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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 | 1815 | Adam Pitner v. William McCamy | Blount | Breach of Warranty |
Additional Cause of Action: Trespass on the Case. Dispute over sale of a blind gelding. oversized |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 57 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | Herman Reynolds v. State | Blount | Violation of Age of Consent |
Herman Reynolds is accused of having sexual relations with Willie Ammon Haun, aged 18 at the time of the incidents. However, the two were married nine months before the incident. Haun became pregnant, and though initially living with Reynolds and his mother, she moved back in with her father. Reynolds does not acknowledge the child through effort or payment. Oddly this case is not about bastardy, but age of consent violation. |
East | Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1543 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1837 | James Bell v. Robert Long | Blount | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Origin of recovery: stolen goods. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 678 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1944 | Leonard Gregory admr. of estate of Orlena Gregory v. Lee Lambert | Blount | Breach of Contract |
Additional Cause of Action: Damages. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 138 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1815 | Miles Cunningham v. Banner Shields & Sam Harris | Blount | Slaves, Selling of |
Additional Cause of Action: Debt. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 57 | 54 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1941 | Martin Eli Russell | Blount | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1091 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | Margaret E. Litterer v. Blount County et al. | Blount | Right of Way |
Litterer sued the county when they tried to finalize highway rights of way by use of condemnation procedures on her property. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 7 | 61 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1937 | Margaret Foster Carpenter v. Ewing Wilder | Blount | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Plaintiff sued to collect on a $150 check drawn by the Wilder Estates, Inc. of Middlesboro, KY by Ewing Wilder. Payment on the check was stopped Plaintiff alleges that Hubert Carpenter had promised her $300 if she would marry him; the check was part of this arrangement. Defendant argues that liability, if any, rests with Wilder Estates, Inc. rather than himself, and that payment on the check was stopped at the request of Hubert Carpenter, who later married the plaintiff. Exhibits include stopped check. |
East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1043 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1817 | Robert Rhea v. William Tipton | Blount | Breach of Bond | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 56 | 64 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1867 | State v. John Norwood | Blount | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Norwood indicted for selling whiskey to J. Gray Smith within 2 miles of Maryville College & Maryville Masonic Female Institute. Also referred to as Maryville Male College & the Masonic Female Academy. Ultimately, the indictment against Norwood was quashed & the Attorney General appealed that ruling to the Supreme Court. Possibly linked to State v. William Shelly, 1883 in ET1940. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1194 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1869 | State v. Leo L. Ferrari | Blount | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
For illegally selling liquor to Julius Fagg. Labeled "State Cause No. 38." NOTE: there is another State v. Leo L. Ferrari case in this box and one in ET 1224. They are all have similar charges, but they all appear to be separate cases. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1231 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1869 | State v. Leo L. Ferrari | Blount | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
For illegally selling liquor to Julius Fagg. Labeled "State Cause No. 39." NOTE: there is another State v. Leo L. Ferrari case in this box and one in ET 1224. They are all have similar charges, but they all appear to be separate cases. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1231 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1926 | State v. George Barton | Blount | Violation of Age of Consent | East | Range: 6 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 403 | 53 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1937 | State v. Roscoe Grindstaff | Blount | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Roscoe Grindstaff was charged with the illegal sale of beer to the public at his place of business. |
East | Range: 8 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1036 | 22 | 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 |