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Tennessee Supreme Court Cases
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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1926 | Frank Payoulatas v. State | Hamilton | Breach of Trust |
Final Decree only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 72 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | Independent Life Insurance Company v. Paul V. Hunter | Hamilton | Breach of Trust |
Original bill was a complaint about the collection of a trust fund by P. V. Hunter in his capacity of agent of the plaintiff, for which it made a bond by depositing with the company $2 per week out of the collected commissions. Hunter also sued insurer for $50,000, alleging that upon retirement the company had tried to libel him with these charges. Exhibit materials are checks and ledgers. Oversize located in ET Oversize 17. Case take up entire ET 1466 box. See also ET 1325 (151 pages of 2332 pages) |
East | Range: 10 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1466 | 2332 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | State v. James O. Senter | Hamilton | Breach of Trust |
Senter, an attorney and agent for Abraham Miller, accused of appropriating for his own use $900 of a $1,018.40 U. S. Treasury certificate payable to Miller. The money was bounty & back pay due Miller as the father of Samuel S. Miller, a U. S. soldier, 2d Lieutenant in Co. K of the 9th Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers. Senter charged with "fraudulent breach of trust". |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1659 | 79 | Order A Copy |