Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1893 Annie Brown v. Margaret Montgomery, John S. Brown, A.S. Prosser and wife Lizzie Prosser Knox Estate Dispute

Annie Brown was the widow of George Brown. This case involved a dispute between her and her stepchildren over the interests and rights to a hardware business owned by the said George Brown, deceased.

 East Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1742 46 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 Bettie Richardson v. Smith & Buckingham Davidson Debt Dispute

Not on the cover, Richardson's husband, Edward, was named as primary pltf. throughout the case. Bettie was also listed as Kate in part of the case. Pltf. purchased a suit of furniture from Lowery Bros. on notes, Lowery Bros. sold out to dfnts. Pltf. asserted she had paid for the furniture suit in full, but had not received the goods she purchased.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 971 11 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 D. D. Driver v. J. R. Corley DeKalb Contract Dispute and Damages

Driver was seeking a sum of $ 74.50 for work and labor he performed for Corley.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 994 60 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 Edmond Orgill v. Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Company Shelby Land and Title Dispute West Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 388 70 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 Everett Nardin v. H. S. Morgan Shelby Property Dispute

Charged with "taking up and keeping a horse" claimed by the plaintiff.

 West Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 391 23 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 John McLemore, et al. v. J. H. Williams, et al. Marion Land and Title Dispute

Case file is incomplete; brief only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 91 56 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 Jackson & Foster v. Chickasaw Cooperage Company Shelby Debt Dispute

Folder includes legal briefs relating to the appeal. Plaintiff is demanding payment for materials left at the riverside; defendants refuse to pay, saying they were not notified of the materials' whereabouts, and that many of them had been damaged or washed away by the time they came to pick them up.

 West Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 384 108 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 J. W. Tighe & Wife, M. H. Tighe v. William Williams & J. P. Jordan Shelby Debt Dispute

Plaintiffs charged that they were placed on a business association's blacklist as a result of a debt to the defendants. Williams & Jordan initiated the blacklisting, saying that the Tighe Sand Company was unworthy of credit.

 West Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 591 41 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 Kansas City & Memphis Railway & Bridge Company v. Susan Mclean Greer et al./ Jno. C. McLemore et al.v. E. H. Shipley et al Shelby Estate Dispute

Additional defendants Valda and Mary McLemore represented by guardian George Randolph Phillip Alston's deed 1st case. John Overton, Robert G. Thompson, Thos. Love and Robt. Love, Charles Durivage's deeds involved in 2nd case.

 West Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 497 292 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 Kate Straight v. Henry Richman Shelby Debt Dispute

Case is a complication of a divorce between complainant & H. B. Straight. Richman was an attorney in the divorce, and claimed the Kate's property as his fee. The biggest dispute is over the money Kate spent on the care of the Straight's horse, which Richman wanted to take to satisfy his fee.

 West Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 547 34 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 L. H. Evans v. T. W. Phillips& Sam George Phillips Knox Debt Dispute

Case incomplete; brief, summons, and opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 103 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 Lucinda Motley, et al. v. J. W. Vernon Shelby Land and Title Dispute

Other plaintiffs: Iron Mountain Railroad Company; Joshua E. Motley; Geneva Heunt; Florence A. Motley; Lizzie S. Motley.

 West Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 386 302 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 Mary Gruvitt v. F. M. Gruvitt Knox Debt Dispute

Case incomplete; opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 102 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 Marie Rosenfield et al. v. Endowment Rank of Knights of Pythias Shelby Insurance Disputes

Plaintiff sues for $4000 in damages. Charges defendant with refusing to honor a benefit certificate that her husband, Maurice, obtained from them that would pay her $3000 upon his death. Maurice Rosenfield dec. Aug. 1888. Defendant maintains Rosenfield did not inform them that he had consumption, thereby violating contract. Daniel Rosenfield brother of Maurice, came to America Nov. 1887. Rosenfields from Strasburg, Germany.

 West Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 535 139 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 M. C. Powers v. R. Biggs Houston Property Dispute

Additional defendant: C. N. Parker. The case was to determine who had rightful ownership of two black mules of the age of 5 to 6.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 999 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 William M. Bachman v. James Bachman et als. Sullivan Estate Dispute

This case dealt with an estate dispute among the heirs of Samuel Bachman, deceased.

 East Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1754 31 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 Willis Menifee, admr. of A. T. Oliver, dec. et al. v. Henrietta C. Park et al. Marshall Estate Dispute

Add. Pla: L. L., A. B., Lavon, and Elizabeth Oliver (by next friend L. L. Oliver). Add. Def: W. T. Park, W. D. McClure and Co., and The Bank of Lewisburg. This suit and a cross bill were brought to determine the appropriate distribution of A. T. Oliver's estate, collect payments due to said estate, and restrain W. T. Park from collecting certain notes. A. T. is described as being odd, eccentric, and incredulous. Elizabeth Oliver, widow of A. T. Oliver, is described as being "totally insane."

 Middle Range: 36 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 932 401 Order A Copy