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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 | 1911 | A. W. Howard, et al. v. City Grain & Feed Co. | Maury | Damages |
Reply brief for plaintiffs only. Additional Plaintiffs unknown. Plaintiffs seek a refund on purchases "lacking quality." |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 491 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | A. M. Hancock v. Sam I. Heyman | Obion | Debt |
Defendant filed a plea in abatement, saying this court had no authority to hear this case and should dismiss the original warrant. The court agreed - the case was dismissed, and the plaintiff was ordered to pay the court costs. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1081 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Arlington Hotel Company v. Caruthers Ewing | Shelby | Debt |
Cause of action: debt due by contract for legal services. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1099 | 84 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Alexander Nettles, Squire Waldron v. State | Haywood | Murder |
Nettles is charged with murder in the first degree, Harrison Kerr, July, 1910. Waldron, with murder in second degree. Murder occurred near St. John's School House in Haywood Co. Appeal, Supreme Court at Jackson, 1911. |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1235 | 77 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Abner Nance v. State | Gibson | Murder |
Victim: Champ Balentine |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1257 | 67 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Auto Tire Vulcanizing Co v. W. R. Gilbert | Shelby | Debt | West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1262 | 26 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1911 | A. W. Howard & Co. et al. v. City Grain Feed Co. | Maury | Damages |
Origin of Damages: Breach of Contract. Appeal brief only, no other case documents included. Add. Plaintiffs: Quarles & Coleman. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 492 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Albert Chinn v. Fannie L. Chinn | Fayette | Divorce | West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1062 | 11 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1911 | A. Aizensthatt v. Mayor& Alderman of the City of Jackson | Madison | Ordinance Violation |
Selling beer and keeping his place of business open past 10pm. |
West | Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1184 | 100 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | American Lumber Co. v J. A. Davenport& Sons | Shelby | Unknown | West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1262 | 7 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1911 | Albert Couspeire v. Russe & Burgess | Shelby | Debt |
Cause of action: Couspeire owes $2,000.00 to Russe and Burgess for lumber |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1266 | 71 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Annie B. Fleming by next friend John Fleming v. City of Memphis & County of Shelby | Shelby | Damages |
Sued for $10,000. Claimed she fell in a gap while walking at the edge of a bridge on Valentine Ave., between Manassas and Oak streets. Claimed negligence that the area was not lit at night, causing her to not see the hole. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1277 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Bertha Ripman Cherry v. Chicago Life Insurance Company, et al. | Chester | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Recovery of life insurance policy issued for Rufus M. Cherry, dec., husband of the complainant, for the sum of $1,250.00. Exhibits include insurance policies for deceased. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1292 | 94 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Birmingham & Northwestern Railway Company v. John Cockrill et al. | Madison | Other |
Additional Defendants: Pattie Price and Llewellyn Price. The dispute was over a right-of-way demanded by the railroad. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1280 | 171 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Birmingham & Northwestern Railway Company v. A. M. Alexander | Madison | Land |
Ex. A: map of property railway seeking to extend track into said land |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1285 | 248 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | City of Memphis v. Charles B. Creamer | Shelby | Condemnation |
Condemn a strip of land for street purposes. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1068 | 37 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Cora Brown & J. W. Brown v. D. C. Jennings, Vol. 2 | Shelby | Incest |
This is Volume 2 of the case only. The rest of the case is located in WT Box 1056. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1070 | 285 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Clark E. Coe v. C. B. Clarke | Shelby | Damages |
$25000 damages. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1085 | 597 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | City of Memphis v. A. W. Hogin& wife, Lee Cooper Hogin | Shelby | Damages |
$3000 in damages for water flowing from adjacent property and lessening the value of the defendants property |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1240 | 175 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Cella Starks v. Lovely Starks | Haywood | Divorce |
Cella was the wife & Lovely was the husband. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1249 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | City of Memphis v. T. J. Jacobi | Shelby | Petitions for Certiorari |
Penal sum of $250 owed by defendant. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1275 | 64 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Carrie Evans v. Memphis Street Railway Co. | Shelby | Personal Injuries | West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1098 | 132 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1911 | C. M. Owen, admr. v. Jackson Railway & Light Co. | Madison | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Plaintiff administrator of Clopton Owen, deceased. |
West | Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1183 | 467 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | City of Memphis v. Virginia Clarke | Shelby | Damages |
$2000 in damages for property on Trainor Ave. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1239 | 155 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Charles E. Denton v. J. H. Moselage, et. al. | Shelby | Damages |
Additional defendants: William Richards, Louis Tighe, J. A. Evans. Sued for $2000. Sued claiming the defendants were excavating a lot next to the Columbia Theater Building and damaged the North wall of building. Denton was the lessee of the building. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1277 | 140 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | C. M. Owen, admr. of Clopton Owen, dec. v. Jackson Railway & Light Company | Madison | Damages for Wrongful Death |
The plaintiff sued to recover damages in the sum of $25,000 for the death of his son, Clopton Owen, killed in a street car accident. Page count does not include published materials. See WT 1183 for additional four folders. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1281 | 932 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Duplex Printing Press Company v. Whig Printing& Publishing Company | Madison | Bankruptcy |
Incomplete case. Cause of action: action associated with a conditioned sale brought about by bankruptcy proceedings and failure to abide by those terms. A large printing press was the item in question. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1116 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | D. M. Osborn & Co. v. G. W. Tucker | Carroll | Scire Facias |
Scire facias to revive a judgment that was passed against said defendant in 1899, but was never paid to the plaintiff. Previous case file was lost and the previous judge is now deceased. additional briefs and affidavit in WT Box 1225 |
West | Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1184 | 185 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | D. A. King v. Illinois Central Railway Company | Madison | Personal Injuries |
Sued for $475. Plaintiff claimed he was run over by a train while on the tracks 1 mile outside of Jackson, TN. Plaintiff claimed the train did not sound a whistle or ring a bell as a warning it was approaching. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1255 | 169 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | D. D. Saunders v. F. R. Lang | Shelby | Damages |
Cause of action: Damages of $1,500.00 for the repair of an automobile. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1266 | 193 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Delphia Swain v. R. Y. Fisher | Decatur | Debt on Account |
Debt listed as less than $50.00. Debt was for spending 16 days as a caregiver to Mrs. Ann K. McMillan, mother of defendant R. Y. Fisher. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1288 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | D. M. Doty v. J. F. Shipp et al. | Hamilton | Damages |
Add. Def. Matt Galloway, George Kirklin and the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Shipp is the Sheriff and Jailer of Hamilton County. Galloway and Kirlkin are deputy sheriffs. Pla. is seeking damages for assult, false arrest and imprisonment. According to the Def., the Pla. was observed attempting to saw down and destroy a telephone line operated by the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. The casefile documents the resistance in the community to the installation of telephone poles. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1305 | 158 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Dora Goldsmith, et al. v. Caroline Phillips, admr. of Charles L. Phillips, dec. | Shelby | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Other plaintiffs: Jacob Goldsmith. Case in 2 folders. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1240 | 480 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Ethel Scott v. Will R. Scott | Haywood | Alimony | West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1249 | 123 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1911 | Emma Hughes & J. H. Hughes v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Negligence |
plaintiff hit by street car at intersection of Jefferson and Main St. in Memphis |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1292 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | E. H.& Harry Walsh v. James Franklin | Shelby | Personal Injuries |
Asking for $5000 damages. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1084 | 272 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Early Senter v. State | Madison | Murder |
Victim: T. D. Bryant. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1115 | 217 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Ed Turner v. McConnell Furniture Company | Shelby | Replevin |
Recovery of one horse, express wagon, and harness. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1115 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Emma Boone, et al. v. Green Smith, et al. | Henry | Estate Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: J. T. Boone, husband. Boone also spelled Boon. Additional defendants: James Carter. Martha Ann Ray, deceased. |
West | Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1188 | 99 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Emily Bell White v. William Atlas White | Obion | Divorce | West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1236 | 141 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1911 | Ed Langham v. City of Brownsville | Haywood | Resisting an officer |
Cause of action: Resisting arrest by officer Dan Russell. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1249 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Fred A. Barrasso v. Tennessee Brewing Company | Shelby | Lease Dispute | West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1084 | 233 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1911 | Frank Fehr Terre Haute Brewing Company v. C. B. Robertson | Shelby | Other |
Cause of action: Petition for a writ of error coram nobis. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1240 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Filmore Morgan v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he illegally sold liquor. Case file is incomplete; orders and opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | F. R. Allen v. German Fire Insurance Co. | Hardin | Insurance Disputes | West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1115 | 44 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1911 | Fay E. Hazen v. Memphis Street Railway Co. | Shelby | Careless Driving | West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1264 | 151 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1911 | Frank R. Watkins v. The Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Damages of $1,000.00, incurred by accident of 23 November 1910, in which plaintiff's wagon, driven by Samuel Watson, and filled with a load of cotton, was hit by streetcar near Poplar Ave. "broke the wagon and harness and inflicting serious, severe and permanent injuries to (his) team." |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1263 | 103 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | G. D. & Hester Bibb v. J. D. Younger, et al. | Lauderdale | Debt Dispute |
Assignment of Errors document. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1253 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Gib Henderson v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor illegally. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | George Jackson v. J. O. Hillis | Shelby | Debt | West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1084 | 37 | Order A Copy |