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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 | 1918 | A. S. Holloway v. Cole-McIntyre-Norfleet Company | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Holloway sued. Case concerns an order of 50 barrels of meal that was not fulfilled by the defendants. Sued for $293.00. Printed copy of Petition for Certiorari Supersedas and Brief & Assignments of Error on Behalf of Plaintiff in Error included. |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1578 | 88 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | A. L. Charles v. M. E. Carter | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
This case was argued over 192 barrels of potatoes. Charles claims that Carter would not allow him to inspect the potatoes before taking possession of them. Number of pages includes 2 documents, one unnamed. |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 472 | 137 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Bluff City Cotton Mills v. Thomas Hyde | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Defendant sought damages based on a contract the plaintiff denied ever existed. |
West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 629 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | C. C. Cowan & Co. v. Evander Williams & Co. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Case involved the quality of 21 bales of cotton. The number of pages includes 3 legal documents. |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 470 | 109 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | C. H. Pond & E. A. Shedd v. R. M. Quigley & Co. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1015 | 327 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1889 | Dabney Crenshaw v. C. H. Rayburn | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 413 | 48 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | Ed Turner v. McConnell Furniture Co. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
This is the plaintiff's brief for the Court of Civil Appeals in Jackson. There are no other case files. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1073 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | E. A. Guilfoyle& Company v. Charles Eaton | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Charles Eaton was employed by E.A. Guilfoyle and Company for several years and both parties agreed to a new contract of employment terms with a cut in salary for Eaton beginning July 1, 1921. However, by the end of July, Eaton refused to take a salary cut. Eaton claims he is entitled to the full salary for the month of July. |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1706 | 78 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | F. B. T. Hollenberg v. R. M. Jones et al. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Co-defendant is Mrs. R. M. Jones. The property in question is a piano purchased by Mrs. Jones from the Hollenberg Music Co. Issues include her ownership of the piano separate from her husband, her husband's assumption of the loan after a period of time, Hollenberg's tearing up of the original contract and signing of a new one, and the fact that the piano was not made of walnut, as Mrs. Jones had been informed by the salesman. Several briefs are included in the folder. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 600 | 85 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | F. L. Barrier v. McFadden & Oates | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Case concerned a dispute on amount of commissions owed by defendant for cotton bought and sold by the plaintiff on the defendants behalf. Case file appears to not be complete. No docket number indicated. Folder 2 contains an envelope with 223 pages of receipts that were filed as an exhibit to the case. See WT2126 for another envelope of receipts (302 pgs), 2 stuck inside envelope. |
West | Range: 77 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 2075 | 651 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1914 | H. J. Ludeke v. S. J. Sullender | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Contract issue concerns the operation of a "liquor saloon business" in a property when the contract specifically prohibited such a business . |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1087 | 123 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | Indiana Drug Specialty Co. v. J. H. Harris, et al. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Co-defendant: V. L. Sullivan. The dispute concerns a drug order that was shipped despite being canceled by special-delivery letter. The drug company demanded payment in spite of the cancellation. Documents included on pages 6 &7. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1041 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1906 | John Hansler v. Railway Station & Car Advertising Company | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Mr. Marks of the advertising company hired Hansler to distribute to and post signs in railroad depots at Millington, Memphis, Capleville, and other unnamed locations in Tenn. The company claimed it was exempt from state taxation because the signs were printed in St. Louis. Because the company did not file a foreign charter w/the state, which was illegal, it said that the Hansler contract was invalid. Federal interstate commerce laws were violated. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1026 | 27 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Kavanaugh Sand Co. v. E. H. McKinley et al.. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional defendants: H. S. McKinley, A. Montgomery, and Thomas Singleton. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 528 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1929 | Kraus & Company v. Dr. Frank J. Hall | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Answer to Assignments of Error, Reply Brief, and Argument filed by the Plaintiff in Error is this Cause only. Shelby Law Docket No. 17. |
West | Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1133 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1909 | Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. The J.D. Kennedy Company | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
L&N Railroad Co. shipped "one car of second-hand cotton mill machinery". Other parties involved: C.R.I. & P. Ry. Co. |
West | Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1156 | 248 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1906 | Mrs. Tallulah Wolfe v. Memphis Paper Box Co. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1041 | 171 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1906 | Max Fleischer v. W. W. Harrison | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Case concerns the value of timber on land originally owned by Fleischer but sold to Harrison. Land was located in Desha County, Arkansas. Case also is concerned with timber rights. Includes published copies of arguments presented in the case. |
West | Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1162 | 183 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1927 | M. D. Fleming v. M. Makowsky | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Fleming sued Makowsky for debt due from a breach of a rental contract for the upstairs portion of 288 North Main Street, Memphis. |
West | Range: 77 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1883 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | McMath & Johnson v. W. C. White | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Cause of action: contract dispute where the plaintiff is sued the defendant for enforcement of the agreed upon contract. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1073 | 77 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | McFadden & Oates, a partnership v. F. L. Barrier | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
McFadden & Oates: George McFadden, W. L. Oates, and Edward Browning Jr. Barrier initially sued for $1925, the amount due on a contract between himself and the pltfs. Pltf.'s appeal only, see WT2075 for more files. McFadden & Oates were dealers in cotton. Housed in 2 folders. |
West | Range: 77 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 2084 | 283 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | N. S. Graves v. J. H. Garrett | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
N. S. Graves made a contract with J. F. Edmiston to build an addition to Graves's house. Edmiston did not comply & Garrett undertook for Edmiston to complete the house. When work was finished, Graves & Garrett could not agree on the amount still due on the contract. Number of pages includes a typed statement of fact & a handwritten statement of fact and brief for Garrett. |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 470 | 119 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Ned Whittaker& John Cunningham v. W. R. Harrell | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Whittaker and Cunningham were accused of enticing away Jim Mackey, who was in the employ of Harvell, who then refused to pay Mackey's due wages because of breach of contract. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 936 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1928 | N. J. Colquhoun v. Poland Soap Works | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Debt due of $175 on verbal and written contract(s) of employment. Carter D. Poland is listed as the president of Poland Soap Company and it is a corporation of Anniston, Alabama, having no office in Tennessee. |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1954 | 102 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1899 | Ruth McKinney et al. v. Illinois Central Railroad Co. et al. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Cover is missing. Co-plaintiff: John McKinney. Co-defendant: Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad. Plaintiff was hired as a washerwoman for the railroad companies, who, she says, discharged her without cause. She is sued for $5000 damages. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 762 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1916 | Rugby Estates Land Company v. M. B. Schwartz | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The issue in this case is whether or not the contract sued upon was executed by the Rugby Estates Land Company or by some agent authorized so to do. |
West | Range: 79 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1435 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | Shelby County v. Tennessee Centennial Exposition Company | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 423 | 36 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1898 | T. J. Dunn & Company v. M. Lipe | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 676 | 131 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1914 | T. W. Sofge v. Arthur H. Lowe | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Contract concerns the purchase of land and method of payment for same. Folder include 97-page printed brief. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1074 | 186 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | W. B. Mallory v. The Hanauer Oil Works | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 410 | 214 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1920 | W. J. Harvey v. T. H. Hayes | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Hayes sold Harvey a "Packard motor car, car No. 51374, motor No. 1121, and retained the title under conditional sale contract." Hayes has possession of the car and plaintiff wishes to get back the $200 he paid as a part purchase price. Plaintiff also states that the defendant told him the car was "in first class mechanical condition, and that he had been mislead and deceived by the false misrepresentation of said defendant." |
West | Range: 78 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1676 | 106 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | Woodward& Stillman v. Mississippi Valley Transportation Company | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 313 | 289 | Order A Copy |