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 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 1878 Elliott National Bank and John Demerritt v. Western and Atlantic Railroad Hamilton Failure to Pay

Other defendants: Western and Atlantic Railroad Company (not sure what the difference is between Western & Atlantic Railroad and Western & Atlantic Railroad Co.). Plaintiffs were from Massachusetts (bank located in Boston). Defendants from Georgia. Bank bought a promissory note from railroad to E. W. Kimball for $12,077.45 & Demerritt also bought a promissory note from railroad to Kimball for $8,060. Railroad refused to make payment to them on notes.

 East Range: 19 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1661 240 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 East Tennessee Iron Manufacturing Co. v. John G. Bynum Hamilton Failure to Pay

John Bynum purchased machinery from East TN Iron Manufacturing Co. for a large scale steam tannery operation. He still owed about $2000 for the equipment. The iron company sued to recover this amount, suggesting a lien on five acres where the tannery stood.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 10a 35 Order A Copy
View Entry 1930 Hamilton National Bank, et al. v. Alvin Shipp, Trustee Hamilton Failure to Perform Official Duties

Case file is incomplete; opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 8 Order A Copy
View Entry J. P. Kindrick v. Joseph Wasserman, et al Hamilton Failure to Pay

Additional defendant J. H. Burnett. Both parties purchased a tract of land jointly. They paid for part of the value and issued notes for the rest. Defendant Burnett conveyed his note and land to Wasserman. Plaintiff sought the payment from Wasserman. Plaintiff charged that the defendant did not pay his part of the note and the plaintiff had to pay both notes. Plaintiff was seeking the money from the defendant for his part of the purchase.

 East Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 788 37 Order A Copy
View Entry 1948 P. I. Angel, et al. v. Hamilton County Hamilton Failure to Perform Official Duties

Additional Plaintiff: H. L. Morris.

 East Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 263 84 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 Samuel Crosland v. Mary McDaniel & Eli M. Cleveland Hamilton Failure to Pay

Crosland sued Hugh L. McDaniel who then died intestate. Crosland was awarded $456 in damages. McDaniel had only $200 worth of property, eighty acres set aside for a dower. Crosland accused McDaniel of purposely refusing to register land so that it may not have a lien placed upon it. Crosland sued to settle the debt owed him by the McDaniel estate.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 10a 88 Order A Copy
View Entry 1894 T. E. H. McCrosky, et al. v. John Skillern, Sheriff, et al. Hamilton Failure to Return Execution

Additional defendants: A. J. Rogers, H. H. Poe, G. D. Taliaferro, A. C. S. Igon, I. C. Rogers. Additional plaintiffs, unknown.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 92 8 Order A Copy