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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 | 1897 | A. H. Kortrecht v. F. Giardina | Shelby | Fraud |
The feud was over Giardinas's order of about 6,000 lbs. of dairy butter. The facts clearly showed that Kortrecht delivered not butter but oleomargarine. Damages of $2,000 were awarded for fraud and deceit. Index indicates that there were originally 60+ pages in this document. No docket number found. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 516 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | A. A. Paton & Company v. F. R. Carter | Shelby | Rent Dispute |
Rent related to the purchase and storage of cotton crop. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 661 | 39 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | A. C. Flanigan & J. W. Flanigan v. Oliver-Finnie Grocery Co. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
The case began as Debt due on Account; the issue concerns whether a wife's separate estate can be billed for a debt. Folder includes two legal briefs. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 524 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Bowdre Brothers & Co. v. C. H. Harrison | Shelby | Property Dispute |
Property in dispute is one mule at a value of $50.00 |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 528 | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | C. C. Burke v. Citizens Street Railroad Co.& Frank Smith | Shelby | Damages |
Case cover is missing. Railroad officers are F. G. Jones and L. R. Godwin. The plaintiff claims that a horse and buggy used for repair work on the street railroad was being driven dangerously on a busy street by defendant Frank Smith, and it struck him, causing severe and painful injuries and necessitating surgery and a long period of recuperation. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 542 | 79 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Citizens Street Railroad Co. v. C. C. Burke | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
C. C. Burke was prominent architect in Memphis. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 542 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Charles M. Cartmell v. The R. M. Connable Veneer Lumber Co. et al. | Shelby | Contract for Labor and Materials |
Additional defendants: Luke Connable, Joseph M. Connable. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 544 | 49 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Dan Styles v. J. N. Harrison | Shelby | Unlawful Detainer |
Defendant was a superintendent of the Shelby County Work-House. Styles, who had been charged with gambling, accused Harrison of unlawfully detaining him. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 514 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | D. D. Saunders v. City & Suburban Railroad Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Plaintiff, a physician, is sued the railroad for $20,000, charging that it operates its trains recklessly & at excessive speeds. On 18 Sept. 1892 the buggy he was driving was struck by a railroad car, causing him serious injury & great medical expense. Dr. Saunders graduated from the medical universities of the Univ. of PA & the Univ. of NY, also went through Bellevue Hospital & was in Europe for a few years before coming to Memphis. Daughter riding with him when accident took place. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 540 | 355 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Ellen F. Cowden v. Fred B. Young | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
This folder has no case file -- only two briefs. The lawsuit concerns an incident from 1894 when the defendant is said to have driven his carriage into the plaintiff's buggy (rockaway), causing her to receive a number of injuries, including a severely broken arm of which she claims never to have regained the use. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 526 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Everett D. Lee by his next friend R. D. Lee v. Citizens Street Railway Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Damages for personal injuries amounting to the sum of ten thousand dollars Everett Lee is a minor and sues by his next friend and father R.D. Lee. He was burned when he fell into a drain that was filled with hot water. The water was hot because it had come from a powerhouse filled with steam that was owned by the Railway Co. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 538 | 230 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Ed Lynch v. State | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Ed Lynch is charged with the illegal sale of liquor and doing business on a Sunday. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 538 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | F. Giardina v. A. H. Kortrecht & Co. | Shelby | Fraud |
Principals of the Kortrecht Co. are A. H. Kortrecht and Lindsay Wells. Plaintiff accuses the defendants of replacing the 6000 pounds of dairy butter he ordered and paid for with oleomargarine, and of having full knowledge of the substitution. |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 441 | 62 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | George Stewart v. M. G. Darnwoody, admr. | Shelby | Debt on Account | West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 687 | 75 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1897 | Henry Struby Jr. v. W. A. Collier & Alice T. Collier | Shelby | Damages |
The plaintiff claims that his leg was broken as he got off an elevator in a building owned by the defendants. He insists that the elevator operator's negligence was responsible for his injury. File includes two legal briefs. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 542 | 126 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Henry F. Walsh, admr. of John Walsh v. William Walton | Shelby | Damages | West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 667 | 29 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1897 | J. J. Judge, Trustee v. Frank Jones | Shelby | Replevin |
Jones was a farmer who executed a trust deed to Judge conveying to Judge his crops of 1895, livestock, and farming implements. Judge was to take possession of the items in case Jones failed to pay a debt. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 532 | 47 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Jonathan Turner's Sons v. Lee Gin Machine Co. | Shelby | Debt |
Documents do not identify the item purchased that caused the debt. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 532 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Kavanaugh Sand Co. v. E. H. McKinley et al.. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional defendants: H. S. McKinley, A. Montgomery, and Thomas Singleton. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 528 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Kansas City & Memphis Railway& Bridge Company v. Francis White, exe. | Shelby | Petition to Obtain Condemnation of Land |
Francis White executor and devisee of last will and testament of Miles White |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 507 | 157 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Letitia E. Stevens v. The Kansas City, Memphis& Birmingham Railroad Company | Shelby | Damages |
For the negligent killing of J. B. Stevens, husband of the plaintiff. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 509 | 122 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Little Rock& Memphis Railroad Company v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company | Shelby | Damages |
Includes Freight notices (p. 20) |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 511 | 51 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Louis LaGrill v. W. L. Clapp & C. N. Grosvenor | Shelby | Damages |
Louis LaGrill is sued W.L. Clapp and C.N. Grosvenor for $5000.00 in damages. Clapp and Grosvenor were the owners of a storehouse. LaGrill walked across a grating in front of the storehouse and it broke and he fell causing him great pain and injury. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 699 | 205 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Lucia E. Robertson v. Citizens Street Railroad Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Lucia E. Robertson sues for damages in the amount of ten thousand dollars for injuries she sustained while she was a passenger on a train. She was thrown to the ground while she was exiting the train and seriously injured her right arm, hip, and lungs. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 701 | 58 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Lee Thornton, admr. Of Edmond Coleman dec. v. Matilda Coleman, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants: Charles Coleman, W. M. McDowell, Henry Houck. |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 665 | 64 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Mrs. Sallie Jane Cogbill v. The Endowment Rank of Knights of Pythias | Shelby | Damages |
Mrs. Cogbill sued defendant for $4000. States that the defendant issued her husband, Edward T. Cogbill, a benefit certificate that would pay her $3000 as his beneficiary upon his death. Mr. Cogbill dec. March 1894; claim refused. Amount of the suit represents the unpaid claim plus interest. Defendant denies liability, charging that E. T. Cogbill had "LaGrippe" and a "throat disease" when he applied for the certificate, but did not disclose the information. Membership Application, Pp. 36-41 |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 542 | 130 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Mrs. Fannie F. White v. The De Soto Building & Loan Association | Shelby | Damages |
Brought suit to recover $100.00 paid and damages for a contract broken |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 676 | 120 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Mrs. Lou B. Rodgers v. W. J. Abston & Co. | Shelby | Unknown | West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 503 | 87 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1897 | Memphis Furniture Manufacturing Company v. W. C. Guynn& J. P. Guynn | Shelby | Damages |
W. C. Guynn lost his hand to a rip saw while an employee of the Memphis Furniture Manufacturing Company |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 540 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Nat Edwards & Company v. Francis White | Shelby | Petitions for Certiorari |
Additional Plaintiff: George Kink |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 531 | 56 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Nannie Patterson Harris v. George W. Harris | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
P. M. Patterson, deceased, of Patterson Transfer Company in Memphis. Plaintiff was his daughter. Also see WT 546 for additional part of case. |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 545 | 1013 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Robert McLendon v. Memphis Citizen Street Rail Road Company | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
From a vehicle collision |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 661 | 114 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Rhea P. Cary v. Mrs. M. Ryan et al. | Shelby | (unknown) |
Additional Defendant: E. O. Ryan |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 518 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | Richard Caldwell v. Pat Gillespie& wife, Delia Gillespie | Shelby | Trover | West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 501 | 34 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1897 | State v. Green Williams | Shelby | Murder |
Defendant was accused of shooting an unnamed African-American man. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 514 | 65 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | State v. Lester Jones | Shelby | Gambling | West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 530 | 11 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1897 | Sam Goldstein v. Johnson Carruthers & Rand Co., M. Lewis, Bisco, Block & Co., Memphis Clothing Co.& Horn & Co. | Shelby | Attachment |
Attachments against the estate of L. Goldstein |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 532 | 43 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | State v. Frank McLaughlin | Shelby | Other |
This case states that Frank McLaughlin is charged with selling intoxicating liquor and doing business on a Sunday which is goes against the peace and dignity of the state. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 538 | 51 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | State v. Farris Whiteside | Shelby | Burglary and Larceny | West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 665 | 46 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1897 | State v. John Barnes & Leander Johnson | Shelby | Larceny |
Additional cause of action: Receiving stolen goods. |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 665 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | State v. Dr. Godshaw, alias A. L. Walker | Shelby | Larceny | West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 665 | 92 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1897 | State v. Ozark Cider& Vinegar Company | Shelby | Negligence | West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 473 | 25 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1897 | St. Louis Iron Mountain& Southern Railroad Company v. J. O. Thurston | Shelby | Property Damage | West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 473 | 32 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1897 | State v. August Kahle, alias, Jack Black | Shelby | Murder |
Cause of Action: Murder in the first degree. Victim: Charley Tindall. |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 479 | 157 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | State v. John Henley et al. | Shelby | Larceny, Grand |
Additional Defendants: Ed Lemmon, Sr. and Ed Lemmon, Jr. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 514 | 49 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | State v. James Quirk | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
The victim in the case is not named. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 514 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | State v. Ed Lynch | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
The defendant was also charged with keeping his saloon open on Sunday. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 514 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | State v. E. J. Miller | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
The defendant was also accused of keeping his tavern open on Sunday. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 516 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | State v. Ben Parkham& George West | Shelby | Animal Cruelty |
Defendants were accused of overworking a lame horse to pull their wagon. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 516 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | State v. Frank Crace | Shelby | Gambling | West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 520 | 12 | Order A Copy |