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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 | 1917 | D. L. Williamson v. City of Jackson | Madison | Recovery |
Williamson seeks to recover $31.25 plus interest "paid under protest by him upon a privilege tax claimed by the City upon the business of operating a moving picture show." |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1555 | 77 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1899 | Fayette County Bank v. W. P. Maxey | Madison | Recovery of Money/ Wages | West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 807 | 17 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1913 | Henderson Wade Hampton et al. v. Ty Hulsa | Madison | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional plaintiffs: Mary Butler, John Butler, Fannie Butler, Dave Butler, Ellen Reid, and Charles Reid. Cause of action: recovery of sixty nine acres of land in the 8th civil district of Madison County. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1309 | 28 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1929 | I. C. McCaslin v. McEwen and Bond and I. C. McCaslin v. McEwen and Bond | Madison | Recovery |
McEwen and Bond was a partnership made up of W. T. McEwen and N. A. Bond. They were a Ford dealership doing business in Jackson, Tennessee. This was two cases tried together to recover part of the purchase price of two trucks that the plaintiff purchased from the defendants. The defendants retained the titles, repossessed the trucks, and resold them "without complying with the requirements of the Conditional Sales Law." |
West | Range: 77 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1996 | 150 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1914 | John B. Lawrence v. Thomas Fenner | Madison | Recovery |
Recovery of $34.50, the value of one and one half tons of cotton seed owed to a sharecropper. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1290 | 21 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1892 | Jno. L. H. Tomlin v. G. E. O'Connor & W. J. O'Connor | Madison | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Recovery for past rents. |
West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 351 | 35 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1895 | M. J. Bell v. The Jackson Mercantile Company | Madison | Recovery |
Recovery of an account that the defendant sold to the plaintiff. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 687 | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1899 | Whitelaw Furniture Company v. Tom Boon | Madison | Recovery |
Recover $27.40, the amount Tom Boon paid to Whitelaw Furniture Company on the purchase price for furniture purchased by him under a conditional sale. |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 753 | 48 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1913 | W. N. McClish v. Madison Cotton Oil Company | Madison | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Cause of action: recovery of $86.50 as the balance on a promissory note for cotton crop |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1310 | 42 | Order A Copy |