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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1856 | John McMahan v. Jackson Grubb & R. J. Engledon | McMinn | Contract for Labor and Materials |
Grubb & Engledon were partners in tailoring business and McMahan a farmer. Both parties had an arrangement in which McMahan furnished Grubb & Engledon with produce in exchange for their tailoring clothes for him. It was also agreed that both Grubb's & Engledon's accounts were blended. Plaintiff unaware of change in relationship between def'ts who later dispute in three other cases about account balances (what they did or did not receive). |
East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: Oversize Box 17 | 80 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | Polly Lowry by next friend William Lowry Jr. v. William Lowry Sr. et al. | McMinn | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Barclay McGhee, Margaret H. Niles and husband J.W.J. Niles & Charles M. McGhee. Very complex dispute over land once belonging to Polly Lowry's father, Barclay McGhee, dec. Polly's brother, John McGhee had promised to purchase and settle for Polly's life and her children after her death a tract of land provided from Barclay McGhee's estate. Wm Lowry and John Lowry became insolvent. John died and title passed to his children (Add. deft's) who refuse to convey land to plaintiff. |
East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: Oversize Box 17 | 28 | Order A Copy |