Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1870 Daniel Hammock v. Edward Clark Grainger Trespass with Force of Arms

Hammock was a soldier in the United States Army and is accused of taking various goods from the home of Clark. Hammock claims that when he confiscated Clark's property, he was operating under the orders of his commanding officers.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1238 88 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 D. F. Rogers & wife v. M. M. Kincaid & Robert Dossett Grainger Unknown

Incomplete file: cover page & index only. Index indicates full transcript had 125+ pages. Surnames of deposition witnesses listed in index: Castle, Rogers, Monday, Alexander, Huffaker, Caywood, Maupin, Dossett, Kincaid, Gratiz, Inoyer, Lynch, Evans.

 East Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1240 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Joseph Williams v. Thomas Godfrey Grainger Trespass

Joseph Williams was accused of trespass for unlawfully having Thomas Godfrey put in jail.

 East Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1066 126 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Robert L. Turley v. State Grainger Assault with Intent to Kill

Opinion document. Turley charged with felonious assault upon George A. Greenlee using a pistol with intent to murder. Jury found Turley guilty and fined him $50 and sentenced him to 3 months in jail.

 East Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 814 44 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 State v. Samuel Johnson Grainger Robbery

Other defendants listed: Tilghman Johnson and William Waters. Defendants charged with assaulting John Evans and taking a steel trap worth $5, property of Jacob Butler. Jury found Johnson not guilty of robbery but guilty of petit larceny and was sentenced to 3 months in county jail.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1239 23 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 William Smith v. Henry Allsup Grainger Debt

Allsup purchased a note originally executed by Smith and payable to J. Coffey. Allsup asked Smith to secure the note. Smith did so by placing into Allsup's hands several other notes as security. Smith now claims that his original note to Coffey is paid but Allsup has since refused to give back the notes held in security.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1238 66 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 William M. M. Lean v. John Brooks Grainger Debt

Brooks left home for the Army is 1862. Before leaving he loaned Lean, the plaintiff in error, $1,000 in Confederate money for the purchase of a mill. Brooks claims Lean has never repaid the loan.

 East Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1240 28 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 William Bond v. John Brooks et al. Grainger Breach of Contract

Case by same name in ET 99, but has a different county. Add. defendant: S. A. Brooks. In 1865, the plaintiff purchased from L. N. Homer a tract of land for which he was executed a bond. The property is very valuable for the water power and sought to build a grist mill and brought in the defendant to help fund it as security and advancing him $2,000. The plaintiff executed to him a deed of trust, but the defendant has failed to keep up his end of the negotiated contract.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1235 152 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 William Boond v. Richard Hayworth& Son Grainger Debt

Plaintiff in error was sued by Hayworth and Son for debt due on a note given for the purchase of produce. The original case included A. S. Sellars as a co-defendant. There is a question in this case as to whether or not Sellars can legally be regarded as a business partner to Boond and if Sellars had the legal right to sign their partnership name to a note.

 East Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1240 53 Order A Copy