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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 | 1889 | A. C. Moon v. Dr. J. M. Leonard | Giles | Malpractice |
Plaintiff hired defendant to treat his injured leg and knee. Plaintiff claims that defendant failed to treat him in a skillful manner, worsened his pain and delayed his recovery. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 782 | 91 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | J. G. Brooking v. Mrs. O. M. Spofford | Giles | Debt on Account |
Brooking [Bracking?] sued Spofford for $1500 debt for professional services as a physician rendered her daughter, Eleanor Spofford during the year 1887; Eleanor was sent to the physician in Kansas City, Missouri for treatment of a disease. 2 folders. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 817 | 396 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | State v. Larkin Lancaster | Giles | Murder |
Lancaster charged with killing Jack Dixon, a 17 year old. Both the head and the legs were cut off. Legs and torso were put in sacks and found in a creek. The head was not found. A lot of emphasis placed on victim's clothing and scars to identify him. Dixon was African American. Court found Lancaster guilty and sentenced him to be hanged. Additional documents located in MT 897. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 785 | 182 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | State for use of W.G. Harwell v. J. Polk English, et al. | Giles | Other |
Additional defendants: English's sureties: T.Y. English, Martin Houston, W.H. Marrow, M.P. Harwood, A.R. Harwood, Jason M. Aymett, F.A.S. Marrow, and R.C. English. State/Harwell sued English, sheriff, and his sureties for an insufficient return of an execution issued by a Justice of the Peace, and also for a recovery against English for negligence in failing to collect said execution. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 781 | 125 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | State v. Jon Belle (col.) | Giles | Other |
Cause of Action: False Pretenses. Belle is accused of forging a letter to W. H. Fogg from T. L. Holt asking for payment to Scott Reese. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 832 | 16 | Order A Copy |