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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 | 1883 | C. F. Vance v. D. T. Porter& W. F. Taylor | Shelby | Failure to Pay |
Defendants were surviving partners of the late firm of Newton Ford and Co. Complainant was an attorney originally charged with failing to pay $125.00. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 214 | 170 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | James Callahan v. Sarah A. Murrah | Shelby | Petition to Compel Payment for Goods | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 222 | 153 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. E. L. Palmer | Shelby | Destruction of Property/ Petition to Halt Construction |
Charge is stealing and destroying valuable paper, which was a receipt for partial payment of the cost of a mule. Of the total cost of $120, a cash payment of $90.58 had been made, leaving a balance of $39.42. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 216 | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. James Madden | Shelby | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Indictment is for "escape." However, Madden is a jailer, not a prisoner. Indictment says he unlawfully released T. B. Morton, jailed for "forgery, larceny, and fraudulent breach of trust" - "voluntarily and corruptly of purpose by negligence and disregard of duty as turnkey in charge of said Jail, permitted the said T. B. Morton to escape from said jail and go at large." |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 216 | 21 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | State v. N. M. K. Humes | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: Henry D. Ellis. Additional parties: H. P. Ricketts, Emanuel Rainds, Dan Cowley |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 219 | 16 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | W. A. Brockway v. J. J. Dubose | Shelby | Failure to Pay |
Dubose, an attorney, originally sued to collect payment for his services. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 232 | 62 | Order A Copy |