Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1904 B. F. Hatley v. The Southern Normal University et al. and consolidated causes Carroll Other

Cause of action: Winding up and distribution of the assets of the Southern Normal University. Additional defendants: Bank of Huntingdon, W. M. Wright, J. B. Gilbert, J. F. Leach, J. C. Wilder, J. E. Kinsland, E. Love Hawkins.

 West Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 728 429 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 D. H. Crews & wife, Eliza Crews v. W. M. & Wade Jones & J. J. Fuqua Carroll Land and Title Dispute West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 876 43 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 J. F. Kennedy v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad Company Carroll Negligence

Negligent acts of the defendant in the erection of the embankment by its refusal to provide a way for the water to flow under defendants tracks and therefore causing flooding in the defendants property and lessening rental value. Exhibits include a small blueprint of ditch at Hollow Creek and small hand drawn map. First 5 pages missing.

 West Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1032 250 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 L. E. Brevard et al. v. Dan McCurry Carroll Contract Dispute and Damages

Additional Plaintiffs: W.M. Buford and G.G. Buford.

 West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 713 194 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 M. B. Chance v. Era Crawford, admr. of S. D. Crawford Carroll Dissolution of Partnership

Cause of action: Settlement for the dissolution of joined ownership of a cotton gin.

 West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 702 70 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 State v. Bob King & M. L. "Dude" Chambers Carroll Murder

According to witness testimony, Bob King fired the shots that killed Jim Allen. The defendants are tried separately. Many pages are 50% or more illegible because of large areas of mold. Exhibits include two hand drawn maps of murder scene.

 West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 716 164 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 State v. Pig Baucum Carroll Tippling West Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 740 28 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 S. J. Chambers v. North Carolina & St. Louis Railroad Co. Carroll Damages West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 880 46 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 S. J. Chambers v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company Carroll Damages

For the killing of a fox hound.

 West Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 744 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 State v. Eddie Stegall Carroll Assault and Battery

Victim: Herbert Barnhill

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 892 125 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 T. H. Jamison v. J. S. Douglas Carroll Promissory Note

The case involved the purchase of several lots of land in Carroll County.

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 894 160 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Una Butler v. Walter Butler Carroll Divorce

The grounds claimed by Mrs. Butler are desertion, cruel & inhuman treatment, indignities to her person, and having turned her out of doors and refused to provide for her or their child. When the baby died, she had to pick cotton to earn enough money to pay its burial expenses.

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 889 29 Order A Copy