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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 | 1858 | (unknown) | Knox | Petitions for Certiorari |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 2 | 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 | 1923 | Addie Harrell v. Fidelity Insurance Co. | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
Incomplete case file: testimony only. Because only testimony is present, case details are difficult to discern. It seems that Mrs. Addie Prince Harrell had trouble with her eyes, perhaps an astigmatism. She seems to have gotten into an accident, but was not badly harmed. She was diagnosed as neurasthenic. What she claimed to the insurance company is not stated here. Much questioning about glasses and nervous disorder. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 13a | 328 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | A. W. Kutsche & Co. v. William L. Anderson | Knox | Compensation |
Anderson was hired as a laborer during the construction of the post office & court house in Knoxville. He was paid at a rate of 22.5 cents an hour, but said he was doing iron rod work, a job that was paid a higher rate. Anderson sued to be paid the difference of the pay rate. Add'l documents in box ET 849. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 17 | 128 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Ahler Plumbing Company v. Bishop-Babcock-Becker Company | Knox | Failure to Pay |
J. B. Jones, a member of the building committee of the Holston National Bank, hired Ahler Plumbing to install a heating system in his house. Ahler bid on a project at the bank, & did the installation work at Jones' house so that he might recommend the bank hire Ahler. The pump was supplied at a much higher rate and Ahler sued to be relieved of the debt because it was not the price he had agreed to. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 19a | 27 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1928 | A. A. Newson& W. F. Newson v. Joseph Edward McKissick | Knox | Unknown |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1909 | Archie Clark v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor illegally. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1909 | Arthur Wright v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor without a license. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1913 | Alexander Householder v. State | Knox | Manslaughter |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of voluntary manslaughter. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | A. T. Baker v. Knoxville Woolen Mills | Knox | Unknown |
Final Decree only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 87 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | Alex Smith, in error v. State | Knox | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Alexander Smith was charged with carrying an illegal and concealed weapon-a pistol-in the woods in the 22nd District of Knox County. |
East | Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1857 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Anges Cutin v. Dennis Curtin | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | A. O. Odell v. William Gibbs | Knox | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Plaintiff refered to as William A. O. Odell. Case involves alleged fraud in the sale of a sorrel mare that Gibbs represented to be a good work mare, a representation Odell claims to be false. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 129 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Archie Monroe, in error v. State | Knox | Disturbing the Peace |
Monroe was charged with "disturbing an educational essembly" at Austin School House by fighting and quarreling and talking and making boisterous language and making threatening demonstrations. Witnesses claimed Monroe had threatened a teacher after his daughter, a student at the school, had been suspended. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 102 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1947 | Abe Waterson v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
"Violating the Bone Dry Law." |
East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 167 | 161 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | Alice Julian v. Isaiah Julian | Knox | Divorce |
In this divorce case, Alice Julian claimed the dfnt. was cruel, abusive, did not work, did not provide for her, and was committing adultery. |
East | Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1844 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | A. R. Gammon, admr. of John R. Courier, dec. v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Company | Knox | Damages |
The plntff., admr. of John R. Courier, sued the deft. for $10,000 damages in his death. Courier was struck & killed by a train owned & operated by the deft. on the date of 3 July 1886. Courier left a mother & sister. |
East | Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1845 | 82 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1944 | Adrian McBee & George Logan v. State | Knox | Robbery | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 230 | 56 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1940 | Amos Oglesby & E. J. Hankins v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 232 | 106 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1939 | Ab Case & Jean Rogers v. State ex rel J. Fred Bibb | Knox | Liquor Violation | East | Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 274 | 103 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1949 | Alice Cora Mayes & William L. Mayes v. Walter Clark | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Receipt included. |
East | Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 282 | 224 | Order A Copy |
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 | 1944 | Arthur Atkin v. City of Knoxville | Knox | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Origin of recovery: wrongful demotion. Exhibits include court documents, correspondences, |
East | Range: 7 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 509 | 393 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1949 | Ann T. Sloan v. Bessie Smith & Tim W. Smith | Knox | Damages |
Exhibits: two 8x10 photographs, diagram |
East | Range: 6 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 492 | 262 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1941 | Augusta W. Dennery v. Charles Pickel, Sr. & Charles Pickel, Jr. | Knox | Damages |
Defendants doing business as Pickel Furniture Company. Additional Defendant: Isham Cox. Exhibits: situation map, hospital receipts/bills, check, automobile repair receipts/bills |
East | Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 526 | 499 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Adele S. Kennedy et al. v. Rutherford Freight Lines, Inc. | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Truck driven by Defendant struck car in which Plaintiff was riding, causing her to be injured. Exhibits include repair bill, scene map. Add. Plaintiff: Firemen's Insurance Co. of Newark, New Jersey. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 637 | 343 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1930 | Agnes Graw v. Jay Roehl, et al. | Knox | Workman's Compensation |
Additional Defendants: O. T. Roehl Company, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Complainant sought Workman's compensation benefits on behalf of her husband W. K. Graw, deceased, who was employed by defendant. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 718 | 135 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1939 | A. B. Suffridge, admr. v. City of Knoxville | Knox | Negligence |
Deceased: Wanda Ruth Suffridge, of peritonitis Exhibits include 3 plat maps. |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 797 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | Atlantic Ice & Coal Company v. Harry Cameron | Knox | Damages |
The defendant sued for damages as a result of an accident involving a truck of the Atlantic Ice & Coal Company while the defendant was riding his motorcycle. Photographs of accident site. |
East | Range: 8 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 837 | 290 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | American Bakeries Co., et al.v. Pryor Brown Transfer Co., et al. | Knox | Damages |
American Bakeries Co. is being sued for damages for personal injuries caused to an O.W. Frye in an automobile accident. |
East | Range: 8 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 844 | 328 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | American National Insurance Co. v. Cora Lee Widby | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies | East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 892 | 460 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1935 | Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Clara Mournan, admr. of William Mournan, dec. | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies | East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1059 | 147 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1855 | Andrew Knott& wife, Sarah Knott v. Emmitt Knott | Knox | Ejectment |
A plea of trespass with force and arms in ejectment relative to incident of 1 Oct. 1853, Sarah Knott, owner of a tract of land in the 11th Civil Dist., Knox Co., comprised of 150 acres. Sarah Knott accuses defendant Emmitt Knott of unlawfully withholding the premises claimed by both plaintiffs, asking for damages of $500. Includes last will and testament of Henry Lones, Sr. of Knox. Also indenture between Henry Lones and Lewis F. Ragsdale, 1853. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1164 | 84 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | Andrew Thompson v. James Carter | Knox | Petitions for Certiorari |
Original suit was trespass for an alleged injury to land. A judgment was rendered against the orator for five dollars. He claims that the judgment was made late in day and he was not informed in time for an appeal. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1174 | 56 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Ann Harry v. J. W. Harry | Knox | Divorce |
Ann Harry was married to J.W. Harry for around thirty five years. They had four children. The plaintiff charged that her husband was committing adultery with one Emma Myers. The plaintiff was also seeking alimony. |
East | Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1721 | 150 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1869 | Andrew Knatt v. James W. Bell & James T. Abernathy | Knox | Debt |
Knatt sued Bell for a $169.92 debt. Bell granted an appeal. Knatt seeks to recover Abernathy's security in the appeal bond. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1185 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1868 | Andrew J. Taylor v. William Girdners et al | Knox | Trespass |
Add. defendant: Lewis Click. Defendant is indebted to the plaintiff. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1190 | 97 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | Abraham Schwab v. F. H. Bounds | Knox | Replevin |
Schwab claims Bounds has improperly detained $200 of Schwab's personal property (clothing, books, carpet bag, umbrellas, other personal property). First jury couldn't agree so mistrial declared. Second jury ruled in Schwab's favor. Bounds appealed. Julius Ochs testified: Schwab acquired the property at issue from Frank Houseman, who owned small store in Knoxville (S. Levi & Bros) & wanted to sell out his stock. Goods later attached as Housman's property & replevied; this suit ensued. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1193 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1893 | Allen Cousan v. State | Knox | Murder, 1st degree |
Cousin was charged with the murder of his wife one Martha Cousan. The weapon that was used was a pistol. |
East | Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1712 | 101 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | Andrew Knott, et al. v. William B. Carter, exe. Of A.M. Carter, dec. | Knox | Failure to Return Execution |
Opinion only. Carter moved for and obtained a judgment against J.P. Lush, a constable of Knox county, and his securities for failing to return an execution issued and delivered to him. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1210 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1937 | A. M. Paine v. Taylor Fox et al | Knox | Other |
The plaintiff acting as guardian of Ellen Snapp sought to recover time deposit certificates that were signed by the defendant, bank cashier. The bank closed January 21, 1933 and reorganized and reopened September 15, 1933. The plaintiff claims the reorganization was illegal and combines this case with State ex rel. D. D. Robertson, v. The Bank of Sevierville and sought to have his pleading filed as a petition in that cause and to have Robertson Superintendent of Banks for the State of TN. 3 folders |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1252 | 500 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1938 | Althea J. Webster v. William C. Webster | Knox | Divorce |
Plaintiff asks for a divorce from the defendant, alleging that he has, completely without cause, "turned her out of doors" & failed to provide for her. She also asks the court to order the def.. to pay her weekly alimony; she also wishes to recover from him attorney's fees & court costs. The Websters married in Barbourville, KY about seven years before. Althea Webster 69 years old; William C. Webster seventy. |
East | Range: 9 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1280 | 102 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | A. G. Ivey & Effie Ivey v. O. S. Solomon & Mary Solomon | Knox | Debt |
The Solomon's were sued the Ivey's for $36.80 debt due by rent, light and water bill and plumbing repair. Court ruled in plaintiffs' favor for $3.80. Plaintiffs appealed. Dispute over $25, which the Iveys claimed was paid to Solomons to apply on a rental contract, whereas the Solomons claimed was paid as a bonus for removing the former tenant. |
East | Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1358 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | Arch Pass, et al. v. Andrew Jones, et al. | Knox | Damages |
Additional defendant: Henry R. Gibson. Additional plaintiff: Mabel Pass. Plaintiff sued for $10,000 in damages when his wife was injured on the steps of a building that Jones was supposed to have fixed. See also ET 1459. |
East | Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1418 | 123 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | Albert Scott v. P. M. Ashe | Knox | Breach of Contract |
Plaintiff entered into a verbal agreement with the defendant to rent a room in the defendant's building located on Gay Street in Knoxville, Tennessee. Plaintiff complained that the defendant later refused to rent said room, causing the plaintiff to be out of work (barber) for two months. Plaintiff then brought suit for breach of contract. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1651 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1937 | Annie B. Smith v. American National Insurance Company | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Smith took out a life insurance policy on her husband Lawrence for $500. The insurance company claims that due to his physical state at the time of filing, that payment on the policy cannot be made, that he was ill when the policy was taken out, and therefore uninsurable. Mr. Smith suffered from ulcers, a perforation of the stomach, and other digestive problems. |
East | Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1557 | 448 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | A. A. Caldwell v. G.L. McBee, et al | Knox | Notes |
This case is regarding a note issued by plaintiff to defendant for the purchase of a mill. Additional Defendants: R.L. McBee |
East | Range: 20 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1602 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1934 | A. W. Kutsche & Company & John Harsch Bronze & Foundry Company v. Hot Blast Coal Company | Knox | Assignment |
Hot Blast Coal was indebted to J. H. Suddereth & L. C. Ely. Suit assigned the debt that Kutsche& Harsche bronze owed Hot Blast to Suddereth & Ely. Pl was awarded a construction contract as a subcontractor constructing fencing. See also many other cases involving A. W. Kutsche. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 17a | 65 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1934 | A. W. Kutsche and Co. v. Lewis Wilson | Knox | Other |
This was sent back as it was determined to be a charge of violating Federal Law and also Constitutional law. He was a machinist who was paid and worked as a carpenter on the federal post office construction. Cause of Action: Wage & Constitution issue |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 17a | 71 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | A. Stain et al. v. H. L. W. Mynutt, et al. | Knox | Debt Dispute |
Additional Parties are unknown; file incomplete. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 30 | 4 | Order A Copy |