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Tennessee Supreme Court Cases
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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | A. W. Howard& Company v. City Grain & Feed Company | Maury | Petitions for Certiorari | Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 491 | 10 | Order A Copy | ||
| View Entry | 1876 | B. F. Parks v. G. M. Craig | Maury | Petitions for Certiorari |
In 1875, Craig recovered an judgment against Parks for $269. This case concerns a dispute over whether or not this judgment was ever paid. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 22 | 21 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | D. B. Cooper clerk& master v. M. E. Voss et al. | Maury | Property, Petition to Compel Delive |
Additional defendant - W. D. Davis |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 53 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1866 | George M. Pullen& Thomas Pullen v. Elisha Pullen | Maury | Ex Parte Petition |
Brothers George and Thomas Pullen charge their father, Elisha Pullen to be of infirm and unsound mind and therefore incapable of attending to his property or himself. They seek the court to appoint someone to take charge of himself and his property. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 172 | 22 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1887 | G. W. C. Maxwell, et al. v. Samuel M. Arnell, et al. | Maury | Petition to Compel Sale |
Other plaintiffs: A. F. Alexander. Other defendants: Cornelia C. Arnell (spouse of Samuel). Petition to sell defendant's land in order to satisfy $1718.72 debt to plaintiffs. See Columbia Central Turnpike Company v. A. N. Akin (in MT 702) for case resulting from sale of land in this case. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 702 | 78 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1895 | Gaar, Scott & Co. v. Hughes & Hatcher | Maury | Petition to Compel Payment |
The plaintiff company, a corporation of Indiana, sued the defendant firm of attorneys in Columbia, Tennessee to hold them liable for a note sent to them for collection. The plaintiffs claimed the defendants collected money for the plaintiffs and then lost the money through their negligence in a bank that failed. No complete docket number. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1093 | 139 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1866 | State v. Mick Blanton F. M. C. | Maury | Larceny, Petit |
Judgment only. Case is incomplete. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 726 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1877 | Susan Revier by next friend v. Houser, Brown, et al. | Maury | Sale, Petition to Halt |
Additional defendants: James M. Sheppard, N. W. Jones. Land was purchased with profit from sale of slave. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 32 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | State v. Henry Butler (col.) | Maury | Larceny, Petit |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 715 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1866 | State v. Richard Voorhees (free man of color) | Maury | Larceny, Petit |
Judgment only. Case incomplete. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 726 | 4 | 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 |