Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1899 Annie G. Steele v. Endowment Bank Knights of Pythias Shelby Insurance Disputes

Includes medical examiners certificate concluding J. K. Steel, deceased and plaintiff's husband in good health and therefore recommending membership to the order. J. K. Steel had $3,000.00 insurance policy through defendant. Upon his death widow would receive policy if he was in good standing. Also see WT Box 810

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 806 129 Order A Copy
View Entry 1899 C. Johnson & wife v. D. A. Campenton Shelby Land and Title Dispute West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 721 37 Order A Copy
View Entry 1899 H. Ellerman v. P. A. Shellin Davidson Property Dispute

Cross suit: P. A. Shellin v. Silverfield & Fieldman.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 509 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1899 H. F. Heaton, et al. v. Harrison Dennis, et al Shelby Estate Dispute

Cause of action: Devisavit vel non. Estate of Anna Bingham. Additional plaintiffs: Mrs. Georgia Bishop, Harry Bishop, Leath Orphan Asylum, Mamie Jones, O. P. Jones, Ida Miller, W. W. Miller, Ida Anderson, Richard Anderson, Ben Bingham Jones, Anna Jones. Additional defendants: John Dennis, William Dennis, Lucinda Smith, William Z. Smith.

 West Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 782 571 Order A Copy
View Entry 1899 Harris H. Lovelace, exe., of Thomas H. Foster, dec. v. Thomas E. Foster & J. M. Foster, et al. Weakley Estate Dispute

20 additional defendants listed.

 West Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 776 55 Order A Copy
View Entry 1899 J. L. Bickerstaff v. H. J. Wright & J. M. Hughes Crockett Land, Contract Dispute

Bickerstaff sued claiming he had paid part of the purchase price for a piece of land sold by the defendants but they had not delivered a deed to the land to Bickerstaff.

 West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 724 17 Order A Copy
View Entry 1899 J. C. Harris & P. Davis v. J. G. Tipton & T. A. Erwin Lake Debt Dispute

Debt on land.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 787 41 Order A Copy
View Entry 1899 May Blessing v. Memphis Trust Co. Shelby Estate Dispute

May Blessing is the daughter of M.J. Blessing. M.J. Blessing died when his daughter was an infant. She is now eighteen years old and seeking what she believes to be her inheritance from her father's estate.

 West Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 765 83 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 1899 T. D. Bird v. W. H. Winters Madison Debt Dispute

Plaintiff originally won judgment of $55.75 plus court costs against defendant; debt for lumber used in construction of house in Lexington. Winters argues that he does not owe Bird anything, & that the judgment was won by default as illness had prevented him from appearing in court at time of trial & from filing an appeal in a timely manner.

 West Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 771 36 Order A Copy
View Entry 1899 W. H. Anderson, Trustee of James C. Harris, dec. v. Z. C. Fuller Obion Estate Dispute

J. C. (James) Harris was a general merchandise dealer at Reelfoot Lake, TN. Hon. W.H. Swiggart, Judge, 12th Judicial Circuit.

 West Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 742 170 Order A Copy