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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 | 1910 | B. T. Blackstock et al. v. Lyman Etheridge et al. | Weakley | Land and Title Dispute |
Exhibits: receipts. Additional plaintiffs: John M. Blackstock, Enoch Blackstock, J. P. Henry, Louisa H. Henry. Additional defendants: Lemon Etheridge, Agnes Hawkins Etheridge, Hugh Hawkins, unknown heirs of Mrs. Lenora B. Etheridge Exum, S. Fisher, administrator of Mrs. M. A. Blackstock deceased. Land of T. C. Blackstock. |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1227 | 162 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | Fred B. Young v. Moralis Hall | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
The defendant originally sued the plaintiff for injuries sustained while being employed as a carpenter for the plaintiff. Page count does not include published materials. Case is filed in two folders. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1245 | 161 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | Fred Smith et al.v. J. W. Ward | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional Plaintiffs: Minnie Smith, German American Building and Loan, H. Bensdorf. Additional defendants: T.J. Searcy, T.H. Hayes |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1246 | 183 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | First Holiness Church at Brownsville et al. v. Lonnie McCarty et al. | Haywood | Breaking and Entering |
Additional plaintiffs: Jona Huddleston, Jack Owen, Andrew Loving, Jerry McFarland, Tom Burton. Additional defendants: Henrietta McCarty, Elder Hart, Henry McCarty, Rella McCarty, George Taliaferro, Malinda Taliaferro, George McAfee, Austin Sutton, Mattie Sutton, Norvil Johnson, Elnora Johnson, Henry Mann, Eliza Mann, Jennie Hicks, Margaret Jones. Case fills two folders. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1250 | 206 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | Hills Business College v. Ethel Raney, big next friend John T. Raney | Shelby | Assault and Battery | West | Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1185 | 147 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1910 | James F. Colbert v. Chattanooga Furniture Co. | Injury and Damages |
Case file is incomplete. Defendants are appealing the charge that they are responsible for the severing the Plaintiff's fingers. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 36 | 5 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1910 | L. H. Tate v. Louisville Packing Company& The Bank of Commerce& Trust Company | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Cause of Action includes an Injunction. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1054 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | Memphis Street Railway Co. v. R. R. Wright | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
The defendant sued for the loss of an eye resulting from being struck by a streetcar. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1245 | 214 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | Mrs. Ella Caruthers, et al. v. A. J. Pitts, et al.,& R. P. Whitesell v. A. J. Pitts, et al. | Lake | Land and Title Dispute |
Ella Caruthers is Executrix of Stoddard Caruthers, deceased. Additional case names: R. I. Chester, R. H. Chester, C. G. Bond. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1290 | 273 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | Memphis Street Railway Company v. City of Memphis | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Cause of action: Recover under a written contract with the City of Memphis the sum of $1,402.80. |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1202 | 149 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | Memphis Street Railway Co. & Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. E. N. Hill | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
The defendant sued for damages sustained when he jumped from a street car that had been set fire by a live electrical wire. Page count does not include published materials. The case is filed in two folders. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1245 | 125 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | Nelly Buckner et al. v. W. F. Handcock | Hardeman | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Ed Buckner, husband. Additional defendants: W. B. Scott Plaintiff was under the age of 21 and not married when she signed the deed of the land in question over to defendant for $450. Plaintiff claims she never received the $450. |
West | Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1189 | 245 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | Peter Tracy v. John Foley | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
The plaintiff did business under the name of The Tracy Printing Company. The defendant (a minor) sued by his next friend, Clarence Friedman, for injury and damages caused by operating printing equipment of the plaintiff. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1245 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | R. A. Griffin & Son v. J. F. Parker | Davidson | Injury and Damages |
2 Folders. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 167 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | Sam Sherrill et al.v. Lon Wright et al | Obion | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Addie Sherrill, John A. Wright, William Wright, Mrs. Fannie Timmons, W.B. Timmons. Additional defendants: Mrs. Mary Moore, Annie Moores, John Moores, J.D. Hamilton, Alice Hamilton. Deceased: John M. Wright |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1225 | 303 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | W. A. Bickford v. L. B. McFarland | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The contract involved the sale of a parcel of property in Memphis owned by the plaintiff. |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1206 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | Will Williams v. Gaston Hotel Co. et al | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Additional defendants: W. F. Mooris and Peter Bishop. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1059 | 156 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | W. E. Cook& Son v. T. P. Walker, et al. | Shelby | Contract for Labor and Materials |
Complainant firm comprised of: W. E. Cook, E. C. Cook. Other defendants: J. T. Walsh; Anthony Walsh. |
West | Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1199 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Co., et al. v. William Myers | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
Additional Plaintiffs: Illinois Central Railway Company, D.C. Wright (engineer), and E.T. Cooper (conductor). The defendant sued for injuries sustained while employed as a fireman for the Yazoo & MV RR. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1243 | 178 | Order A Copy |