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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 | 1876 | (unknown) | Haywood | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Additional plaintiffs: Edward Fitch & M. C. Peter (of firm Arthur Peter & Co.) and James S. Lithgow, Jacob Sawyer & C. O. Smith (firm J. S. Lithgow & Co.). All plaintiffs from Louisville, KY. Additional defendants not named. Claxton from Haywood Co., TN. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 85 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | A. S. Carpenter & S. J. Carpenter of A. S. Carpenter & Bro. v. John T. Pope | Haywood | Lien |
Also named in case: W. R. Tripp, house builder and contractor A. S. and J. S. Carpenter were plasterers by trade. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 71 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | E. M. Sanders v. H. M. Gunn | Haywood | Land, Fraud |
Gunn believed to be a resident of MO. None |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | Henry Randolph v. State | Haywood | Murder |
Victim: Anthony Batcheler |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 73 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | James Bond v. William M. Hall | Haywood | Debt |
Case originated with the purchase of land from Bond by Peter Bell and George Webb. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 70 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | John L. Williamson, H. W. Bond & W. M. Hall v. Phillip Yancey & J. N. Wardlow, exe. of E. Davie, dec. | Haywood | Debt |
Plaintiffs in partnership under name Williamson, Bond & Hall. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 82 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | Mayor of Brownsville et al.v. James Deveraux | Haywood | Bond Dispute |
Additional parties: T. W. Tyus, John Clinton |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 32 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | State v. Ed Freeman | Haywood | Murder |
Defendant charged with second degree murder in death of Wesley Sheron. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 82 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | State v. Aaron M. Knight | Haywood | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Victim was Julia Rogers. The defendant and victim both African American. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 85 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | Tom Brown v. State | Haywood | Keeping a Bawdy House | West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 73 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1876 | Wiley Mann, et al. v. W. W. Bond, et al. | Haywood | Estate Settlement |
Other defendants: James Bond, C. W. Harbert, executors |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 37 | 0 | Order A Copy |