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View Entry | A. L. Shipley v. Town of Jonesboro | Washington | Resisting an officer |
Shipley was arrested for public drunkenness while walking downtown with his daughter. He pled not guilty, saying that no warrant had been issued for his arrest and that the $50.00 fine was excessive. Shipley also claimed that the arresting officer attempted to humiliate him in his daughter's presence. The officer stated that Shipley resisted arrest. |
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View Entry | A. B. Conner v. James C. Conner, et al. | Hamilton | Office Holding, Illegal |
Additional defendants: H.H. Knox, A. Silcer, John W. Brown, G.W. Hixon and C.B. Champion. Justices of the Peace without any authority of law met and appointed James C. Conner as sheriff of Hamilton County and the other defendants as his deputies. A.B. Conner charged that said proceeding was illegal and therefore void and sued against defendants as usurpers of the sheriff office and they be restrained from performing his rightful duties as sheriff. |
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View Entry | Benjamin F. Newman v. Vredenburgh Thompson et al. | Jefferson | Office Holding, Illegal |
Add. Defs: William Caldwell, Milton H. McSpaddon, Daniel Meek, Montgomery Thornburgh, Nathaniel Hann, Robert Martin, Samuel Moser [Maser?], Edward B. Snoddy, Edward Riggs, Thomas B. Rippato (all county justices who voted against Newman). Under TN law, illegal for defaulter to hold office. Def. adjudged Newman a defaulter (for state revenues unaccounted for by him as sheriff & collector), vacated his office, & elected new sheriff, Marcus J. Parrott. Newman said their action was illegal. |
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View Entry | City of Memphis v. Judge Halsey & Andrew Davis | Shelby | Office Holding, Illegal | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | City of Memphis v. E. B. LeMaster | Shelby | Office Holding, Illegal |
The City of Memphis charges that E. B. LeMaster was not entitled to the salary he received as an officer of the City of Memphis as he was not lawfully an officer. The City of Memphis seeks to be reimbursed for the salary paid to LeMaster in error. |
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View Entry | City of Memphis v. C. T. Kelley | Shelby | Office Holding, Illegal |
The Board of Commissioners voted in C.T. Kelley to replace the vacancy left by Leo Goodman as Commissioner of Public Utilities, Grounds and Buildings. When Leo Goodman returned he filed a petition of certiorari against the Board of Commissioners charging the illegality and invalidity of declaring the office vacant. The City of Memphis wished to be reimbursed for the salary paid to C.T. Kelly as the votes taken to put him in as Commissioner were made and void. |
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View Entry | D. L. Lapsley (col.) v. State | Davidson | Resisting an officer | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Don Kelly v. State | Washington | Resisting an officer | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Ed Langham v. City of Brownsville | Haywood | Resisting an officer |
Cause of action: Resisting arrest by officer Dan Russell. |
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View Entry | Frank Taylor v. Alvin F. Tate | Shelby | Office Holding, Illegal |
Taylor was Superintendent of the City Hospital in Memphis. Taylor claimed that Tate was illegally appointed as the Superintendent and was interfering with Taylor's ability to run the hospital. Includes a published copy of a Motion to Dismiss Writ of Error from the James Dolan v. E. H. Crump, Et. Al. case. |
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View Entry | George W. Chambers v. Oscar Pemberton | Scott | Office Holding, Illegal | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Howell W. Williams v. Robert A. Cox | Jackson | Office Holding, Illegal |
Case involves a dispute over the dismissal and appointment of Clerk and Master of the court. |
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View Entry | John Alexander Campbell v. James E. Rice | Robertson | Office Holding, Illegal |
Challenge to the governor's appointment of a judge of the circuit court before the expiration of the previous judge's term. |
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View Entry | James Sheehan v. State | Perry | Resisting an officer | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | J. H. S. Morrison v. W. H. Buttram | Anderson | Office Holding, Banned from | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | J. Will Spradling et al.v. State ex rel. H. C. Snyder et al. | Knox | Office Holding, Banned from |
Cause of Action: Plaintiffs removed from office. Order only. |
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View Entry | J. D. Jeffers v. John Botts | Scott | Office Holding, Illegal | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Joseph A. Caldwell v. W. D. Lyon | Sullivan | Office Holding, Banned from |
The plaintiff was elected County Judge of Sullivan County in 1926 but claimed the defendant engineered legislative private acts to oust him. |
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View Entry | James R. Allen v. Litton Hickman | Davidson | Office Holding, Illegal |
Opinion only. Davidson County case found in East TN boxes. |
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View Entry | John P. Duncan, et al. v. Blount County Pike Commissioners | Blount | Malfeasance of Office |
$300K of bonds were set aside for the purpose of building new roadways in Blount County. The commissioners were accused of abandoning their duty to build the roads, of building roads in locations not authorized by statute. Suit was filed also to recover the money already paid for work done illegally. |
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View Entry | Rhea County et al. v. Walter White; Rhea County v. J.H. Miser; Rhea County et al. v. R. M. Green | Rhea | Office Holding, Banned from |
Too many additional plaintiffs to name; all were Justices of the Peace of Quarterly County Court and 3 were members of a Special Investigating Committee. Green had been a member and chairman of the County Board of Education; White the Superintendent. Def. were charged with mismanaging the school funds and removed from office. Def. sued for certiorari and got fiat from Judge in Circuit Court. Pla. suing for decree declaring fiat void as Circuit Court did not have authority over County Court. 3 folders |
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View Entry | State for the use of William Turner, Trustee v. Avery Green et al. | White | Office Holding, Banned from |
Additional Defendants: Benjamin Gish, John W. Taylor. Settlement of accounts from Trustee of White County. |
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View Entry | State v. William Stokely | Lauderdale | Resisting an officer |
Stokely is charged with resisting arrest, actually going so far as to assault Constable G. W. Barfield with a gun and threaten to shoot him. |
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View Entry | State v. J. H. Bennett | Meigs | Office Holding, Illegal | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | State v. Henry Reichmann | Shelby | Office Holding, Illegal |
Reichmann held the post of justice of the peace illegally. |
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View Entry | State v. T. H. Hays & C. H. Sims | Shelby | Resisting an officer |
Cause of action: Resisting an officer (J. M. underwood in the official discharge of his duty. |
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View Entry | State by Relator W. J. Williams v. C. W. Garrett | Smith | Office Holding, Illegal |
W. W. Wade was elected Chancellor of the 5th Chancery Division. Wade requested a 90 day leave from the Governor due to physical ailments and requested that the Governor appoint a special Chancellor in his absence. The Governor agreed and appointed R. L. Taylor. During this period Taylor appointed Williams to Clerk and Master of Chancery Court at Carthage. Williams however claims that G. W. Garrett was illegally appointed by Wade and occupies said office. |
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View Entry | State, Ex Rel v. R. T. Nicholson, James M. Shearer, M. Payne,& H. N. Bell | Polk | Malfeasance of Office |
Incomplete case file; volumes II & III only. Defendants were sued for failing to perform their duties as Justices of the Peace. Nicholson failed to gather the justices for meeting before a deadline, to elect various commissioners & to decide County financial appropriations. |
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View Entry | State v. C. W. Hughes, William Hughes | Macon | Resisting an officer | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | State ex. Rel. James P. Johnson v. E. B. Campbell | Williamson | Office Holding, Illegal | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | State v. James Maverty | Montgomery | Resisting an officer | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | State et al. v. The Masonic Temple of Memphis | Shelby | Office Holding, Illegal |
Additional plaintiffs: T. J. Latham, G. V. Rambaugh(?), N. M. Jones, C. B. Moore, T. B.Haynes, B. L. Bridges, H. Furstenheim, and W. Y. Cyrode(?). Additional defendants: Temple's Board of Directors. |
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View Entry | State ex rel. v. A. C. Vest | Bradley | Office Holding, Banned from |
Opinion only. |
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View Entry | State v. Paul Wright & Gaod Wright | Humphreys | Resisting an officer |
Opinion only. Humphreys County case found in East TN boxes. |
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View Entry | State, George B. Peters, Attorney General v. F. W. Davidson | Shelby | Office Holding, Banned from |
F. W. Davidson sues for the eligibility to hold the office of Notary Public, though, as a woman, declared incapable of performing those duties by state law. |
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View Entry | State v. Miles Little | Henderson | Resisting an officer | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | State v. Lou Jones | Weakley | Resisting an officer | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | State ex rel. L. C. Ely v. Joe N. Lonas | Knox | Office Holding, Illegal |
The plaintiff brought suit against the defendant, challenging the right of Lonas to serve as one of the five members of the Knox County Highway Commission. The defendant's surname is sometimes listed as "Lones." |
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View Entry | State ex rel. v. Burchfield | Jefferson | Office Holding, Banned from |
Joseph Burchfield accused of unlawfully holding the position of director of public schools for the 48th School District of Jefferson County. |
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View Entry | State v. Andrew Rader & William Rader | Greene | Resisting an officer |
The defendants are accused of threatening and attempting to intimidate Solomon Wampler, a constable who was attempting to execute a warrant for the arrest of James A. Taylor. |
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View Entry | William Lowery v. State | Polk | Resisting an officer |
"Interfering with an Officer in His Official Duty." |
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View Entry | W. Y. Boswell v. Charley Powell | Morgan | Office Holding, Illegal |
Plaintiff was elected to the County Board of Education for a seven year term, three of which had lapsed at this time. The Quarterly County Court then pretended to elect the defendant to the position, causing the plaintiff to vacate his position. He charges that the action of the Court pretending to declare the office vacant and the supposed election of the defendant is illegal and void. |
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