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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 | 1850 | John Hendrickson v. State | Cannon | Assault and Battery | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 230 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1850 | Joshua Vaser v. Stephen A. Mitchell | Cannon | Land and Title Dispute |
Dispute over a tract of land in Cannon County that consisted of 175 acres of land. The defendant owned land boarding to that of Vaser. Vaser claimed that Mitchell devised a plan to cheat and defraud him out of his land for less than half its worth by preying on his creditablity and fears by falas eand fraudulent respresntation that someone was about to sue him for a large claim. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: Oversize 4 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1850 | James K. Eason v. Warren Cummings | Cannon | Replevin | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 238 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1850 | Joseph Ramsey et al. v. John Martin Jr. & John Martin Sr. | Cannon | Debt Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Alexander Black and P. A. Marbury. Black & Marbury were partners under Black & Marbury from Warren County who had already recovered a judement from defendants for $212. Plaintiff claimed he was insolvent and therefore unable to pay debt. Black & Marbury therefore sold and transferred judgment to Ramsey and therefore he is entitled to whatever may be realized from it. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: Oversize 4 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1850 | Martha C. Gunther. v. John Hendrickson | Cannon | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Amount of damages $550.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 231 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1850 | M.C. Williams et al. v. Alfred Tenpenny | Cannon | Error in Proceedings |
Court listed wrong debt amount in judgment; amount owed should be changed from $121.40 to $210.56 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 238 | 0 | Order A Copy |