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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1855 | Bank of Tennessee v. E. B. Bigley et al. | Davidson | Failure to Return Execution |
Additional Defendants: C. W. Nance, J. Beaty, J. W. Dabbs, James Hamilton, R. W. Perles, James Mallock, A. Dunn, R. H. Wallace, J. H. Gowers. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 255 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1855 | Edwin H. Childress v. E. B. Bigley et al. | Davidson | Failure to Return Execution |
Additional Defendants: C. W. Nance, J. Beaty, J. W. Dabbs, James Hamilton, R. W. Perles, James Mallock, A. Dunn, R. H. Wallace, J. H. Gowers. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 255 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1855 | Minos T. Cannon, et al. v. William Word | Bedford | Failure to Return Execution |
Appeal only. Cannon appealed the judgment rendered in favor of Word for $295. Additional plaintiffs: Robert J. Cannon and James M. Elliot. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 254 | 15 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1855 | State v. John Howard, et al. | Sevier | Failure to Pay |
Other defendants: Joseph Snapp; John A. Poindexter; Allen S. Bryan; Wilson Duggan; A. Smith. W. S. J. Ford, county clerk of Sevier County, died without paying the state $144.92 for fees collected between September 1849-April 1850. Defendants were Ford's securities, so state was trying to collect the money from them. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1162 | 22 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1855 | State v. Wilson Duggan, et al. | Sevier | Failure to Pay |
Plaintiffs: John Howard, Joseph Snapp, John A. Poindexter, Allen S. Bryan, Wilson Duggan, and A. Smith- those who owned securities of W. S. G. Ford, dec., former clerk of the County Court of Sevier Co., for the sum of $114.92 due the State of Tennessee on account of revenue collected by said Ford as clerk of the County Court from 1 Sept. 1849 to 1 April 1850, and failed to pay over as directed by law. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1165 | 18 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1855 | State v. Levi H. Knight | Meigs | Assault with Intent to Kill |
"on the 6th day of December 1854 in the county aforesaid did unlawfully make an assault upon Michael Fooshee by drawing an axe on him and swearing he would kill him." |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1165 | 23 | Order A Copy |