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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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | J. A. Moeschle, et al. v. St. Louis& San Francisco Railway Company, et al. | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
Other plaintiffs: Maggie Moeschle; Arthur E. Lott; Lizzie Lott. Other defendants: Illinois Central Railroad Company. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 903 | 127 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | L. E. Brevard et al. v. Dan McCurry | Carroll | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional Plaintiffs: W.M. Buford and G.G. Buford. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 713 | 194 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Memphis Street Railway Company v. M. G. Dodds | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
On appeal. Dodds was sued company for $25,000 for being injured in accident & having both feet crushed & amputated. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 897 | 167 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | M. L. Meacham v. Joseph Kronthal | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
And to receive payment according to the contract for the land purchased. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 714 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Nathan Watkins v. State | Haywood | Assault and Battery |
Victim: Mary Elizabeth Frank also last name stated as Franklin. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1025 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. Albert Davis | Shelby | Assault with Force and Arms |
Assaulted Fred Jackson with a loaded pistol. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 718 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. Louis Barnwell | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Victim: C. H. Rayborne |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 878 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. John Denver | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Victim: Eliza Goodwin |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 880 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. Walter Lanier | Dyer | Assault and Battery |
Victim: J. A. Dozier |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 882 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. Tom Epps | Shelby | Burglary and Larceny |
Epps is accused of "burglarious" entering the house of John Harris and stealing $59.00. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 688 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. Will Smith | Shelby | Assault and Battery |
Defendant originally found guilty of beating Salina Harris with his fists on 30 Dec. 1903. Appealing sentence. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 874 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | State v. Eddie Stegall | Carroll | Assault and Battery |
Victim: Herbert Barnhill |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 892 | 125 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | T. K. Riddick, et al. v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
Other plaintiffs: Harriet Riddick, a minor, and William Holloway. Riddick was sued over damages to his carriage and for medical expenses incurred in the treatment of daughter Harriet after being struck by streetcar. Holloway, an African American, was driving the phaeton after picking up the Riddick children at Higbee School in Memphis. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 698 | 107 | Order A Copy |