Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1900 J. D. Sasser Jr. et al. v. The Mayor & Aldermen of Middleton Hardeman Taxation Disputes

Other plaintiffs: M. Wilson, F. S. Simpson, T. J. Hudson, W. B. Shearin, Billy Shearin, J. W. Wilson, C. M. Wilson, J. S. Sasser, & J. E. Jenkins. Defendants include Mayor C. M. Lambeth and Councilmen C. L. Webb, J. H. Miller, Tom G. Moon, John Jenkins, A. T. Cox, T. P. Neely. The complaint is that the election of the town officers was irregularly conducted, and that taxation is unfair. The lengthy case files are in three folders.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 796 342 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 State v. William Williams Hardeman Murder

For the murder of Tom Neely. Neely was stabbed while attempting to arrest another man.

 West Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 758 315 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 State ex rel. A. J. Coates v. J. A. Manson et al Hardeman Quo Warranto

Additional Defendants: The Western Hospital for the Insane, Austin Miller, John R. Godwin, W. M. Wright, J. H. Bills. Cause of action: injunction, mandamus against the Board of Trustees, and Quo Warranto to contest the right of John H. Bills to act as trustee for the Western Hospital for the Insane of Tennessee in place of A. J. Coates.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 794 167 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 The Dillard & Coffin Co. v. J. L. Smith, et al Hardeman Debt

Additional defendants: T. M. Smith, Samuel Smith

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 789 365 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 The Dillard & Coffin Company v. J. L. Smith, et al. Hardeman Debt

Incomplete file. File containing the following: Statement of facts and brief by Cooper & Waddell, solicitors for the Dillard & Coffin Co. Appellees. File is probably part of record number 11433 (docket number 12812, box number 789). Unsure of additional defendants due to incomplete case.

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 794 31 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 W. W. Williams v. Jesse Moore Hardeman Debt Dispute

William W. Williams, guardian of Ione & Maud Howard, sued Jesse Moore for payment of rent on the land they owned a share of. Following the death of Mrs. J. Moore, the life tenant, Jesse was allowed to live on the farm property. The dispute was over rent.

 West Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 779 80 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Wynne Love & Co., et al. v. Clark & Stroup Brothers, et al Hardeman Debt

General creditors. Additional plaintiffs: Mrs. S. A. McClelan, J. W. Clark, W. R. Robinson. Additional defendants: J. W. Clark, J. H. Stroup, D. M. Stroup

 West Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 815 127 Order A Copy