Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1871 City of Memphis v. The Jackson Insurance Co. of Memphis Shelby Taxation, Assessment

City of Memphis challenged whether or not The Jackson Insurance Company was subject to property taxation.

 West Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 26 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 City of Memphis v. W. J. Hicks et al. Shelby Taxation, Assessment

Case concerns taxation of the value of bonds held by the defendant. Additional defendant listed as H.E. Jackson.

 West Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 63 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 E. R. Hart v. W. E. Butler Shelby Taxation, Assessment West Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 232 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1882 Fairman Rogers v. The Taxing District of Shelby County Shelby Taxation, Assessment West Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 204 178 Order A Copy
View Entry 1913 Forrest Hill Cemetery Company v. J. H. Creath et al. Shelby Taxation, Assessment

Additional Defendant: John B. Thomason. Creath was trustee of Shelby County and Thomason was state revenue agent.

 West Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1314 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1902 Hernando Insurance Co. v. City of Memphis Shelby Taxation, Assessment West Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 861 22 Order A Copy
View Entry 1906 I. M. Darnell & Son Company v. City of Memphis et al. Shelby Taxation, Assessment

The plaintiff owned and operated a lumber business in Memphis

 West Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1038 37 Order A Copy
View Entry 1918 I. B. Clement, Exec. For Tom Fleming v. The City of Memphis & E. R. Parham Shelby Taxation, Assessment

Clement sued on behalf of the Tom Fleming, claiming the City of Memphis collected a personal property tax from Fleming though Fleming and his wife were living in Millington. Parham was the revenue collection agent. Amount sued for was $676.89 plus interest, dating for the years of 1914-1916.

 West Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1559 70 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Mississippi& Tennessee Railroad Company v. Heiskell& Heiskell, F. F. Edmondson,& C. F. Vance Shelby Taxation, Assessment

Depositions are included in a separate file.

 West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 302 141 Order A Copy
View Entry 1898 R. B. Snowden v. F. T. Edmondson, et al. Shelby Taxation, Assessment

Edmondson is the Tax Collector & Attorney for the Taxing District of Shelby County, which is also a defendant in this case. Claimant complains that his tax assessment rate is excessive and unjust.

 West Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 644 52 Order A Copy
View Entry 1882 State v. W. E. Butler, et al Shelby Taxation, Assessment

Samuel Mosby

 West Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 197 29 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 Shelby County v. The Mississippi& Tennessee Rail Road Co. Shelby Taxation, Assessment West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 287 131 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 State v. Gabe Judah, et al. Shelby Taxation, Assessment

Additional Defendants: James W. Richardson, D. H. Porter, Alice Mahan, and Imogene Beaumont.

 West Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 420 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1907 State, ex rel, Z. N. Estes v. Thomas J. Taylor Shelby Taxation, Assessment West Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 946 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 The City of Memphis v. William M. Farmington et al. stockholders in the Union & Planters Bank Shelby Taxation, Assessment

File includes a list of the shareholders of the Union and Planters Bank of Memphis, "as assessed by the city of Memphis for taxes".

 West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 68 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1871 The City of Memphis v. The Savings Bank of Memphis Shelby Taxation, Assessment

City of Memphis challenged whether or not The Savings Bank of Memphis was subject to property taxation.

 West Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 26 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1901 William H. Carroll v. The County of Shelby & J. H. Alsup Shelby Taxation, Assessment

Carroll believed that his property value was too high and that he was paying excessive taxes. Alsup was the Collector of Taxes.

 West Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 745 30 Order A Copy