Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1876 A. L. Stamps v. John Ashley Coffee Promissory Note

The plaintiff sued the defendant on a note under seal for $1000.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 22a 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 Armstrong & Co. v. Gibson & McDonald et al. Coffee Debt

Defendants: William B. Gibson & William R. McDonald & James W. Williams. Partners in trade under the name Gibson and McDonald.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 267 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 A. J. Smartt v. North Carolina & St. Louis Rail Road Co. Coffee Injury and Damages

Sues for $5,000 for damages while in the employment of the defendant.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 669 57 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 Alexander Hodge v. Willis Blanton Coffee Trespass and Damages

The Defendant buried a slave in the Plaintiff's family graveyard. Damages at $1000.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 275 64 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 A. F. Vincent v. J. J. Green Coffee Conveyance

Vincent claimed that J. J. Green sold him a lot to build a house and after the house was built it was determined that J. J. Green did not have the right to sell the lot. Case went to the Supreme Court originally in 1854 but was returned to Coffee County after the original ruling was over-turned by the Supreme Court and a new trial was ordered.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 612 72 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 A. Jacobs, et al. v. Coffee County, et al. Coffee Other

Additional plaintiffs: A. Jacobs, John McGill, R. A. McGill, and E. Ferrell. Additional defendants: C. N. Townsend, Geo. W. Jernigan. Cause of action: recovery on earlier judgment for breach of official bond as tax collector.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 643 147 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Bank of Tennessee v. Francis M. Boyd, & his securities Coffee Failure to Return Execution Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 258 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1854 Benjamin Corn, et al. v. Belsey Willis & John Bostick Coffee Wills, Contested

Additional Plaintiffs: Elizabeth Corn, Mary Bostick, Lewis Bostick, Fonsk Bostick, Albert Bostick, Nancy Bostick, and Little Berry Bostick. Case also involves debt and property dispute, plus child custody issues.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1890 B. P. Bashaw v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Rail Road Company Coffee Damages

Plaintiff is sued for the defendant killing one of his bay mares and injuring another bay horse and a mule to his damage of $500.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 844 53 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 Bank of Tennessee v. C. C. Brewer et al Coffee Debt

Additional defendants: G.W. Turner, William Turner, C.W.F. Timmons & W.P. Shelton. Plaintiff awarded a judgment against defendants for $357.17 in 1860, the execution of said judgment issued April 1868. Case complicated by death of defendant Shelton before debt settlement.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 736 52 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 D. D. Holt v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company Coffee Damages Middle Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 38 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 D. M. Meredith, admr. v. First National Bank of Tullahoma Coffee Debt Settlement

J. L. Dibrell of White County died May 1910 leaving a will which appointed Meredith as admr. cum testamento anexo and qualified as such admr. and entered upon the discharge of the duties of trust. Dibrell in his lifetime borrowed for defendant $6700 & executed 2 notes. Only security taken was stock in Bon Air Coal & Iron Co. This stock and equal amount of said notes were sold and applied to the credit. However, Dibrell's estate insolvent and the defendant lost the majority of these notes.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 998 47 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 David Randal et al. v. A. Barton et al. Coffee Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: H. H. Harrison. Additional Defendants: J. A. Carden, C. O. Purvis, W. B. Gibson, and Silas McBer.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 Edmund Lusk v. J. A. Carden & John C. Pyron Coffee Debt Dispute

Case also involves a suit for damages.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 279 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 E. E. Thocker v. A. R. Woods & William R. McDonald Coffee Debt

$800.00

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 273 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 E. J. Rayburn v. N. D. Norton Coffee Land Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 686 54 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 E. J. Riley v. State Coffee Assault and Battery Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 285 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 Fred Stewart& S. D. Stewart v. State Coffee Murder

Opinion only. Coffee County case found in East TN boxes.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 83 9 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 Fannie Dunaway v. John F. King Coffee Debt

Debt due by note. Additional Case: Fannie Dunaway v. John F. King and B. P. Layne.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 601 31 Order A Copy
View Entry 1843 George W. Thompson v. John Herriford Coffee Damages

Amount of damages, $1,000.00.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 211 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1843 George N. Whitson v. H. C. Ferguson Coffee Recovery

Listed as "Enrolled in Book No.2, Pages 590-92." Recovery on debt.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 George W. Cross v. J. S. McGuire Coffee Debt

Debt of $26.60 for legal services.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 623 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 Gabriel Maupin, trustee for V. B. Armstrong v. Thomas Davidson Coffee Non-Payment of Debt

Davidson rented Armstrong's farm from his agent, Maupin in 1871 with bank notes, and ended the year indebted to Maupin. Davidson was ordered to pay the debt with livestock, and farm equipment, and after 20 days Maupin could sell it at public auction. See Add'l documentation in box MT 269.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 7a 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 G. W. Burton v. S. E. Rayburn et al. Coffee Debt

Defendants: Robert Rayburn, French Rayburn, A. Jacob, security, & William Jacob, security. Plaintiff claimed the defendants owed him $2317.67.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 26a 21 Order A Copy
View Entry 1850 G. E. Bowden v. Patrick Williams Coffee Debt

This is a debt relating to nine mules

 Middle Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 230 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 G. C. Raney et al. v. Peter Anthony Coffee Debt

Additional plaintiffs: J. M. Muse, and W. A. McDaniel. Plaintiffs bring suit to recover debt due by the defendant. Plaintiffs note that the defendant offered them $25 if they would arrest Sarah Looney who was wanted for the murder of the defendant's aunt, Mrs. H. C. Arington. Plaintiffs complain that upon arresting Looney, the defendant refused to pay the agreed upon reward.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 912 49 Order A Copy
View Entry 1877 Henry Summerfield v. Stewart Strickler Coffee Debt Dispute Middle Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 48 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1860 H. Armstrong, et al. v. State Coffee Assault and Battery

Victim was dragged from his bed by a lynch mob and was whipped and flogged.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 311 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1877 H. H. Beckman v. W. G. Rayburn & L. P. Fields Coffee Debt on Account

Debt due by account under $500.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 29 21 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 H. W. Norton v. Benjamin F. Moore Coffee Trespass and Damages Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 289 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1859 Hillman& Brothers v. Wiley Hickerson Coffee Debt Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 287 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1872 H. D. Singleton v. A. R. Wilson Coffee Damages

Damages for failing to comply with a contract for building a mill dam.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 629 57 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 H. F. M. Duncan v. The Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Coffee Damages

Plaintiff brings suit seeking damages for injuries sustained after a train owned and operated by the defendant scared his horse causing it to fall on him. Plaintiff complains that the defendant was negligent in its duty to signal its approach to a public area by sounding its horn or by other means of warning. Plaintiff complains that the accident crushed and bruised his body and is seeking damages of $5,000.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 951 27 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 John Davidson & W. F. Davidson v. Cynthia Bowden, et al. Coffee Debt

Additional defendants: Thomas Garrett, Nancy Garrett, John Bowden, Charles Bowden, Sarah Ann Bowden, James Bowden, Effie Jane Bowden, Thomas Bowden, and Lydia Bowden.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 258 24 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 John Huffman v. A. R. Wood & James Stephens Coffee Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 6 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 J. S. Anderson v. State Coffee Assault with Force and Arms

Defendant is accused with assaulting Wyatt Sayve.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 271 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 John H. Duncan v. John S. Lowe et al. Coffee Debt

Additional Defendants: Wesly Lowe, R. Rayburn

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 275 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 J. E. Meadows, et al. v. F. H. Nesbit Coffee Other

Additional plaintiffs: Samuel Foster, J. W. Cropleis. Cause of action: wage dispute. Nesbit claimed Meadows and Foster owed him the amount due him for "teaching a Public School."

 Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 669 87 Order A Copy
View Entry 1838 Johnson & Rayburn v. William P. Campbell & George W. Richardson Coffee Debt

An extra sheet of paper indicates the case name Stuart Cowan v. Joseph Duncan and seems to have nothing to do with the rest of the case.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 308 15 Order A Copy
View Entry 1844 John Morrow v. Samuel Hatfield Coffee Estate Dispute

Morrow administrator of David McGowan, deceased. Disputed property includes slave named Thomas.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 214 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1845 James W. Keele v. Willis Blanton et al. Coffee Trespass and Damages

Additional defendant - R. W. Casey Amount of damages $1000.00

 Middle Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 218 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 John A. Moore v. O. E. Lynch Coffee Non-Payment of Debt

In April of 1872 an execution for $46+costs was paid by John Price against Moore, in Lynch's favor. The execution was passed to different constables in different counties in an attempt to collect the amount. Lynch & Moore had a history of being indebted to one another.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 6a 31 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 J. W. Cubberson v. John Robinson Coffee Notes

Incomplete case file. Documents included seem to concern re-taxing the costs of the case. The original case appears to be a dispute over a note on a tract of land.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 21a 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 John R. Wiley v. James H. Bennett Coffee Trespass Middle Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 31 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 John W. Kelle v. Nancy Teal et al. Coffee Debt Dispute

Additional Defendants: Edward Teal, Albert Teal, and Elias Teal.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 251 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1860 J. P. Morrison v. H. R. A. McCorkle Coffee Land, Sale of Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 291 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1869 J. P. Miller v. J. J. Hill, et al. Coffee Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: Bealy Guither, A. R. Wood, Catherine Hill, and Simeon Hollis.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 284 164 Order A Copy
View Entry 1908 John Hill v. R. S. Messe Coffee Damages

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 Middle Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 526 38 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 J. W. Taylor v. Sally Jerrigan Coffee Ejectment

Plaintiff bought 10 acres of land known as Oak Hill Seminary from Jones & Lind, and obtained deed in Sept. 1887. Defendant was living on land, and gained permission to stay for a few nights to make financial arrangements. Plaintiff brought suit when defendant refused to vacate.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 736 43 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 J. A. Vincent v. The Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway Company Coffee Damages

Plaintiff filed suit to recover $500 for damages to his land caused by fire from one of the defendant's engines. The fire damaged 110 acres of the plaintiff's land.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 764 76 Order A Copy

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