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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 | 1889 | Elizabeth Mahoney, admr. of M. Mahoney v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Company | Knox | Damages for Wrongful Death |
The plaintiff sued the defendant railroad company for $20,000 in damages for the death of Michael Mahoney who was killed while working for the defendant as a locomotive engineer. Exhibit is railroad time table/manual for the "information of employee[e]s only." On the back it includes a map of the East Tennessee, Virginia, & Georgia Railroad and its connections. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1827 | 390 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1889 | G. M. Shepard v. C. N. O. and F.P. R. Company | Scott | Wrongful Possession |
The plaintiff claimed that the defendants had in their possession on skiff with six oars, two axes, one pike pole, one pick hammer, one sack of cooking utensils and two cart hooks which said company has wrongfully seized. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1833 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1889 | John Loague, admr. v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad Co. | Shelby | Damages for Wrongful Death | West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 630 | 52 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1889 | J. A. McCabe v. Orr, Jackson & Company | Davidson | Wrongful Writ of Attachment |
McCabe filed suit for wrongful sued out and levy of an attachment against plaintiff's property (stock of groceries contained in storehouse) for a debt of one W.C. Boyd. McCabe's business stopped for a week due to said attachment, which drove away his customers and broke up his business to his damage $15,000. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 827 | 141 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1889 | P. M. Patterson, et al. v. Lillie B. Tieste, et al. | Shelby | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Additional Plaintiffs: Mrs. T. B. Hardin, Mrs. Levy, Fogleman, Gus A. Fogleman and O. P. Lyles Additional defendants, William E. Tieste. Historical note: African American witness discredited for being "a habitual drunkard: and for having a grudge against one of the witnesses for "horse-whipping" him. Historical note: steam boat. |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 440 | 214 | Order A Copy |