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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 | 1912 | A. M. Webb v. Jackson Railway & Lights Co., et al. | Madison | Breach of Contract |
Additional Defendant: Jackson & Suburban Street Railroad Co. Jackson & Sub. St. Railroad Co. transferred all debts and liabilities to Jackson Rwy & Lights Co. - which discharged Webb, who was bound by contract (having lost both feet and suing Jack. & Sub. St. Railroad Co. for negligence in Civil Circuit Court 1900. |
West | Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1162 | 824 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Annie Willett v. W. E. Willett, et al. | Shelby | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Exhibit: Address book. Additional defendants: Mrs. B. E. Leonard, Lake View Traction Company, Clarksdale and Covington Interurban Railway Company. Cause of action: recovery of allowance of $15.00 per month |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1294 | 190 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Blanch Bogle by next friend G. H. Bogle v. J. S. Leach | Carroll | Violation of Age of Consent |
Victim is the plaintiff. Case involves carnal knowledge of a minor. The accused is a 56-year-old mail carrier, justice of the peace, and Sunday school superintendent with children and grandchildren. Documents are in 2 folders. Exhibit 5, a large 1908 wall calendar located in Oversize Box 2. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 908 | 576 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Cresent Cotton Oil Co. v J .J. Burnett | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Included is a brief for defendant in error; Abstract, assignment of errors and brief by counsel for plaintiff in error |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1262 | 138 | 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 | Dyer County Realty Company v. W. H. Harber | Dyer | Sale of Land/Property |
The plaintiff contracted with the defendant to purchase the defendant's tract of land in Dyer County, which the defendant supposedly sold to someone else. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1304 | 103 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | E. L. Randall v. A. R. Richards & the North Memphis Savings Bank | Shelby | Recovery of Money/ Wages | West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 906 | 175 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | Eugene & Mary Laurenzi v. Union Square Land Co. | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Exhibits: The union depot and adjoining plaza Property; Auction sale at Peabody Hotel; original deed; building plans for Union Depot |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1271 | 591 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Foster Calderara& Co. v. Maury Cole et al | Shelby | Sale of Goods |
Pertaining to syrups and molasses |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1314 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | H. W. Hix v. State | Loudon | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
J. W. Wilkerson, the Marshal of Lenoir City asked John Glass to purchase whiskey from the Pla. in error in an attempt to see if he was illegally selling whiskey. Wilkerson succeeded in purchasing the whiskey and received a shipment several days later. Hix argues that Wilkerson made him believe the whiskey was for a sick relative and that he sold it to him out of kindness. Casefile includes a price list for various amounts and types of whiskey. The Whiskey in question was produced by the R. M. Rose Co. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1305 | 47 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Henry M. Oppenheimer v. L. M. Woowine | Shelby | Sale of Damaged/Misrepresented Goods |
Included is a statement of the case assignments of error and brief and argument for the plaintiff in error. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1262 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Henry J. Long v. Columbus F. Thomas | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Damages for breach of contract, $1,000.00, relative to sale of land, collateral provided by the Barretsville Supply Company. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1263 | 157 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | J. E. Ingram v. St. Louis& San Francisco Railroad Company | Shelby | Loss of Property |
Loss of furniture. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 908 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | J. T. Sledge v. H. Voight | Shelby | Enforcement of Lien |
Incomplete record: only Argument on Behalf of Plaintiff in Error present. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 915 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | J. M. Steele v. Jerome P. Parker, Harris Company | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Plea for damages for breach of contract in regard to sale of an automobile under $500.00. Automobile in question is an Overland Model 31 5-passenger sedan valued at $600.00. Credit for $145.00 for trade. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1309 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | John J. Ostby v. John Lamogue et al | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Additional defendants: H. B. Everett, W. C. Lowe, L. T. McDonald, L. S. Prescott |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1094 | 110 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | J. R. Perryman v. Gay Ola Co. | Shelby | Breach of Contract | West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1094 | 274 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | John J. Clark v. McMath & Johnson | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Breach of contract by plaintiff, commissions on sale of saw mill and timber on 1,200 acres of land located in Sunflower County, Miss. Judgment of $499.00. Plaintiff John J. Clark resident of Jacksonville, Illinois. Two folders. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1262 | 276 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | J. T. Fargason Co. v. W. M. Ball, et al. | Shelby | Deed of Trust |
Defendants: W. M. Ball, J. W. Pumphrey, d/b/a W. M. Ball & Company- a mercantile business, Memphis. Deed of trust with Lavesque Mercantile & Plantation Co., plantation in Cross Co., Ark., the M. Raphaelsky farm, to bargain, sell, and convey crops of cotton, cottonseed, corn, and other agricultural products. Transaction with Ball & Co. Failure to produce goods to Fargason, $2,500- the value of cotton. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1333 | 129 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | McHaney& Page v. Stanford& Hatchett | Henderson | Sale of Damaged/Misrepresented Goods |
Plaintiff is company comprised of C. F. McHaney & B. F. Page. Defendant is company comprised of G. W. Stanford & J. A. Hatchett. For sale of diseased sheep. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1099 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | State v. Joe Brown | Lauderdale | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Charged with selling liquor without a license. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1258 | 85 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Simon Burchart et al.v. John L. Westley et al | Shelby | Deed of Trust |
Ex A: copy of deed of trust; trust for the Church of the Living God additional complainants: Paul W. Evans and B. W. Hirsh; additional defendants: T.S. Pruden, Joseph Powell, Sam Philips, Will Turner, Charles Reynolds, Pat Liston and Board of Trustees of the Church of the Living God |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1334 | 405 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | State v. Ollie Wells | Lauderdale | Violation of Age of Consent |
The defendant was accused of having sex with a twelve-year-old girl named Jenny V. Pitts. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1259 | 44 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | State v. S. M. Hunt | Shelby | Violation of Age of Consent |
The victim's name in this case was Artless Lester, a female between 13-20 years of age. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1260 | 247 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | T. O. Spacey v. Memphis Telephone Company | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
This is a supplemental brief and argument for defendant-in-error -- there are no other case files. The court that heard the original case is not stated in these documents. This brief is directed to the Court of Civil Appeals in Jackson. The original case seems to have concerned the denial of service, or of specific services, by the telephone company to a customer. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1073 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Thomas M. Peck & Roger W. Butterfield v. J. A. Mulleniks, et al. | Perry | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Additional defendants: S.M. Barnett, Eugene Stanton, T.J. Moss Tie Co. Exhibits include land deed, map, land surveys. Land is 5000 acres in Perry County situated on Roan and Crooked Creeks and Buffalo River. located near Britt's Landing. Name of deceased: Wesley Nixon |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1286 | 357 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | The F. W. Cook Brewing Company v. Karchmer Brothers | Shelby | Property, Inventory of |
F. W. Brewing Co. entitled to 250 beer bottles at value of $56.25 |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1292 | 101 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Tennie M. Vanderberg v. Mattie M. Molder et al. | Shelby | Land, Partition of |
Additional Defendants: Henry Holder, Tennie M. Molder, J. K. Shaw, Alma Shaw, Ruth Shaw, Marcella Shaw, and W. W. Syphers. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1303 | 226 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Tandy O. Yewell v. Oliver Finnie Grocery Company et al. | Shelby | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Additional defendant: Memphis Credit Men's Adjustment Bureau. Tandy O. Yewell is trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of S. A. Chambley, bankrupt. Cause of action: recover a preference obtained by the defendants from said bankrupt for $40.49. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1268 | 185 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | W. E. Stansbury v. M. F. Embry, et. al. | Shelby | Land, Sale of |
Additional defendants: F. G. Barton, R. B. Barton, both listed as Trustees for The Union & Planters Bank & Trust Co. Stansbury bought land in Arkansas from Embry, assuming notes owed to the bank by Embry as part of the deal. Stansbury sued to stop the bank from selling the land due to Embry's lack of payment and to convey ownership to him. Amount of debt is unclear but appears to be around $2900. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1302 | 44 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | W. N. Kilpatrick v. J. W. Skinner | Shelby | Breach of Contract | West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1306 | 14 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | W. J. Loveless, Jr. v. Vandenboom-Stimson Lumber Company | Shelby | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Exhibits: receipts and invoices. Cause of action: Recovery of $754.97 for logs delivered. Case fills three folders. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1268 | 466 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | William M. Collins, exe. v. Russell Cochran et al. | Shelby | Wills, Construction of |
Additional Defendants: Minnie Irene Cochran, R. B. Niese, Jr., Hattie Evelyn Niese, Emma Virginia Davis, and Clara Anna May Davis. The plaintiff was executor, along with Matilda D. Collins, of the will of Joseph Nixon, dec. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1270 | 144 | Order A Copy |