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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 |
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| View Entry | 1880 | Andrew Johnson v. John W. Hanner, et al. | Williamson | Failure to Pay | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 39b | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1880 | A. R. Garrison et al. v. A. L. Harvey et al. | Giles | Failure to Pay |
Additional Complainants: George F. Phelps. Additional Defendants: E. E. Harvey, D. N. Ordway, James (Servyys)?-admr.. Of George D. Servyys, Thomas B. Daly-admr.. of James M. Vause, B. M. Gregsley, Silas Jenkins, William H. Baugh, Judith Freeman, William M. Baugh, James M. Childress, John Bass, Allen M. Harlow, William C. Addins-admr.. F A.C. McWilliams, William Brown, William Everley, William Austin, P.W. Phelps, R.L. Holloway, Thomas Reid, William Stevens, Andrew Carlos, John Fagan et al. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 57 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | Barry Arnold et al. v. R. L. Anderson | White | Motion to Set Aside Execution |
Other plaintiff: Luisy Arnold, also listed as Lindsay Arnold. Arnold claims he was falsely arrested for an assault on Julia Ann Baker and tried in a court that did not have appropriate jurisdiction over the case. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 608 | 18 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | B. F. Parks v. P. M. Halcomb& Zach Hardison | Maury | Failure to Pay | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 40 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1880 | Cynthia Hickerson v. James Price | Coffee | Failure to Pay |
Hickerson sued Price, who is listed as the former Clerk and Master of Coffee County, claiming Price had collected money on 2 lawsuits Hickerson won but had not remitted payment to Hickerson. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 624 | 92 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | Evan N. Pillow v. James L. Gaines, Comptroller of Tennessee | Davidson | Failure to Perform Official Duties | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 56 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1880 | George Somers v. F. M. Davis et al. | Gibson | Failure to Pay |
Co-defendant: John Davis. Plaintiff is attempting to collect an unpaid judgment from an earlier case; defendants are insolvent, but John Davis owns a piece of property which plaintiff is urging the court to force him to sell in order to pay the debt. |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 37 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | Mrs. A. C. Graves v Sewanee Tanning & Mfg. Co. & Shelbyville Savings Bank v. Z. C. Graves et al.. | Davidson | Failure to Pay |
Clerk was directed to hear proof and to report on the collection of funds in the above entitled consolidated cases by W. N. Carden, former Clerk and Special Commissioner of the Supreme Court. This case was heard in the Supreme Court. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 738 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | Nellie N. Wheelock et al.v. J. Harvey Wheelock et al | Shelby | Sale, Petition to Halt |
Plaintiff filed suit on behalf of the minor children of John A. and Ellen R. Wheelock, dec.. Additional defendant: Harriet W. Dickens. To set aside sale of a Memphis city lot. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 24 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | Robert B. Hays et al. v. Stoddert Caruthers et al. | Madison | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Co-plaintiffs: Fannie H. Battle & L. L. Battle. Other defendants: Middleton Hays, John C. M. Garland, & Andrew J. Hays. Complainants say the defendants, executors of their father's will, have not kept them informed of the status of the sale of land for the purpose of paying debts of the estate, and they cannot tell whether their responsibilities have been met. |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 37 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Alex Kirby | Montgomery | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Attacked G. Hollowman. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. George Smith | Franklin | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
George Smith was African American. Victim: Sun Landers. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. T. D. Cassetty | Davidson | Failure to Perform Official Duties | Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 70 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Jonah Kelley | Weakley | Assault with Intent to Kill | West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 149 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. James Moore et al. | Benton | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Additional Defendants: Ethridge Moore, Stephen Townsend, Henry Coble, James Townsend, William Williams, and Lish Townsend. The defendants were charged with assaulting a woman named Mary F. Townsend. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 150 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. G. W. Kneedle | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Defendant charged with "assault and battery with intent to murder" in attack on J. A. Signiago(?). Attack occurred 19 Jan. 1880. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 150 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. D.T. Porter, Recorder & the Taxing District of Shelby County | Shelby | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Actual charge is failure to collect and pay over revenues due to the state of Tennessee. The dispute concerns whether the county is obligated to pay state taxes on a particular type of fine it imposed on someone found guilty of assault & battery. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 151 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. J. N. Ford | Shelby | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Cause of Action: Failure to Settle as Administrator |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 24 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. James Williams | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Indictment on three counts for 1. assault with intent to commit murder, 2. assault with intent to commit murder in second degree, 3. assault with intent to commit manslaughter. Victim was George W. Marshall. The attack occurred on Sept. 6, 1875. Sup. Ct quashed the third count and defendant plead guilty to assault and battery. At trial, jury held defendant not guilt on counts 1 and 2 of the indictment, but guilty on the assault and battery charge. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 26 | 15 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Tom Williams | Wilson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 6 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. William Kirby | McMinn | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Incomplete case file. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Tom Williams; State v. Rob Ready | Wilson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Two case judgments combined. Rob Ready charged with Larceny. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 6 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Solomon Brewer | Hardin | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1241 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. James Oaks et al. | White | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Other defendants: Owen Gentry, Charles Harrison, & Sidney Tindle or Tindal. Actual charge is Prowling in Disguise but the listed charges include trespassing, assault, and intent to kill. Intended victim was Rachel Earles. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 56 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Newton Bowin | Gibson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The defendant, an African-American, was accused of stabbing a man named Sam Olliphant. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 149 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. William Fare | Dyer | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
The defendant was accused of assaulting an eighteen-year old woman named Lundy McCoy. Both were African-Americans. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 149 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Henry Bowman | Montgomery | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
Incomplete file. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 552 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. William Butler | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Indictment only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Joseph Smith | Shelby | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1236 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | State v. Wash Lewis | Montgomery | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Victim possibly could have been Charley Martin. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | Wise & Gibbs v. W. T. Johnson | Madison | Failure to Pay |
Plaintiffs run a sawmill and claim that defendant has not paid for having some logs sawed. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 157 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | Zachariah Bryant et al. v. James E. Wood et al. | Gibson | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Folder includes one legal brief. Other plaintiff: M. Oppenheimer. They claim that Wood, county clerk and commissioner, neglected to make several large payments for which he was liable by virtue of his position. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 151 | 0 | Order A Copy |