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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 | 1895 | Adeline Vaulx, Jane Ewing, and Joseph Stewart v. Mayor & City Council of Nashville | Davidson | Damages |
Pltfs. sued to recover damages and have sewer work re-done after a lateral sewer was attached to the main line at an angle that prevented water from flowing into the main line, and backing up, causing flooding on the pltfs.' properties. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1035 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Ceney Patterson v. The Sun Life Insurance Company of America | Davidson | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Ceney Patterson sued and claimed she had taken out a life insurance policy on her brother Eddie Patterson, with her as the beneficiary. Eddie passed away in January, 1895. Sun Life claimed that the policy applications was never completed, so they denied the claim. They also claimed that the plaintiff did not represent correctly how sick Eddie was at the time application was made for the policy. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1095 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Charles DeMartini, Mary DeMartini v. H. Abrams | Davidson | Damages |
The plaintiffs sued the defendant for "debt by damage" under $500 for "carrying off lumber" on the premises at North Cherry Street in Nashville. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1097 | 9 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Elizabeth J. Lemons v. The United Electric Railway Co. | Davidson | Damages |
Pltf. sued after she was injured (broken bones) when trying to exit (at Broad & McNairy Sts.) a street car owned and operated by dfnt |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1040 | 150 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Emaline Doyle v. L. Hadley Williams | Davidson | Injury and Damages |
Plaintiff, Emaline Doyle col., sued defendant for $5000 in damages for assaulting her when she attempted to retrieve her daughter's clothes from his house where her daughter had previously worked. Doyle claimed that Williams threatened to kill her daughter and beat her with a plank in front of a little girl, Emaline Brown, that accompanied her. Her injuries required surgery on her head to reduce "fits" from bone fragments and she was unable to work. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1069 | 39 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | George W. Kinkade & Co., in error v. McKay, Frith & Langham, in error | Davidson | Debt on Account |
Defendant in error, Duncan McKay, J. H. Frith, and John Langham, claimed that Kincade and Co., which is composed of J. F. Kincade and George W. Kincade, owed them a debt of $150.33 for the purchase of feed and grain from their company. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1051 | 49 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Green Church v. Nashville St. L. & Ry. | Davidson | Damages |
Sought $5000 in damages; Car owned by St. L. & Ry. Ran upon Church at Bellville Street and dragged him whereas his foot and other parts of his body were bruised and mangled so much that he has permanent injuries and incurred medical expenses |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1051 | 143 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Henry Petway v. Sam Cohen | Davidson | Debt for Wages |
Plaintiff Petway sued defendant Cohen for "debt by contract for work and labor" under $500. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1097 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Harry Myers Mfg. Co. v. United Electric Railway | Davidson | Damages |
The pltfs. sued for $45 in damages after one of their horses was killed by an electric shock, which the pltf. claimed to have been received by the escape of electricity from the rails of the dfnt.'s track. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1035 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | J. D. & W. H. Goodpasture, in error v. W. O. Parmer & W. H. Lyles, in error | Davidson | Debt on Account |
Dispute over $200 from a former partnership transaction between the Plaintiff and Defendant. The first case was in favor of Plaintiff, Def. appealed to Circuit Court, where case judged in favor of Def., so Plaintiff appealed to Supreme Court. Partnership involved importing and selling Spanish or Italian Jack (male donkey) stock. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1058 | 153 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | J. L. Phillips & Son v. John Woodard et al. | Davidson | Damages |
Plaintiffs, J. L. Phillips and Son, sued the defendants, John Woodard et al. for damages to the plaintiffs' property caused by the defendants burning the plaintiffs' wood. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1063 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | John G. Hailey v. L & N. R. R. Co. | Davidson | Damages |
Plaintiff was seeking damages from an injury. The Train that he was travelling on was thrown off the tract and into the water. Some passengers were killed. The plaintiff claimed that the wreck injured his hand to the point of never being able to use it again and thus the plaintiff would not be able to work. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1016 | 79 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | John Boyd v. State | Davidson | Larceny |
Plaintiff in error was accused of breaking into the business house of J. J. Dalton and Brother (composed of J. J. Dalton and M. Dalton Jr.) and stealing $2.50. Plaintiff denied the charges. J. J. Dalton and Bro. was located on North Market Street in Nashville. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1015 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | James Trimble, in error v. Tip Gamble, in error | Davidson | Debt on Account |
Cause of Action: Plea of Debt for account under $1,000. In the original case, Gamble was the plaintiff and Trimble the defendant. The court sided with Gamble. Trimble has brought forth this appeal. Eventually Trimble dismissed the appeal. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1065 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | J. H. Riley, in error v. Richard White, in error | Davidson | Appeal for New Trial |
Case involved a dispute over the possession of a mule, described as "one Mare mouse colored mule about 15 hand about six years rated at Seventy Five Dollars" that the defendant unlawfully seized. This appeal by the plaintiff states that the courts ruling for the defendant was controversial-see assignment of errors. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1050 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | J. J. Anderson & H. W. Grantland, in error v. George E. Miller & wife, in error | Davidson | Damages |
In original case, George E. Miller & wife v. J. J. Anderson & H. W. Grantland, the pla. sued for $5,000+ in damages due to a fire on their property--blamed on def. due in part to improper storage of cotton bales. The plaintiffs were awarded $1,700. The def. appealed the verdict. Most of the documents pertain to the original case. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 738 | 124 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | James Kirkpatrick and Wife v. Joseph G. Brauch | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
The plaintiffs James and Lizzie sued the defendant, Joeseph Brauch, for $450 of rent on a lot they possessed for the period they were dispossessed of it. They were in previous suits with the defendant that were ruled in his favor and resulted in their eviction from their home. When the court ruled the defendant's deed and claim to mortgage was void, the plaintiffs moved back into their home and brought suit to recover the funds the lost during the defendant's occupation of their lot. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1087 | 41 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | John E. Minton for use of the Southern Building and Loan Association v. E. B. Stahlman, et al. | Davidson | Damages |
Additional defendants: J. H. Yarbrough, F. Searight, Jno. T. Landis Jr., S. M. Wene, M. J. Smith, and J. N. Brooks. Defendants were stockholders, directors, and officers of the Bank of Commerce. Plaintiff deposited $1197 into said bank but was only able to collect $200 after demanding repayment. Plaintiff sued defendants for damages for fraudulently representing the Bank of Commerce as solvent, trustworthy, and a safe place to keep money. Oversized exhibit newspaper in MT OV 11. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1031 | 271 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | James Graham v. Fidelity Mutual Life Association, et al. | Davidson | False Imprisonment |
3 folders. Additional defendants: George C. Mitchell, James M. Head, R. A. Henry. Graham was seeking $100,000 in damages for "false imprisonment and malicious prosecution." Graham claimed that Fidelity Mutual had him wrongly prosecuted in the Davidson County Criminal Court for embezzlement. The Fidelity Mutual Life Association of Philadelphia was a "corporation operated by the laws of the State of Pennsylvania." |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1048 | 695 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Louisville & Nashville Railway Company, in error v. Odill & Company, in error | Davidson | Debt on Account |
In original case, Odill & Co sued for debt on account because the railroad disposed of goods without their consent and are owed $123 plus interest. The court awarded Odill & Co $218 in damages for the loss in value of 160 barrels of Irish potatoes. Case relates to a rail strike in Chicago that disrupted commerce. The potatoes were delivered to the closest market in Peoria and sold "to the best advantage." |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1082 | 97 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, in error v. A. Campbell, in error | Davidson | Debt on Account |
In 1894, A. Campbell shipped 2 carloads of Irish potatoes from West Nashville to Chicago on the L & N railroad at a rate of .29 per lbs. equaling $81 and $76 Campbell filed a plea of debt on account because he was ultimately charged $109 and $102. The railroad countered that they were forced to ship the potatoes using a water route because there was a strike outside of Chicago, which was more expensive. Otherwise, the potatoes would have rotted in transit. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1082 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Louisville & Nashville Railway Company, in error v. Odill & Company, in error | Davidson | Debt on Account |
In original case, Odill & Co sued for debt on account because the railroad disposed of goods without their consent and are owed $123 plus interest. The court awarded Odill & Co $218 in damages for the loss in value of 160 barrels of Irish potatoes. Case relates to a rail strike in Chicago that disrupted commerce. The potatoes were delivered to the closest market in Peoria and sold "to the best advantage." |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1082 | 97 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. v. James A. Fields | Davidson | Damages |
Fields was sueing the Railroad company for damages. Fields was employed by the Railroad company and while working was injured on the job. Fields was run over by a train and had to have his leg amputated. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1004 | 449 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co., in error v. Lawrence Reagan, in error | Davidson | Injury and Damages |
The defendant in error, Lawrence Reagan, sued the plaintiff in error, the railroad, for $1999 in damages from an injury Reagan sustained while uncoupling train cars as a brakesman for the railroad. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1051 | 160 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Mary F. Wene, in error v. National Union, in error | Davidson | Insurance Claims and Policies |
The plaintiff in error, Mary Wene, sued the defendant in error, National Union, for failure to pay on her deceased husband's, Samuel M. Wene, $5000 life insurance policy, which he purchased with the National Union before his death. The defendant in error claimed the contract was voided because Samuel Wene committed suicide. Mary Wene claimed that the suicide "should be considered as much an accident "as if the act had been unconsciously done by another." |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1057 | 39 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Norman Kirkman, et al. v. Mayor & City Council of Nashville | Davidson | Injunction |
Seems to be a brief. Difficult to ascertain official cause of action. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 368 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Robert Butler, in error v. Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad Co, in error | Davidson | Damages |
In 1893, Robert Butler, plaintiff, sued the TN Coal Iron & RR Co, def., for $5,000 because his son, John Butler, dec. "suffered severe bodily/metal pain/anguish-was wrongfully and negligently deprived of his life and for which injuries, damages,& death." The def. successfully petitioned the court dismiss the case. R. Butler appealed signing a pauper oath. J. Butler died digging coal in Oliver Springs, TN for def. hired as convict labor, while serving at state pen. He was under 18 years of age, unmarried. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1065 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | State v. Charlie Castleman | Davidson | Breaking and Entering |
Appeal briefs only, no case summary. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 489 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | State v. Will Edmondson | Davidson | Contempt of Court |
State accused dfnt. of contacting Tude Williams, a State's witness under regular subpoena, and "hired, procured, and induced him" to leave and remain out of the State, beyond jurisdiction of the court. As of court date, Williams remained out of state. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1043 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | State v. T. J. Slinkard | Davidson | Misdemeanor |
T. J. Slinkard was charged with being an itinerant (traveling) physician and vendor of drugs which was considered a misdemeanor. Slinkard did not have a license to treat disease. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1083 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | State v. Will Overton | Davidson | Murder |
Def. was accused of shooting and killing Henry Howard (aka Babe) near Joe Williams' grocery store on 5th Street in East Nashville. Witnesses testified that the def. was angry with Howard for hitting his brother (James Overton). Def. testified that he shot Howard in self-defense. 2 folders. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1030 | 82 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | T. W. Martin v. L. G. & J. W. Curtis | Davidson | Debt on Account |
How dfnts. became indebted to pltf. is not mentioned, but it is noted they owed Martin $190.10 |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1043 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | William McKinney (col.) in error v. Mayor & City Council of Nashville | Davidson | Liquor Violation |
The defendant in error, the Mayor and Council of Nashville, charged the plaintiff in error, William McKinney, of keeping his saloon open and "tippling" on Sunday. McKinney was found guilty and fined $50. Williams appealed to the circuit court on the basis that the saloon was not open for business even if the light inside was on and people were present. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1065 | 27 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | W. T. Gains v. Paul Wright, et al. | Davidson | Malicious Prosecution |
Addt dfnts: Ammon, John, and Bill Wright. Gains sued the defendants for damages from malicious prosecution on an accusation of forgery. Dfnts. appealed on the suit being brought in the wrong county and also for malicious prosecution. Dfnts. had previously accused and brought the pltf. to trial for the same offense, which ended in a verdict of innocence. This time pltf. was arrested and held until bond was made for the accusation. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1035 | 76 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Wiley McGhee v. Luster & Sneed | Davidson | Damages |
McGhee sued for $45.00 asserting dfnt. killed one of pltf.'s horses. Luster & Sneed: Frank R. Luster & Thomas Sneed. Pltf. asserted a buggy operated by dfnt. hit his horse and broke it's leg. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1046 | 19 | Order A Copy |