Order Cases Online
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 | 1940 | Ray Bryan, Chief of Police v. Paul Langston, Ex Rel. | Hamilton | Habeas Corpus |
Incomplete case file. Langston is charging that he was illegally restrained of his liberty at the police department of the City of Chattanooga. Police claim that he was a fugitive from justice from Georgia. |
East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 326 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | State ex rel. Lewis Wilson v. Fred Payne | Hamilton | Habeas Corpus | East | Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 265 | 38 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1940 | State ex Rel. Phillip Glover v. Hazen Kries sheriff et al. | Knox | Habeas Corpus |
Additional Defendants: Fred Scruggs, deputy. |
East | Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 282 | 43 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | State ex rel. Velma Loudy v. Earl Sell et al. | Washington | Habeas Corpus |
Plaintiff Holds that her brother, Willie Loudy, was jailed on a writ issued by a juvenile judge, Margaret McCampbell, which is outside the judge's jurisdiction given W. Loudy's age of 26. Add. Defendants: Dave Bowman. |
East | Range: 6 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 437 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | State ex rel. Clyde Boelen v. Frank Burns sheriff | Hamilton | Habeas Corpus |
Includes warrant. |
East | Range: 6 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 310 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | State Ex. Rel. Otis Donahue v. Frank Burns, Sheriff | Hamilton | Petition for Habeas Corpus |
Exhibits: writ of habeas corpus. |
East | Range: 6 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 412 | 94 | Order A Copy |