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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1885 | Bank of Charleston (SC) v. Sulzbacher Brothers | Davidson | Non-payment of Bank Note |
The note was for $2,000. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 701 | 60 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1869 | Bank of Tennessee v. Jesse C. Roberson, et al. | Bledsoe | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Additional defendants: J.M. Roberson and S.H. Roberson. Defendants owe Bank $2000 for an unpaid promissory note. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1185 | 29 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1869 | Bank of Tennessee v. Robert Dweggins, et al. | Bledsoe | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Additional defendants: James Worthington and P.S. Hutcheson. Bank sued defendants for $700 for an unpaid promissory note. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1185 | 36 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1869 | Bank of Tennessee v. Isaac E. Swafford et al. | Bledsoe | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Additional defendants: Samuel Swafford & Thomas R. Swafford [alt. spelling Swofford]. Bank sued defendants for $1856 for unpaid promissory note. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1185 | 81 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1869 | Bank of Tennessee v. Joseph Morr & William Worthington | Bledsoe | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Bank sued defendants for $2900 for unpaid promissory note. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1185 | 28 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1895 | First National Bank of Nashville, Tennessee v. J. M. Hill | Giles | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Plaintiff, First National Bank of Nashville, sued the defendant, J. M. Hill, to recover a $175 draft that the defendant gave to W. F. Peay and was then transferred to the plaintiff. When the plaintiff forwarded the draft to the Lynnville Bank & Trust Co. for payment, it was protested by R. A. Mitchell, Giles County Notary Public, for lack of payment. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1067 | 49 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1935 | Hamilton National Bank v. Elmer Torok | Carter | Non-payment of Bank Note | East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 908 | 108 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1856 | Joseph R. Simpson v. John & William O'Brien | Washington | Non-payment of Bank Note |
O'Brien brothers had agreed to pay $125 for Simpson's horse. Sale was on a Sunday and horse delivered to them. Simpson did not take O'Briens' note because it was Sabbath and def'ts agreed to come back another day to pay for the horse, which they never did. They held onto horse for unreasonable time without asking to return it to Simpson but then the horse died. Simpson sues for $130.98 in damages. Def't call for new trial, which is refused, and then they appeal. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1181 | 15 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1903 | K. D. McKellar v. A. B. DeLoach | Shelby | Non-payment of Bank Note | West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 864 | 17 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1888 | Maurice Landen v. Thomas Ryan | Davidson | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Debt due by failure to pay notes for $500. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 735 | 50 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | Sam H. Campbell v. Paul Kent, Receiver | Hamilton | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Campbell endorsed a note for Claude Williams. Williams failed to make the note good. |
East | Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1002 | 60 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1916 | Sam Baumgarten v. The Public Bank of New York City | Shelby | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Failure to pay a promissory note for $329.60. |
West | Range: 79 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1430 | 36 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1888 | S. A. Caldwell v. Allen G. Hall | Montgomery | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Debt on note for under $500. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 753 | 40 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1865 | S. S. Thompson v. Ocoee Bank | Knox | Non-payment of Bank Note |
For $250.00 |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1199 | 19 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1845 | State v. David C. Gillespie | Maury | Non-payment of Bank Note | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 219 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1891 | State v. Paint Rock Coal and Coke Company | Scott | Non-payment of Bank Note |
The state claimed that the defendant unlawfully refused to cash a certain check within thirty days after its issuance and refused to redeem a certain check in lawful currency. |
East | Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1768 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | Tennessee National Bank of Memphis v. Joseph Tagg | Shelby | Non-payment of Bank Note | West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 77 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1915 | The Republic Rubber Company v. James J. Carrigan | Shelby | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Company recovering balance on a note for $801.31. Includes printed briefs and petition for certiorari. |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1387 | 118 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Thomas Boyd v. James A. Mabry | Knox | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Defendant executed a written note to the plaintiff for $1,000 due one year after the date it was created. He failed to pay the plaintiff the sum of the note. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1161 | 7 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1854 | The Bank of Tennessee v. John L. Bridges et al | McMinn | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Add. defendants: William G. Slover. Debt for $643.75 for notes they failed to pay. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1153 | 33 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1939 | W. M. Condry v. B. L. Martin Jr., et al | Blount | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Martin bought a 1936 Chevrolet from Condry. Because Martin had no money to make a down payment, Burl Gregory & Eric Kidd signed a $100 note for him to make a down payment. Martin used the car sometime but was thrown out of work due to the strike at the Aluminum Company of America plant. He returned the car w/the understanding that Condry should hold it for Martin. (Burl's name also spelled Burrell Gregory.) |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 797 | 57 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1888 | W. N. Masen v. Lewis Nelson | Rutherford | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Debt due by unpaid note under $200. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 753 | 31 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | W. P. Wilson v. Security Bank of Memphis | Shelby | Non-payment of Bank Note |
The Security Bank of Memphis claims that W.P. Wilson owes them $1250.00 on a note that was taken out in May 1888. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 493 | 12 | Order A Copy |