Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1931 Jessie Lafollette v. State Washington Illegitimate Child/Bastardy

Bessie Tittle is 28 and lives in Johnson City with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Tittle. She accuses the Pla. in error of fathering her illegitimate child. Bessie worked at a small store owned by her family. Pla. delivered ice and coal to the store. Bessie was 26 when she and the pla. were first intimate. Bessie originally planned on marrying Roy Crockett, a soldier, but she had not seen him for two years while he was in the army. When he came home, she was pregnant. Exhibit: Post Card from Pla.

 East Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1339 66 Order A Copy
View Entry 1931 Nina Hackett Bevil v. John Bevil Shelby Child Support

Bevil is also spelled Bevill. Dfnt. asserted the solemnization of their union occurred while he was too drunk to remember or object to the proceedings. He also claimed the child born unto the couple was not his, and refused support for the child. Connected to Bevil v. Bevil in WT1957.

 West Range: 77 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 2045 193 Order A Copy
View Entry 1931 Ruby C. Mason v. C. R. Mason Shelby Child Support

Opinion only. Shelby County case found in East TN boxes.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 83 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1931 State v. Walter Madison Blount Child Support

Tried in the Juvenile and Criminal Courts of said county for the neglect and refusal to provide for and support his child Dorothy Madison, who is under 16 years old.

 East Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1355 43 Order A Copy