Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1917 Claude Collins v. State Marshall Liquor, Sale of Illegal Middle Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 90 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1891 F. W. Brown, in error v. State Grainger Liquor, Sale of Illegal

Original case: State charged Brown with selling intoxicating liquors within 4 miles of a school house and for failing to appear before the county court before selling said liquor.

 East Range: 19 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1783 48 Order A Copy
View Entry 1914 Mose Nelson v. State Bedford Liquor, Sale of Illegal Middle Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 131 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1915 Pat McClain v. State Rutherford Liquor, Sale of Illegal Middle Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 131 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1850 State v. Charles Brantley Montgomery Liquor, Sale of Illegal

Selling liquor without a license

 Middle Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 238 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Todd Holloway Fayette Possession of Illegal Weapons

Holloway indicted for carrying pistols on 4 Feb. 1880.

 West Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 161 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 State v. Robert Drury Tipton Liquor, Sale of Illegal

Offense of selling liquor in quantities greater than a quart. Hon. Thomas J. Flippin, Judge, 14th Judicial Circuit.

 West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 288 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1891 State v. David Smothers Carroll Possession of Illegal Weapons West Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 324 14 Order A Copy
View Entry 1906 State v. John Parr& Dan Williams Gibson Liquor, Sale of Illegal West Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 978 186 Order A Copy
View Entry 1905 State v. John Moore Lauderdale Liquor, Sale of Illegal West Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1108 1108 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 State v. J. W. Bukey Hickman Liquor, Sale of Illegal

Selling liquor without a license.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 690 40 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 State v. Charles Grove DeKalb Liquor, Sale of Illegal Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 696 28 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 State v. Ale Hatfield Scott Liquor, Sale of Illegal

Ale Hatfield is charged with selling liquor.

 East Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1100 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1841 State v. Wiliam R. Caswell Knox Liquor, Sale of Illegal

Anderson Hill also listed as defendant. The defendants allegedly knowingly sold large quantities of a "spirituous liquor called Sin to Owe" for profit. Indictment for retailing liquor.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1149 5 Order A Copy
View Entry 1915 State v. G. H. Hottum & Dusty Miller Shelby Liquor, Sale of Illegal

Opinion only. Violation of injunction inhibiting defendants from selling liquor.

 West Range: 79 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1416 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1919 State v. Cleveland Durant Shelby Possession of Illegal Weapons

Charged with illegally carrying a concealed pistol. It is noted he is carrying an Army or Navy style pistol.

 West Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1563 27 Order A Copy
View Entry 1917 State v. Pete Faccaro Shelby Possession of Illegal Weapons

Charged with carrying a concealed pistol.

 West Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1563 13 Order A Copy
View Entry 1919 State v. Tom Turner Hardin Liquor, Sale of Illegal West Range: 78 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1614 41 Order A Copy
View Entry 1871 State v. Stephen Irvine Madison Liquor, Sale of Illegal

Sale of liquor on election day. Opinion only.

 West Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 10 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1916 State v. John Myers Bedford Liquor, Sale of Illegal Middle Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 77 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1906 State v. Acy Meeks Hardin Liquor, Sale of Illegal

Additional cause of action: tippling.

 West Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1055 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 State v. George Henley Franklin Liquor, Sale of Illegal

Violating the 4-mile law.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 699 19 Order A Copy
View Entry 1839 State v. Jacob Schultz Claiborne Liquor, Sale of Illegal

Unlicensed sale of spirituous liquors.

 East Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1100 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 State v. Joe Johnson DeKalb Liquor, Sale of Illegal

This case is brought against the defendant for selling liquor four miles of a school.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 742 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1917 Will Robinson v. State Marshall Liquor, Sale of Illegal Middle Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 90 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1914 W. P. Black & S. G. Heiskell v. State, Ex Rel Knox Liquor, Sale of Illegal

Incomplete case; opinion only. The State sued Black & Heiskell Heiskell for illegally selling liquor owned a building rented by Black, who reportedly sold liquor out of it. The suit tried to separate the fault of Black & Heiskell. Heiskell successfully proved his innocence as not part of Black's practices but merely a building owner.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 14 9 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 William Oakley v. State Wilson Possession of Illegal Weapons Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1857 William D. Fulton v. The Western & Atlantic Rail Road Co. of the State of Georgia Hamilton Slaves, Illegal Transportation of

Fulton owned negro male slave Jack & accused Rail Road of unlawfully converting Jack to its own use. Fulton says railroad, without authority, received Jack on board its passenger cars & carried him on its train from Chattanooga to Atlanta. E. B. Walker, railroad's Master of Transportation, gave Jack's brother (who worked for the railroad in Atlanta) a pass to come to Chattanooga to get Jack, who was seized & sold when he arrived to satisfy debt of his previous owner, Allison Nelson.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1156 10 Order A Copy