Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1889 A. N. Lovelace v. C. A. Warters and wife M. J. Warters Knox Habeas Corpus

The petitioner claimed that the defendants wrongfully detained from Lovelace his minor child. The petitioner asked the court to grant writ of habeas corpus that the said child may be released from the custody of said Warters.

 East Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1833 60 Order A Copy
View Entry 1942 Hubert Adams et al. v. Herbert N. Russell et al. Knox Habeas Corpus

Add. Plaintiffs: Clarence Porter, Merch Walden. Add. Defendants: Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, Thomas P. Gore.

 East Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 587 73 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 J. A. Dickey v. State Knox Habeas Corpus

Case incomplete; brief only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 102 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1935 John H. Howe v. State ex rel. William Pyne Knox Habeas Corpus East Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 892 49 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 1941 Paul Shelton v. W. J. Holt, Sheriff Knox Petition for Habeas Corpus

Shelton filed claiming he was being confined illegally on a charge of possession of whiskey.

 East Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 526 45 Order A Copy
View Entry 1947 State ex Rel. Marie Blackwell Hill Ross v. Eric Irvin Hill Jr. Knox Habeas Corpus East Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 272 316 Order A Copy
View Entry 1940 State ex Rel. Phillip Glover v. Hazen Kries sheriff et al. Knox Habeas Corpus

Additional Defendants: Fred Scruggs, deputy.

 East Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 282 43 Order A Copy
View Entry 1939 State ex rel. Hayes Vineyard v. Robert Young Knox Habeas Corpus East Range: 7 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 559 14 Order A Copy
View Entry 1944 State ex rel Frank C. York v. Herbert N. Russell Knox Habeas Corpus

Defendant as Warden for Petros Prison. Exhibits: correspondence, parole grant, court documents from The State v. Frank C. York, No. A - 1375 in the criminal court of Knox County.

 East Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 604 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1948 State ex rel. L. S. Cannon v. Herbert N. Russell Knox Habeas Corpus East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 659 60 Order A Copy
View Entry 1942 State ex rel Alvin Murrell v. Hazen Kreis, Sheriff Knox Habeas Corpus East Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 620 36 Order A Copy
View Entry 1941 State ex rel C. E. Pruett v. Herbert N. Russell, Warden Knox Habeas Corpus

Defendant was Warden of Petros State Penitentiary.

 East Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 626 46 Order A Copy
View Entry 1939 State ex. rel. W. A. Ogle v. Hubert N. Russell Knox Habeas Corpus

Plaintiff: alias Fred Ogle. Defendant: Warden, Petros Prison.

 East Range: 7 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 562 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1939 State ex. rel. Noah Ward v. Sam Watson, jailor Knox Habeas Corpus East Range: 7 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 566 39 Order A Copy
View Entry 1934 State ex. Rel. Grant Clevenger v. J. Wesley Brewer, Sheriff, et al. Knox Habeas Corpus

Additional Defendant: L. B. Hutchinson, Sheriff, Union County; Joseph W. Wolfenbarger, Attorney General.

 East Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 781 25 Order A Copy
View Entry 1946 Wanda Carol Graves et al. v. Laura Ramsey Graves Knox Petition for Habeas Corpus

Additional Plaintiff: L. M. Kitts as next friend. L. M. Kitts filed suit for custody of her granddaughter, Wanda Carol Graves, who was in the care of her stepmother, the defendant, after the deaths child's mother and then child's father. Exhibits include: power of attorney papers and correspondence.

 East Range: 6 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 462 188 Order A Copy