Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1922 John McCaslin, et al. v. James Perkins Cannon Other

Other plaintiffs: Bill Ferrell; James Ferrell; Tom Ferrell.
Cause of action: Right of way for road through neighboring property.

 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