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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 | 1886 | Aron Worel v. Mobile & Ohio Rail Road Co. | Gibson | Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 295 | 17 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | Amy Flemming v. A. J. Scholl | Shelby | Debt | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 298 | 24 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | A. C. Umsted, et al.v. School Directors of 59 School District | Union | Mandamus |
Additional defendants: R. A. Adams, H. P. Hawkins, J. R. Hughes, Woodfin Naylor, & J. H. DeGraffenreid. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 302 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | A. L. Wright v. J. Q. A. Sprowls | Overton | Trespass and Damages |
Wright accuses Sprowls of cutting timber in his property without permission. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 625 | 54 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Arnold & Butler, Murfreesboro v. Nashville, Chattanooga,& St. Louis Railway Company | Rutherford | Damages |
Recovery of damages to an iron safe; verdict and judgment of $27.00 plus court costs. Damage of safe while in transit in 1883. Ben Batey, Sheriff of Rutherford Co. Jurors: W.M. Lamb, W.C. Wood, N. Macon, W.J. White, C.T. Reed, A.W. Leathers, G.A. Brown, and John P. Marlin. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 654 | 44 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | A. B. Beech v. J. A. McClure | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
On promises and covenants broken, Beech given $500 in damages |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 656 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Albert Akers v. George F. Akers | Davidson | Libel |
The plaintiff sued the defendant for damages for falsely charging him with larceny and breach of trust. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 694 | 424 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | A. W. Simpliner & Co. v. John Landstreet Jr. & Co. | Davidson | Debt |
The defendant ran dry goods store in Nashville. The plaintiff's company was out of Cleveland, Ohio. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 694 | 86 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Archie Monroe, in error v. State | Knox | Disturbing the Peace |
Monroe was charged with "disturbing an educational essembly" at Austin School House by fighting and quarreling and talking and making boisterous language and making threatening demonstrations. Witnesses claimed Monroe had threatened a teacher after his daughter, a student at the school, had been suspended. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 102 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Adelia Cantrell, by next friend v. Thomas Richardson, Jr. | DeKalb | Damages |
L. J. Cantrell as next friend to Adelia Cantrell. Damages for seduction and breach of marriage contract. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 595 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Alexander Fish v. Adolph Moses | Davidson | Debt |
Fish owes Moses some money in Illinois. Fish left Ill. And came to Tennessee Moses still wants his money. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 650 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Anderson Green & Company v. Z. T. Belew & W. T. Buslz | Lawrence | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: R. H. Rose and B. M. Grimmelt. Plaintiff stated they were unpaid for services rendered to the defendants. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 789 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Ann Bayless for the use of A. L. Leinart v. L. R. Carr & R.J. Carr | Union | Debt |
Leinart/Bayless asserted the Carrs were responsible for repayment of note, however the note and other paperwork were missing and unable to be used as evidence. Leinart was owed $20 for goods purchased from his store. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1635 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Berry Benson v. The Memphis & Charleston Railway Co. et al | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Additional Plaintiff: The East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia RR Co. Defendant charged railroad with breach of contract for not providing sufficient seating as there were no seats available after he purchased his ticket. Defendant forcibly ejected from from train & sued railroad for $10,000. Railroad maintains its actions were justifiable given his behavior. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 294 | 90 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | B. F. Brown v. John M. Nevils, Sheriff | Williamson | Other |
Cause of Action: failure to return an execution. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 602 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | B. M. Cantrell, admr. & Sallie A. Magness v. Peoples Mutual Life Insurance Order, et al | DeKalb | Damages |
B. M. Cantrell is admr. of R. M. Magness. Sallie A. Magness is the widow of R. M. Magness. Additional defendant: J. C. Martin. Seeking $2000 damages in life insurance dispute. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 606 | 99 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Benjamin March v. A. A. Dickerson et al. | Lincoln | Guardianship of Minors |
Alexander Smith, as guardian of A. B. and Mary J. White, held a note for their funds against defendant Dickerson. Confusion followed Smith's death, and this case is an attempt to work out how to handle the children's funds. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 635 | 95 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Berna Levison v. Mayor& City Council of Nashville, et al. | Davidson | Damages |
Other defendants: E. W. Cole; W. C. Smith; Theodore Robertson and Paul M. Robertson, d.b.a. Robertson Brothers. Plaintiff is sued for $10,000 damages for injuries received when he fell into a hole created by an excavated sidewalk on an unlighted public street. There were no warning signs near the hole and no structures to prevent such accidents. Case is divided into two folders. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 637 | 284 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Browning & McIntosh for the use of C. S. Collier v. Stewart Mfg. Co. | Houston | Contract Dispute and Damages |
This is a suit for wood furnished under contract by Browning and McIntosh to Stewart Mfg Co. Full names of Plaintiffs/Appellees: Jason Browning and George McIntosh. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 786 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Ben Paine v. Memphis, Selma & Brunswick Railroad Co. | Shelby | Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 311 | 104 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | B. Henderson v. Sol. Clark | Cocke | Replevin |
Replevin of a "Gray Mare." Additional case materials in ET 1912 (Range 19, Section A, Shelf 3). |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1913 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | C. C. Grant v. F. P. Stewart | Gibson | Debt | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 301 | 41 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | Citizen Street Railroad Company v. Sandy S. Carter | Shelby | Other |
Cause of action unclear |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 309 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | C. N. Ordway v. A. G. Ewing | Davidson | Debt on Account |
The case involved a rent dispute. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 697 | 85 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Cherokee Iron Co. v. S. E. Jones & Son | Davidson | Notes |
The dispute centered on a shipment of iron. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 701 | 72 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Ceclia Bartlett, admr., of Lily Bartlett, dec. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Shelby | Negligence | West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 306 | 269 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | C. M. Teasley v. State | Campbell | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
For selling liquor without a license. |
East | Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1889 | 41 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Chesapeake Ohio Rail Road Co. v. William Bate, Governor et al | Davidson | Tax Violation |
Additional defendants include John Alison, Secretary of State and Jason Thomas, Treasurer. Exhibit materials include oversize reports and statements of the president and directors of the Chesapeak Ohio Rail Road Co., located in MT OV 10. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 673 | 462 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Coffey Bros et al. v. John Smith | Davidson | Debt |
Plaintiffs: Allen Coffey, James Coffey, Samuel Hardison |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 693 | 65 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | C. Wright & B.J. Handley v. Samuel Byram | Robertson | Damages |
Appeal. For trespassing and damages to the Plaintiff's corn stalks. Includes assignment of error documents of Samuel Byram v. B.J. Handley et al |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 791 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Dixon Etheridge v. Mobile & Ohio R.R. Co. | McNairy | Damages |
Plaintiff is sued for damages for the death of a work ox valued at $40. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 309 | 43 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | D. J. McCallum v. C. O. & S. W. Rail Road Co. | Tipton | Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 410 | 334 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | D. A. Eaton v. a. P. Smith | DeKalb | Damages |
Plaintiff sued for $100.00 as damages for fraud and deceit in the exchange of a mule for a mare. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 595 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | David M. Wrightsman, et al. v. William V. Whitson, et al. | Warren | Debt Settlement |
Additional complainants: E.L. Macon, E.J. Macon. Defendants: A.V. Whitson, S.D. Rankin. Distilling business in 4th Dist. Rankin served as Constable in county. Wrightsman had contract with George A. Dickel & Co., Nashville to deliver brandy. Enjoinment on sale of mule seized by virtue of a forfeited delivery bond as the property of one of the sureties on the bond IS included in case file |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 649 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | East Tennessee, Virginia, & Georgia Railroad Company v. W. F. Drake | Shelby | Debt | West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 311 | 71 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | Enoch Brown, admr. of James W. Cloud, dec. v. Nashville Life Insurance Co. | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages | Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 603 | 89 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | E. H. East v. R. F. Bell | Davidson | Debt on Account |
The cause of action is never made clear in the text, which is primarily a record of who was responsible for court costs and the cost of the appeal. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1217 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Eagleville & Chapel Hill Turnpike Co. v. H. B. Hyde | Rutherford | Failure to Pay |
Defendant is accused of refusing to pay a ten-cent toll as he passed through a toll gate. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 636 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Rail Road Co. v. Nathan Shipley | Washington | Injury and Damages |
Shipley sued the defendant railroad for $5,000 in damages for failing to wait a sufficient time to allow he and his wife, both sick and feeble, to depart the train, causing them to miss their stop and have to endure unfamiliar streets, lodging expense , and suffering to get home. See majority of materials (267 of 289 pages) in box ET 1888. |
East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1052 | 289 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | E. & N. Manufacturing Company v. James M. McGinnis | Davidson | Debt |
Additional defendant: Robert McGinnis |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 680 | 69 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Emma G. Watson v. Mayor & City Council of Nashville | Davidson | Negligence |
Watson fell in hole in street while crossing Church Street and claims negligence. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 696 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Company v. Martha Winters | Carter | Wrongful Death |
Her husband, Daniel Winters, was killed by a train while walking along tracks on a bridge. Sued for $20,000 damages. |
East | Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1874 | 99 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Ed L. Fox v. Louisville & Nashville Rail Road Co. | Crockett | Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 295 | 143 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | Eugene Cashon v. State | Shelby | Assault and Battery | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 304 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | Emily Cawthorn v. Reuben Gooch, Alfred Gooch,& Ozro Gooch | Carroll | Other |
Cause of Action: Recover ownership of a horse. Case mentions that Emily Cawthorn and her husband Jack Cawthorn were once slaves of Nathan Cawthorn. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 307 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Elijah Still v. H. C. Walker | Benton | Damages | West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 499 | 38 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | E. D. Swann v. George Hill | Franklin | Debt on Account | Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 614 | 63 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Company in error v. James P. Miller | McMinn | Injury and Damages |
Miller sued the defendant railroad for $12,500 in damages for the loss of his leg and other injuries sustained when a train ran over him. |
East | Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1886 | 77 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Fannie Hargis v. George W. Horne | Sullivan | Slander |
Fannie Hargis sued Georges W. Horne for $5,000 damages for slander. |
East | Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1866 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Flem Williams v. Pickens & Long | Fentress | Debt on Account |
Defendants: Johnathan Pickens, A. G. Long. Offense: debt due by note under $1,000. Others: S. H. Pile, A. B. Williams, H. W. Williams, L. Delk, L. C. Wright; Mitchell Wright, Justice of the Peace. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 629 | 32 | Order A Copy |