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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 | 1897 | A. C. Flanigan & J. W. Flanigan v. Oliver-Finnie Grocery Co. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
The case began as Debt due on Account; the issue concerns whether a wife's separate estate can be billed for a debt. Folder includes two legal briefs. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 524 | 29 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1897 | A. A. Paton & Company v. F. R. Carter | Shelby | Rent Dispute |
Rent related to the purchase and storage of cotton crop. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 661 | 39 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1897 | Bowdre Brothers & Co. v. C. H. Harrison | Shelby | Property Dispute |
Property in dispute is one mule at a value of $50.00 |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 528 | 38 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1897 | G. M. Terry & Isham F. Terry v. Howson B. Terry, et. al. | Weakley | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants listed as Robert & Malissa B. Russell, John S. and Sallie B. Murphy, Kathleen Murphy, sally Fore, Mildred Terry, John & Susan Monroe, Jennie Light, Glover & Martha Epperson, Mick & Lucy Heath, continues in next field. Ann Younger, Mamie Younger, unknown children of R. S. Young, Willie Price, Walter & Viola Price, Mollie Cage, John R. and Kate Bailey, James & Agnes Terry, James & Sallie Epps, and M. F. Payne. Case concerns estate of Elizabeth S. Bailey. |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 638 | 300 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1897 | J. H. Harper& Harper Male& Female Academy v. Madison County | Madison | Taxation Disputes | West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 509 | 26 | 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 | 1897 | Lee Thornton, admr. Of Edmond Coleman dec. v. Matilda Coleman, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants: Charles Coleman, W. M. McDowell, Henry Houck. |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 665 | 64 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1897 | Manufacturer's National Bank of Harrisman v. Frank Hall | Roane | Debt Dispute |
Case file is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 69 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1897 | Nannie Patterson Harris v. George W. Harris | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
P. M. Patterson, deceased, of Patterson Transfer Company in Memphis. Plaintiff was his daughter. Also see WT 546 for additional part of case. |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 545 | 1013 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1897 | W. J. Abston & Co. v. Mrs. Lou B. Rodgers | Shelby | Debt Dispute | West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 503 | 88 | Order A Copy |