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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1904 | Elvin Janes v. State | Weakley | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 720 | 27 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1904 | H. H. Higbee v. W. G Powell & wife | Shelby | Destruction of Property/ Petition to Halt Construction |
Sues due to damages caused by the construction of land elevation that prevented natural water draining and caused flooding and property damage. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 714 | 158 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | Indiana Drug Specialty Company v. Hurdle Brothers & Company | Perry | Breach of Contract |
This case is included in a West Tennessee box; however, Perry County is in Middle Tennessee. |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 742 | 6 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | Joseph Friedlander v. W. F. Werner | Shelby | Sale of Goods |
Sues for the value of a pocket watch and chain pawned to the defendant. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 684 | 23 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | James Goodwin, admr. v. J. O. Ray | Madison | Loss of Property |
Goodwin is also called James Goodman, admr. of Phoebe Goodman, dec.. He says his mother had five $20 gold pieces, being kept for her by J. O. Ray, and that it is now missing. Ray says she came and got the money herself before her death. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 836 | 33 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | Martin Brown, Jr. v. State | Rhea | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Incomplete case file; brief for the State only. Brown was accused of selling within four miles of school & for selling liquor without a license. John Banks went to Dayton to buy brandy from Brown in the train depot. Banks drank it all with a friend & went back to brown to buy more. They were caught by the sheriff who found they had procured the liquor from Brown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 16a | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | R. B. Wright v. State | Fentress | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Opinion only. Wright was charged with selling liquor without license and convicted. He was fined $50 and sentenced to 6 months in County jail. The judgment was reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 827 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Sam Rogers | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Selling liquor to a Minor, Lee Miller. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 19 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | State v. Grant Wilcox | Shelby | Disturbance of Public Worship |
Wilcox "did unlawfully, willfully, disturb and disquiet an assemblage of persons met for religious worship at a church called Birdett Chapell [sic] by noise, profane discourse, rude and indecent behavior…" |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 882 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | The Mobile Company of America v. Jerome P. Parker | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
For the sale of carriages and wagons. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 684 | 55 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | Taylor & Co. v. Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company | Obion | Conversion of Property |
Cause of action: wrongful detention and conversion of property |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 742 | 20 | Order A Copy |