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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 | 1898 | Ann Eliza Yoe v. R. H. Sansom | Knox | Debt Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 36 | 7 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1898 | Annie E. Brown v. A. S. Prosser et al. | Knox | Unknown |
Additional names: Annie E. DuRocher and husband A. A. DuRocher, John S. Brown, Lizzie B. Prosser, Margaret L. Montgomery, George Brown |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 816 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | Andrew Knott v. John Baxter | Knox | Damages |
Baxter sued Sam Miner and Andrew Knott for a debt of $500. Miner signed a promissory note at the previous trial but still has not paid. Baxter appeals and then sued for damages of $1000. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 3 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | Ann Eliza Yoe v. R. H. Sansom, admr. | Knox | Debt Dispute |
Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 88 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | B. H. Fulkerson v. State | Knox | Kidnapping |
Case involves allegations of abduction for the purpose of prostitution. Case is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 90 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | Bank of Blount County v. William S. Smith& H. F. Stinnett v. J. H. Stinnett | Knox | Land |
First page identified as 120. Reversal & remand of an 1898 case. Regards ordering taxes be paid on administering the estate of J. H. Stinnett. Payment of $250 for administration of estate. Orders that case be remanded to Knox Co. Chancery Court. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 817 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | Citizens Railway Co. v. Mayor & Board of Alderman of Knoxville | Knox | Right of Way |
Incomplete case file. Defendant's brief only. Case sought to settle which body has the authority to decide the right of way- the railway company or the city government. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 6a | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | H. & G. Feder et al.v. T. C. Ervin et al | Knox | Damages |
Additional parties: Monfant, Sullivan. Drew and Company, and Monvant C. Sienknecht |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 817 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | Hood Whitton et al. v. T. E. Jones et al. | Knox | Land |
Additional Defendant: R. M. Jones |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 815 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | H. L. Brandais v. D. H. Smith et al. | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 816 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | Ignas Fanz v. R. H. Gallaher | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | J. S. Good, guardian, et al. v. Joseph W. Floyd et al. | Knox | Unknown | East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 816 | 1 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1898 | Jellico Coal Company v. J. T. Blasier et al. | Knox | Unknown |
Court affirms Chancery Court's verdict. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 817 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | J. T. Barrow, et al.v. The Southern Building & Loan Association | Knox | Unknown |
Additional Appellant: W. H. Brown. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 817 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | John R. Maples v. A. R. Rawlings | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Rawlings sued Maples for $134. In 1898 Maples bought a house making it his homestead. He then mortgaged it to Charles O. Ward, from who the house was purchased, although the deed named Cunningham. Maples was to pay Ward a total of $950, putting $200 down in cash. However, the judgment lien against Maples took precedence before his homestead, threatening him and his family with homelessness. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 4a | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | J. L. Kearns v. John L. Perry, et al. | Knox | Land, Promissory Note |
Additional Defendant: Virginia G. Perry. Opinion only. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 730 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | J.T. Barrow et ux et al. v. The Southern Building & Loan Association | Knox | Unknown |
This is one page of an appeal and the cause of action of the original case in not clear. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 817 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | Joseph McHuffin v. John McHuffin | Knox | Unknown |
This is a document from an appeal but the cause of action of the original case is unclear. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 817 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | Luthur Sanders v. State | Knox | Habeas Corpus |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | Scott Keck v. D. G. Grant, et al. | Knox | Unknown |
Incomplete case. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 817 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | School Director of 23rd District of Knox County v. W. A. Leak | Knox | Unknown |
Court affirms the decision in favor of the defendant and the plaintiff appeals. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 817 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | Samuel Harris v. State | Knox | Larceny |
Harris was convicted of stealing a watch from Della Anderson. He took it to a pawn broker to get $6.00 for it. At the broker's he opened the watch, noting that Anderson's name was inside the watch. He told the broker that she had sent him up there with watch to collect the money. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 5 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | State v. John Murphy, et al. | Knox | Taxation Disputes |
Additional Defendants: M. Culiny, H. S. Mizner, J. C. Luttrell, and J. W. Borches. Case is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 88 | 29 | Order A Copy |