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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].
Tennessee Supreme Court Cases
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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1846 | Allen Carter et al. v. William Samuel Boughter | Montgomery | Failure to Return Execution |
Additional Plaintiffs: Allen Carter and wife, Carlotte, Samuel Lockhart and wife, Nancy, D.D. Murphy and wife, Sarah, Joseph Lockhart and wife, Polly, John Smith, James Smith, George Smith, Thomas Smith, William Smith, J. Hornberger, and others. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 222 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1871 | Pleasant Hunt v. State | Montgomery | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Assault and battery with intent to commit murder in the first degree |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 302 | 30 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | R. M. Hodges v. State | Montgomery | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 321 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Henry Bowman | Montgomery | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Incomplete file. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 552 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | State v. Bery[?] Moody, alias Hibbett | Montgomery | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Charles Crass |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 560 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Wash Lewis | Montgomery | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Victim possibly could have been Charley Martin. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1875 | State v. Henry Fort | Montgomery | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Henry Fort, referred to as "colored" was accused of assaulting Abraham Wimberly, with the intent to kill him by stabbing. Incomplete case file; missing testimony. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 13a | 16 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Alex Kirby | Montgomery | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Attacked G. Hollowman. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1846 | State v. John Shelby | Montgomery | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Cause of action: failure to have the road measured and the mile marked |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 382 | 6 | Order A Copy |