Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry 1936 Arthur Phillips v. Warren M. Royal & Clothilde Royal Carter Land and Title Dispute

Case includes a hand-drawn map on the back of a Barnes Indoor Circus Broadside. 2 folders. Exhibit item located in ET Oversize Box 10.

 East Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 911 216 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Cooper Corporation v. Arthur P. Slaughter Sullivan Debt Dispute

Cooper Corp. seeking to recover debt of $233.91 from plaintiff, who purchased tires, tubes & other stock from the Rubber Products Co. Rubber Products Co. a debtor of Cooper Corp.; its owners had since closed business in TN & moved to FL. Plaintiff seeking to prove that defendant purchased the merchandise in violation of the Bulk Sale Law.

 East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 925 89 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Gona Dorsey v. Wayne Waters, supt., et al. Cocke Election Dispute

Additional Defendants: Hobert Ford, C. W. Scott, J. H. Huff, J. G. Ford, J. H. Holt, and June Holdway.

 East Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 125 165 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 George C. Bass, Jr. v. Aetna Life Insurance Co. Hamilton Insurance Disputes

Under terms of plaintiff's policy with defendant he would be paid $25 per week for life if permanently disabled. On 3 March 1930 plaintiff accidentally injured himself by drinking a small amount of "Jamaica ginger" that contained a "foreign or poisonous" ingredient & suffered "multiple neuritis", resulting in permanent disability. Aetna discontinued its payments after 48 weeks & has not paid in 2 years. Exhibit of ginger extract located in ET Oversize Box 11.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 959 225 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 In The Matter of the Estate of Isadore B. Finklestein, Dec. Knox Insurance Disputes

Case Name incomplete.

 East Range: 8 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 982 53 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Lou Owens v. National Life& Accident Insurance Co. Hamilton Insurance Disputes East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 937 111 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Mrs. Bettie Purdy Bellamy v. Wiley Stout, et al. Monroe Estate Dispute

Additional Defendants: Ella Stout Miller; Hubert, Lucile, Gene, Charlie, William, Bessie, George, Ray & Babe Stout. Plaintiff only child & heir of John A. Purdy, decd. 8 Sept. 1918. Defendants heirs of his widow, Cynthia J. Purdy, decd. 17 March 1935. Plaintiff suing for her share of the Purdys' estates, which she argues she was defrauded of by the defendants.

 East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 930 70 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Ellen W. Bayless, admr. et al. Hamilton Insurance Disputes

Additional Defendant: Willie Mae Sanderson, sister of Ellen W. Bayless. Ellen Bayless admr. Ida Bell Bayless, who took out the insurance policy on her husband, Robert A. Bayless, dec. 10 Oct. !934. Policy part of estate of Ida Bell Bayless, also deceased. Both defendants claim sole rights to the proceeds from the policy, with no monies to be paid to the other party.

 East Range: 8 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 982 64 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Maryland Casualty Company v. Anna P. McTeer Knox Insurance Disputes

Worker's comp insurance dispute for wrongful death. The case is large and has been placed in two folders.

 East Range: 8 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 981 352 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 W. E. Fox, P. C. Atchley& J. L. Simpson v. State Knox Election Dispute

This case deals with the alleged violation of election laws

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 951 257 Order A Copy