Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry 1876 (unknown) Haywood Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Additional plaintiffs: Edward Fitch & M. C. Peter (of firm Arthur Peter & Co.) and James S. Lithgow, Jacob Sawyer & C. O. Smith (firm J. S. Lithgow & Co.). All plaintiffs from Louisville, KY. Additional defendants not named. Claxton from Haywood Co., TN.

 West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 85 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 Abner Taylor for the use of T. E. Brown et al. v. E. R. Hart et al. Shelby Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic

Additional plaintiffs: Alexander McBean, Archie McBean, Jon S. Baldwin of Taylor, McBean and Baldwin for the use of J. Langdon of the firm T. E. Brown and Company; Additional defendants: Kate Hart, R. Hough, Trustee, H. C. K?, John P. Caruthers Seeking to collect payment for paving of Shelby Street in Memphis; includes copy of the City Engineer Departments' 1867 Memphis Street Paving Specifications

 West Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 5 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 A. M. Agelasto v. George Lunghe Shelby Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic West Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 48 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 A. Kohlbry & Co. v. H. G. Hollenberg et al. Shelby Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Additional Defendants: Amelia C. Hollenburg, wife H. G. Hollenberg & H. G. Hollenberg, Trustee. A. Kohlbry & Co. comprised of A. Kohlbry & A. Silverberg. Mrs. Hollenberg purchased $77.75 worth of goods at A. Kohlbry & Co., paying with a note due 1 Jan. 1888. Note still unpaid. She also signed her husband's initials to the note as if they were her own. Exhibit includes Postcard with message concerning case.

 West Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 486 61 Order A Copy
View Entry 1882 A. J. Winter& Co. v. Henry Ohlmacher Warren Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 52 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 A. D. Cabler et al. v. W. A. Hunter Davidson Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic

Additional Plaintiff: William Litterer of Litterer and Cabler. Debt due for services rendered.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 344 52 Order A Copy
View Entry 1872 Antoinette Polk, et al. v. James P. Drouillard, et al. Davidson Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic

Additional Plaintiff: Daniel Hillman. Additional Defendants: Florence Drouillard, Vanleer Kirkman, Russell Houston, admr. of Anthony Vanleer, dec. Case involves pig iron seized by Federal Army; seeking compensation for services rendered running Cumberland Iron Works.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 318 611 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 A. C. Terrell et al. v. J. B. Neely et al. Shelby Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Additional Plaintiff: W. C. Swoope. Additional Defendants: R. C. McCalla, John Donnelly, and S. R. Sandford. Plaintiffs were partners in Terrell & Swoope, a saw-mill and lumber business. Defendants were partners in J. B. Neely & Co., contractors.

 West Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 316 128 Order A Copy
View Entry 1894 A. A. Swope v. B. F. C. Smith Smith Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Plaintiff, A. A. Swope, sued defendant Smith for fees for services rendered as an attorney for the defendant in the Smith County court concerning a claim of Frank Denny against W. W. Cheek, administrator of the estate of Charles Denny, deceased. Defendant Smith had an interest in the Denny estate and enlisted the serves of A. A. Swope to represent them.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1065 63 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 Andrew B. Woodard v. James M. Moffitt, admr., et al Davidson Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Add. defendant: N. Baxter. Moffitt is the administrator of the estate of George W. Moffitt (dec.). Plaintiff is an attorney who represented the defendant in four different trials against the Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway Company for an undisclosed sum of damages for the negligent killing of his brother, the deceased. The plaintiff was never paid for his services and filed this bill to collected $500 plus interest.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 757 107 Order A Copy
View Entry 1868 Benjamin Ryckman v. G. Hannings & Co., et al. Weakley Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic

Additional defendants: ? Carthray, ? Medkiff, ? McMillan of Carthry and Company, ? Cooger, ? Landers, ? Dickerson, Nashville and Northwestern Railroad Company; Hannings possibly spelled Harmings

 West Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 2 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Betts Machine Co. v. James Lee, Jr. et al Shelby Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Additional Defendant: J. G. Duke. James Lee owns Lee Gin & Machine Co. Plaintiff charges that he purchased a boring mill from them for $2850 & later claimed that it had a crack in the bottom or bed. Has since refused to make payments, claiming the mill is no longer worth the initial price. Also "made reclamation on your orator for an abatement of the amount of the purchase price."

 West Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 542 28 Order A Copy
View Entry 1934 Charles Wilburn et al. v. Karl Koch Erecting Company & A. W. Kutsche & Company Knox Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Cause of action: Wage Dispute

 East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 931 35 Order A Copy
View Entry 1881 C. Newton & W. T. Hall v. Gilbert Moyers et al. Shelby Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Additional Defendant: Fannie Moyers, wife Gilbert Moyers. Plaintiffs, attorneys in firm of Newton & Hall of Bastrop, LA, maintain that G. Moyers owes them over $6,500 for their services in 1872 & 1873. Case involved governments of United States & Great Britain, and International Court of Arbitration. Known as A. R. McDonald v. The United States of America, consisted of claim against the U. S. government for a million dollars or more.

 West Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 164 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 C. D. Elliott v. John Bass et al. Davidson Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic

Case involves debt due for services rendered as Superintendent of Nashville Female Academy; plaintiff defended the school when Nashville was occupied by the military and was taken prisoner in the North in 1862, upon his return in 1865 he sought to re-establish the Academy. Additional defendants: John M. Bass, A. L. P. Green, W. D. F. Sawrie, William R. Elliston, John Thompson, R. B. C. Howell, W. Berry, T. A. Atchison, Micael Vaughn, and Byrd Douglas. 3 folders

 Middle Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 14 984 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 Charles Dollman v. W. A. Collier, et al. Shelby Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Additional Defendants: Alice T. Collier, wife W. A. Collier; John T. Dunn, Trustee; Lombard Investment Co. of MO. Plaintiff a carpenter sued defendants to collect payment for work done on their property. Defendants maintain that they had been dissatisfied with his work, and plaintiff continued working in defiance of orders to cease.

 West Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 372 815 Order A Copy
View Entry 1828 Daniel Dwyer v. Thomas Montgomery Williamson Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Plaintiff sold defendant $500 worth of goods for which he never received payment.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 188 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1935 Dan Ward et al. v. Harry McCool Auto Company Hamilton Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

The plaintiff sued by his next friend, S.C. Ward. The case involved the purchase of a Chevrolet automobile.

 East Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 894 52 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 D. D. Holman v. J. K. Johnson Robertson Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 177 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1872 Dexter Curtis v. M. E. Eddins & R. D. Eddins Shelby Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic

Eddins and Company proprietors of a sawmill on the Wolf River. 2 folders.

 West Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 6 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1872 D. Schloss & Co. & Shloss & Co. v. Duden, Freree, & Co. Scott Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic West Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 26 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Enoch Cunningham v. D. A. McGrady Davidson Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic

Case involves recovery of fees paid for services rendered; lien involved.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 328 26 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 E. M. Sims v. T. T. Levan Grundy Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Elisha M. Sims, a physician, rendered services to defendant and his wife from 1882-1884, with a running bill of $32. Plaintiff brought suit to recover this non-payment of services. Circuit court found for defendant.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 734 24 Order A Copy
View Entry 1919 E. L. Handwerker v. E. E. Hughes et al Shelby Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Add. defendants: C. H. Hune & Dan F. Elliotte. Defendants are indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $243.35 plus interest. The defendants were partners in the business name Memphis Floral Company and they employed the plaintiff as their bookkeeper. He was to receive $50 per month for his services plus an extra $10 for every Christmas and Easter holiday, but was never paid.

 West Range: 79 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1597 203 Order A Copy
View Entry 1878 Furman & Co., et al. v. R. A. Edwards, et al. Davidson Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic

Additional Plaintiffs: F. Furman, F. P. McWharter, J. A. Jennings, and Ed Gilean Jr. Additional Defendants: A. S. Edwards, Elizabeth J. Edwards, and John W. Edwards Francis Furman owned Furman & Co. Wholesale Dry Goods store. He died in 1899 and is buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1947 F. W. Shepherd v. Coffey & West partnership Scott Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Additional Cause of Action: Debt due by Lumber boughgt and not paid for. Receipts and timesheets included.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 112 218 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 F. H. Hartman v. John Overton, Jr. et al. Shelby Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Additional Defendant: C. N. Grosvenor and W. R. Bankston.

 West Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 398 38 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 Guild, Church & Co. v. Mrs. Mary A. McComb Shelby Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service West Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 159 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 George P. Frick v. J. C. Richardson, E. Northman,& Co. Davidson Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic

Additional Defendants: Joseph Trounstine, and J. Northman. Case involves the recovery of debt for goods delivered.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 304 124 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 Guadalupe Y Calvo Mining Co. v. W. T. Beaty Shelby Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

In 1881 defendant sued to collect $5000 in pay for services rendered to the company. B. F. Fly & Robert F. Looney named as stockholders. Company based in Chihuahua, Republic of Mexico. Chartered in TN in 1878 by B. F. Fly, Robert F. Looney, Thomas P. Chambers, Robert F. Looney, Jr. & T. W. Brown.

 West Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 169 Order A Copy
View Entry 1882 George W. Nixon& Wester v. S. C. Capehart, et al. Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Case involves possible fraud over the stocking of the Defendant's boat. Case is incomplete; brief only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 86 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 H. S. Snow et al. v. Elizabeth S. Calcote Davidson Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic

Additional plaintiffs: E. Brock, F. A. Titus, H. Snow and Company

 Middle Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 75 0 Order A Copy
View Entry Henry A. Carroll v. W. Kearney, et al. Shelby Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Henry Carroll owned a business selling paints, oils, glass, and other building materials. He charged the defendants with non-payment for goods used to build Trinity Baptist Church and the parsonage on the same property. Other defendants: L. T. Anderson, R. L. Childress, R. F. Hodges & Trustees, J. S. Wells, and Trinity Baptist Church.

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 675 93 Order A Copy
View Entry 1859 Henry G. Cooke v. The Masonic Education Association of Chattanooga Hamilton Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Plaintiff filed the suit to recover $466.92 for services rendered without payment and $100 in damages for the defendant unjustly detaining this debt.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1173 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1898 H. E. Carter v. Washington Life Insurance Co. Hardeman Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic

Incomplete case. Deposition and bill of exceptions;

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View Entry 1876 Henry Brady v. James C. Harris Lake Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Brady owned a saloon and grocery store in Tiptonville, TN with partner Samuel Fry, deceased. Took on Harris as partner in grocery store after Fry's death.

 West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 80 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1869 J. Picard& Co. v. George Bliss & Co. Shelby Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic

Additional defendants: Thomas P. Eldridge, James H. Dunham, Isaiah V. Carpenter; Additional plaintiffs; Christopher Mundinger; Writ of Error Originating court is Municipal Memphis/Shelby, appeal to Western Division Supreme Court at Brownsville

 West Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 8 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 John M. Madden, et al., exe. of John Patterson, dec. v. Jesse Rogan Sumner Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic

Additional plaintiff: J. C. Patterson. Rogan was an African-American. Additional parties: Henry Jones, Jefferson Lewis, Henderson Tompkins, R. R. Bruce, S. F. Wilson, William Rogan, R. C. Parker, Frank Rogan, Charles Rogan, and J.R. Barsy.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 34 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1877 J. R. Jennings et al. v. H. C. Moore Wilson Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic

H. H. Delay; S. B. Grandstaff; William D. Grandstaff; J. E. S. Jennings

 Middle Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 33 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1881 James Scribner et al.v. Robert Buchannan et al. Davidson Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic

Additional Complainant: A. W. Crane. Additional Defendant: Joseph Bittick.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 70 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 John E. Garner v. Thomas. H. Gardner& George Whitehead Robertson Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic

Exhibit - Leather notebook. Case involves the recovery of debt for legal services. File includes a photocopy of the Address of Judge Joseph C. Guild and John Garner, on behalf of George Whitehead.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 304 565 Order A Copy
View Entry 1871 J. E. Saunders& Narcissa P. Saunders v. Granville C. Torbett Davidson Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic

debt for services rendered

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 320 15 Order A Copy
View Entry 1896 J. M. Patton v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Davidson Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Plaintiff, J. M. Patton, sued the defendant for failure to pay wages of $36.85 he was due while working for the defendant as a life insurance solicitor.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 167 34 Order A Copy
View Entry 1847 James McNews v. Daniel Allen Greene Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

$2000 for materials & wages to construct grist mill & house for defendant.

 East Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1120 68 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 J. J. Gill v. Victor Mills Bedford Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Gill claims Mills purchased a large amount of wheat from him in the spring of 1886 and never paid the balance of the transaction. Mills denies ever purchasing or taking wheat from Gill. sued for the sum of $349.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 735 59 Order A Copy
View Entry 1859 John Archer v. Jonathan Murrell et al Sullivan Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Add. defendants: Isaac O'Morrell & Jonathan Conles. Defendants are school commissioners who failed to pay the defendant for his service of teaching in a county school house.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1172 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 J. W. Wright, et al. v. D. M. Osborne & Co. DeKalb Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Plaintiff: O. B. Wright. Defendants: Dexter A. Smith, J. J. Ford, E. A. Faciteli, & T. Faciteli. Plaintiffs purchased a reaper and draper from defendants, however the machinery did not work. Defendants will not repair nor repay complainants. .

 Middle Range: 35 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 913 180 Order A Copy
View Entry 1891 J. P. Read, Trustee v. Memphis Gas Light Co., et al. Shelby Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Additional defendant: Equitable Gas Light Company; possible case of non-payment for services as legal counsel.

 West Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1868 James Round & Samuel Piper v. Thomas Foley, Michael Doyle Shelby Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic West Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 3 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 J. S. Clayton v. John E. McGowan Shelby Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic

Debt for work performed for firm of Scanlon and Clayton; Writ of Error Originating court is Municipal Court Memphis/Shelby, appeal to Western Division Supreme Court.

 West Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 10 0 Order A Copy

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