Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1886 Albert Akers v. George F. Akers Davidson Libel

The plaintiff sued the defendant for damages for falsely charging him with larceny and breach of trust.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 694 424 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Thomas Atchison, N. B. Buck,& Nashville Banner Publishing Company Davidson Libel

Additional parties: Thomas O'Conner, William Morrow, W. Cherry, and A. M. Shook.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 55 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 State v. The Banner Publishing Co., et al. Davidson Libel

Additional Defendants: A. S. Sandis, Jr., G. H. Baskette. "The Nashville Banner" published that the State prison's dead were inhumanely bartered to medical colleges instead of properly buried. The alleged libelous statements concerned the conduct of James E. Carter, Superintendent of the Penitentiary of the State, F. S. Harris, Warden, Deering J. Roberts, Physician of Penitentiary.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 570 1 Order A Copy
View Entry 1918 Tennessee Central Railroad Company v. W. T. Mullen Davidson Libel

In his deposition, W. T. Mullen points out that his surname is often confused for Mullens, Mullins, or Mullin.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 117 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 W. J. Morrison v. Union & American Publishing Company Davidson Libel

Plaintiff was the secretary of the Home Real Estate company and a public figure. R.C. Polk, a reporter for the defendant, supposedly saw the plaintiff's name in a jail book for fraudulently obtaining $200 and gave it to his publisher who put it in the papers with the plaintiff being the only Morrison in town at the time. The paragraph in the paper about the plaintiff were in fact fraudulent and the plaintiff had never been convicted of any crime. Sued for and won $3,500.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 746 125 Order A Copy