Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1886 Emily Cawthorn v. Reuben Gooch, Alfred Gooch,& Ozro Gooch Carroll Other

Cause of Action: Recover ownership of a horse. Case mentions that Emily Cawthorn and her husband Jack Cawthorn were once slaves of Nathan Cawthorn.

 West Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 307 36 Order A Copy
View Entry 1907 Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company v. W. G. Barnhart Carroll Other

Appeal of damages awarded in killing of a mule, 15 March 1906, jury awarded damages $125 and court costs.

 West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1067 52 Order A Copy
View Entry 1913 Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company v. Western Union Telegraph Company Carroll Other

Case involved the right of petitioner to condemn a portion of right-of-way over the Paducah & Memphis Div., N.C.St.L. Railway, where line of division crosses line between Henderson and Carroll Counties. Telegraph company desired to build a connection line across 26.4 miles of the land. See WT1587 for more. See WT1394, WT1655, and WT1658 for connected cases. WT1658 is continuation of WT1655.

 West Range: 79 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1589 1074 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 State v. G. T. Johnson Carroll Other

Cause of Action: Malicious Shooting.

 West Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 State v. G. A. Hickman Carroll Other

Cause of Action: Bastardy. Victim: Alice Wilson

 West Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 408 106 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 State v. Davy French Carroll Other

Cause of Action: Knocked down a sign on a public road.

 West Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 399 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1905 State v. J. S. Ramsey Carroll Other

Charged with practicing medicine w/o a license. No victims are named.

 West Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 916 15 Order A Copy
View Entry 1907 State v. Audie Cleaver Carroll Other

Cause of Action: Throwing a piece of wood, rock or stone and other things at a railway engine with intent to injure.

 West Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 966 39 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 State v. John Patterson, Oscar Simmons Carroll Other

Offense: "Cutting up Harness." "To wit, on the 26th Day of August AD 1909, in the County of Carroll aforesaid, then and there unlawfully, wilfully (sic), wantonly, and maliciously did cut (sic) and injure the buggy harness belonging to T. J. Wilson, of the value of $10.00 against the peace and dignity of the State."

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1235 19 Order A Copy
View Entry 1917 State v. Hezekiah Parker Carroll Other

The defendant was indicted in June, 1917 in the circuit court of Carroll County for unlawfully, wilfully and maliciously deserting and abandoning his wife Odus Parker. He left her without any support and abandonned her without cause or excuse on her part.

 West Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1533 40 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 State v. Jarrell Burrow Carroll Other

Cause of Action: Profanity

 West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 74 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 State v. Harvey Park Carroll Other

Violation of the age of consent law.

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 677 11 Order A Copy
View Entry 1917 W. E. Leach, Trustee, et. al. v. W. J. Rich Carroll Other

Additional plaintiffs: W. E. Leach; J. R. Carter; W. L. Fowler; J. S. Leach; J. W. Murphy, Administrators for estate of J. F. Leach. Case is an application for Writ of Certiorari and Supersedeas. Housed in 2 folders. Plaintiffs have filed this case to attempt to over-turn a previous decision in favor of W. J. Rich.

 West Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1472 425 Order A Copy
View Entry 1913 Western Union Telegraph Company v. Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway Company Carroll Other

Case filed in Circuit Court, Carroll Co., 1912; case involved the right of petitioner to condemn a portion of right-of-way over the Paducah & Memphis Div., N.C.St.L. Railway, where line of division crosses line between Henderson, Carroll Counties, TN. Telegraph company desired to build a connection line across 26.4 miles of the land. See WT1587 & WT1589 and WT1655 & WT1658 for connected cases.

 West Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1394 325 Order A Copy