Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1897 Amanda Blount& William Blount v. M. J. Strawn& N. J. Boggar Lawrence Land and Title Dispute West Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 509 152 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Annie Randolph, et al.v. G. W. Williams& C. S. Williams, et al Shelby Debt

Debt for $460 plus court costs for a lawsuit regarding a $100 original loan. Additional plaintiff: Thomas Randolph. Additional defendants: A. K. Hancock and the German Bank of Memphis

 West Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 513 220 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Ann Eliza Conner v. W. T. Webb & Lawrence Ellison. Madison Debt on Account

Debt was for the purchase of a lot in Jackson, TN. Lot is listed as being Lot 2, Block 18 of Butler Division. Debt was for $65.00.

 West Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 664 24 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 August Oppenheimer et al. v. Frank E. Haller et al Shelby Debt on Account

Additional plaintiffs: Julius S. Oppenheimer, Henry S. Oppenheimer, Henry H. Veit, and Gustave F. Veit. The Derby Silver Company, J. F. Fradley & Co., Henry Froelich and Lyman W. Froelich. The Holmes & Edwards Silver Co. David Untermeyer, Henry Untermeyer Additional defendants: James E. Goodlett, Mary A. Goodlett, Mary Lee Haller, Rebecca Jane Goodlett Phillips, John Phillips, Fleecie Goodlett, James E. Goodlett. The Bluff City Insurance Company, The Bank of Commerce, and the German Bank. I. N. Snowden.

 West Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 834 291 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Annie Cooney v. Bridget Cooney et al Shelby Debt

Additional defendants: Alice E. Cooney and James Cooney, her husband.

 West Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 517 110 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 B. H. Gardner v. M. L. Meacham Shelby Breach of Contract

Case names Emma Meacham, wife of M. L. Meacham

 West Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 101 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Belle V. Oldham v. C. Hurd Scire Facias

County is not named in the documents.

 West Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 532 7 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Brandon Bros. v. Sam Erwin, et al. Obion Replevin

Other defendants: F. W. Pardue, J. T. Chiles, and J. W. Thompson. The question here is who is liable, Brandon Bros. (mercantile firm) or the defendants for a $300 replevin bond.

 West Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 534 245 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 B. Lowenstein & Bros. v. R. D. Jordan, et al. Shelby Debt Dispute

B. Lowenstein & Bros. comprised of Bernard, Elias, & Abram L. Lowenstien & Isaac D. Marks. Additional Defendants: Heber Jones; W. L. & Effie D. Tucker; F. P., Mrs. F. L., William King, Anna Rives & David Hamill Poston; Earnest L. Cleaves. Poston defendants heirs of David H. Poston, dec.; Mrs. F. L. Poston his widow. Another child, Mary Louise Poston, dec. Plaintiffs suing to collect $287 & $114.11 from Poston estate for goods purchased from them.

 West Range: H Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 657 64 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Betts Machine Company v. James Lee Jr. et al. Shelby Replevin

This case is a writ of replevin…The Betts Machine Company sold a machine to James Lee Jr. and the parties agreed on a payment schedule. However Lee began having problems with the machine and refused to pay the second payment. The Betts Machine Co. now seeks to take back possession of the machine. They state that the contract specified that they would retain the title to the machine and could take back possession if payments were not made.

 West Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 845 34 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Brooks, Neely & Co. v. J. M.& W. L. Taylor Madison Debt on Account

J. M. Taylor bought a variety of merchandise from the plaintiffs (S.H. Brooks, J.C. Neely, and H.M. Neely) for his store in Denmark (Madison Co., TN). W. L. Taylor served as trustee to J. M. Taylor.

 West Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 514 111 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 1897 Bartholomew Vaccaro v. Parmelia Cicalla et al. Shelby Estate Settlement

This case is dealing with the estate settlement of Paul Cicalla. Both he and his wife died in a yellow fever outbreak and left several young children. Exhibits include will of Paul Cicalla.

 West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 709 117 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 B. Lowenstein & Brothers v. P. T. Sipes, et al Tipton Attachment

Additional defendants: O. G. Bomar

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 789 359 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 C. P. Goree v. S. R. Coale, et al. Hamilton Failure to Pay

W. M. Wilhoit borrowed $8700 from Jarvis-Conklin Mortgage Co. to purchase land, & the mortgage was assigned to S. R. Coale. The land had a prior lien for $690 to T. L. Cate, alleged to have been filed by Coale. The law firm Gorree & Atkins sued to recover their fees, following defending Coale.

 East Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 23 21 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 C. Buchanon & M. C. Edward v. Peoples Bank of Clifton et al. Wayne Petitions for Relief

J. F. Biffle, Buchanon, and Edwards executed a note to the defendant bank in 1893. Biffle was the principal and the plaintiffs were the sureties. When Biffle defaulted on the note, a judgement was rendered for the bank and the plaintiff surities paid the note. However, the refused to pay the attorney fees of the bank, claiming they were unreasonable and that a judgment was reached quickly.

 Middle Range: 37 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1182 50 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Linda Y. Spratley Shelby Insurance Disputes

Folder includes several legal briefs and other documents. The cover of the case is missing. Includes two blank insurance documents.

 West Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 454 80 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 C. G. Sanders v. W. O. Britt Jr., et al. Perry Estate Dispute

Additional defendant: J. S. Sanders. Additional name included in the case: Berry Sanders.

 West Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 482 59 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 C. Johnson, et al. v. The Southern B & L Association Shelby Property Dispute

Other plaintiff: Mrs. M. W. Johnston, wife. "Johnson" also spelled "Johnston." Though the case style does not specify "et al.", F. H. Heiskell was also a defendant. B & L= Building and Loan

 West Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 518 68 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Caroline Crews v. John L. H. Tomlin& Sheriff E. A. Brooks Madison Property Dispute

Caroline Crews is an African-American woman who is sued her lawyer. Her lawyer, upon being entrusted with her property until she could pay her legal fees, allowed the property to be sold for not paying back taxes and bought the property himself at auction. She claims she paid him the legal fees and the money for the taxes.

 West Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 530 81 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 C. H. Holden v. Russie Burgess Obion Debt

Debt on lumber delivered by the complainant via the Obion River.

 West Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 509 262 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Linda Y. Spratley Shelby Insurance Claims and Policies

Insurance policy for $8,100 on the life of Benjamin R. Spratley, deceased. Includes brief.

 West Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 544 38 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 C. H. Larrabee v. The Belmont Boat, et al. Shelby Attachment

Additional defendants: V. B. Thayer, C. H. Belmont.

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 677 69 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Carrie T. Douglas & Sidney A. Douglas v. W. F. Taylor, et al Shelby Usury

Additional defendants: Madison F. Embry, W. F. Taylor & Co., William Smith, W. A. Collier, W. G. Weatherford

 West Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 660 750 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Charles A. Ault et al. v. W. H. Dustin et al. Davidson Breach of Contract

Additional Plaintiffs: Lorenzo D. Ault, George S. Brownell, and W. C. Compton. The plaintiffs, dealers in cotton rope and citizens of Ohio, sued the defendants, manufacturers W. H. Dustin and Thomas Dunn, for damages for failure to comply with their contract to furnish the agreed upon quantity of cotton clothes-lines and reel-rope. Contains extensive testimony about the cost and sale of cotton clothe-line, cotton, and contracts for such materials.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1050 484 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Charles N. Grosvenor v. New York Life Insurance Co. Shelby Insurance Disputes

The dispute revolved around the question of whether plaintiff executed one or two notes on his premiums.

 West Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 514 37 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 City of Memphis v. Memphis Savings Bank Shelby Bond Dispute

Memphis Savings Bank questions whether the City of Memphis has the right to call a "series" of its bonds.

 West Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 511 45 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Cornelia C. Edwards by next friend, S. W. Edwards, et al. v. S. M. Edwards Fayette Land

additional plaintiffs: H. C. Moorman, Frankie Hunter, Samuel T. Hunter, Simon C. Edwards, Dorie Edwards

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 667 63 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 D. C. Gately v. John D. King, et al. Madison Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: Pollie S. King, William P. Robertson, W. Bethel Robertson, and Harris G. Robertson.

 West Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 477 496 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 D. W. Herring v. Lawrence Elison & wife et al Jackson Debt

Additional defendants: R. P. Morgan, Hubbard Cole and wife, and the five minor children of Cole and wife.

 West Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 755 34 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Dodson & Stewart for use of W. H. Dodson v. Mclean & Smith Weakley Debt, Balance on

Balance due on a sale of a lot manufactured staves. 2 folders.

 West Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 661 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 D. W. Herring v. R. P. Morgan et al Madison Debt

Additional defendants: Lawrence Ellison, Eliza Ellison, Hubbard Cole, Mattie Cole, Elijah Cole, Hubbard Cole Jr., Lawrence Willis Cole, Raymond Cole, an infant child unnamed _______ Cole.

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 670 199 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Ella Bailey et al v. Enoch Brown Williamson Petition to Recover Land/Property

Ella Bailey, wife os S. H. Bailey Jr.(dec.), and her children filed suit against the executors, heirs, and devisees of Enoch Brown, deceased. Bailey Jr. inherited an estate in trust from his mother Maria L. (Clark) Bailey. The plaintiffs contested the validity of note that Schuyler H. Bailey (dec. husband of Maria L.) transferred to Enoch Brown, which they claimed was misappropriated and against the trust deed of the estate. Plaintiffs requested the return of land conveyed by the note and debt on note.

 Middle Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1105 137 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Eliza Floyd v. A. M. Baker, et al. Perry Debt

Additional defendant: Garrison Bush.

 West Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 484 108 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Eugene Dupont, et al. v. J. T. Jefferson, et al. Shelby Debt Dispute

Other plaintiffs: Francis Dupont; Harry A. Dupont; Alexis I. Dupont; Alfred I Dupont; Charles I. Dupont. Other defendants: J. C. Neely. For $1525.

 West Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 515 11 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Elizabeth Jackson et al. v. J. S. White, exe. of Edmund Jackson, dec. et al. Wilson Unknown

Reply brief only; no additional case documents included. Additional plaintiffs and defendants: unknown.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 492 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Ellis v. John Brabson Sevier Obstructing a Public Road/Road/Right of Way

Incomplete case. Folder only contains hand-drawn map of properties surrounding road in dispute. Case information comes from "Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee," Volume 99 (1898).

 East Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1051 1 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 E. J. Sanford, W. P. Chamberlain, and A. J. Albers d/b/a Sanford, Chamberlain & Albers v. E. D. Allen, et al. Rhea Land and Title Dispute

This bill filed by complainants Sanford, Chamberlain & Albers against E. D. Allen & wife in Rhea Co. for the purpose of collecting an alleged indebtedness of $272 and for the further purpose of setting aside a conveyance of certain town lots in Spring City, TN, made by one Jeff Cash to Madge I. Allen who is the wife of the defendant E. D. Allen. Additional Defendant: Madge I. Allen. The plaintiffs were a pharmaceutical supply business in East Tennessee.

 East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 45 93 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 E. E. Miller v. W. H. McMurrey, trustee, et al. Dickson Default on Promissory Note

Add. Defs: S. W. Hopkins and W. W. Craft. Plaintiff sued to recover debt on notes totaling over $1,000 that the defendants issued as Hopkins & Craft Stave Co.

 Middle Range: 37 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1219 66 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Ellen Hall, (col.) et al. v. John Hall, (col.) Rutherford Wills, Contested

Contestation of will of John L. Hall, col., dec.. Additional Complainants: Carrie L. Hall, Emma Woods. Others mentioned: Nancy Alexander, sister of dec.; Bettie Johnson, sister of dec.; Jesse Alexander; Angeline Hall, mother of defendant by slave marriage to John L. Hall, dec'd.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 551 215 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 First National Bank v. Nashville Street Railway et al. Davidson Bond Dispute

Additional parties: Richard Wiggin

 Middle Range: 37 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1193 90 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 F. D. Brown v. L. Lawhorn& Company Shelby Debt

Debt on a loan of three thousand dollars the plaintiff loaned the firm.

 West Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 475 26 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Frank Moore Harris by next friend, George W. Harris v. Mrs. Harriet F. Patterson, et al. Shelby Estate Settlement West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 667 55 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 F. W. McLean, et al. v. M. C. Pearce, et al. Shelby Fraud

Consolidated Causes: Memphis National Bank v. M. C. Pearce, et al; Phoenix Firs & Marine Ins. Co. v. M. C. Pearce, et al; Home Insurance & Trust Co. v. M. C. Pearce, et al; W. F. Taylor v. M. C. Pearce, et al Additional defendant: M. Cornelia Pearce

 West Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 646 412 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 F. D. Brown v. L. Lawhorn & Co., et al Shelby Partnership Settlement

This is only a Brief of the case.

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 693 17 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 First National Bank v. A. M. Shook et al. Davidson Bank Note

In 1889, J. P. Williams, A. M. Shook, Nat Baxter Jr., and G. M. Fogg (partners) purchased an iron furnace from the Warner's and Mrs. Goodrich, executing four notes signed by each of the partners. When the sellers demanded payment of the note, the defendants borrowed $9,296 from the plaintiff bank. Williams was also vice-president of the bank at the time and illegally instructed a cashier to remove the name of Shook from the note. Exhibit is note issued by parties.

 Middle Range: 37 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1189 269 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Fred Hesse, admr. of Kate Scheurich, dec. v. Theodor Hemberger, admr. of Lorenz Scheurich, dec. et al. Davidson Failure to Perform Official Duties

Additional Defendants: F. J. Nopper, S. Ritter, and C. C. Laitenberger. The administrator of the estate of Kate Scheurich, the deceased widow of Lorenz, brought suit against the administrator of Lorenz, claiming his inventory of the estate was false. Hesse further claimed that Hemberger had converted parts of the Lorenz estate for his own use and violated his duties.

 Middle Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1101 186 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 F. P. Crump v. J. B. Johnson, et al Davidson Debt Dispute

Plaintiff, a builder of homes, claimed that Johnson has been in debt to him for several years and has even fraudulently placed the lot he owned in Hartsville into his wife's name and sold the lot. Then they left town. Then they turned up again when they… purchased a lot on Fatherland Street in East Nashville. Case is a debt dispute.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1086 100 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 German Bank v. Phoenix Fire& Marine Insurance Company Shelby Non-payment of Bank Note West Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 473 52 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 George H. Glascock & Co., a firm composed of George H. Glascock& H. W. Bryson v. P. P. Van Vleet Shelby Sale of Land/Property

Real estate agents Glascock & Bryson accused defendant of reneging on a spoken agreement to purchase a piece of Memphis property. They further accused Van Vleet of agreeing to purchase the property through another agency for a lower price, depriving the complainants of their sale commission.

 West Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 582 311 Order A Copy

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