A. M. Shadden v. A. P. Massengill
Order:
Supreme Court Case Name:
A. M. Shadden v. A. P. Massengill
Case Date:
1867
Court Origin:
Circuit - Civil
Cause/Crime:
Trespass and Damages
Database - TN Research:
County:
- Jefferson
Division:
East
Number of Pages:
63
Notes / Description:
Massengill "has removed himself from the State or so obscures or conceals himself" to avoid paying Shadden $1,000 for trespass. Massengill accused of whipping Shadden w/hickory stick & keeping him from retrieving his mare at Rebel camp. Alexander Shadden said Massengill maliciously beat him w/sticks, forcibly took his blue roan mare, in June 1862. Massengill's mom says Jefferson County prejudiced agnst her son; asks for chg in venue