Johnson v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
from Humphreys. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Humphreys County. A. H. Munford, J.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAlister, J.
The plaintiff in error was indicted in the Circuit Court of Humphreys County for the murder of "W. G. Averett. At the July term, 1896, the prisoner was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed by the jury at confinement in the State penitentiary for the term of five years. He has appealed in error.
The plaintiff in error owned and occupied, with his family, a house and lot in the town of Waverly. It appears that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen had laid out and ordered to be opened, a street, eighteen feet in width, in front of defendant’s property. Prior to this time there…
2Cited by9 opinions
- Clarence Phillips v. William S. Neil, Warden, Tennessee State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
- Davis v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1930
- Ryall v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1958
- Reichman v. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1918
- Temples v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1946
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