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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 | 1889 | Annie E. Smith v. John Brewer | Grainger | Damages |
Ms. Smith sued the defendant for $500 in damages for hauling off her carding machine and fixtures. |
East | Range: 19 Section: c Shelf: Box Number: 1840 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. J. Sivells v. Anthony, Williamson,& Company | Tipton | Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 436 | 194 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1889 | A. S. McGhee, Trustee v. W. H. Taylor, Deputy Sheriff | Shelby | Unlawful Detainer |
Plaintiff says that Taylor, without cause, seized and detained his property, "One Dark Bay horse about 9 years old and about 15 1/2 hands high," valued at $80. |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 440 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Andrew Harman et al. v. Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railroad Company | Shelby | Nuisance |
Other plaintiff: Annie Harman. Folder includes a brief as long as the case file. Plaintiffs dramatically describe how the construction of the railroad near their home has destroyed their quality of life and lowered the value of their property. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 504 | 106 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Amelia B. Battier, et al. v. W. N. Wilkerson & Co., et al. | Shelby | Replevin |
Co-defendant is J. E. Frost. The plaintiff, sued for herself and her children, seeks to regain a fully-stocked drugstore from Frost, who, she says, possesses it illegally. Folder contains two legal briefs. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 504 | 59 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. Gwaltney v. Nashville & Knoxville Rail Road Company | Smith | Damages |
Issue of the defendant ruining land belonging to the plaintiff with their railroad. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 818 | 127 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. L. Baucum admr. for Nicholas Baucum dec. v. J. G. Houston | Humphreys | Debt |
The debt is for $135, Houston is requesting garnishment. aliases: A. L. Bawcom |
West | Range: 79 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1603 | 87 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. Gannon v. John Parker | Sumner | Debt |
Plaintiff in error, a potato buyer living in Pittsburg, is appealing a suit brought by Jno. Parker, a potato farmer, for debt. Parker claims Gannon guaranteed $0.10 more per pound of potatoes than any other buyer. After selling the potatoes to Gannon, Parker claims that Gannon refused to honor the contract. Gannon denies the claim that he guaranteed $0.10 more per pound of potatoes and says that he did not have an interest in the potatoes but shipped them at Parker's request. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 866 | 73 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. B. Jewell v. Louisville New Orleans& Texas Rail Road Company et al | Shelby | Damages |
Additional Defendant: Mississippi and Tennessee Rail Road Company |
West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 406 | 841 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. N. Lovelace v. C. A. Warters and wife M. J. Warters | Knox | Habeas Corpus |
The petitioner claimed that the defendants wrongfully detained from Lovelace his minor child. The petitioner asked the court to grant writ of habeas corpus that the said child may be released from the custody of said Warters. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1833 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. S. McGhee, trustee v. J. E. Edwards& Company | Shelby | Property Dispute | West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 442 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1889 | Arch Lindsay v. State | Campbell | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Lindsay was charged with unlawfully carrying a pistol. |
East | Range: 19 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1804 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Atta Haury v. State | Davidson | Tippling |
Plaintiff in error is accused of Tippling on a Sunday. Plaintiff was found guilty and is seeking a new trial. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 768 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. C. Moon v. Dr. J. M. Leonard | Giles | Malpractice |
Plaintiff hired defendant to treat his injured leg and knee. Plaintiff claims that defendant failed to treat him in a skillful manner, worsened his pain and delayed his recovery. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 782 | 91 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. Reynolds v. T. P. Daves | DeKalb | Breach of Contract |
The plaintiff made a contract with the defendant in 1888 to cultivate his land and he was to furnish the land and a mare. Each party was to bear half of the labor and the plaintiff was to feed the mare used to work the fields. After two months and before the work was done, the defendant took back the mare, halting any yield from the crops. The defendant was damaged $50 for feed provided and a breach of contract. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 819 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. K. Edmonson v. State | Lincoln | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Defendant, a school teacher, is accused of carrying a pistol in public. According to witnesses, the defendant was in a heated exchange with a person named Brock who was a tenant on the defendants property. The defendant believed he was owed rent from Brock and had an attachment placed in the hands of Forrest Patrick who was deputized as a special officer. Patrick brought Brock to the home of Edmonson where the exchange occurred. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 832 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Board of Mayor and Alderman of Knoxville v. Standard Oil Company | Knox | Tax Collection |
Case was filed so the city could collect a $100 Privilege Tax they claimed they were due. The tax was based on an ordinance adopted July 17, 1888 and amended July 20, 1888. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1837 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | B. White v. J. Baxter& Company | Shelby | Debt | West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 413 | 11 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1889 | Brandon Printing Company v. Andrew J. McWhirter | Davidson | Damages |
The Brandon printing company printed books for the Southern Immigration Association of America, of which the defendant is the President. The Brandon Printing Company is seeking damages for unpaid invoices. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 768 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Bristow Danner v. Thomas J. Stockard | Gibson | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 436 | 85 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1889 | Bently & Taylor for the use of Hughes & Hatcher v. Thomas J. Myers | Bedford | Petitions for Certiorari |
Issue over a previous judgment for $66.20 that the defendant was ordered to pay the plaintiff. T.J. Myers alleged the plaintiff was guilty of fraud in attempting to hold him liable under terms of a void contract. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 778 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Banks Gover v. Dave Cobble | Franklin | Replevin |
Final judgment, plaintiff's appeal, and bill of costs only. Plaintiff sued defendant to recover something [does not say what]. Court ruled in favor of defendant for $30 damages. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 819 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Bryce Stewart v. City of Clarksville | Montgomery | Damages |
Stewart sued the City of Clarksville for $5000 damages for taking a tract of land belonging to him and converting it to their own use by building a street. Files includes map showing where street runs through plaintiff's property. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 833 | 94 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Bush Blackburn v. State | Warren | Larceny |
Plaintiff in error, also known as Bush Settle and Bushrod (?) Settle, along with John B. Smith is accused of taking several suits, pocket knives, handkerchiefs, boots, stamps, scissors, a watch, jewelry and shoes from a store owned by N. G. Maddox. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 834 | 63 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Crawford Brown, et al. v. Toof, McGowan & Co. | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Additional Plaintiff: Ed Thornton. Toof, McGowan & Co. comprised of J. S. Toof & E. L. McGowan. Plaintiffs & S. Aldridge croppers in Poinsett Co., AR; their crops caught up in an attachment suit brought against Aldridge by defendants. Defendants state that plaintiffs picked much of cotton crop & sold it without their knowledge, which was in violation of an agreement reached between the attorneys of plaintiffs & defendants. Crop remaining in the field was destroyed by cattle. Includes brief. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 486 | 225 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | C. M. Ashley v. John E. Randle | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Much of this document has been rendered illegible by mold -- it is extremely fragile. File contains a couple of legal briefs. This case involves a debt involving a commission for the sale of machinery. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 496 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Carrall Carter v. State | Davidson | Tippling |
The plaintiff in error is accused of Tippling on a Sunday. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 777 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | C. N. Borman v. Solomon Crabtree & Jacob Crabtree | Overton | Unlawful Entry |
Plaintiff accuses the defendants of entering onto his land and detaining it from him. The land in question is 3 acres bounded by the North, South and East by plaintiff’s property and by the west by defendant’s property. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 784 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company v. J. W. Turner, et al. | Sumner | Damages |
Turner sued the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Co. for $1000 damages resulting from negligently permitting a defective wire to come down as to entangle him while riding along the pike. Turner obtained judgment for $150 damages. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 817 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Chesapeake& Nashville Railway Co. v. J. B. Harrison | Sumner | Damages |
Plaintiff in error is a rail road company that operates a road from Gallatin in Sumner County, TN to Scottsville in Allen County, KY. When building the rail road, the plaintiff in error divided the land of the defendant in error, diminishing it's value and redirecting the flow of water. Said land is described as being situated adjoining the southwest corporate limits of Gallatin. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 831 | 52 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | C. Worles v. John Fitzhugh | Dyer | Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 203 | 6 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1889 | C. Mitchell v. C. M. Shelly | Hardin | Replevin | West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 444 | 82 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1889 | Chattanooga Iron Co. v. John R. Jones | Hamilton | Damages |
John R. Jones sued the Chattanooga Iron Co. for $10,000 in damages for "wrongfully, carelessly, and negligently injuring, wounding, and bruising him." |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1824 | 61 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Henry J. Loomis | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
Henry Loomis worked for the Cumberland Telephone Co. and while performing his duties on a telephone pole, the pole snapped and he was injured when he fell to the ground. He claims the company was negligent in keeping the poles safe and sues for damages |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 481 | 96 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Columbia Central Turnpike Company v. Z. R. Gillespie | Maury | Damages |
This suit consists of two consolidated cases for the forfeiture of five dollars for going around the the first toll gate and avoiding payment of toll. 2 folders |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 790 | 182 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Chesapeake& Nashville Railway v. Anna Patterson& Husband | Sumner | Obstruction of Property |
The Patterson's sued the railroad company for $1000 damages and for right of way. The railroad co. was building its tracks from Gallatin to Scottsville, KY, which went right through plaintiffs' farm, causing direct and incidental damages, including being cut off from wells, mills, etc. Court ruled in favor of plaintiffs for $500. Defendant appealed. Note: Anna also named Annie in case. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 838 | 118 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | D. F. Goodyear, exe. v. L. D. Thoms, et al | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants: J. C. Davis, A. R. Davis, R. J. Black. |
West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 413 | 353 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Dabney Crenshaw v. C. H. Rayburn | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 413 | 48 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1889 | David Hastings v. Benjamin W. Capps | Shelby | Contract for Labor and Materials |
Dispute over work and labor not performed. |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 444 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | David DePriest v. Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railroad Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Plaintiff sued railroad for $10,000 in damages. Charges that ca. 15 June 1888 its employees imprisoned him in a freight train box car, assaulted & shot him, injuring him so badly that he has since been unable to work. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 504 | 170 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Dorrell Suitor v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. | Montgomery | Damages |
Suitor sued railroad co. for killing 1 mule and injuring another to his damage less than $500. Court ruled in favor of plaintiff. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 781 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Daniel Layman, in error v. State | Cocke | Liquor Violation |
The State charged Layman with selling liquor within four miles of a school |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1838 | 61 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Day, Horton,& Bailey v. W. Michael | Fayette | Attachment | West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 436 | 70 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1889 | David Shelby v. S. A. Gillmore | Shelby | Attachment |
Plaintiff was confined in jail at Marion, AK (Crittenden Co.) when original charges of theft were made by defendant. Was tried and acquitted of charges of stealing. Was unable to appeal charges due to confinement. Appealed to WT Supreme Court. |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 473 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Delphi Jackson v. The Nashville & West Nashville Railroad Co., et al. | Davidson | Damages |
Additional defendant: the Mayor and city council of Nashville. Jackson sued railroad co. for: tearing up street and sidewalk in front of plaintiff's house and lot, destroying her shrubbery and grass, engines that emit smoke, steam, and noxious odors, and making the lot difficult and dangerous to approach and inaccessible to vehicles; in addition, the smoke, and odors rendered the house uncomfortable and unhealthy to live in and greatly reduced its value. Jackson sued for $5000 in damages. 2 folders. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 771 | 151 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | D. D. Ewing & W.M. Boyd v. A. Rinawin & C. Bessinger | Stewart | Debt on Account |
Plaintiffs state the defendants are justly indebted to them for the sum of $1,500 due by account as damages. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 776 | 208 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Dillard Qualls v. T. M. Oakley, admr. of I. C. Copper dec. | Overton | Estate Dispute |
Margaret Cooper is the wife of I. C. Cooper dec. This case involves a note given by the plaintiff to Cooper before his death promising to pay to the plaintiff $200 in gold. Plaintiff is seeking payment by the estate. Case file notes that Plaintiff's parents died when he was a child and at one time he lived with his uncle Turner Qualls. Case file notes that at the time of the trial, Dillard Qualls is 28 or 29. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 834 | 141 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Elizabeth Mahoney, admr. of M. Mahoney v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Company | Knox | Damages for Wrongful Death |
The plaintiff sued the defendant railroad company for $20,000 in damages for the death of Michael Mahoney who was killed while working for the defendant as a locomotive engineer. Exhibit is railroad time table/manual for the "information of employee[e]s only." On the back it includes a map of the East Tennessee, Virginia, & Georgia Railroad and its connections. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1827 | 390 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | E. R. Winston& J. R. Winston v. Bettie Tuggle | Shelby | Debt |
Debt is on a promissory note written and signed in Kansas. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 490 | 51 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | E. Stone & Woodard dba Stone & Woodard v. Louisville & Nashville Rail Road,& The Union Stock Yard Co. | Davidson | Negligence |
pla. shipped hogs on Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad from Shelbyville to Louisville via Nashville per contract with that Railroad. In Nashville, hogs reloaded in car on which Def. Stock Yard had constructed upper deck for hogs. At Louisville, discovered some hogs fell through upper deck, causing death of those they fell on (& 45 hogs). Witnesses: Henry Albers (livestock broker), J.L. Mansfield (livestock commission merchant), Wm Kramer (yardmaster), Wm Evans (asst yardmaster), others. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 767 | 90 | Order A Copy |