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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 | 1883 | Guadalupe Y Calvo Mining Co. v. W. T. Beaty | Shelby | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
In 1881 defendant sued to collect $5000 in pay for services rendered to the company. B. F. Fly & Robert F. Looney named as stockholders. Company based in Chihuahua, Republic of Mexico. Chartered in TN in 1878 by B. F. Fly, Robert F. Looney, Thomas P. Chambers, Robert F. Looney, Jr. & T. W. Brown. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 169 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Joseph P. Macheca v. J. W. Tighe & Son | Shelby | Sale of Damaged/Misrepresented Goods | West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 15 | 0 | 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 | Nora B. Hart et al. v. Bianca Czapski et al. | Shelby | Petition for the Sale of Goods and Chattels |
Co-complainant: A. W. Hart. Co-defendants: Benny Czapski, Annie Czapski, Louis Czapski. Nora Hart is the guardian of Bianca Czapski and her sibling and asks that a guardian ad litem be appointed to sell some of the railroad bonds left them by their late father, the annual income from the bonds being insufficient for their education and support. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 237 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | State v. Jim James | Shelby | Receiving Stolen Goods |
Actual charge is larceny and receiving stolen goods. The first charge is that he "feloniously did steal, take and carry away two hogs of the value of 15 dollars, the property of Robert Bankster." The second charge is that he "feloniously and fraudulently did buy, receive, conceal, and have in his possession with intent to deprive the true owner thereof two hogs … well knowing said hogs … to have been recently before then feloniously stolen, taken and carried away." |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 216 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | State v. Solomon Whitesides | Shelby | Unlawful Selling of Goods |
Actual charge is selling cotton after dark, "between the hours of sunset and sunrise." |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 17 | Order A Copy |