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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 | 1904 | Arkansas River Packet Co. v. Andrew Haney | Shelby | Petitions for Certiorari |
Andrew Haney, colored, asked for damages for personal injuries by the illegal acts of the packet company agent. Haney, a roustabout on the steamer "Lucille Noland," was accused by company of getting into an altercation with the boat's Second Mate. Company claimed the Mate acted on his own & was not authorized to have such personal encounters. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 684 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Arthur Bell v. State | Shelby | Insurance Claims and Policies | West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 882 | 97 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1904 | Addie& Leonard West by next friend v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Addie and Leonard West are sued the railway company for ten thousand dollars in damages. Their father, J. M. West was run over and killed by one of the railway cars belonging to and operated by Memphis Street Railway Co. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 914 | 100 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | American Law Book Company v. Duncan Martin | Shelby | Replevin | West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 684 | 23 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1904 | A. E. Gardner v. N. C. & St. L Railway | Weakley | Damages |
The plaintiff had two mules that were killed late at night by a passenger train, the Dixie Flyer. The central issue is whether the tracks were fenced appropriately to keep livestock away. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 688 | 49 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | American Savings Bank & Trust Company v. L. K. Orr | Shelby | Debt |
Debt under $500. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 895 | 54 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Albert Benham v. The Commercial Publishing Co. | Shelby | Damages | West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 912 | 170 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1904 | Buford Duke v. Joe Zanone | Davidson | Unknown |
Fragment of an appeal. Additional parties: Mary J. Zanone |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 148 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Berry Ellison v. State | Knox | Keeping a Bawdy House |
"Keeping a gaming house." Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Ben Parker v. Lou Hoyle | Shelby | Replevin | West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 886 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1904 | City of Memphis et al. v. Margaret Hastings | Shelby | Condemnation |
Suit was filed by the city of Memphis and the Park Commissioners to acquire by condemnation a strip of land 900 feet long and 50 feet wide belonging to the defendant in order to construct a park way. Two large maps that were exhibits in this case have been placed in WT Oversize Box 1. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 688 | 66 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company v. S. E. Wilson & Company | Madison | Damages |
Damages in the amount of $7500 to stock of goods. C. C. Duncan is listed as the chief officer of the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 690 | 237 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. James B. Roswell | Shelby | Trespass |
Plaintiff sued when the telephone company removed a telephone from his house without permission. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 68 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Charles Gallina v. E. R. Turley, B. B. Bowen, & C. B. Quinn, constituting the board of commissioners of registration of Shelby County | Shelby | Election Dispute |
Sues to receive certification of his election, which is being withheld by the defendants. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 684 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | C. P. Marbury v. Williams Fitzhugh & Co. | Shelby | Damages |
File incomplete, missing index, pages 1-2. Williams Fitzhugh & Co. comprised of P. P. Williams and W. H. Fitzhugh. Cause of action: damages for $20,000 after plaintiff fell from a scaffold that was alleged to be defective and unsafe. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 780 | 168 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | D. M. Jackson v. C. C. Adams | Lauderdale | Estate Dispute |
Estate of T. S. Jackson, Sr. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 690 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | D. A. Given v. Joe Friedlander | Shelby | Damages |
Damages for wrongful conversion of plaintiff's watch by defendant, a pawnbroker. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 704 | 47 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Dan Hobson, et al. v. H. C. Moorman, admr. of Jane B. George, dec. | Fayette | Estate Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Mrs. Riley and Mrs. Mattie F. Goodman. Includes two massive volume and two printed briefs. Case takes up the entirety of WT 920 and part of ET 921. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 920 | 2065 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | E. R. Bruce v. Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company | Obion | Debt on Account |
The case involved the killing of Bruce's cow by the railroad. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Elvin Janes v. State | Weakley | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 720 | 27 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1904 | Ed Gardner v. State | Shelby | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Ed Gardner was arrested in Memphis for unlawfully carrying a pistol. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 884 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Ed F. Grace v. State ex rel of William Bergschicker | Shelby | Other |
The cause of action in this case is not clear. Ed F. Grace was an elected member of the City Council of Memphis. After serving one year of a four year term he turned in a resignation and it was accepted by the council at first but then they rejected it. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 884 | 87 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | F. J. Bird v. L. Riegal & Company | Shelby | Debt on Account |
Bird claims he is owed$121.85 for goods sold to L. Riegal and Company. The defendant claims to never have received the goods, wares, or merchandise in questions. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 714 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Frank Myers & Mrs. Mattie O. Myers v. E. Nathan & Co. | Shelby | Insurance Disputes | West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1013 | 53 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1904 | Felix Kirk v. J. D. Tuberville | Shelby | Replevin | West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 893 | 24 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1904 | G. T. Taylor & Co. v. R. E. Dodd & Bro. | Obion | Debt |
Charges included debt by account of damages for 2 cars of corn Taylor bought plus fraud & deceit in the sale of that corn to him. Testifying were Milt Shaw, Will Lovelace, Bob Branham, Dr. W. M. Richardson, Bill McDonald, Banks McDonald, L. G. Howard, Tobe Wright, Morris Isbell, A. T. Blakemore, R. L. Lockert, Foreman Adkerson, J. N. Bradshaw, R. E. Dodd, Bob Fuqua, Dan Hale, J. M. Harkey, Clint Walker, I. T. Shelton & L. Powell. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 698 | 182 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | George Kolp v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
The plaintiff was a passenger on the Memphis Street railcar when it went off the track and seriously injured him. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 125 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Galbreath Cotton Co. v. W. S. Lea | Shelby | Damages |
Damages for broken contract. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 909 | 106 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | George Spurling v. State | Polk | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
George Spurling is charged with carrying a pistol |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 813 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | G. Osburn Martin v. Illinois Central Railroad Company | Lauderdale | Personal Injuries | West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1110 | 84 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1904 | G. T. Hite v. W. K. Rayburn | Unknown |
Opinion only. County is unknown. There seems to be a question of how to divide court costs. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 824 | 6 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1904 | H. E. Cannon v. W. J. McCarty | Shelby | Forcible Entry and Detainer |
Case was brought to recover possession of a lot in a Shelby County subdivision. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 688 | 108 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Henry Steele v. State | Shelby | Other |
Cause of Action: Vagrancy Incomplete case. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 706 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | H. H. Higbee v. W. G Powell & wife | Shelby | Destruction of Property/ Petition to Halt Construction |
Sues due to damages caused by the construction of land elevation that prevented natural water draining and caused flooding and property damage. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 714 | 158 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | H. M. Pilcher & Company v. T. W. & C. B. Sheridan | Shelby | Debt |
Debt amount: $500 Defendants: Theodore W. Sheridan and Charles B. Sheridan |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 720 | 96 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Henry Frey v. State | Shelby | Larceny |
Stolen bicycle, $25.00. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 892 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Hardy Haughton v. State | Madison | Larceny |
Cause of action: Larceny of a pocket book containing $146.70 and belonging to Miss Lillie Trump. |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 726 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | H. J. Swinder v. Illinois Central Railroad Company | Dyer | Damages |
Damages of $1,999.99 for the loss of a shipment of coal. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 890 | 147 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | H. J. Lovelady v. C. C. Whitley et al | Macon | Replevin |
Lovelady recovered $45 judgment against Whitley for 2 heifers, which judgment could've been satisfied by Whitley returning the heifers. Whitley's sureties: J. H. Sabins & J. D. L. Blankenship. Execution No. 22438. Blankenship paid judgment & in return got mortgage from Whitley. Witnesses in lower court proceeding: J. H. Stafford, Mrs. Lizzie Parker, R. H. Jenkins, M. H. Allen, John Parker, Joe Day. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 824 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Indiana Drug Specialty Company v. Hurdle Brothers & Company | Perry | Breach of Contract |
This case is included in a West Tennessee box; however, Perry County is in Middle Tennessee. |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 742 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Illinois Central Railroad Company v. G. W. Hicks | Gibson | Damages |
Hicks sued the railroad claiming injuries sustained while on IC property. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 894 | 333 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. Mrs. N. A. Adams | Tipton | Wrongful Death |
The defendant sued the railroad after her husband was struck and killed by an engine. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 896 | 186 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Illinois Central Railroad Company v. C. H. Bodkin | Tipton | Damages |
Damages from personal injuries of $1999.00 |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 890 | 215 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | James Long v. State | Hawkins | Assault |
After hearing she had been talking about him, B. A. Arnold went to James Long's wife and called her a "stinking, dirty liar." James Long challenged Arnold, Arnold replying that he could not fight fair with a person of color. Arnold ran toward his tobacco barn to get his shot gun and Long produced a pistol, steadied himself and shot Arnold, allegedly to simply stop him from pursuing his shot gun. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 3a | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Jerry Davis v. State | Washington | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he assaulted D. D. Pugh with intent to commit murder in the second degree. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 91 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | J. W. Clymere v. J. P. Stull & Son | Obion | Debt on Account |
Plea of debt due upon account, $250.00. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 712 | 43 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | James Fopianno v. Robert A. Speed | Shelby | Tax Collection |
The defendant was Clerk of the County Court of Shelby County. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 713 | 72 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | James Goodwin, admr. of Phebe Goodwin, dec. v. J. O. Ray | Madison | Debt Dispute |
Only contains 2 briefs, not case docket. Over $120. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 847 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | James Goodwin, admr. v. J. O. Ray | Madison | Loss of Property |
Goodwin is also called James Goodman, admr. of Phoebe Goodman, dec.. He says his mother had five $20 gold pieces, being kept for her by J. O. Ray, and that it is now missing. Ray says she came and got the money herself before her death. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 836 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | James Daniel, admr. of James Luther Daniel, dec. v. Inman Brothers | Dyer | Damages |
Damages from personal injuries and death. Inman Brothers is the name of the firm formed by S. P. Inman and C. F. Inman. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 890 | 63 | Order A Copy |