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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 | 1882 | A. J. Winter& Co. v. Henry Ohlmacher | Warren | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 52 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1818 | Jacob Lane v. John A. Wilson | Warren | Non-Payment of Debt |
Lane obtained a judgement against Wilson for $370. Wilson was put in debtor's jail. A survey was filed for a tract of land on Wilson's behalf. Wilson was found to have purchased land from W. Gibbs. Wilson was named insolvent, owing multiple parties money. Lane sued to recover the debt through the sale of Wilson's land or otherwise. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 4a | 74 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1819 | Jacob Alan v. John A. Wilson & James McEwen & William White v. John A. Wilson & James McEwen | Warren | Non-Payment of Debt |
In 1815, Thomas Brown obtained a judgment against White on security for Wilson for $300. Then they obtained a judgment against Wilson for $1,800, but Wilson was insolvent. James McEwen then filed a bill of interpleader against Wilson for $500, as leverage for the debt, Wilson had mortgaged an enslaved worker. The suit was filed to settle each of these complaints. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 5a | 74 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | John W. Hill v. James A. Richardson et al | Warren | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Add. defendant: Meridith Hill. J.W. Hill holds two notes from the defendant made out to M. Hill totaling $200. A vendor's lieu was made for a tract of land, as well. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 749 | 118 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1819 | Samuel Lewis v. James Lockhart, admr. of John Strothers, decd. | Warren | Non-Payment of Debt |
John Strothers executed a note binding himself to Samuel Lewis for a debt of $315. Strothers then died, and Lewis sued the estate to recover the debt. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 4 | 13 | Order A Copy |