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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 | 1853 | Barney B. Stephens & W. D. Davis v. Duck River S. W. N. Co. | Maury | Property Damage |
Stephens and Davis claim this company has erected a dam that has caused back up, flooding, and damage to their mills. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | Bank of Tennessee v. John C. Neilly& William Pillow | Maury | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1853 | Columbia& Hampshire Turnpike Co. v. William L. Garner | Maury | Failure to Pay |
Failure to pay toll. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | Edward H. Chaffin, exe. of R. C. Whiteside v. James N. Scribner | Maury | Debt |
Amount of Debt $500 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 240 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | Hightine Middleton v. George R. Long | Maury | Damages |
Property includes slaves. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | John Scribner v. Edward H. Chaffin | Maury | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 239 | 4 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1853 | John F. Jordan v. Franklin A. Polk | Maury | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 7 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1853 | Joseph H. Sheppard& William H. Gordon v. Arthur Ferguson& Thomas H. Treadway | Maury | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 240 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1853 | J. W. Edwards v. Edward H. Chaffin exe., of Richard Whiteside | Maury | Debt |
Amount of debt $500.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | James H. Wilkes & William Perry, admr. of B. F. Macon v. Edward H. Chaffin, admr. of R. C. Whiteside | Maury | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 240 | 8 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1853 | Joseph A. Walker & John B. Langford v. Noble D. Ellis & Christopher C. Moore | Maury | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 239 | 40 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1853 | Jeremiah Crafton v. Samuel P. McGee | Maury | Breach of Contract |
Failure to transport corn. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 242 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | John Jamison v. John Davis | Maury | Debt |
Jamison claims Davis owes him $50 for the use of one of his slaves |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | President, Directors & Co. of the Union Bank of the State of Tenn. v. Alfred& John Smiser | Maury | Debt |
This deals with the estate of G. T. Greenfield and Mrs. Greenfield as executrix on a thousand dollar certificate and how it was credited at the bank |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | President & Board of Directors of the Bank of Tennessee v Richard C. Whiteside, John C. Neeley& Jesse S. Harris | Maury | Debt |
Richard C. Whiteside died and his executor was Edward H. Chaffin. Chaffin was trying to settle the estate with the partners against the bank. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | Robert A. Parker v. Edward H. Chaffin | Maury | Estate Dispute |
Chaffin executor of John Kirk, deceased. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 248 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | Samuel A. Pointer v. Edward H. Chaffin | Maury | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 239 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1853 | Silas D. Thompson, et al. v. Absalom Thompson | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional plaintiffs: John Bridgeforth and wife Elizabeth, Joseph Smith, James Robertson and wife Harriett, Enos Crawford and wife Susan, Robert Crawford and wife. This case concerns a slave. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 240 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | State v. The Columbia& Hampshire Turnpike Company | Maury | Breach of Contract | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 239 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1853 | Sydney Y. Watson v. Lewis G. Lanier | Maury | Covenant Broken | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 248 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1853 | William Turner v. Hugh Bradshaw & George W. Gordon | Maury | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 240 | 4 | 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 | 1853 | William McKissack & James T. McKissack v. Harmon W. Smith | Maury | Scire Facias |
This seems to be a debt of Harmon Miller with the business of the McKissack Company. The administrator of the estate of Harmon Miller, Harmon W. Smith filed against the McKissack |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 0 | Order A Copy |