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| View Entry | Alma Tipton & Robert Tipton v. State | Hawkins | Unknown |
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| View Entry | Arnold Jackson v. State | Anderson | Manslaughter |
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| View Entry | Arthur B. Hooks v. State | Anderson | Other |
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| View Entry | Alonzo (alias Lon) Waggoner v. State | Unicoi | Manslaughter |
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| View Entry | Arthur England v. State | Claiborne | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
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| View Entry | Andy Bray v. State | Morgan | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
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| View Entry | A. C. Fry v. Illinois Central Railroad Company | Obion | Damages |
A. C. Fry instituted this suit against the Illinois Railroad Company in October, 1926. On Sept. 5, 1925 a section crew of the defendant railroad was burning off the right of way of defendant adjacent to the farm of the plaintiff. The defendant allowed a fire to burn off clover hay in plaintiff's field amounting to $174.00 in damages. Contains booklet from Supreme Court- statement, assignments of error, brief and argument for the Illinois Central Railroad Company, plaintiff in error. |
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| View Entry | Alex Goldstein v. J. B. Davis | Shelby | Damages |
Both the plaintiff and the defendant are described as merchants doing business in Memphis. The defendant left boxes out on the street in front of his store. "About ten o'clock on the night of April 23rd, 1926, a violent storm struck the City of Memphis and vicinity; the wind attaining a speed velocity of 51 miles per hour." The storm caused the boxes to be blown across the street into the windows of the plaintiff. |
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| View Entry | Annie Melton v. Lola Shelton, et al. | McMinn | Unknown |
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| View Entry | Axie Barney v. State | Unicoi | Larceny |
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| View Entry | Birchfield Grocery Company v. Swaney& Wear | Loudon | Unknown |
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| View Entry | Ben Crawford, George Marsee& Gaines Marsee v. State | Claiborne | Liquor Violation |
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| View Entry | Branson Fine v. State | Cocke | Murder |
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| View Entry | Bob McNeely v. State | Polk | Manslaughter |
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| View Entry | Bob Kremser v. State | Hamilton | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
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| View Entry | Bill Brock & Bill Price v. State | McMinn | Assault and Battery |
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| View Entry | Beatrice Wade v. State | Washington | Liquor Violation |
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| View Entry | Bertie Toler Sutton v. Earnest W. Sutton | Shelby | Divorce |
Parties were married on December 26, 1912 in Heber Springs, Arkansas and moved to Memphis in November 1922. They had one child, Earnest W. Sutton, Jr. Plaintiff claims defendant abandoned her and was asking for a divorce. Defendant denies her claims of abandonment and claims she committed adultery with A. R. Jones. |
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| View Entry | Bessie Howell v. Sloan Messenger Co. | Shelby | Negligence |
On 3/15/1926, Bessie Howell gave to the defendants $90.00 in consideration of a reasonable messenger charge. The defendant was supposed to deposit this money in the First National Bank, Memphis, to the credit of the plaintiff. The money was not deposited and was summarily lost or misplaced by the defendant. J. B. Sloan is doing business as Sloan Messenger Co. |
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| View Entry | Cad Swanner& Dave Swanner v. State | Carter | Larceny |
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| View Entry | Corey Bivens v. State | Monroe | Murder |
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| View Entry | Clyde Tyrick v. State | Grainger | Other |
Cause of Action: Violating Age of Consent. Order only. |
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| View Entry | Carl Cardin v. State | McMinn | Manslaughter |
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| View Entry | C. P. Alley v. State | Cumberland | Unknown |
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| View Entry | Crosby Milling Co. v. E. M. Grant, et al. | Hamblen | Land and Title Dispute | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | C. S. Mitchell v. May Tacker et al | Shelby | Debt |
Plaintiff sued the defendants for $675 for unpaid promissory notes. Additional defendants: T. M. Tacker. Exhibits: promissory notes, trust deed. |
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| View Entry | C. M. Cravens v. State | Henry | Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of |
C.M. Cravens, originally indicted jointly with Haynes Cravens (who was alter acquitted) of transporting intoxicating liquor in the quantity of one gallon or more from one place to another in Henry County. |
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| View Entry | Carmen D. Laura v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company | Shelby | Damages |
Plaintiff was traveling with her baby and bought a ticket in Texas to return to Nashville. Due to incorrect instructions from a conductor plaintiff was taken to Missouri instead of Tennessee. During the trip she contracted a cold which caused her to remain in bed for two weeks. She also accumulated expenses from doctors bills. Plaintiff filed suit for damages resulting from the negligence of defendant company. |
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| View Entry | C. G. Abernathy v. State | Henry | Embezzlement |
Abernathy was accused of unlawfully, feloniously, fraudulently, knowingly, and falsely did make and upon the checkbook stub of the Paris Hardware Co. Abernathy was not over 18, not an apprentice, but was the secretary, treasurer, and general mgr. of said company. |
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| View Entry | C. D. McRae v. John M. Frazier | Shelby | Damages |
McRae had previously brought Frazier to court for writing a fraudulent check. Fraizer claimed this was a malicious and false warrant. Frazier sued for $50,000 for fake arrest and malicious prosecution. Housed in 3 folders. |
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| View Entry | Charles B. Froman, admr. of J. Earnest Froman, dec. v. Mr. & Mrs. C. J. Washington | Scott | Other |
Earnest Froman was killed after he was thrown from a car he was riding in as a result of the defendants negligent driving. Plaintiff is sued the defendants for $50,000 stating that Froman's estate has been deprived of the pecuniary value of the life of the intestate. See WT 1905 for additional part of case. Volume 2 and exhibits of this case located in WT 1914. |
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| View Entry | Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company v. L. Berg | Hamilton | Unknown |
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| View Entry | Cal Woods alias Calvin Woods v. State | Hawkins | Manslaughter |
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| View Entry | Convey Low v. State | Scott | Manslaughter |
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| View Entry | Clifton Easter & Clifford Easter v. State | Roane | Liquor Violation |
Cause of Action: Manufacturing Liquor and Possessing a Still. Order only. |
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| View Entry | Carl Moyers alias v. State | Hamilton | Driving Under the Influence/Driving While Intoxicated |
Cause of Action: Driving while Drunk. |
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| View Entry | Charlie Davis v. State | Roane | Larceny |
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| View Entry | Cambria Coal Mining Company v. Lem Bear | Anderson | Unknown |
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| View Entry | Charles Kirkland & Carl Morgan v. State | Knox | Unknown |
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| View Entry | C. S. Miller et al. v. T. P. Doyle; C. S. Miller v. F. A. Barnett | Knox | Unknown |
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| View Entry | Consolidated Engineering Co. v. Wedow & Myers Inc. et al | Hamblen | Breach of Contract | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Cloys Martin v. State | Henry | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Cain Hurley Lumber Company v. Reaves Lumber Company | Shelby | Debt |
Plaintiff sued for $2404 for the advancing lumber to the defendant that was subsequently destroyed in a fire. Additional defendants: George A. Reaves |
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| View Entry | Dillard Newport& Leland Newport v. State | Roane | Liquor Violation |
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| View Entry | Deroy Spencer, admr. of estate of Mary Spencer, dec. v. W. S. Knight & E. C. Pinchbeck | Shelby | Damages |
Plaintiff sued the defendants for $50,000 in damages for the death of his wife and unborn child. Defendants were sheriff & deputy at the time of the incident. Spencer was riding in a car late one night when defendants were driving along the same road in a car with 15 prisoners being taken to the county jail when Pinchbeck shot into Spencer's automobile fatally killing her. 2 printed briefs included. |
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| View Entry | David Bell v. Mr. Bower's Stores Inc., et al. | Shelby | Damages |
Bell "purchased two cans of six cent sardines from the defendant, Fly & Hobson Company, which owns and operates Mr. Bowers Stores, Inc." He alleged that he became ill from eating the sardines and sought damages. Bell stated that he was eating the sardines out of the can in the back part of the store. One of the clerks told him it was dangerous to eat canned foods from the can. |
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| View Entry | Elnora Smith v. State | Hamilton | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
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| View Entry | Earl Large& Wilford Large v. State | Carter | Liquor Violation |
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| View Entry | Ernest Goad v. State | Scott | Murder |
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| View Entry | Estill Dover v. State | Cocke | Assault with Intent to Kill |
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