Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1888 A. Leichtman v. B. F. Roddy, Constable Grundy Other

Defendant allegedly unlawfully detained a stock of goods from the plaintiff in the form of food and goods.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 746 47 Order A Copy
View Entry 1918 E. C. Shelton et al. v. C. R. Wade, et al. Grundy Recovery of Money/ Wages

Additional plaintiff J. D. Wiley. Additional defendants: Mrs. T. J. Crick, W. G. Dillon, W. C. Abernathy, J. C. Abernathy, M. Marugg, Douglas Hays, Sr., E. B. Finey, J. D. Flannagan, W. T. Williams, G. M. Thurgood, R. B. Roberts, Ed Hampton… Additional defendants continued: J. D. Northcut, J. C. Henley, L. M. Hines.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 114 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 E. M. Sims v. T. T. Levan Grundy Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service

Elisha M. Sims, a physician, rendered services to defendant and his wife from 1882-1884, with a running bill of $32. Plaintiff brought suit to recover this non-payment of services. Circuit court found for defendant.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 734 24 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 E. P. Hobbs v. M. A. Spencer & T. J. Timble Grundy Land and Title Dispute

Plaintiff accuses the defendants of unjustly holding his property. The land in question is fronted on Altamont Street in Tracy City, Tennessee and is described as the southeast part of lot 203.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 782 114 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 Frank Owen v. State Grundy Robbery

Plaintiff, alias Frank Owens, charged with robbery by force and violence against Pete Coury. A firearm was used during commition of said crime, bringing charge of assault with intent to kill. Owen was said to have distroyed a States Warrant for his arrest Plaintiff appeals verdict of guilty on both counts.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 731 25 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 G. W. Pearson v. Nashville Trust Co., admr. Of S. B. Spurlock, dec. Grundy Debt

Addtl dfnts: Bill Ooley and C. C. Campbell. Pearson and his business partner, J. S. Nunley, in the trade of groceries and "druggs", who made many accounts with dfnt. Campbell, agent of dfnt Spurlock. Campbell offered to buy out Nunley's interest in the store and asked pltf and Nunley to sign a note to him. Pearson only signed the note if he wouldn't be held as surety for the whole amount, only half, if Nunley did not pay. The Nashville Trust initially sued to recover the debt on the note.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 941 22 Order A Copy
View Entry 1868 J. M. Bell v. S. M. Griswold, et al. Grundy Debt

Additional Defendants: W. A. Griswold, S. P. Tipton. Origin of Debt: note.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 549 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 Jesse J. Thompson v. T. B. Lockhart Grundy Trespass and Damages

Thompson sues Lockhart, a sheriff, for trespass and wrongful seizure and illegal levy of a bay mare. He sues him for damages of $500.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 765 35 Order A Copy
View Entry 1894 J. C. White v. T. P. and J. M. Parsons Grundy Debt

Plaintiff hired the defendants to haul logs to his saw mill located in "Corn Branch Cove," in Grundy County, Tennessee. As part of their agreement the plaintiff agreed to endorse a note for the defendants to purchase a team of oxen to haul the logs. Defendants broke their contract with the plaintiff and took the purchased oxen to haul logs in another area. Plaintiff was sued on the note and brought this suit to collect the balance owed by the defendants.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1003 47 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 J. K. P. Pearson v. Adrian Northcut Grundy Debt

Def. and Polk Givens were indicted for the illegal removal of distilled spirits. Def. hired pla. to represent him in said case then being heard in the Nashville Federal Court. Plaintiff brought suit seeking payment for his services.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 965 42 Order A Copy
View Entry 1850 John Tate, et al. v. Elizabeth Tate, et al. Grundy Wills, Contested Middle Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 230 51 Order A Copy
View Entry 1851 John Herriford et al. v. Samuel Parks et al. Grundy Trespass and Damages

Additional Plaintiffs: Joseph Gilliam and Philip Bibles. Additional defendants: James H. Murphy, Christian Smith, Benjamin Trussel, James Klepper, John Klepper, and William Henly

 Middle Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 231 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 James Sartin v. S. P. Goodman& J. C. Walker admr. of H. P. Forrester Grundy Slaves, Ownership of Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 J. M. Bouldin, et al. v. J. C. Lockhart, Chairman of County Court Grundy Other

Additional plaintiff: Robert Sanders; Additional defendants: J. E. Bull, G. C. Sanders, James Sartin, A. K. Layne, P. H. Roberts, William Parks, Davidson Tate, J. P. Knox, E. H. Reaves, Eli Layne and J. F. Laxton, associate judges. Cause of Action: Challenge to removal of Grundy County seat from Altamont to Tracy City.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 350 79 Order A Copy
View Entry 1922 J. D. Williams v. State Grundy Larceny, Grand Middle Range: 33 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 447 55 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 James Woodle v. State Grundy Liquor Violation

The State charged the defendant with selling liquor within four miles of a school.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1074 42 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 J. K. P. Pearson v. H. Overturf Grundy Debt on Account

Plaintiff, Pearson, sued the defendant, H. Overturf, for payment of debt under $500 owed on the defendant's account.

 Middle Range: 37 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1215 32 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 John Henley & others v. Isaac Rust & others Grundy Land and Title Dispute

Circuit Court trial took place in a Church, because the courthouse and records therein had recently been destroyed by fire. Additional def: John Rust, T.T. Levan, Elias Brazeel(?), I.T. Brazzeel, and H.F. Brazzeel Additional plaintiffs: John Armstrong, H.B. Cope, James Coulson, Michael Gallagher, H.R. Estell, Thomas Edwards, J.M. Williamson, admin &c.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 612 36 Order A Copy
View Entry 1915 L. H. Northcut & his wife, Mary Northcut v. Lewis W. Church Grundy Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 79 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1896 Mary Jane Phipps v. I. N. Burnett Grundy Breach of Contract

Mary Jane Phipps sued the Isaac Burnett for $5000 in damages for breach of marriage contract. They had a child together but he married Lula Wooten instead.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 738 77 Order A Copy
View Entry 1916 Marvin Givens v. State Grundy Manslaughter

Additional parties: Anna Belle Shrum, Leonard Winton, Sam Winton

 Middle Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 165 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 Neil, Cannell, & Riddle v. Adolph Leichtman Grundy Attachment

Defendants (D. Neil, A.P. Cannell, & W.S. Riddle) are prosecuting under their firm name. sued for a debt by account for $320.51 goods sold and notifying defendant that an original attachment suit has been filed against him.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 755 67 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company v. Mrs. Jennie Sansom Grundy Wrongful Death

Opinion only. Sansom sued for damages for alleged wrongful killing of John W. Sansom, her husband. Point raised in opinion was that under the statute the motion for leave to take a non-suit came too late.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 827 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1853 State v. David Fults Grundy Other

Fighting in a public place.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 246 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1861 State v. James Worthington Grundy Rape Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 172 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 State v. Joel N. W. Conn Grundy Other

Defendant is charge with unlawfully concealing a weapon (bowie knife).

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 263 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1915 State v. Joe S. Reid Grundy Liquor, Sale of Illegal Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 359 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Ben Pension Grundy Larceny, Grand

Incomplete file. Judgment only.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 7 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 State v. Joe Sanders, Chris Sanders, Jack Sanders & Brad Sweeton Grundy Other

Defendants charged with illegal fishing, including the use of explosives to destroy fish. Appeal based on fact it could not be proven that said activity didn't take place in a private pond, owned by one of defendants.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 731 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 State v. Richard C. Smith Grundy Liquor Violation

Violation of the "four mile" law for selling whiskey within proximity to a school house.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 755 58 Order A Copy
View Entry 1878 State v. B. F. Corin Grundy Carrying an Illegal Weapon

Last name of defendant is impossible to verify. As written, it appears to be Corin, Conn, Corn, or Cowimm. Handwriting is not clear throughout this case.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 37 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1915 State v. E. C. Norvell & Lige Merrell Grundy State License Violation Middle Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 78 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1916 State v. Will Barlew Grundy Liquor, Sale of Illegal Middle Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 85 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1916 State v. Barney Liverton Grundy Liquor, Sale of Illegal Middle Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 85 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1919 State v. Marion Brown Grundy Theft

Witnesses included Elzie Lynn, George Lusk, Bob McBride, John Johnson, Sam Brashear, Ed Willis, Ralph Smith, and Gillie Griswold.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 129 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1920 State v. Gillie Griswold Grundy Failure to Pay Middle Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 147 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1921 State v. Bob Sweeton et al. Grundy Theft

Co-defendant is Ed. Sweeton. Defendants are charged with stealing and concealing $1120 in cash and checks belonging to Jas. H. Northcut and T. B. Northcut.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 169 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 Sewanee Mining Co. v. John McMahon Grundy Debt Dispute

Plaintiff is appealing the original charge of debt owed.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 265 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1923 State v. Arthur Henley Grundy Murder

Murder of Lon Parish on 20 January 1922, at the north end of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway depot, Tracy City, TN.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 461 138 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 State v. Thomas B. Givens Grundy Murder

Charged with killing James Lockhart on March 23, 1894. Givens shot Lockhart at his blacksmith ship in Altamont. Housed in 2 folders.

 Middle Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1095 221 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 State v. Abe Haskins Grundy Assault with Intent to Kill

The State charged Haskins with assaulting E. W. Hamby with a pistol held in the defendant's hand and therefore with the intent to commit 2nd degree murder. The circuit court found him guilty and sentenced him to 1 year hard labor in the state penitentiary

 Middle Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1089 31 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 Singer Sewing Machine Company v. B. F. Roddy Grundy Unlawful Detainer Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 667 50 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 State v. George Nunley Grundy Malicious Stabbing

Victim: M.P. Sanders alias Porter Sanders.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 775 32 Order A Copy
View Entry 1896 State v. Alexander Campbell & Louisa Phipps Grundy Lewd Behavior

The couple was charged with "fully, openly, publically, notoriously, respectfully, and scandalously did dwell, live, and cohabit together as man and wife in lewd acts of fornication and adultery." See additional materials (33 of 59 pages) in box MT 1089.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 966 26 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 Thomas Brazeel v. W. B. Meeks, Deputy Sheriff Grundy Personal Property Dispute

Brazeel was a minor living with his father purchased a mare with a levy, but possession still seems to reside with the original owner, his father. Does not include original bill, but appeal of assignment of error.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 810 48 Order A Copy
View Entry 1868 T. T. Levan v. A. E. Patton Grundy Promissory Note

Promissory note for $2000 with various payments, several of which have never been entered as credits upon the same.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 333 19 Order A Copy
View Entry 1918 Thomas Barrett v. State Grundy Liquor, Sale of Illegal Middle Range: 21 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 110 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 Tennessee Coal and Iron Railroad Co. v. Albert D. Marks, admr. of A. S. Marks dec. Grundy Debt

Defendant sued plaintiff to recover payment for services rendered by his intestate as an attorney and solicitor. Said services sued for were rendered for plaintiff in several tax cases originating in Grundy County. Defendant claimed his intestate entered into an agreement in 1885 with the plaintiff to attend to all of the plaintiff's legal business in Franklin and Grundy Counties. Albert S. Marks was a governor of Tennessee and colonel in the Confederate Army. 2 folders.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 982 158 Order A Copy
View Entry 1920 Virgil Hill v. State Grundy Murder Middle Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 139 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1919 Wren Thompson v. TN Consolidated Coal Co. Grundy Damages

Additional parties: Sam Thompson

 Middle Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 165 0 Order A Copy

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