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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 | 1901 | A. M. Shirley v. Western Union Telegraph Co. | Haywood | Other |
Western Union failed to promptly deliver a telegram to Shirley informing him of his baby's death. He charged the company of inflicting on him grief, mental anguish, and suffering. Testimony by: Joe Ketchum, Robert E. Nichols, Capt. W. M. Scott, W. R. Chambers, J. M. Howard, Tom Winfield, J. R. Trice, A. B. McLean, and E. Yoest. Could not remove staples. |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 745 | 101 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Alexander Nettles, Squire Waldron v. State | Haywood | Murder |
Nettles is charged with murder in the first degree, Harrison Kerr, July, 1910. Waldron, with murder in second degree. Murder occurred near St. John's School House in Haywood Co. Appeal, Supreme Court at Jackson, 1911. |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1235 | 77 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | B. M. Bradford v. B. G. Allison | Haywood | Promissory Note | West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 | 54 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1908 | Ben Bond v. State | Haywood | Violation of Age of Consent |
Unlawful carnal knowledge of Pauline Read, a female under the age of eighteen years old. Transcript from the Circuit Court of Haywood County, TN only. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 917 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1915 | B. E. Morris v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Haywood | Damages |
The plaintiff sued the defendant for setting fire to timber on his land caused by sparks from a passing engine. Case is filed in two folders. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1363 | 364 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1915 | Bessie Russell v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company | Haywood | Insurance Claims and Policies |
The plaintiff is the widow of Sam Russell. She wishes to recover a thousand dollars from the policy which she charges was issued on a written application. This application was sent in by the local agent to the Home Office. The defendant claims the policy was denied because of a discrepancy as to the date of his birth. |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1385 | 160 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | B. H. Welch v. J. L. Sherman, Sheriff | Haywood | Debt Settlement |
Eclipse Bar and Billiard Saloon of Brownsville. Dispute over ownership of property available for the return of an execution. Missing first two pages. |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 13 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Busby Johnson& Company v. Mayor& Alderman of the City of Brownsville | Haywood | Taxation, Unlawful | West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 39 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1872 | Bond Read & Company v. D. B. Thomas et al. | Haywood | Lease Dispute |
Additional Defendants: P. F. Gould and J. D. Walters. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 43 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Brownsville Gas Light Company v. Board of Mayor & Aldermen, City of Brownsville | Haywood | Breach of Contract |
Mayor: G. P. Ware. Aldermen: W. F. Johnson, Harding Smith, Jonathan Eader, William Sangster, G. W. Bennett, Robert Claiborn, Phillip Yancy, & J. P. Turner. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 51 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | Brownsville Livery& Live Stock Company v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Haywood | Debt Dispute |
Plea of debt for killing 5 hogs and 2 cattle in shipping. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 940 | 125 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | C. B. S. Fain v. Edmond Fitzpatrick & Thomas Fitzpatrick | Haywood | Debt Settlement | West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 11 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1893 | Castner & Company v. Western Union Telegraph Company | Haywood | Other |
Plaintiff claimed loss of profits due to failure of defendant to delivery a telegram confirming the sale of cotton bales in Liverpool, England. |
West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 360 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Cella Starks v. Lovely Starks | Haywood | Divorce |
Cella was the wife & Lovely was the husband. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1249 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Castner& Company for the use of Castner Lewis & Company v. The Western Union Telegraph Company | Haywood | Damages |
Castner and Company consisting of George L. Castner and P. E. Hinson Damages amounting to $500 for the late arrival of a message from Messers Newall and Clayton. |
West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 611 | 78 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Charles M. Stoots v. Forrest& Dupree | Haywood | Property, Inventory of |
Plaintiff entitled to 1 suit of furniture, odd bed, 2 mattresses, 2 springs, cook stove, 6 chairs, cooking vessels, 2 pillows that was unlawfully seized by Stoots Forrest and Dupree is a wholesale store house and retail business in Brownsville |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1308 | 102 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | C. P. Pipkin v. A. D. Barnes | Haywood | Replevin |
The property in question was a roan horse named "Dexter," known as the "Ella Hunter horse." |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1473 | 66 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | D. B. Thomas, et al. v. Bond, Buell & Company | Haywood | Damages |
Additional Plaintiffs: W. W. Waggoner, P. F. Gould, J. D. Walter, and Mann & Kierolf (a firm composed of W. B. Mann and S. E. Kierolf. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 51 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1913 | D. D. Shaw, admr. of Taylor Newbern, dec. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Haywood | Damages for Wrongful Death |
The deceased was struck and killed by the defendant's train. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1325 | 133 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1914 | Dave Morton v. Louisville& Nashville Railroad Company | Haywood | Damages |
Dave Morton sued the Railroad Company for running over his mule and killing it. Morton asked for $125.00. |
West | Range: 79 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1442 | 112 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Dixon & Bros. v. G. S. Anthony | Haywood | Condemnation |
Plaintiff asks for condemnation & sale of land in the possession of the defendant. Defendant's case is that the date & amount of judgment as written on the warrant had been altered without notice and did not follow the judgment as written on the warrant. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 222 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Ethel Scott v. Will R. Scott | Haywood | Alimony | West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1249 | 123 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1927 | Elmer Guy, Deputy Sherriff v. Sternberger-Rainey Hardware Company | Haywood | Replevin |
J. T. Davis made an oath stating that he was entitled to the possession of one black horse mule, 8 years old. Davis claims that Elmer Guy unlawfully seized and detained the mule from Sternberger-Rainey Hardware Company. The mule was seized by Guy from Sam H. Bond to satisfy a mortgage on the mule. Dr. F. W. Whitehurst obtained a judgement against Bond and the mule was seized to be sold "as required by law." Bond also put the mule up as collateral on notes owed to Sternerger-Rainey Hardware Company . |
West | Range: 77 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1888 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | Edmonds Pettigrew v. W. F. Johnson | Haywood | Condemnation | West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 29 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1909 | E. A. Knight v. Western Union Telegraph Co. | Haywood | Damages | West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1071 | 29 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1911 | Ed Langham v. City of Brownsville | Haywood | Resisting an officer |
Cause of action: Resisting arrest by officer Dan Russell. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1249 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Eva Clinton, admr. of Alf F. Clinton v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., et al. | Haywood | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Additional defendants: conductor Johnson Scates. Clinton asserts her brother, Alf, was helping her with her baggage and seating when the train started. Unable to exit quickly due to a locked door, Alf was forced to jump from the train, thus injuring himself and causing his eventual death, about a month later. Housed in 2 folders. |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1764 | 269 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1927 | Forrest Reeves v. State | Haywood | Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of | West | Range: 77 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1908 | 41 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1894 | F. Smith & Sons Grocery Company v. R. R. Grove | Haywood | Replevin | West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 610 | 46 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1916 | F. A. Byars, admr. of the estate of Willis Byars v. Louisville& Nashville Railroad Company | Haywood | Damages |
F.A. Byars is sued the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company for $25000.00 in damages. She is charging that the defendant wrongfully, negligently, and unlawfully ran over Willis Bryars wounding and mangling his body, causing him great physical pain and for which he succumbed. |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1574 | 117 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | G. M. Weston v. Jonathan Eader | Haywood | Debt | West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 91 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1914 | G. N. Albright v. Western Union Telegraph Company | Haywood | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Exhibit: night letter telegraph. Cause of action: failure of the Western Union Telegraph Company to transmit a telegram paid for by G. N. Albright. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1338 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | G. W. Moss v. S. H. Wilson | Haywood | Fraudulent Conveyance |
The case involved a trade of two mules for one horse. |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 653 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | Heirs of Bennett Lunsford v. Heirs of Ephraim Lunsford | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute |
Heirs of Bennett Lunsford: Hester Cullen; James, Sarah, and Mary Duncan; David, Stephen, and Joseph Lunsford. Heirs of Ephraim Lunsford: Mary A. Geddings and Caroline Lunsford |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 41 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1908 | Henry Hoyle v. State | Haywood | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Charge of unlawful carrying a pistol. Fine of $50, imprisonment for sixty days in county jail of Haywood Co., TN. Brief for State; Transcript from the Circuit Court of Haywood Co., TN only. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 917 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Hendren & Leake, et al. v. John J. Mann & J. H. Mann, et al. | Haywood | Debt Settlement |
Additional plaintiff: P. Wilson. Additional defendants: W. K. Bennett, W. B. Mann. Brief only. |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 10 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Haywood County v. Wilder & Hotchkiss | Haywood | Debt |
Additional parties: John Jeffries, W. J. Shaw, Jr., J. W. Medford. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 295 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1930 | H. L. Woodard v. Haywood County | Haywood | Payment for Services |
H. L. Woodard entered into a contract with Haywood County to work the roads in the 11th Civil District of said county for the year 1928 for a sum of $1496.63 per year. Although Woodard performed his duties per the contract, the county did not pay him in full. The balance he was owned was $220.87. |
West | Range: 77 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 2037 | 72 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | John Bell v. George W. Moss | Haywood | Sale of Damaged/Misrepresented Goods |
Witnesses included J.H. Tatum and Thomas F. Evans. |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 28 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | J. J. Moore v. Henry Dickson | Haywood | Debt | West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 125 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | J. L Winfield v. N. A. Currie et al | Haywood | Rent Dispute |
Additional defendants are C. I. Currie, J. R. Naley & wife. Folder includes legal brief. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 137 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | J. B. Jetton v. Brownsville Savings Bank | Haywood | Other |
Plaintiff charges bank gave him a $50 counterfeit bill when it cashed a check for him. He is sued because the bank will not replace the counterfeit bill with a new one and denies that it was the source of the bill. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 152 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | J. H. Manor v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Haywood | Damages | West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1891 | J. A. Taylor v. J. A. Thomas & Company | Haywood | Replevin | West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 333 | 31 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1893 | Julia Whitlow v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Haywood | Wrongful Death |
Damages for the death of John Whitlow, the plaintiff's husband. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 533 | 39 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | J. T. Whitehead & Co. v. S. D. Wilson et. al. | Haywood | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional defendants listed as W. W. DuPree, John R. Green, and William Thomas. S. D. Wilson was acting as a sales agent for Whitehead, selling granite monuments and tomb stones. Whitehead claimed he was owed money for products sold by defendant so Whitehead sued to collect on a $500 surety bond guaranteed by all defendants. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1108 | 437 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1909 | James Maclin v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Haywood | Damages |
The plaintiff sued for damages sustained while employed by the defendant as a section hand. 2 folders. |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1218 | 326 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | J. A. Hood, admr. of L. N. Hood, dec. v. Brownsville Cotton Oil& Ice Company, Cumberland Telephone& Telegraph Company, C. G. Knode& Earnst Birdsong | Haywood | Damages |
plaintiff seeks $25,000 from company |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1285 | 317 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1913 | Joseph R. Taylor v. Brownsville Dry Goods Company | Haywood | Debt | West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1325 | 35 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1916 | J. M. Edwards et al.v. Thomas Edwards et al | Haywood | Estate Dispute |
2 folders. Additional plaintiffs and defendants listed in file. Dispute over the estate of George E. Edwards, who died in 1912. Never having married, the parties in the case are his brother and nieces and nephews. |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1446 | 354 | Order A Copy |