Order Cases Online
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 | 1912 | Andrew Johnson v. State | Haywood | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is African American. Cause of action: Selling liquor within four miles of a school house. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1053 | 44 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Charles M. Stoots v. Forrest& Dupree | Haywood | Property, Inventory of |
Plaintiff entitled to 1 suit of furniture, odd bed, 2 mattresses, 2 springs, cook stove, 6 chairs, cooking vessels, 2 pillows that was unlawfully seized by Stoots Forrest and Dupree is a wholesale store house and retail business in Brownsville |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1308 | 102 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | P. G. Dodge Lumber Co. v. O. G. Gardner Lumber Co., et al. | Haywood | Debt |
Co-defendants: T. E. Mercer, Jim Justice, C. E. Pigford, Hatchie Lumber Co., & Mercer-Justice Lumber Co. The plaintiff questions timber cutting on a piece of property that had been earmarked to pay off a debt, and charges those involved with kiting. Cause of action: injunction against further cutting and settlement of debt. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 858 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | P. G. Doddge Lumber Company v. O. G Gardner Lumber Company et al | Haywood | Deed Dispute |
Incomplete case. Cause of action: Deed dispute and timber thereon. Possible additional plaintiffs: Hatchie Lumber Company, Mercer-Justice Lumber Company, T. E. Mercer. Listed as not appealing: O. G. Gardner Lumber Company, C. E. Pigford. Addition defendants uncertain. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1100 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | P. G. Dodge Lumber Company v. O. G. Gardner Lumber Company et al | Haywood | Debt |
Incomplete case. See box 858 for further materials. Additional defendants but possibly incomplete: Hatchie Lumber Co., T. E. Mercer, R. R. Sneed, Mercer-Justice Lumber Co. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1116 | 16 | Order A Copy |