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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 | 1899 | Amanda & William Blount v. M. J. Strawn, et al. | Decatur | Wills, Contested |
Several other defendants with Tenn. surnames: Tuten, Boggan & Akin. Case involved the Blount's attempting to recover possession and rents of a tract of land in Decatur Co. This case was tied in a bundle with Mendenhall v. Southern Normal University. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 703 | 9 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | B. W. Myracle, et al. v. J. F. Watson, et al. | Decatur | Wills, Contested |
William Myracle's left his land & effects to his single sister, Mary; if she died or married while their single brother, B. W., was still living, everything went to B. W. William also stipulated that J. C. P. Myracle "get me a toom-stone and that of my child, plain ones." B. W., who had power to sell the land for Mary's upkeep, sold it to Watson while Mary was still living. However, it was shown that Mary had plenty of money in the bank. "Et als." too numerous to mention. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1040 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Samuel B. Stephens & John F. Stephens by next friend E. J. Houston v. Albert Fisher & Ernest Fisher | Decatur | Wills, Construction of |
Concerns the will of Harriett Wall. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 714 | 30 | Order A Copy |