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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 | 1904 | D. M. Coffman v. Cumberland Coal & Coke Co. | Roane | Failure to Pay |
Incomplete case file; judgement only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 14 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1893 | J. J. Lemming & Co., et al. v. John B. Stevens, W. B. Winslow, & Harriman Building & Loan Association | Roane | Failure to Pay |
Leming furnished Stevens with lumber to build a house on a lot, now encumbered. Stevens then owed $250. Wm. Doone lathed and plastered the house, Stevens owed him $200. Gilbert Walton performed carpentry, billing $41. The pl's sued to recover amounts due them for work performed for Stevens. See boxes ET 747 for additional documents. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 15 | 128 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1888 | W. L. Welcker, assignee v. Pamelia Staples, Widow of Thomas Staples, Jr, et al. | Roane | Failure to Pay |
Welcker ran a mercantile firm called Joseph Welcker & Sons. Staples's husband turned over accounts, land, notes, etc. to the Welckers for money to pay her creditors. Staples then sold the property to other persons, putting the land in others' names in order to defraud his creditors. Suit seeks to recover the money from Staples. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 11a | 179 | Order A Copy |