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Tennessee Supreme Court Cases
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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1870 | Daniel Seay v. N. C. McCullough & Securities | Wilson | Failure to Return Execution |
Sherriff of Wilson County |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 324 | 45 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | Elizabeth Burton v. the Edgefield & Kentucky Railroad Company | Davidson | Objection to Establishing a State R |
Boyd Cheatham, Edgefield & Kentucky R.R. E. S. Cheatham, President, Edgefield & Ky. R.R. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 74 | 37 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | Edwin Thompson v. George G. Perkins | Madison | Failure to Return Execution |
Perkins is the late sheriff of Madison County. |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 9 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | John Mickley v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: William Merres |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 813 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | M. B. Howell v. C. M. Donelson | Davidson | Failure to Return Execution | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 319 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1870 | Robert L. Turley v. State | Grainger | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Opinion document. Turley charged with felonious assault upon George A. Greenlee using a pistol with intent to murder. Jury found Turley guilty and fined him $50 and sentenced him to 3 months in jail. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 814 | 44 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | State of Tennessee, on the Relation of J. C. Wilson v. S. N. Haddinger | Fayette | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Failure of former Commissioner of Registration to turn over papers to new Commissioner of Registration |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 5 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | State v. Nathan Bass et al. | Rutherford | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Additional Defendants: Buck Smith, Gentry Dement, Vander Smith, Coleman Perkins, Isham Thompson, Isaac Stagg, Robert Knox, Allen Fondley. All Defendants are African American. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 325 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | Samuel L. Calhoun v. R. C. Sanders, admr. Of James Chambers dec. et al. | Wilson | Sale, Petition to Halt |
Additional Defendants: O. Green. Seeking injunction against sale of land to pay off debt of estate of James Chambers. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 347 | 142 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | State v. Arnold Ailey | Jefferson | Assault with Intent to Maim |
Defendant cut and bit off the ear of John Tarwater. Court quashed the indictment and defendant let go. Cause of action: mayhem. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 814 | 9 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | State v. Alexander Jones | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Report to court. No other information given. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 715 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1870 | State v. Kenny Williams | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Judgment only. Case incomplete. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1368 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | State v. Thomas Harrison | Warren | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 302 | 9 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1870 | State v. Alex Jones (col.) | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Brief only. Victim not named. Court composed of Davidson and Rutherford counties. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 715 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | Theophilus Rogan, admr. of Martin Burchfield, dec. v. Giles Hodges, et al. | Claiborne | Petition to Compel Sale |
Additional defendants: Barthena Hodges, Marry Ann Thompson, Robert M. Thompson, Lucy Burchfield, Sarah Burchfield, Martha Burchfield, and Martin Burchfield. Plaintiff is seeking the sale of land to settle the debts of Martin Burchfield. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1218 | 42 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | W. H. Davis v. W. B. Sherman & Securities | Lauderdale | Failure to Return Execution |
Additional defendants: D. P. Steele, John D. Robertson, J. B. Carson. |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 11 | 0 | Order A Copy |