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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 | 1861 | A. Kline v. Elisha Long | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1865 | C. Carter v. Turner Foster et al. | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Mariah Porter, George Hitchings, John Gleares, Henry Gleares, the Bank of Tennessee, William Gleares, F. R. Cheatham, John Gleaves, and W. D. Robertson. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | Charles Sayers v. E. A. Holmes | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Case also includes disputes over debt and property. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | Carlin Rice v. John T. Baker | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Plaintiff filed to clear his title to land with a mill on it from the attempt of the defendant to void the title. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 748 | 202 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1828 | David McGavock, et al. v. Samuel Shannon, et al | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs and defendants not listed. Noted as "the heirs of Joseph Philips." |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Ezekiel Norris v. George W. Campbell | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 370 | 60 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1869 | Henry Hill, et al.v. A. G. Goodlett, et al | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: W. S. W. Dumisaul, Feruguson, D. D. Ellis, James Kendrick, James Stevenson, Andrew Anderson, Austin Green, J. N. Wilson, W. H. Johnson, Erskine Goodlett, and A. G. Goodlett. Additional Defendants: Chruch Cursley, Thomas Bell, John S. McGann, Warren Jackson, C. W. Adams, and C. T. Mulley, admr. of A. G. Payne, dec. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 284 | 52 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Josiah Richards v. Jonathan & Samuel Betts | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Dispute revolved around a tract of land on the Harpeth River in Davidson County, sold to the plaintiff by Samuel Betts, agent for Jonathan Betts. There is a survey of the property included in the case. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | John O. White v. John McGavock | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional parties: Nashville Building Association, John W. Terrass, Anson Nelson. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 46 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | John K. Edmondson v. Charles Barrett | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1861 | John Sigler v. James Long et al. | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: W. Cartwright and M. J. Couch. Exhibit - Newspapers |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1818 | John Woolridge et al. v. John & Sally Nichols | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Ephraim H. Foster, Josiah Woolridge, James Dupree, Susan Ingram, and Alfred Nichols. The plaintiffs were entitled to an undivided interest in land left to them by John Nichols, according to his will. However, John & Sally attempted to claim a division of the land. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 4a | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1841 | John Young v. Napoleon B. Young | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 204 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1853 | John Den, lessee of S. W. Nance v. John W. Thompson | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
This case deals with a 130 acres tract on Mill Creek which both parties believed that they had title to. This land had been in the name of the heirs of James Jackson deceased. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | J. R. Savage and William Collins, in error v. William Austin | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
This is a dispute over the rightful ownership of a tract of land. Austin took possesion of the land and the court issued judgement in his favor prior to the appeal. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1108 | 112 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | James Kirkpatrick and Wife v. Joseph G. Brauch | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
The plaintiffs James and Lizzie sued the defendant, Joeseph Brauch, for $450 of rent on a lot they possessed for the period they were dispossessed of it. They were in previous suits with the defendant that were ruled in his favor and resulted in their eviction from their home. When the court ruled the defendant's deed and claim to mortgage was void, the plaintiffs moved back into their home and brought suit to recover the funds the lost during the defendant's occupation of their lot. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1087 | 41 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | John G. Carper, et al. v. Thomas A. Kercheval, et al. | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Other plaintiffs: Lona E. Walker. Other defendants: William Marlin. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 696 | 66 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | M. M. Brien Sr., et al. v. Summon Sullivan | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiff - Willie Woodard |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 63 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | Mayor & city council of Nashville v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Dispute over ownership and right of way on a tract of land in East Nashville referred to as the "Edgefield Dump." Mention of John Shelby is made in the case as the land was originally conveyed by John Shelby's trustee to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 750 | 113 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1915 | Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Mrs. Maggie C. Harris | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
2 folders. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 79 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1869 | R. F. Bell v. Hugh McGavock | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 329 | 27 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1873 | R. F. Bell, et al. v. James Still | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: R. F. Bell, S. S. Bell, John Bugg, and Mary R. Bugg. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 312 | 73 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | R. H. Whittermore et al. v. Robert Scott | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: C. W. Whittenmore, Mary Whittenmore, Martha E. Whittenmore, Nancy Eason and William Eason. Dispute over a tract of land owned by Lewis Whittenmore, deceased. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 21a | 123 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1848 | Susan C. Haywood et al. v. Enoch Ensley | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Testimony only. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Thomas Shute, et al. v. John Patterson | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Phillip Shute and John Harding. The number of acres in dispute is 135 acres. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1810 | William Rutherford v. William Wharton | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 612 | 71 | Order A Copy |