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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 | 1903 | A. G. Spraggins et al.v. A. M. Stevens Lumber Company | Dyer | Debt |
Additional Plaintiff: Eudaly |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 936 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | John Craig v. Weimer & Towner | Dyer | Recovery | West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 867 | 43 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1903 | L. M. Mitchell, admr. Of J. M. Mitchell, dec. v. The Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York | Dyer | Insurance Claims and Policies | West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 865 | 198 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1903 | Mrs. M. F. Faucett, admr. et al. v. Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans Railroad Co. | Dyer | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Brief only. Mrs. Faucett originally sued the defendant for the "negligent and wrongful killing" of her husband, J. H. Faucett on 14 Nov. 1897. J. H. Faucett, who was depot & express agent at Fowlkes station, was struck and killed by a "wild" engine. Train violated company operating rules by running past the station at too fast a speed. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 878 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | N. C. Sorrell v. A. M. Stevens Lumber Co. | Dyer | Debt |
Debt for trees sold to lumber co. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 865 | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | P. L. Tipton& wife v. Lee Ann Light et al. | Dyer | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants: Brack Light, Moses Light, Nathaniel Light, Reuben Light, Susan Wynne and her husband, Wash Wynne, Nobe Jordan and her husband Kelly Jordan, Margret Light, Jim Ruff, Johnette Smith, Mattie Ruff, Sue Alice Sawyer and her husband John Sawyer. Case concerns a debt on the estate of Gip Light, an African American, for a judgment of $106.75 and court costs. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 924 | 67 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Redd Brothers v. A. P. Ford | Dyer | Injunction |
Record incomplete: pages 9-14 missing (some from original bill). Plaintiffs: Redd Brothers composed of J. E. Redd and W. P. Redd. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 891 | 584 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | State v. John Conklin | Dyer | Lewd Behavior | West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 714 | 27 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1903 | State v. W. C. Swain | Dyer | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 867 | 8 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1903 | State v. W. J. Flatt et al | Dyer | Murder |
Victims: Garfield Burley and Silas Brown Additional defendants: W. F. Flatt, Charley Moffit, R. L. Townes, Will Flatt, Murray Fulghum, Fred Ferrill and Charley Hurt (or Charley Hunt ) |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 871 | 39 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | State v. J. W. Laxon | Dyer | Murder |
Victim George Reader |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 870 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | W. H. Reed v. D. W. Shipley & Wife | Dyer | Land, Confirmation of Ownership | West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 867 | 55 | Order A Copy |