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The files located in the Tennessee Supreme Court Cases represent an especially valuable resource for historical and genealogical research at the Tennessee State Library and Archives [TSLA].
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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1935 | Alice M. Umstattd v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company | Sullivan | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Includes insurance policy contract. |
East | Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 947 | 373 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1945 | Bessie V. Stewart Wirtz v. United States Fidelity& Guaranty Company | Sullivan | Insurance Claims and Policies | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 238 | 76 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1934 | Cleo Walton v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company | Sullivan | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Counties: Sullivan or Hawkins. "From the Law Court at Kingsport." Plaintiff sought to recover on a group insurance policy issued to the Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement Corporation. No transcripts. Briefs only. See also ET1559. |
East | Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 780 | 49 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1945 | Irene M. Goins Prator by her mother& next friend Myrtle Goins v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company | Sullivan | Insurance Claims and Policies | East | Range: 6 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 306 | 93 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1938 | John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Bill Spurgeon | Sullivan | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Two folders. Also includes insurance policy documents. |
East | Range: 6 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 304 | 258 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1937 | John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Oliver B. Kern | Sullivan | Insurance Claims and Policies | East | Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 947 | 150 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1943 | Lizzie Stapleton v. Standard Life Insurance Company of the South | Sullivan | Insurance Claims and Policies |
The petitioner sued the defendant for $1000.00 plus legal interest and the statutory penalty for an insurance policy issued to her son, J. B. Stapleton, dec. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 596 | 143 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1936 | Life& Casualty Insurance Company of Tennessee v. Newton P. Begley | Sullivan | Insurance Claims and Policies |
The defendant originally sued after the death of his wife, Maude L. Baegley, insured by the plaintiff. |
East | Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 986 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Elva S. Lawson | Sullivan | Insurance Claims and Policies | East | Range: 6 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 297 | 121 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1932 | Nannie H. Taylor Riddle v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company | Sullivan | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Sarah "Nannie" H. Taylor Riddle worked for Kingsport Press making books. She was enrolled in her employer's group insurance policy and payments were subtracted monthly from her check. She became ill, with what witnessing doctors claimed to have been tuberculosis. This illness, according to Riddle caused permanent disability, & she filed for benefits which the insurance company turned down. |
East | Range: 10 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1476 | 179 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Sun Underwriters Insurance co. v. A. M. Smith et al. | Sullivan | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Additional Defendant in error: B. S. Cox. Smith instituted this suit to recover $300 due to him because of the destruction by fire of an automobile upon which the plaintiff in error had issued to him a fire insurance policy. Case file includes the Sun Underwriters Insurance automobile policy purchased by A. M. Smith. Said policy notes that A. M. Smith is a furniture dealer and lives at 633 Ravine St. |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1429 | 66 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1947 | William Penn Fire Insurance Company v. Charles Jones | Sullivan | Insurance Claims and Policies | East | Range: 6 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 289 | 177 | Order A Copy |