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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 | 1875 | D. A. Dugger & Company v. W. L. Murphy | Maury | Promissory Note |
Additional plaintiffs: E. H. Green, J. H. Duger. Plaintiffs sued the defendant for $1000 in promissory notes made by the defendant on May 11, 1872. Each note was $500. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 18 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | D. G. Cooper & Wife v. F. H. Watkins | Maury | Promissory Note |
In 1883, D. G. Cooper executed a promissory note to F. H. Watkins for $300.00, secured by a mortgage on some land. Initially, Watkins refused to make the loan. When he did finally agree a few months after, he only gave him $80.00 and was to pay off certain judgments against the plaintiff in the circuit court. After Watkins had asked Cooper several times to renew the mortgage for more money, Cooper began to suspect that something was amiss. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 712 | 71 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | Elias J. Armstrong v. Hunter Nicholson et al. | Maury | Default on Promissory Note |
Additional Defendants: W. J. Bale and A.O.P. Nicholson. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1022 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | George R. Knox v. Thomas J. Whittaker | Maury | Promissory Note |
Knox is trying to recover $2000.00 owed to him by the defendant in two promissory notes for $1000.00 each due December 25, 1875 and 1876. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 721 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | Joe J. Dobbins v. R. B. Moore, et al. | Maury | Promissory Note |
Additional Defendants: J. T. Williamson, B. W. Porter, T. L. Porter, and N. Porter. J. T. Williamson became the executor of R. B. Moore's estate. C |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 49a | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | J. S. Brandon et al. v. Price, Ferris & Co. | Maury | Promissory Note |
Additional plaintiffs: Thomas S. Brandon. Promissory note for $1483.00. Incomplete case. |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 570 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | Joseph M. Sowell v. A. J. Stanfill, et al. | Maury | Notes |
Sowell claimed that A. J. & George H. Stanfill were indebted to him on a joint note for $1250 that was due in 1861. One of the payers tried to pay $500 balance on the note with Confederate Treasury notes and it was declined by Sowell. Henry C. Sowell, deceased. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 23a | 97 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | J. W. Slass v. J. T. S. Greenfield | Maury | Default on Promissory Note | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | James M. Granberry v. J. H. Hoge, et al. | Maury | Promissory Note |
Additional Defendants: Lucretia A. Hoge, James H. Thomas. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 500 | 66 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | Robert Mack v. R. H. Hill et al. | Maury | Land, Promissory Note |
Additional Defendants: J. F. Rankin. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 321 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1845 | State v. David C. Gillespie | Maury | Non-payment of Bank Note | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 219 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1892 | Sarah H. Myers, et al. v. John B. Bond, et al. | Maury | Promissory Note |
Addtl pltfs.: Bettie & E. C. McDowell, Annie M. Brown, Mary Myers, Lena Myers, and all heirs at law of L. D. Myers. Addtl dfnts: O. Z. Bond, wife of John B., and John & Florence Hurn. The pltfs sold to dfnts Bond a certain lot of land in in Maury County the total amount due 12 months after the death of dfnt. Payments were to be made annually until the death of dfnt on Nov. 15, payments were missed. Pltf sued for payment and interest on said note. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 946 | 37 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1843 | The Planters Bank of Tennessee v. John Kirk et al. | Maury | Default on Promissory Note |
Additional Defendants: Gardner Frierson, Archilaus M. Hughes. Plaintiff seeks $10,000 who made security on a promissory note of one Thomas Gregory. This note was allegedly never honored. Listed as "Recorded in Book No. 2, 756-62." |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | William T. Roberts v. Robert Cross | Maury | Promissory Note |
Roberts states that Cross has failed to pay him the amount agreed upon in a promissory note |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | W. D. Benderman v. A. F. Johnson et al. | Maury | Default on Promissory Note |
Additional Defendants: John Nicholson and John A. Miller |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 41 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | William K. Jones v. Thomas A. Harris, et al. | Maury | Default on Promissory Note |
Additional Defendant: Annie L.E. Harris. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 60 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | W. B. Wilson v. Robert G. Harris, et al. | Maury | Petition on Promissory Note |
Additional Defendant: John Frierson. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 595 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1882 | W. J. Dale Trustee v. J. H. & L. A. Hoge | Maury | Promissory Note |
John M. Larkins and John A. Walker merchants in Columbia, TN. W. J. Dale appointed trustee of J. M. Larkins and Co. A note conveyed to Dale by defendant L. Hoge for $582.97. Mrs. Hoge promised to pay the note with 10% interest per year until paid in full. The firm failed and Dale, as trustee, filed the note against L. Hoge and her husband and subjected the separate estate of the wife to its payment. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 712 | 107 | Order A Copy |