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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 | 1931 | B. F. Higgs v. City of Martin, et al. | Weakley | Ordinance Violation |
Addtl dfnts: L. G. McMillian, mayor; C. C. Warren, Marshall; and H. C. Corley, recorder. Higgs sued for the right to established a business (a gas service station) and residence on the same property. Exhibit is a plat of business houses and chaurch on Main St. between Broadway & McComb St. Map located in M-17-20. |
West | Range: 77 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 2098 | 78 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | Claude E. Perry v. Kentucky, Tennessee Light & Power Co. | Weakley | Damages |
Perry sought $50,000 in damages for his 17 year old son's (Dale Perry) death after he touched a supposed broken, or "dead" electric wire that was running through his property in Weakley County |
West | Range: 77 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 2056 | 360 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | State v. Jodie M. Hays, W. D. Crews and Pence Davidson | Weakley | Murder, 1st degree |
Victim: Clifford Mitchell. There were many people gathered at Jim Stringer's house when a fight broke out and Hays stabbed Mitchell with a knife and Mitchell died from the injury days later. |
West | Range: 77 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 2042 | 339 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | State v. Earl Stunson, et al. | Weakley | Murder, 1st degree |
Addtl dfnt: Ora Stunson, dfnt.'s father. Both men were accused of killing, with a gun, Luther Dublin in July 1931. After an issue while fishing earlier in the day, Stunson came to the Dublin home and attacked Luther, broke into the home, and then shot and killed Luther. Stunson's and Dublin's were neighbors and lived on the property of William's Mill. Housed in 2 folders. |
West | Range: 77 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 2079 | 307 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | State v. Dixie Allen and Earl Bercham alias John Wallace | Weakley | Robbery |
Charged with robbing the Peoples Bank in Dresden, TN, in June, 1931. The Peoples Bank was a branch of Tipton County Farmer's Union Bank. |
West | Range: 77 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 2071 | 18 | Order A Copy |