Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1947 American Surety Company v. Isaac M. Shoffner Claiborne Debt, Petition on

Exhibits: copy of application for Bond, copy of check, original check, original application for Bond, affidavit, itemized statement. Origin of Debt: indemnity insurance.

 East Range: 7 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 582 60 Order A Copy
View Entry 1872 A. H. Dardin v. J. A. Davis Fayette Debt, Petition on West Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 15 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1935 A. E. Johnson, et al. v. Arrow Transfer & Storage Co., et al. Hamilton Debt, Petition on

Additional Complainant: A. H. Gould. Additional Defendants: Paul S. Steward, Theodore King, Jr. This bill was filed to recover the sum of $1,000, being the balance upon a contract entered into between the parties for the transfer of a beer agency, Atlas Brewing Company.

 East Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 779 178 Order A Copy
View Entry 1896 Bridges & Henderson v. D. B. Cooper et al. Davidson Debt, Petition on

Additional Defendants: Sparrel Hill, C. H. and A. B. Benedict, composing the firm of Benedict Bros., D. C. Scales, American Publishing Co., Nashville Savings Bank, Lucius Frierson, H. C. Rinaldi and D. B. Ramsey, North Western Mutual Life Insurance by A. S. Caldwell, Flavius Cooper, and M. D. Cooper. Plaintiffs requested that an accounting of the lands and properties of defendants and necessary foreclosures made to repay debt to plaintiffs from prior judgment in Maury County circuit court.

 Middle Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1111 102 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 Bryce Stewart v. C. W. Greenfield, et al. Montgomery Petition on Promissory Note

Additional Defendant: Nannie Greenfield.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 595 276 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 Burrel Driver v. W. P. Horn & C. M. Carter Trousdale Debt, Petition on

Driver was awarded two judgements, totalling $39.18 in damages, against the defendants in court in the county. Defendants have yet to pay, and were even granted a bona status despite a full stand of corn and tobacco crops, which the complaintant asserted was enough to repay the court-ordered debt.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 939 38 Order A Copy
View Entry 1871 C. W. Murphy v. Hiram Partee Lauderdale Debt, Petition on

Additional Plaintiffs: John Voss and Z.(?) S. Voss

 West Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 53 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Charles A. Merritt, admr. v. R. H. Elam et al. Davidson Debt, Petition on

Additional Defendants: J.G. Webb and G.W.G. Paine. The plaintiff was the admr. of John S. Merrill, dec. The case was used as evidence in the 1885 case of Susan Pinkerton et al.. v. D.B. Cliff, exec. of C.A. Merrill, dec.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 698 104 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 C. L. Wilcox v. Nathaniel Parham Montgomery Petition on Promissory Note

Parham issued a note to Wilcox in 1861. Wilcox left the neighborhood and gave the note to his son John L. Wilcox, cashier of the bank of Clarksville. Parham claimed he paid the note to C. B. Wilcox. The note itself was lost or mislaid.

 Middle Range: 37 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1166 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 Cowden McCord v. Emily M. Record, et al. Marshall Petition on Promissory Note

Additional Defendants: I.[?] H. Hill, individually and as trustee of Emily M. Record, John R. Hill, John T. Hill.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 571 407 Order A Copy
View Entry 1842 Elias W. Napier v. Felix Catron & George F. Napier Williamson Debt, Petition on Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 382 44 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 E. H. West et al. v. G. W. Telford et al. Washington Debt, Petition on

Consolidated case of D. K. Self v. Teleford Ag. & Man. Co. and West, treasurer of the Elders and Deacons of Salem Church v. G. W. Teleford et al. Telford owned two mill sites on Milestone creek at Telford Station, which he sold to the Telford Ag., who still owed money on notes for the sale. When the company later failed, the plaintiffs, as creditors of the company, filed the bill to settle the company affairs and sell the real-estate of the insolvent company to recover their funds.

 East Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1846 277 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 George C. Bowman, et al. v. George W. Lady, et ux. Sullivan Debt, Petition on

Defendant: James N. Dosser. In 1866, Bluford Thomson owned the land in dispute. Bowman had built a saw mill for him and done other work for which he took Thomson's note. Thomson later sold the land to Lady but no record of sale found. Questions are who pays the note and who owns the lien on the saw mill. See also ET 1729 for related case, George W. Lady v. James N. Dosser, et al.

 East Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1827 148 Order A Copy
View Entry 1943 G. D. Cooper, alias D. G. Cooper v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., et al. Loudon Debt, Petition on

Additional Defendant: Yazoo Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. Exhibit: contract, live stock release. Complainant filed an action of debt under $500.00. Complainant claimed that he ordered 44 head of cattle and received only 43 off of the train.

 East Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 592 75 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 Henry Harris v. J.W. Thornburgh Grainger Debt, Petition on

Thornburgh executed $100 note in favor of Harris, who gave Confederate money (rebel money) for the note, which Thornburgh used to pay another debt & to pay a high price for medicine. Dispute over whether Confederate money qualified as consideration. Thornburgh argued no consideration for note, since Confederate money not recognized by law as money at all & had no legal value.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1141 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Isaiah Moody v. B. B. Isbell et al. Shelby Debt, Petition on

The suit was filed by a poor farmer for an accounting and cancellation of certain debts and trust deeds, and for an injunction to restrain the foreclosure of the trust. He had borrowed money from Isbell, whose interest rates were characterized by the plaintiff's attorney as "usurious."

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 688 141 Order A Copy
View Entry 1896 J. N. Calhoun & wife v. George McNelly Davidson Debt, Petition on

Plaintiffs were awarded a judgment against the McNelly for repayment of $676.90 in Dekalb County in 1879. McNelly never paid the judgment. The plaintiffs claimed that in 1888, MCNelly promised to pay the amount when he was able, thereby validating the plaintiffs new claim to the debt many years later.

 Middle Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1105 116 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 Joseph Spence, et al. v. William Adkisson, et al. Davidson Debt, Petition on

Additional plaintiffs: James R. Cockrill; Additional defendants: James Adkisson, Samuel Adkisson, Thomas Adkisson, sons and assignees of S.W. Adkisson; Original promissory note dated Sept. 9, 1869 and assigned by S.W. Adkisson on Dec. 11, 1875. See additional case with same case/style name but with different docket number 6143 in MT 21 as well.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 23 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1829 John Catron v. John Brooks& John F. Stump Davidson Debt, Petition on Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 371 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 James Price, C & M v. John Hickerson, et al. Coffee Petition on Promissory Note

Additional Defendant: S. N. Burger.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 576 64 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 J. L. Colvert & Co. v. Levi Haney DeKalb Debt, Petition on

Plea of debt due by notes and accounts, in the amount of $236.46 plus costs. Plaintiff obtained judgment in court below, to which Defendant appealed & lost, allowing execution on Plaintiff's land to move forward.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 730 28 Order A Copy
View Entry 1908 Lee Thompson v. Gibson county Gibson Debt, Petition on

Includes deposition.

 West Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1176 29 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 Mansfield Machine Works v. Lookout Bank of Morristown et al. Carter Debt, Petition on

Additional Defendants: T. H. Bailey, E. B. Loop, W. B. Earnest, M. L. Clark and C. L. Strait, and John C. Smith. This case involves a dispute over a piece of machinery. The plaintiff requested the machinery that was in possession of the receiver be sold to repay the debt owed to the plaintiff.

 East Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1840 151 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 Nancy Costen & Garrett Costen v. Otto Reinshagen Shelby Debt, Petition on

Alternate name spelling: Casten

 West Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 244 25 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 Pervines Fox, Sr. v. James M. Martin Marshall Petition on Promissory Note Middle Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 567 21 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 President & Directors of the East Tennessee & Virginia Rail Road Company v. Samuel W. Davis Greene Debt, Petition on

Railroad sued Davis for $200 he allegedly owed for railroad subscription whereby Davis agreed to pay for 20 shares of railroad stock at $25 per share, $200 of which had then fallen due. Jury ruled in favor of railroad.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1182 17 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 R. C. Wright, exe. of G. T. Wright v. R. A. Bunford et al. Smith Debt, Petition on

Additional Defendants: Elizabeth H. Wright, Mary B. Howard, Clara B. Allen, A. Head, Charles R. Head, David Bunford, Elizabeth Bunford.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 66 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1816 Redmond D. Barry v. Joseph Jourdan Sumner Debt, Petition on Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1840 Robert Cannon v. William Bayles Monroe Debt, Petition on

Trespass on the case, $200 damages claimed. Cannon had judgment against Thomas Hunt, then deceased, for whose estate Bayles was an admr. Bayles agreed to pay the judgment within 6 mos. if Cannon would agree not to take steps to collect it until then. Bayles failed to pay the judgment within 6 mos., so Cannon brought this lawsuit to recover the judgment.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1144 7 Order A Copy
View Entry 1920 Sam Levy & Co., et al. v. Mrs. James Davis Montgomery Debt, Petition on

Additional plaintiffs: Harris, Solinsky & Company and other various mercantile firms.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 143 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Security Savings Bank & Trust Co. v. Shelby County et al. Shelby Debt, Petition on

Additional Defendants: D.P. Prescott and J.L. Powell, members of the Board of Shelby County Turnpike Commissioners, who the plaintiff charged were indebted to the bank. Printed brief included.

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1233 40 Order A Copy
View Entry 1881 State v. Edgefield & Kentucky Railroad Co. et al. Davidson Debt, Petition on

Additional Defendants: Nashville & Northwestern RR Co, Memphis, Clarksville, Louisville RR Co, McMinnville & Manchester RR Co, Winchester & Alabama RR Co, Southwestern or Southern RR Co, Knoxville & Kentucky RR Co, Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap & Charleston RR Co, Knoxville & Charleston RR Co, Rogersville & Jefferson RR Co, East TN & Western NC RR Co. Additional documents located in MT 1111.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 65 200 Order A Copy
View Entry 1914 T. J. Latham et al.v. Memphis Savings Bank Shelby Debt, Petition on

Union Planters Bank and Trust Co. will pay to depositors of Memphis Savings Bank $331,169.84, 25% of the balance needed on the books by August 1909. includes petition of Hibernia Bank and Trust Co.

 West Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1345 155 Order A Copy
View Entry 1910 T. J. Latham et al. v. Memphis Savings Bank Shelby Debt, Petition on

Additional Plaintiffs: G.W. Macrae, E.B. McHenry, R.J. Moran, R.T. Cooper, C.B. Bryan, John M. Hill, R.L. Menager, and Max Sondheimer, all board of directors of the Memphis Savings Bank. Printed brief included.

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1232 156 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 T. M. Steger v. B. F. Cockrill Davidson Debt, Petition on

Cockrill executed $1,000 note in Steger's favor, which Cockrill then failed to pay, so Steger filed suit to collect amount owed plus interest.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 774 9 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Union Joint Stock Land Bank of Louisville v. Knox County, et al.. Knox Debt, Petition on

Additional defendants: Thomas N. Brice, Carrie T. Brice, Fannie P. Howell, Macy R. Brice, Annie B. Day, and J. C. Day.

 East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 939 193 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 William Petty v. William B. Moore, et al. Smith Debt, Petition on

Additional defendants: Armistead Moore, Samuel B. Moore, John East, Amanda East, Elizabeth Moore, Mary F. Moore, Armistead Moore Jr., John H. Moore Jr.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 260 22 Order A Copy
View Entry 1869 Wise A. Cooper, admr. of Joseph Lindsey, dec. v. A. G. Henderson & Murfreesboro Savings Bank Rutherford Debt, Petition on

Lindsey died in 1869 leaving a will. Henderson had executed a note to Lindsey in 1869 for $1077 for nine bales of cotton. Lindsey bought a tract of land from Henderson that had been levied and sold by Rutherford County. They will not hand over the deed until money is paid by Lindsey's estate, which Cooper was attempting to recover from Henderson.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 9a 72 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 William Batte et al. v. Lucy Matt House et al. Giles Debt, Petition on

Additional Complainant: D. C. Carter & Co. for the use of Joseph B. Stacy. Additional Defendants: Robert Dickson, Spencer Clack, John W. Clack.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 66 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1829 William Shields& Alexander Shields v. Thomas Ely Warren Debt, Petition on Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 371 28 Order A Copy
View Entry 1890 W. G. Sears, et al v. Nashville & Tellico Railroad Co. & G. M. Cobble, et al v. Nashville & Tellico Railroad Co. McMinn Debt, Petition on

File incomplete. Contains petition for supersedeas filed by Nashville & Tellico Railroad Co. Plntff. are creditors of the deft. See: ET, Box 1773.

 East Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1811 36 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 W. B. Wilson v. Robert G. Harris, et al. Maury Petition on Promissory Note

Additional Defendant: John Frierson.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 595 8 Order A Copy