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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 | 1879 | City of Memphis v. John Walsh | Shelby | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
The case revolved around a fist fight between the defendant and a man named McFadden. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 139 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | Hettie Camp by next friend v. John A. Turley, et al | Polk | Conveyance, Illegal |
Plaintiff alleged that prior to her marriage to co-defendant Jos. Camp, she was in possession of six or seven hundred dollars. She loaned two-hundred dollars, one-hundred ninety dollars, and one-hundred fifty dollars to Jos. Camp at different times in their marriage. Camp used promissory notes to purchase a tract of land and then conveyed it to defendants, plaintiff was forced to sign under duress and therefore declared that sale is void. Additional Defendants: John H. Lusk, Jos. Camp |
East | Range: 19 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1927 | 260 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | James Glidewell v. Ambrose R. Reid et al. | Madison | Conveyance, Illegal |
Additional Defendants: George Calvin Spivey and his wife Fannie Spivey (formerly Fannie Reid). |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 139 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. G. W. Kinnaird | Putnam | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. Dock Hart | Shelby | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 125 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. J. S. Wilder | Fayette | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 125 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | Scott Huffstetler v. State | Dyer | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 125 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | Spencer Overby v. State | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
County: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 35 | 5 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. W. Cab Clouse | White | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Additional parties: Ab McBride, Davis Lurry, F. M. Lewis, Steve Johnson, Dennis Lurry, Alex Camson. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. Scott Ellis | Macon | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. Edmond Dickson | Carroll | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 125 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. Charles Saffrans | Shelby | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 126 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. John Robbins | Shelby | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 126 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. Ait Estes | Marion | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Defendant alias Arch Estes. For selling liquor to W. K. Smith, a student at Sam Houston Academy. Case also states that it was sold without the consent of parent or guardian of Smith. It doesn't give Smith's age, so it's unclear if it was simply illegal sale of liquor or illegal sale of liquor to a minor. |
East | Range: 19 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1685 | 9 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | W. D. Ridont v. M. L. Williams | Shelby | Conveyance, Illegal | West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 | 65 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | William K. Walsh v. Ambrose R. Reid et al. | Madison | Conveyance, Illegal |
Additional defendants: George Calvin Spivey and wife Fannie Spivey, formerly Fannie Reid, daughter of Ambrose R. Reid. Also mentioned: Thomas Reid, James G. Reid, D. A. Reid, L. R. Wharton and P. H. Webster. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 138 | 0 | Order A Copy |