe repair business was located (known as Wall Avenue Shoe Shop). Shop at 1 point operated by Louis Friedman, brother-in-law of Fred Millen, who leased the premises from the Brownlows. Friedman had become indebted to Ressler, who allowed Millen's son Louis to operate the shoe repair shop until debt pd. Dispute over ownership of the shop.

 East Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1350 67 Order A Copy
View Entry 1931 J. W. Crudgington v. Charles E. Galbraith et al Knox Land and Title Dispute

Add. Defendants: Lillian D. Galbraith, Mrs. M. A. Thweatt, Alfred G. Adkins, Jr., J. P. Stanton, & J. Wallace Keller. Issue over the conveyance and deed to a certain tract of land in said county.

 East Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1352 165 Order A Copy
View Entry 1931 Mary E. Allen et al. v. Will W. Brown et al. Knox Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiffs Mildred Brown Cameron, Ralph A. Brown, Catherine H. Lester, Maude E. Cox, Frank C. Brown, Annie N. Hayder, Johnie West, and Helen Whittle. Additional defendants: Mary Brown, Elizabeth Bailey, Guy Smith, John Johnson, the East TN National Bank, and F.E. Haun. Both parties were tenants in common for title to land in which Mattie E. Brown had owned 2/3 interest and pla. 1/3. Pla. Suing for both party's rights to real estate to be declared, land sold to pay taxes and be divided.

 East Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1366 143 Order A Copy