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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 | 1883 | A. J. Stancell v. W. J. Smith | Chester | Attachment |
Alternative plaintiff name: Stancill. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 222 | 44 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1908 | B. T. Lassiter v. H. B. Jones | Chester | Replevin | West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 938 | 82 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1911 | Bertha Ripman Cherry v. Chicago Life Insurance Company, et al. | Chester | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Recovery of life insurance policy issued for Rufus M. Cherry, dec., husband of the complainant, for the sum of $1,250.00. Exhibits include insurance policies for deceased. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1292 | 94 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Chester County v. J. M. Truett | Chester | Land, Sale of |
alternate defendant name: Truntt |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 271 | 99 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | C. H. Pickler & M. A. Pickler v. Western Union Telegraph Company | Chester | Damages |
Damages in payment of $1,900.00. |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 568 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Caroline Ronsey v. Mobile & Ohio Railroad Co. | Chester | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Documents from two separate cases were tied together: a brief from a Shelby County Probate case (Rudolph C. Bacher et al. v. A. H. Stratmann, Admin.) and a 380-page Chester County Circuit Court case (Carolyn Ronsey v. Mobile & Ohio Rail Road Co.). The case number was on a loose sheet in the folder, so it is possible that it does not belong to this case. The suit was filed to recover $5000 damages for the "wrongful killing" of claimant's husband, Dave Rensey when he was walking along the track. |
West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 610 | 400 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1901 | Computing Scale Co. v. W. H. Pratt & Co. | Chester | Breach of Contract |
The defendant claimed that it rec'd the wrong weight scale it ordered. |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 750 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | Crocket Harmon v. City of Henderson | Chester | Selling Merchandise without License | West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1219 | 62 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1896 | Ephriam Browder v. State | Chester | Other |
Cause of Action: Indictment for obstructing rail road tracks. |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 480 | 120 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | E. A. Moffett v. Mobile & Ohio Rail Road Co. | Chester | Debt Dispute |
Debt due in damages for late shipping. 2 folders. |
West | Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1189 | 139 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1928 | Grant and Ev Ballard | Chester | Liquor Violation |
Grant Ballard was Ev Ballard's son. Grant was about 18 years old at the time of the trial. |
West | Range: 77 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 2007 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | H. C. Davis v. J. W. Young | Chester | Damages |
Cause of action: plaintiff is sued the defendant for the seduction of his daughter, Emma Davis. Plaintiff sues for damages. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 324 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | H. J. Alexander, admr. v. M. L. Cheatham | Chester | Usury |
Note was executed by the defendant to plaintiff's intestate, H. F. Alexander. Defendant filed plea of usury & plaintiff made a motion to strike plea from file. Motion overruled & plaintiff took issue on the plea. Judgment in favor of plaintiff, which the defendant appealed to Chester Co. circuit court. It ruled in favor of the defendant. A couple staples could not be removed. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 788 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1925 | Homer Gilmore v. State | Chester | Violation of Age of Consent |
Homer Gilmore is charged with violating the age of consent law with Jewell Scoggins who was 15 years old at the time of the incident. |
West | Range: 78 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1816 | 118 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | J. M. Simmons v. D. M. Tull | Chester | Damages |
Docket number illegible. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 334 | 51 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | J. M. Simmons& Company v. J. W. Mason | Chester | Debt | West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 407 | 72 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1890 | J. W. Swink v. Pinkston Parker & Caleb Parker, exe. of Caleb McKnight, dec. | Chester | Debt |
The cause of this case is listed as debt due by note for a sum under $1000. |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 564 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1893 | J. M. Simmons v. McCann Brothers | Chester | Debt |
Defendants: James McCann, Hugh McCann, George McCann and William McCann |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 531 | 105 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | J. W. Robertson v. W. H. Pratt | Chester | Debt |
Debt on note. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1067 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | J. M. & R. L. Cherry v. I. W. Perkins | Chester | Debt |
Debt due on note for under $100. |
West | Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1190 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | J. B. Crook, Constable, et. al. v. O. L. McCallum | Chester | Replevin |
Sued over ownership of 4 bales of cotton weighing 550 pounds. Additional plaintiff N. A. McCoy. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1324 | 45 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | J. R. Watling v. F. S. Whitman | Chester | Replevin | West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 314 | 63 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1894 | J. F. Bray v. J. M. Bray, et al | Chester | Estate Settlement |
Additional defendants: M. A. Fisher, formerly M. A. Bray, James W. Price and wife, A. C. Price, formerly A. C. Bray, Richard Price and wife R. E. Price formerly R. E. Bray, D. M. Marsh, Mary Marsh, I. M. Bray, G. P Bray |
West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 605 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Julia Rogers, et al. v. State | Chester | Burglary and Larceny |
Additional Plaintiffs: David Wade, John Johnson and Cora McClellan Case is an Appeal Alleged Victim: A. C. Wamble |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 655 | 73 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Mobile & Ohio Rail Road Co. v. J. F. Rhodes | Chester | Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 446 | 144 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1920 | Mrs. Mealy Ann McEarl v. Wylie Smith | Chester | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Mrs. McEarl is bringing suit for damages for wrongful death in the amount of $25000.00 for the wrongful killing of her deceased husband, John McEarl. |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1703 | 263 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Mobile & Ohio Railroad Co. v. C. M. Alexander | Chester | Damages |
Alexander originally won a suit against the railroad for $100, the value of a horse that he alleged had been struck and killed by one of the railroad's trains on 21 May 1892 , plus $20 attorney's fees. Railroad maintained horse was injured by a fall down an embankment and was never struck by a train. |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 657 | 198 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1915 | Mrs. J. M. Malone v. J. H. Wheeler | Chester | Contract for Labor and Materials |
The plaintiff worked as a domestic for C. R. Scarbrough, who died and the defendant became the administrator of the estate. The plainitff sued for wages owed. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1363 | 49 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1916 | Mrs. Hattie Brown v. W. M. Brown | Chester | Wrongful Death |
Death of R. N. Brown. Seeking settlement of $10,000. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1498 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Nelson Hamilton v. Harriett Walsh | Chester | Other |
The cause of action was "Petiton for a Private Road." |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 326 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | P. J. Butler v. B. A. Butler | Chester | Petition for Divorce |
P. J. Butler (husband) accused his wife (defendant) of threatening his life. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 326 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | Robert Criner, admr. v P. B. McNatt | Chester | Debt |
Robert Criner is the administrator for John Criner, deceased. McNatt is sued for $70.92 the balance that John Criner owed him on notes |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 431 | 62 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | R. C. Austin v. State | Chester | Tippling | West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 690 | 26 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1891 | State v. Will Tarfley | Chester | Other |
Cause of Action: Refusing to work a public road. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 324 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | State v. W. J. Martin | Chester | Murder |
For 1st degree murder of M. O. Green. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1249 | 136 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | State v. Charley Fry | Chester | Liquor Violation |
Charged with selling whiskey within 4 miles of a school. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1324 | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | State v. John Benson | Chester | Receiving Stolen Goods |
The State accused dfnt. of feloniously receive and conceal two cases of cigarettes and goods & chattels of J. C. Edenton Co. |
West | Range: 77 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 2034 | 217 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | Sallie Cherry v. S. E. Kennedy | Chester | Recovery |
Cherry sued to recover a penalty assessed in the amount of $125, claiming that Kennedy, acting as Constable, failed to sign a replevin writ issued against her in the Seaton v. Cherry case. |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1642 | 64 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | State v. Jim Thompson | Chester | Liquor Violation |
Thompson was accused of possessing liquor. |
West | Range: 77 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 2136 | 54 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1893 | State v. Lou White | Chester | Larceny |
The defendant was an African-American male. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 587 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1914 | State v. Froman Hurst | Chester | Felonious Killing/Wounding of Livestock |
2 folders. Felonious assault. C.S. Hurst, W.E. Hurst, & A.F. Smith also listed as defendants. Victim: Tom Dearman. Convicted of first-degree voluntary manslaughter. |
West | Range: 79 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1421 | 260 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1919 | State v. Taylor Johnson | Chester | Murder |
Murder in the first degree. Taylor Johnson was indicted for first degree murder in the death of S. W. Johnson. |
West | Range: 78 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1630 | 63 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | Sallie Cherry v. A. E. Wood | Chester | Other |
Plaintiff sued to recover a penalty in the sum of $2500 for failing as Justice of the Peace to mark on a certain replevin writ the date of the issuance thereof in the case of W. O. Seaton v. Dug Cherry and Sallie Seaton Cherry. |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1647 | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1920 | State v. John Dick | Chester | Other |
Charged with keeping a "bawdy house". |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1663 | 51 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1922 | State v. Elbert Fry | Chester | Receiving Stolen Money |
Elbert Fry is charged with receiving stolen U.S. Treasurer notes and silver coins from Charlie Hoyle. Items were the property of Amanda Brown. |
West | Range: 78 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1695 | 37 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Wylie Smith | Chester | Murder |
Murder in the second degree. Victim is John McEarl. Wylie Smith struck John McEarl on the head with a stick while trying to break up a fight. McEarl died of his wounds the same day. |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1703 | 265 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | State v. Ed Cason | Chester | Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of |
Cason charged with tippling, transporting and possessing whiskey. |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1703 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | State v. Alex Scott | Chester | Liquor Violation |
receiving, possession, and transporting. |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1752 | 44 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | State v. Gloston McKnight | Chester | Liquor Violation |
Gloston is also spelled Glawson, Glawsom, and Glosten. McKnight was charged with unlawful reception of intoxication liquor. |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1756 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1924 | State ex. Rel. Elbert Price v. Mrs. Annie B. McCord | Chester | Custody |
Price filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging his minor daughter, Annie Laurie Price, to be unlawfully detained by the defendant, her maternal grandmother. Price had married Nona Lowder, daughter of the defendant by former marriage, but she later died of tubercular trouble. The defendant was given temporary custody till the plaintiff could care for the infant. Defendant admitted she had custody of the infant but it was not unlawful. |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1772 | 109 | Order A Copy |