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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 | 1877 | C. W. Prior and wife Jesse Prior v. Henry M. Coleman | Warren | Land, Sale of |
March 1871, Prior's purchased of Coleman 2 tracts of land in DeKalb County. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendant told them that the land was well adapted for stock raising, good grazing land, a probability for an early extension of the railroad and had a first class institution for learning. The plaintiffs claimed that all this was false except for the grazing. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 21a | 64 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1819 | Heirs of William White v. Commissioner of McMinnville | Warren | Land, Sale of |
Dispute over the sale of a plot of land in Warren County |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 366 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1845 | Jesse Webb, et al. v. Thomas H. Hopkins | Warren | Land, Sale of |
Additional plaintiff: William Hayes. Amount of land in dispute: 175 acres |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 220 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1882 | J. P. Scott et al. v. R. H. Mason et al. | Warren | Land, Sale of |
Additional Complainant: W. L. Clark. Additional Defendants: F. M. Smith, E. J. Stubblefield, W. J. Morrow, P. H. Coffee, and W. V. Whitson. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1843 | Martha Alexander v. Nathaniel Perry et al. | Warren | Land, Sale of |
Additional defendant - James Perry land tracts in the following amounts 50 acres, 15 acres, 25 acres, 15 acres and 34 acres |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1838 | Thomas Meadows v. Thomas Hopkins | Warren | Land, Sale of |
The amount of land in question is 30 acres. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 208 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1845 | William P. Lawrence v. Bernard Richardson et al. | Warren | Land, Sale of |
Additional defendants - Robert Webb, George C. Britt, Benjamin B. Britt and James Joger Amount of land in dispute 422 1/2 acres valued at $3000.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 217 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | William J. Stubblefield v. William P. Humble et al. | Warren | Land, Sale of |
Additional Defendants: Mary Humble, William Stevens, John Harriet, Ruth Gardner, Ella Gardner, Sarah Gardner, Virginia Gardner, Elvira Gardner, Van Gardner. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1915 | York & Robinson v. Sam T. Byers, et al. | Warren | Land, Sale of |
Additional Defendants: U.S. Knight and wife, Ella, W.H. Byers, Irena Mason and Dan Bain (all residents of Warren County). William York and W.A. Robinson were partners in the firm of York & Robinson, a hardware business at McMinnville. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 118 | 0 | Order A Copy |