Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1906 Amos Hardin v. P. E. Creelman Lumber Company Hardin Contract Dispute and Damages West Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 978 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1906 Antonio Cassaretto v. R. A. Odlum Shelby Election Dispute

Cause of action: to recover $500 under Section 1374 of Shannon's Code for violation of his duties as an election officer.

 West Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1039 119 Order A Copy
View Entry 1906 C. C. Gossett v. James L. Allison Knox Election Dispute

Opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 92 9 Order A Copy
View Entry 1906 C. H. White v. Tennessee Cotton Oil Co. Gibson Debt Dispute

Debt due for $358.34 from a written contract for the sale of shares of stock in the Rutherford Ginning Co. Bottom half of the first four pages are missing.

 West Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 950 44 Order A Copy
View Entry 1906 E. P. Hayes & wife D. C. Hayes v. H. B. Stubblefield et al. & H. B. Stubblefield v. E. P. Hayes& wife Perry Land and Title Dispute West Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1032 11 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 1906 Louis Faccaro v. George Colbert Shelby Debt Dispute

Papers do not state the basics of the case. They consist only of brief for the defendant in error, summons, sheriff's return, judgment, justice's appeal bond, judgment for plaintiff, new trial refused, appeal prayed and perfected, and appeal bond.

 West Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1026 9 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 1906 O. H. Looney v. S. S. Wiley Obion Property Dispute

Disputed property: No-top buggy and harness

 West Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1042 40 Order A Copy
View Entry 1906 St. Louis South Western Railway Co. v. E. W. Aud& wife M. E. Aud Shelby Debt Dispute

Plea of debt due for conversion of personal property under $500.

 West Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 962 15 Order A Copy
View Entry 1906 Southern Railway Company v. H. C. Jackson, trustee Washington Taxation Disputes

Final Decree only.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 85 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1906 Tennessee & Carolina Southern Rail yard Company v. Margaret W. Jones Monroe Land and Title Dispute

Final Decree only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 87 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1906 White & Henning v. J. H. Evans Lauderdale Debt Dispute

Thomas H. White & B. G. Henning owned a livery business in Memphis. Evans & his brother-in-law, George Barfield, owed money to them on a note of $393.45. John D. Tarrant bought the judgment against Evans & Barfield & claimed ownership of it in court. Judgment was stayed by A. W. Smith, the intestate of the defendant. Tarrant averred that the debt be taken out of Smith's estate. [Brads could not be removed from the transcript.]

 West Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 981 21 Order A Copy