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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 | 1917 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit Only. Minutes to National Baptist Convention in Philadelphia, PA. List of Delegates attending the 1917 convention. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 78 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1917 | (unknown) | McMinn | Unknown |
Western Union telegram, Aug. 31, 1917, Nashville. To James L. Crow, Athens, Tenn. "State ceases to pay rent on property used by cavalry troop this date. [signed] Rogan. "Charge AGO." |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 787 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Alice Longworth v. Thomas E. Longworth | Davidson | Divorce |
Additional parties: William Longworth, W. B. Cook |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 82 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | A. F. Meguiar v. H. G. O' Kain et al. | Davidson | Breach of Contract |
Additional defendants: Mrs. Iona O' Kain, J. L. Haston, American National Bank and the State Bank & Trust Company |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 403 | 86 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Alice Wilson et al. v. Samuel Wilson et al. | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Other plaintiffs: Henry Wilson, Johnnie Wilson, Alley Wilson, Bettie Wilson. Other defendants: Gilbert G. Wilson, Phil Wilson, President Wilson, Crawford Wilson, James Wilson, Henry Tschatter, Amelia Ritterband, Herman Ritterband, J. T. Spence, & I. Dinkelspiel. Folder includes two briefs. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1123 | 142 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Asa Biggs, admr. v. the Reliance Life Insurance Co. | Shelby | Insurance Disputes | West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1126 | 337 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1917 | Albriten Burgess, by next friend Viola Burgess v. Mrs. Frances E. Mason & H.E. Mason | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
Plaintiff alleges the defendants are justly indebted to A. Burgess in the sum of $10,000 as damages for personal injuries inflicted upon the minor by the defendants when they hit the plaintiff on his bicycle in their automobile. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1513 | 101 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Ada Lewis v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
2 folders. Plaintiff is sued for damages in the sum of $5,000 for her injuries sustained as she was disembarking a train car owned and operated by the defendant and the conductor, without warning, closed the door and started off with the plaintiff's hand caught in the gate of the door. She was pulled along the street with great force, injuring her legs, back, neck, and internal organs. |
West | Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1532 | 355 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Andrew Druffenbreck v. J. M. Lawrence | Davidson | Assault |
Druffenbreck owned a barbershop in Nashville and Lawrence was attacked by one of the employees named Thornton B. Ladd. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 97 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Andrew Sona v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. et al. | Davidson | Damages |
Other defendant: Louisville & Nashville Terminal Co. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 108 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | A. L. Gardiner v. Humboldt Fiber Co. | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
J. N. Cornatzar is secretary of Humboldt Fiber Co. Text of contract is included in the file, beginning on p. 6. Several correspondence posted to pages. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1124 | 121 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | A. J. Whittington v. Geo. C. Brown Co. | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
The George C. Brown Company contracted with A. J. Whittington to stack lumber at their location in Proctor, Arkansas. Whittington left his job in Batesville, Mississippi, and moved to Arkansas to go to work for the said company. Upon his arrival in Arkansas, Whittington was told that the company rescinded the contract and he could not go to work for them. |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1476 | 165 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | A. O. Burton v. R. C. Rose | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Additional defendant: Hurst Trust Company. Rose had asked Burton, who worked with the Hurst Trust Company, to find a buyer for Rose's 1,250 acre plantation. Contract formed between Rose and buyer, C.L. Townes, who agreed to pay $85,000 for property. Contract between Rose and Burton aned for a commission of $4250 to be split between Burton and the Hurst Trust Company, which Rose failed to pay. Burton and Hurst Trust Company sued Rose for the $4,250 plus interest. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1502 | 181 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | A. DeFranchschi v. J.A. Reichman & Thompson Jones & Co. | Shelby | Replevin |
Louis Pallace owed Thompson, Jones, & Co. 2 notes for a total of $57.70 plus interest. J.A. Reichman, sheriff, levied a Mitchell Automobile Roadster belonging to Pallace as payment for debt. DeFranchschi proposes to replevy automobile valued at $150, claiming it was not subject to seizure or execution. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1512 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Annie L. Bond, admr. v. The National Life & Accident Insurance Company | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Plaintiff is the administrator of the estate of Malinda E. Rhoten (dec.). sued for damages of $1,000 for when the defendant agreed to pay the deceased's beneficiaries $300 plus 10% for a time, resulting in a payout of $450. The defendant wrongfully declined to pay the beneficiaries any principle sums. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1514 | 238 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Albert M. Moss v. Godfrey Hack et al. | Shelby | Debt |
additional defendant: Monroe Guy. plaintiff alias: Albert M. Maas, defendant alias: Godfrey Haack. Plaintiff sued over a debt of $64.00 |
West | Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1519 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | A. D. Taylor et al.v. Beverly Cowles et al | Dyer | Appeal for New Trial |
Add. plaintiff: W.H. Ward. Add. defendant: C.C. Dawson, Sheriff. The plaintiff was involved in a company called "Dixie Picture Show". The defendant originally brought a suit against the Dixie Picture Show and plaintiff to recover a sum of $20. The plaintiff was dissatisfied with the judgment and that he was ordered to pay witness fees totaling $30, which he stated was unjust and illegal. |
West | Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1540 | 99 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Alva Wynne v. Dr. Jos. H. Smith | Shelby | Debt on Account |
Alva Wynne owed Dr. Jos. H. Smith $79.50. Incomplete case file. No other details available. |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1556 | 9 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | B.C. Bramhan v. Lanier Brothers | Davidson | Debt Settlement | Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1917 | Bon Air Coal & Iron Co. v. William White, et al. | Wayne | Ejectment- Unlawful Detainer |
Witnesses included T.C. Butler, Tom Blasingim, D.D. Dodd, Pete Frost, Mrs. W.A. House. Additional Defendants: Lewis Shepard, L. House, and Joe Whited. |
Middle | Range: 27 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 286 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Bettie Taylor& George Taylor v. the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York | Shelby | Insurance Claims and Policies | West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1123 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1917 | B. Lowenstein& Brothers Inc. v. J. M. Grider, et al | Shelby | Debt |
Defendant's father had written three promissory notes amounting to $1335.25 with 6% interest. He died, and defendant was named in his will. |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1461 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Boyce & Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co. & Western Union Cable System | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Boyce & Co. are cotton brokers having offices in Manchester and other points in England and in Memphis, Tenn.; telegraph contract; Boyce & Co. sue for $800 Ex: telegram "contract" |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1476 | 122 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | B. M. Roddy v. Dr. Frank D. Smythe | Shelby | Reckless Driving |
This case grows out of same car accident described in Sherman G. King v. Frank D. Smythe & Frank W. Smythe found in same box (WT 1512). Roddy sued Smythe for $10,000 in damages caused by the car accident. Roddy suing Smythe for recklessly running into his car causing serious and permanent injury to Roddy. Also charges Smythe with negligence for not looking ahead, for speeding, and for driving on left side of road. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1512 | 75 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Bohlen-Huse Coal& Ice Company v. Mrs. Annie F. Nuetzell | Shelby | Wrongful Death |
2 folders. Wrongful death of Annie Nuetzell's husband, Fred C. Nuetzell. Fred Nuetzell was employed by the Memphis Street Railway Company. A streetcar was stopped to pick up passengers when a Bohlen-Huse Coal and Ice Company truck tried to pass it causing an accident that claimed the life of Fred Nuetzell. |
West | Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1516 | 628 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Bransford Mills, Incorporated v. H.W. Jeffress& A.C. Gardner | Weakley | Debt on Account |
Jeffress asked Bransford Mills to ship 25 barrels of flour to him early in order to save money. Bransford Mills alleges that $122.06 and other costs are still owed him. Includes a bankruptcy transcript of Harvey W. Jeffress labeled Exhibit A. |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1551 | 76 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Billie Patterson v. State | Henry | Tippling |
Billie Patterson, described in the case as a "laborer," is charged with unlawfully selling and tippling "malt, vinous, spiritous and other intoxicating liquors." |
West | Range: 78 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1625 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Bank of Lafayette, Kentucky v. T. W. Seay et al. | Montgomery | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Other defendants are A. H. Outlaw and D. W. Kenneda [sic] |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 102 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Burton Powder Co. v. Newsom Crushed Stone & Quarry Co. | Davidson | Damages | Middle | Range: 21 Section: c Shelf: Box Number: 104 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1917 | Belle Estes Dykes v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York | Davidson | Insurance Disputes | Middle | Range: 21 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 109 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1917 | Benton County Bank v. C. R. Finley | Benton | Debt |
Oversize exhibit include account sheets located in WT Oversize Box 2. |
West | Range: 79 Section: 1 Shelf: Box Number: 1483 | 247 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | B. S. Abernathy v. State | Weakley | Murder |
2 folders. Murder of J. G. Ward. J. G. Ward was a sharecropper raising tobacco on B. S. Abernathy's property. Abernathy and Ward got into an argument over when to strip the tobacco and Abernathy stabbed Ward. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1507 | 330 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Brooks Gallimore v. Altie Overcast et al. | Henry | Wills, Contested |
Addt'l complainants L. L. Alexander. Complainants state that "in his last sickness" George W. Overcast (dec.) wanted his sister Ellen to be taken care of. |
West | Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1545 | 83 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Bush-Grace Produce Company et al.v. Commercial Trust & Savings Bank | Shelby | Injunction |
5 folders. Exhibit materials are photographs of documents. Add. plaintiffs: C.S. Dashiell, Trustee & L.T. Fitzhugh, Trustee. Claim the defendant is wrongfully in possession of a note worth $25,600, executed by the plaintiff and dated 1914. Defendant has been holding the note as collateral to a promissory note for $20,000 by contract between the parties to secure a trust deed for tract of land. Defendants are threatening to sell the note by an alleged power, but the plaintiffs state only they hold power. |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1552 | 1137 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | B. L. McDermott v. Brown & Borum Company | Shelby | Debt |
Plea for debt due- less than $1000.00. Incomplete case. Brown & Borum is looking for $499.00 owed to them by B. L. McDermott. Consists of the following: commissions on work brought to them by him to be done by thme, work done, and for salary that is due but is unpaid. |
West | Range: 79 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1588 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Brown Smith et al.v. Mary Grandberry et al | Shelby | Deed Dispute |
Additional complainants: Jeff Smith, Mollie Boozer, Dave Smith, Bob Smith; additional defendants: Will Grandberry, Gus Hendrix, Lenna Hendrix and Joe Galloway; dispute over ownership of two lots of land, lots 33 and 34 of J.F. Graham's re-subdivision of Block J of Thomas Tract; Ex A: copy of deed |
West | Range: 78 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1616 | 125 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | C. H. Baxter v. State | Maury | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Additional party: Gus Wright. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 87 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | C. J. Elledge v. Lula May Sumpter, et al. | Davidson | Fraud |
Additional parties: Mr. J. Rhea Sumpter, Thomas W. Wrenne. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 113 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Clifford Spellings by next friend N. G. Spellings v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway | Carroll | Damages |
Damages for killing a colt. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1124 | 78 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | City of Paris v. Cumberland T& T Co. | Henry | Breach of Contract | West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1483 | 1002 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1917 | Carrie Cloyd v. Joseph P. Murphy | Shelby | Debt |
Amount of debt was $2000. Debt was from a prior case that Cloyd had won against Murphy in 1915. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1488 | 73 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | C. E. McCalman v. I. M. Gill et al | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Add. defendants: D.B. Sweeny, C.E. Schroll, F.H. Heiskell, J.M. Heiskell, E. Weatherford, & H.M. & A.M. Whaling. The defendants executed a contract to sell real estate to T.B. Wilkins, who paid monthly until $775 had been paid. The plaintiff then bought the property from Wilkins with one-half equitable interest. Elizabeth Wilkins then claimed rights to the property portion that had been sold to the plaintiff. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1491 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | C. J. Gay v. State | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Selling whiskey within four miles of a school house. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1515 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | C. R. Berry v. Shelby County, et. al. | Shelby | Bond |
Additional defendants: T. T. McDonald; John C. McLemore; W. A. Taylor; B. R. Miller; J. J. McNulty; Bolton College Bonds; Bolton College; E. H. Crump; Manhattan Savings Bank & Trust Company. Lawsuit concerns the legality of Shelby County selling bonds to benefit Bolton College. Related, it also challenges the authority for the county to pledge to pay the bond interest and to levy a tax to pay for the bond interest. |
West | Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1530 | 118 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | City of Memphis v. Mary Martin Hill | Shelby | Other |
On 8/14/1917 the city of Memphis enacted Improvement Ordinance 374 to create and establish an improvement district embracing North and South Third streets etc. Mary Martin Hill protested the confirmation of said ordinance. Contains a map of Memphis, Brief from April ,1918 Supreme Court Pet. for Certiori containing reply on behalf of Mary Martin Hill to Petition for Certiorari, Court of Civil Appeals Brief- Statement of Case, assignment errors on behalf of Mary Martin Hill. |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1551 | 358 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Cinda Utley, et al. v. Anthony S. Williamson, et al. | Madison | Land |
Additional complainants: Ike Utley (husband of Cinda), Eliza and Arthur Como, Lena and Will Gillespie, residents of Madison County, TN. Additional Defendants: W. B. Nelson |
West | Range: 79 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1588 | 158 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Claude Collins v. State | Marshall | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 90 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1917 | Cumberland Motor Car Company v. Edward Meade | Injury and Damages | Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 0 | Order A Copy | ||
View Entry | 1917 | Charles C. Hux et al. v. J. N. Russell et al. | Campbell | Estate Dispute |
Opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 68 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Continental Insurance Co. of New York et al.v. R. W. Perry | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
Add. Plaintiff: Fidelity Phoenix Fire Insurance Co. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 741 | 4 | Order A Copy |