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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 | 1847 | Jesse Kerr v. John Billingsly & Thomas Witten | Roane | Debt |
Additional defendant: James Witten. Debt is for $884.00 plus $500.00 damages. James Witten pleas that he has paid the debt. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1120 | 19 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1847 | John W. Brown v. Samuel Johnson & John Montgomery et al | Roane | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Add. defendants: R.W. Erving, Jonathon Webb, James M. Butler, & Zachariah Key. Defendants allegedly trespassed the property of plaintiff with weapons and ejected him. sued for $500 in damages. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1140 | 77 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1847 | State v. William Brown | Roane | Assault and Battery |
Brown charged with committing assault & battery on the person of Isaac Matlock on 2 June 1846. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1120 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1847 | State v. Solomon G. Britt [Brett?] | Roane | Other |
Britt was charged with obtaining money on false & fraudulent pretenses. Allegedly, Britt claimed to have taken a bank note in payment from Robert S. Phipps as part of a horse swap, which note Britt then falsely claimed to be counterfeit. Britt then asked to examine other bank notes to determine if they were counterfeit but in fact used that as a subterfuge to steal the notes. Phipps encountered Britt when Phipps was traveling through TN on his way from Virginia to his home in Alabama. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1121 | 85 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1847 | State v. Berry Johnston | Roane | Malicious Stabbing |
Assault was on Sarah Johnston who was wounded in the hip. In another part of the document, defendant said to be guilty of assault and battery. Paper dated 1848 includes names of those reimbursed for costs, e.g. innkeeper, jailor, witness, and sheriff. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1123 | 9 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1847 | State v. Archibald Felts | Roane | Liquor Violation |
Sued for retailing liquor. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1167 | 10 | Order A Copy |