Order Cases Online
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 | 1938 | Blytha Henley v. Southern Railway Company | Roane | Negligence |
Railway sprayed its right of way w/poison & Blytha's mule ate poisoned grass on the right of way and died, so Blytha sued the railway. Blytha leased farm between railway & Walden's Ridge, near Elverton, & was working mule in cane mill during day, leaving it tied up 1/4 mile from railway at night. He drove schoolbus in morning. When he returned, his employee Chester Lee Johnson told him mule had broken rope & eaten poisoned grass. Exhibit: sign warning of poison/passable injury to livestock. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1261 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | L. W. Burden, admr. of Earl Burden, dec. v. W. B. Johnson & James T. Matthews dba Johnson & Matthews | Roane | Negligence |
Def. was partnership engaged as subcontractor (under B. C. George & Co.) to construct State Hwy No. 1 near Rockwood, TN (aka Memphis to Bristol Hwy). While working for Def., Earl Burden killed by 1-ton rock that rolled down hill. His dad (his admr) sued Def. & recovered $3,000. Legal issue: Def.'s compliance w/insurance requirements of TN worker's comp law. Exhibits: 2 photos showing position of rock that rolled down hill & killed Earl, 3 newspaper clippings, ltrs of admin. 2 folders. |
East | Range: 9 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1298 | 298 | Order A Copy |