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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 | 1922 | John McCaslin, et al. v. James Perkins | Cannon | Other |
Other plaintiffs: Bill Ferrell; James Ferrell; Tom Ferrell. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 419 | 86 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | John W. Sumnar v. Sarah Cooper, et al. | Cannon | Other |
Other defendants: B. B. Cooper; Rebeccah Cooper; Sally Cooper; John Cooper. Plaintiff trying to have defendant declared "a lunatic or a person of unsound mind" & for him to become her guardian. Other defendants "by false & fraudulent means &… representations get almost unlimited control & influence over the said Sarah…[& they] have sought through that medium to get from her what little property she has." |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 250 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | State v. Samuel Stacey | Cannon | Other |
Charge of visiting a bawdy house kept by Sarah Baltimore. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 19a | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1882 | State v. James Tucker | Cannon | Other |
Tucker accused of taking female from her father |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 174 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | State v. William G. Pendleton | Cannon | Other |
The defendant was charged with "abduction and seduction" of a woman named Elizabeth Woods for the purpose of prostitution. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 697 | 82 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | William H. Magness v. A. McRobinson | Cannon | Other |
Bill was filed to enforce a vendor's lieu for a tract of land that the defendant had purchased from a third party, J. Eaton. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 761 | 85 | Order A Copy |