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Tennessee Supreme Court Cases
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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| 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 | 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 | 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 | 1928 | Brookside Mills& American Mutual Liability Insurance Co. v. John Harrison | Knox | Unknown |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1901 | Berry Ellison affidavits | Knox | Unknown |
Folder contains two affidavits from Ellison's physicians stating he had been shot in the head. A surgery was performed to remove the bullet, & subsequently part of his brain, resulting in seizures that the doctors argued would eventually kill him. The documents indicate that Ellison had been sentenced to time in the work house for an unnamed crime. The affidavits state that this sentence would kill him quickly and that he should be allowed to live his few remaining days at home. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 21 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1924 | Bert Rogers v. Local Loan & Investment Company et al. | Knox | Unknown |
Denial of Petition to Rehear only. Additional Defendants: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 94 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | Burk McClellen v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1938 | B. A. Edgmon v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 103 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1906 | Claude B. Roberts v. William Barber | Knox | Unknown |
Final Decree only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 89 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1923 | C. W. Morrell v. Reagan & Waller | Knox | Unknown |
Final Decree only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 94 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1924 | Charles C. Guinn v. City of Benton | Knox | Unknown |
Final Decree only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 94 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1908 | Charles M. Tallent v. William J. Oliver MF'G Co. | Knox | Unknown |
Incomplete case file; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 23 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1926 | Charles Kirkland & Carl Morgan v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Order only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 70 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1926 | C. S. Miller et al. v. T. P. Doyle; C. S. Miller v. F. A. Barnett | Knox | Unknown |
Decision only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 68 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1924 | C. G. Line v. B. H. Acuff; Walter Fretwell v. B. H. Acuff; A. H. Russell v. B. H. Acuff, J. W. Gardner v. B. H. Acuff | Knox | Unknown |
Final Decree only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 94 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1924 | Clara Collins v. Knoxville Rail yard & Light Company et al. | Knox | Unknown |
Final Decree only. Additional Defendants: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 94 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1887 | Charles Bennett | Knox | Unknown |
Procedindo only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 98 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1908 | Charles Ware v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1892 | Charles Stevens v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1838 | Calvin Morgan v. William Ingles | Knox | Unknown |
Incomplete case file. Brief only. Case concerns a mill dam being a public nuisance. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1084 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Dan Lewis v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 86 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | D. C. Webb, et al. v. Knox County Transmission Co. | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | D. B. Leahy v. City of Knoxville | Knox | Unknown |
D. B. Leahey was demoted from Desk Sergeant to Patrolman on the grounds of conduct prejudicial to good order. Leahey is fighting the demotion. |
East | Range: 8 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1027 | 158 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | Dover Hicks v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Final Decree only. Date: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 87 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1877 | Daniel Foust v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Procedendo only. This case may be related to a case of the same name located in ET 1651. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | Dr. Charles R. Pickens v. Dr. G. G. Mason, et al. | Knox | Unknown |
Pickens operated a drug store but was unable to pay his bills to stay in business. He claimed that he took part of his drug stock to Burlington Drug Company, part of it home, and another part to Spence Drug Company. Marvin L. and G. G. Mason owned Burlington. Pickens said that he took the drugs to Burlington for storage, but agreed that Mason could sell them. G. G. Mason countered that Pickens's motive was to hide stock from creditors. Exhibit: inventory of drugs. Defendant, E. R. Robinson. |
East | Range: 10 Section: f Shelf: Box Number: 1461 | 90 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | David Dearmond v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 86 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1952 | Dulia Weaver Smith Taylor v. F. A. Ottinger& wife | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1942 | D. F. Bullard v. United Salvage & Equipment Co. | Knox | Unknown |
Exhibits include inventory lists and sales contracts. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 629 | 60 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1936 | Earl French Alias & J. W. French Alias v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case file incomplete. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 34 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Eugene Carmichael v. J. C. Mahan Motor Co. | Knox | Unknown |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1902 | Eliza Earnest v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | Ed McNichols v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1875 | East Tennessee, Virgina & Georgia Railroad Company v. T. H. Hodges by next friend | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | Ea. McCoy v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Bill of Costs only. Date: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1891 | Ed Murry, Arthur Wright, & J. L. Lillard v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case file is incomplete; orders and opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | E. C. Camp v. Knox County | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 102 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1906 | East Tennessee Telephone Company et al. v. M. P. Haynes admr. | Knox | Unknown |
Final Decree and bill of cost only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 92 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1896 | E. C. Camp. v. C. E. Ristine | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; summons only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 105 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1913 | Floyd, alias Mark Long v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case file is incomplete; orders and opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1943 | Fred Strader v. State | Knox | Unknown |
"Misdemeanor." Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1922 | Florence P. Haynes v. J. P. Haynes | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 102 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | Frank Pegg v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; summons only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 103 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1894 | Fountainhead Railroad Co. v. Charlotte Griffin | Knox | Unknown |
Incomplete case file; decree only. Affirms previous decision, and states that Charles and Charlotte Griffin should recover an award and costs from the plaintiff. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 17a | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1926 | George Brimer et al. v. Carl A. Scheibel | Knox | Unknown |
Final Decree only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 72 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1903 | Grant Hines v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | G. W. Winston v. Nicholas Osborne | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; brief, summons, and scrap only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 103 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | George W. Morine v. R. M. Brown, admr. of Frederick Reed dec., et al. Brown v. Morice | Knox | Unknown |
In 1872, Plaintiff purchased a tract of land located in the 13th Civil District of Knox County from Frederick Reed, dec. for the consideration of cash and 3 notes. Reed died in 1875. Brown was appointed admr. and sued Morine for payment on the final note. Morine brought this suit seeking an injunction. Additional defendants: John, Dawson, and Alston Reed; heirs of Frederick Reed. Additional documents located in ET 1655. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1081 | 160 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1894 | G. L. Maloney City Judge v. G. G. Sullivans | Knox | Unknown |
Incomplete case file. Document regarding court cost owed by plaintiff. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1083 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1891 | George DeArmond v. State | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 102 | 8 | Order A Copy |