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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1814 | Adam McKee, et al. v. Joseph Love | Knox | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Plaintiff is the acting sheriff of Know County. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | Charles Keiker v. W. H. H. Truett | Davidson | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Additional parties: Henry Cox. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 46 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | Evan N. Pillow v. James L. Gaines, Comptroller of Tennessee | Davidson | Failure to Perform Official Duties | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 56 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1828 | Elijah Embree v. Adam Lambe, sheriff of Bledsoe County. | Hawkins | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Plaintiff claimed defendant did not collect on a judgment he won against Lincoln Amis[?], James M. Reynolds, Amis Granthan. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 690 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1866 | Furman, Green & Company v. P. L. Nichol, Clerk of Davidson County | Davidson | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Furman and Green claimed that they offered to pay taxes due by their company in cash and to pay taxes due from Furman using bank notes issued by the Bank of Tennessee but the clerk refused to accept the payment and issue them a business license. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 609 | 44 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | Fleming Campbell v. D. A. Neilson, et al. | Hamblen | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Case incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 103 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1914 | G. N. Albright v. Western Union Telegraph Company | Haywood | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Exhibit: night letter telegraph. Cause of action: failure of the Western Union Telegraph Company to transmit a telegram paid for by G. N. Albright. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1338 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1841 | Green Moore, Chairman of the County Court of Johnson County v. Reuben Miller, Sheriff & Collector,& his securities | Johnson | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Add'l Defs' (Miller's securities): Garland Wilson, Larkin L. Wilson, Andrew L. Wilson, John Grindstaff. Miller was charged with collecting county taxes. Moore filed this lawsuit alleging that Miller had failed to turn over the county taxes to the county trustee. (Matthias M. Wagner). |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1144 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | H. J. Cotham & Co. v. McGrew & Wallace | Giles | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
The plaintiff, H. J. Cotham & Co., sued McGrew & Wallace. This section of the case pursued judgement against the Sheriff of Giles County, J. P. English for failure to act as proper referee of Venditioni Exponas (requiring a sale) for $150 and costs owed to the plaintiff. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1067 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | J. W. Alford v. H. C. Angel, et al.. | Lawrence | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Additional Defendants: J.S. Garther, J. A. Heagan, P. G. Austin, J.B. Kanire, D. Kerns, and B. H. Bond. Plaintiff is filing a suit against the Defendant, who is a county clerk, and his securities. Angel did not enroll 26 past cases and was found to be negligent of his duties. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 255 | 59 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1834 | Joel Coffer v. William Wray | Overton | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
William Wray, an official of Overton County, was instructed to collect and pay Joel Coffer $602.00 as this was the amount he was awarded in a previous case. He has failed to deliver the money. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 376 | 58 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | J. J. Alexander v. George W. Kinder et al. | Grainger | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
The plaintiff, trustee of Grainger County from 1878-1883, sued Kinder (a constable at the time) and W. C. Cochran over a bond worth $1400 for the collection of taxes. Kinder never collected the required county taxes or delivered them to the trustee as required by the bond/his office. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1838 | 118 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1846 | John Howard, sheriff v. Samuel W. Randles, deputy sheriff & his securities | Sevier | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Howard sued Def. Samuel W. Randles to obtain judgment against him & his securities for $205.70, the balance of the state & county revenue Randles, as deputy sheriff, was to have collected & paid over to Howard, as sheriff, but allegedly failed to do. Securities of Samuel W. Randles (also named as Defendants): William Randles, James Randles, James W. Ellis, Edmond Hodges. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1125 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | John W. Ellis v. Cornelius Smith et al. | Greene | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Additional defendants: James Shanks, Isaac Crawford, John B. Hawkins, S.S. Hawkins, and Fethias Woolsey. Plaintiff is the elected County Revenue Collector and appointed Smith as a Deputy Revenue Collector. Plaintiff argues that Smith, in his official capacity failed to collect and pay taxes. The additional defendants are Smith's sureties. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1211 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | J. T. Lowe v. Meredith Campbell | Hardeman | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Lowe was clerk of the Road Commissioners of Road District 1 in Hardeman County. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 177 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1814 | John McAlister v. Joseph Love | Knox | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Plaintiff is the acting sheriff of Know County. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | J. H. Fiser et al v. S. P. Alsbrook | Robertson | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Alsbrook filed suit against Fiser, a constable, and his sureties for debt due by failure of Fiser to collect and return an execution in favor of Alsbrook for S. P. Alsbrook v. Foster Washington and Lawson Washington. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1094 | 97 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1844 | Joseph Winters v. George Harrison, et al. | Greene | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Add.. Defs: Henry Brook, Caleb Harrison, David Bird, Wylie Kelly, William W. Harrison, all securities of George Harrison, constable, who Winters sued for refusing to go & make search for property of John Kimry, whose property he had an execution against. Also sued for refusing to take delivery bond for a parcel of wheat & for selling a quantity of oats under their value. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1137 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Lewis Jacobs& John Apple v. A. B. Conner, et al. | Hamilton | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Other defendants: Samuel H. Conner; David N. McGill; Peter Mounger; Daniel C. Trewhitt; Archibald McCallie. Trewhitt possibly Daniel Coffee Trewhitt (1823-1891), Judge & in Radical Republican camp during Reconstruction. A. B. Conner was sheriff of Hamilton County & was being sued for "breach of covenant" in performing his duties as sheriff. Co-defendants were his securities on his bond. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1251 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | State v. Mayor & Aldermen of Bellville | Crockett | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Mayor & council are charged with failure to keep a section of road in their district in good repair. Defendants: Zac Wainwright, Thomas Noel, R.N. McLemore, Oran Pittman, Robert Webb, James Williams. |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | State v. Robert Chadwell, Revenue Collector, et al. | Davidson | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Additional Defendants: John Taylor, Thomas Chadwell, and John M. Bass. Case involves the failure to appropriately collect tax revenue. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 346 | 62 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | Samuel J. Kitrell v. Moses Watkins | Wilson | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Kitrell claimed that he paid for a receipt given to him by the constable defendant but the defendant failed to account for the money given him in execution. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 338 | 147 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | State v. William R. Love | Lawrence | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
The State charged Love with "drunkenship in office." Love was elected Register of Lawrence County and while still an officer of the County supposedly became so intoxicated as to be unable to conduct his official duties. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1113 | 9 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | State, for the use of Henry Cobb v. J. A. Reichmand & the Massachusetts Bonding& Insurance Company | Shelby | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Judgment and writ of Certiorari only. Judgment was against the defendants for $1,150 on the alleged ground that the defendant Reichmand as Sheriff of Shelby County had failed to return an execution in the case of Henry Cobb v. J. Lombardi, which was issued to him by the Clerk of the court in 1916. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1502 | 79 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | Sam Clem, et al. v. A. G. W. Puckett, et al. | Hamilton | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Other plaintiffs: Hamilton County. Other defendants: John H. Hardin; A. Selcer[?]; James Cummings; H. P. Green; O. Shipley; Ph. Mandra[?]; W. C. Laffery; A. Sevily; James Williamson; J. J. Bryan; D. N. Carver. Puckett was judge of Hamilton County Court. Case originally against Harding, clerk of County Court. Rest of defendants were his securities. For failing to pay over to County the revenues collected in 1874. |
East | Range: 20 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1623 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | State v. Church Martin, alias Church Buntyn | Shelby | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Defendant, who had been appointed overseer of the Macon Road, was indicted for failure to keep road in repair. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 90 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1869 | State v. Gleghorn | Lincoln | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Cause of Action: Failure to maintain the road. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 325 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | State v. Thomas Dugan | Shelby | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Dugan was one of a number of people summoned for failure to appear for jury duty. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | State v. Mark C. Patterson | Weakley | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Cause of action: failure to perform official duties as a justice of the peace due to excessive drinking and drunkenness. |
West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 347 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1906 | State v. E. T. Dixon | Haywood | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Defendant, road contractor for 10th Dist. of Haywood Co., originally tried in 1905 for failing to file a report showing the condition of the public roads in his district as required by his contract & state law. Appealing verdict on grounds that he was not notified of the charges by the grand jury prior to his indictment. |
West | Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 976 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | State for the use of Anderson County v. W. W. Hays, Trustee | Anderson | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
This suit was brought to recover money with interest penalties and damages for the failure of Hays to perform the duties of the office of County Trustee, and for the failure to collect and pay over school taxes for the year ending in 1895. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 738 | 227 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1851 | State v. William Freels et al. | Morgan | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Suit originally filed against Jesse Triplett, county sheriff & tax collector, and his securities, for failure to turn over monies collected, but for some reason, Triplett dropped from suit & it continued against securities as defs. (including Freels). Add. securities/defendants: John Webb, Verdimon [Verdimund] Byrd, James Wilson, Shadrick Stephens, James Gallaway. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1155 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | State, for the use of the Common School Funds of Moore County v. B.E. Spencer, Trustee et al | Moore | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Filed against the defendant for collections of funds for the years 1882 & 1883, totaling $3,000 that was not turned in to the state. He is now required by law to be held responsible for the funds and damages. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 758 | 132 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Thomas F. Perkins, Clerk v. Charles N. Gibbs, Secretary of State | Davidson | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Failure of Secretary of State to deliver copy of the Statutes of Tennessee to the Clerk of the County Court of Williamson County. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 344 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | The Mayor & City Council of Nashville v. John Goodwin | Davidson | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
The plaintiff in error was accused by the defendant of not properly maintaining a sidewalk, which led to the defendant's injuries. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 768 | 215 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | William P. Testerman, et al. v. Peter M. Anderson | Hancock | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Other defendants: W. G. Seals; L. M. Jarvis; R. D. Green; John Davis; M. D. Levisay; Wilson J. Testerman; Joseph Brooks; George W. Davis. William Testerman was former sheriff of Hancock Co. & other defendants were his sureties for his official bond. Testerman was alleged to have collected judgment of $98.65 from Wilson W. Willis, but then failed to turn over the money. |
East | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1599 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1848 | William R. Reams v. Robert H. McNail& Thomas H. Roberts | Williamson | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Failure of a constable to execute a security in the plaintiff's favor. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | Wesley Greenfield v. L. W. Fussell | Davidson | Failure to Perform Official Duties | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 0 | Order A Copy |