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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 | 1878 | Bettie V. Hearn et al. v. John F. Weedon, admr., for G. W. Thompson, et al. | Cannon | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
Additional plaintiffs: H.M. Hearn. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 47 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | H. L. Elam v. John McClain | Cannon | Sale of Goods |
Witnesses: M.C. Neeley, Joseph Knose, Alice Wilson, William Moss, James Guy, William Peeler, and Jonathan Craft. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 31 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Isaac E. Rucker v. J. B. Hawkins | Cannon | Fraud | Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 31 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1878 | John K. Rigsby v. James H. Mitchell, Sheriff | Cannon | Petitions for Exception |
Actual charge is Petition for Supersedeas. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 56 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Peter C. Tally v. H. A. Wiley | Cannon | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 31 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1878 | Rueben McAdoo v. State | Cannon | Assault | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1878 | State v. H. House | Cannon | Liquor Violation |
Defendant was accused of unlawfully selling two quarts of spirituous liquors to Jeff Thomas for A. J. Thomas. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 35a | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | State v. Emery Phillips | Cannon | Disturbance of Public Worship |
Phillips was charged with disturbing Ausments Chapel Church in Cannon County with noise, profane discourse, rude and indecent behavior. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 35a | 10 | Order A Copy |