Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1915 American Zinc Co. v. Morris Sherman Co. Hamilton Contract Dispute and Damages

Judgment only. Court says insufficient evidence of bad faith by defendant to have gone to a jury.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1933 C. B. Glenn v. Rose L. Fletcher et al. Hamilton Contract Dispute and Damages

Please do not pull. Case in very poor condition. Cross & Hatfield partnership mentioned. Case concerns contract over building a hotel on Market Street in Chattanooga.

 East Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1082 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1923 Federal Coal Company v. United States Fuel Corporation Hamilton Contract Dispute and Damages

The two parties are disputing two different contracts regarding the selling of coal.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 452 128 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Granville Beeson, et al.v. The Dale Sand Company et al Hamilton Land, Contract Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: Sterl Beeson, Floyd Dugger, Florence Foster, Charles Foster, and Georgie Dugger. Additional Defendants: Chattanooga Sand & Supply Co.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 488 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 R. G. Dun & Company v. Frank R. Whitzel Hamilton Contract Dispute and Damages

Whitzel went to Chattanooga after being hired on probation as a canvasser. He came to like the city and wished to moved his family there from Kansas. He was then let go and sued. A complication arose after the jury announced its verdict in Whitzel's favor. Two jurymen, C. R. Buford and B. F. McGill, told the court that the decision had not been unanimous even though they were believed to have voted with the majority so they could go home.

 East Range: 10 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1454 88 Order A Copy
View Entry 1891 Sheridan Green & Co. v. Dowler & Co. Hamilton Contract Dispute and Damages

The defendants owned a drug store in Chattanooga that they wanted to sell and entered into a contract with the plaintiffs to sell their store to Wilford Bright and pay the plaintiffs $300. Bright was dissatisfied with the price and backed out of the deal but Sheridan sued to recover the $300 from Dowler anyway.

 East Range: 19 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1808 71 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 Tabler-Cleudup Coal & Coke Company v. W. W. Garrett Hamilton Contract Dispute and Damages

"complaint of W. W. Garrett in a civil action account $216.10 for work & labor done for which the claims a lien on the Corporation property pursuant Sec. 2768 and to enforce his lien he brings this suit under a magistrates jurisdiction."

 East Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1864 10 Order A Copy