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The files located in the Tennessee Supreme Court Cases represent an especially valuable resource for historical and genealogical research at the Tennessee State Library and Archives [TSLA].
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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1935 | Lon Goins, et ux v. Industrial Savings & Loan Corporation | Hamblen | Deed of Trust |
Additional plaintiffs: Lucy Goins |
East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 891 | 106 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1936 | State v. W. S. Howell | Hamblen | Breach of Trust |
Defendant employed by Pinnacle Mills from 1 Jan. 1927 until June 1930. Charged with fraudulently appropriating $8011 in company monies for his own use. Found guilty of "fraudulent breach of trust". Two bank notes were pinned to page 45 of larger Corporation Record Book. |
East | Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 959 | 496 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | State to Use of Morristown Co-Operative Stove Co. v. Robert McFarland | Hamblen | Breach of Trust |
Robert McFarland was a trustee of the Stove Company. He hired a man named Sharp to assist him, & settled his own accounts in court, awarding himself $500+5% commission, paying Sharp $258. He was sued as a trustee for taking too much payment & commission. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 6a | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Temple Harris v. Bank of Bristol, et al. | Hamblen | Deed of Trust |
Note made by Drury Morris, 19 Feb. 1876, $7,000, re: trust deed. Note transferred to defendants. Harris and D. Morris entered into a complicated deed of sale with the Bank over 105 acres of land. Plaintiff Temple Harris was resident of Jefferson Co. Defendants: S. E. Carmichael, Thomas H. Carmichael, Bank of Bristol. |
East | Range: 18 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1971 | 180 | Order A Copy |