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 | 1916 | Juvenile Court of Shelby County, et al. v. State, ex rel. | Shelby | Illegal Restraint |
Additional plaintiffs: Mrs. B. G. West (Superintendent) and William Eifler (Clerk of the Juvenile Court of Shelby County). Ex rel. defendant: Mrs. P. W. Humphrey. The Juvenile Court of Shelby County is accused of illegally restraining and keeping Harry W. Humphrey from the custody of his mother, Mrs. P. W. Humphrey. |
West | Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1534 | 182 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1929 | Nat Scroggins v. D. B. Rice, Sheriff | Tipton | Illegal Restraint |
Scroggins illegally restrained by Rice, sheriff of Tipton County; cause of restraint was being in violation of the "Bone Dry Law" or the illegal transportation, delivery, and storage of liquor; Scroggins appealing his workhouse detainment based on writ of Habeus corpus |
West | Range: 77 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1979 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | State on the relation of Bill Hatcher v. Alf Hatcher et al. | Sullivan | Illegal Restraint |
Add. Def: Mattie Webb, John Ford Sheriff of Sullivan County, W. Fred Sills, E. A. Garner, W. A. Keen, A. N. Hawk Justice of the Peace of Sullivan County, and Paul L. Thompson Deputy Sheriff of Sullivan County. Court of Origin is listed as the Law Court at Kingsport, TN. A. M. Ham made oath in Sarasota County, FL that Pla. falsely impersonated him to receive money from Gus Wrash. Pla. then fled from FL to TN where he was arrested. Pla. claims there is not reasonable cause for arrest or extradition. |
East | Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1331 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | State v. Samuel Jack | Knox | Illegal Restraint |
The state brought this case for William Warren who has been legally convicted of manslaughter in the western division of the state. Warren denied that his confinement in this penitentiary is legal. He claimed that he was leased out by the defendant to the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company for work and that his detention and removal was illegal. Note 2 folders. |
East | Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1763 | 191 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1916 | State, ex rel. v. Juvenile Court of Shelby County, et al. | Shelby | Illegal Restraint |
Ex rel. plaintiffs: Chester R. Jones Jr. and John H. Jones. Additional defendants: Mrs. B. G. West (Superintendent) and William Eifler (Clerk of Juvenile Court. The Juvenile Court of Shelby County is charged with unlawfully detaining Chester R. Jones Jr. Chester was living in the household of John H. Jones and, based on the nature of the testimony in the case, the John H. Jones household being a fit place to raise children is in question. M. S. McLemore, a Methodist minister, testified in the case. |
West | Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1534 | 201 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1915 | State, ex rel. v. City of Memphis, et al. | Shelby | Illegal Restraint |
Ex rel. plaintiff: S. B. Ryals. Additional defendants: W. J. Hayes (Chief of Memphis City Police). "S. B. Ryals is illegally restrained of his liberty by the City of Memphis." To the best of his knowledge, it is because he owns and "has operated on the streets of the City of Memphis an automobile for hire…and has failed and refused to execute to the State of Tenn. a bond in the sum of $5000." Also includes a copy of Hoa Le Blang, et al., v. City of New Orleans from the Supreme Court of the State of LA. |
West | Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1535 | 444 | Order A Copy |