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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 | 1859 | Allen Brown v. Hugh Brown | Maury | Slaves, Ownership of |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he unlawfully possesses slaves that belong to the Defendant. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 271 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | Alvis Williams v. J. D. Wortham | Maury | Land, Sale of |
Incomplete case. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 612 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | B. F. Parkes et al v. J. Milton Parkes | Maury | Land, Sale of |
Defendant recovered a judgment against the plaintiff in March 1876 for $785 and he has not paid and therefore the Constable was going to sell his property to be the debt unless restrained by the court. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 23 | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | B. A. Wilkes & J. E. R. Carpenter v. The Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Maury | Breach of Contract |
The defendants operated a railway to carry merchandise between St. Petersburg and Columbia. The plaintiffs contracted with the defendant to transport 1,200 hogs between St. Petersburg and Columbia. Defendants refused to receive hogs for transportation. Defendants had to transport hogs by wagon and lost money on the sale of the hogs at market. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 711 | 192 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Campbell Brown v. R. A. McLemore | Maury | Breach of Bond |
Plaintiff suing as administrator of estate of R. S. Ewell, deceased. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 522 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | David F. Wilson& John H. Stratton et al. v. Thomas Cheatham | Maury | Breach of Contract |
Additional Plaintiffs: William P. Gant. Additional Cause of Action: Trespass on the case with damages. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 155 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | F. B. Rains & Sons v. F. Hammer Paint Co. | Maury | Breach of Contract |
F.B. Rains and Son is comprised of F.B. Rains and A.B. Rains. Plaintiff is seeking damages for breach of contract and failing to honor a warranty after the F. Hammer paint company changed their paints and allegedly added unwanted fillers. F. Hammer Paint Co. is located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The case file includes a list of the paint ingredients, one being lead. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 780 | 89 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1830 | Harvey Hodge v. Anderson G. Youngblood | Maury | Sale of Damaged/Misrepresented Goods |
Plaintiff's name also spelled Hoge in documents. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 191 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | Hugh Brown v. Hamilton & Allen Brown | Maury | Slaves, Ownership of |
Dispute over the ownership of 9 slaves in which the plaintiff has owned for 6 years and has never meant to convey the ownership of these slaves to anyone else. Hamilton Brown of North Carolina had a bill of sale for these slaves. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: Oversize 3 | 87 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1838 | Jacob Scott v. William Cowden, et. al. | Maury | Slaves, Selling of |
Additional defendants: James Bizzle, Lewis Garrett. This case concerns slavery. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 209 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1838 | John L. Wood v. Benjamin M. Jones | Maury | Slaves, Selling of |
Handwriting faded. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 207 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1845 | James A. Frierson v. Samuel B. Lee | Maury | Bills of Exchange |
Amount in dispute, $2,400.00. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 218 | 0 | 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 | 1854 | John Jamison, exe. of Joseph Middleton, dec. v. George R. Long | Maury | Slaves, Ownership of | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1832 | James Gant v. Matthew Rhea, Thomas Porter& Pary W. Porter, exe. of Joseph B. Porter, dec. | Maury | Breach of Contract |
James Gant claims the late Joseph B. Porter broke a contract between them and is sued the executors of his will for his damages. He sues for $4224.96 in damages. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1831 | James P. Peters v. Martin T. Chaires | Maury | Slaves, Ownership of |
Case involves slaves. James L. Crafford and John Smith are named as Jurors. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 193 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1852 | John McKee v. Samuel C. Newell | Maury | Breach of Contract |
John McKee hired Samuel Newell to build a mill; the mill was built but did not work properly and did not meet the terms of their contract |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 238 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1828 | James Houston heirs v. Job H. Thomas, et al. | Maury | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Other defendants: William B. Pillow. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 369 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | J. C. Harte v. Jacob Barker | Maury | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Plaintiff, J. C. Harte, sued the defendant, Jacob Barker, for potatoes purchased from ___Bowles by the defendant and grown on the lands of plaintiff Harte, who had rented the lands to Bowles. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1067 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1844 | Meredith Helm v. Powhatton D. Franklin | Maury | Sale of Land/Property |
Additional plaintiffs - John Brown and F. R. Zollicoffer - additional defendants - J. B. Alderman and M. J. Cole dispute over the Eagle Hotel valued at $5400.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 213 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1844 | Robert Campbell v. Henry S. Chappel | Maury | Slaves, Selling of |
Slaves were names Lula about 25 years old her son Luface? About 4 years old, boy name Robert about 8 and a girl Orena about 13 value of sale $1626.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 213 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Reynolds & Tisdale v. Mary B. (Polly) Burney | Maury | Breach of Contract |
Matt Reynolds & partner Tisdale agreed to bore well in Polly's yard & insure water for $100; Polly agreed to board them & feed their stock while they were worked. They estimated it would take a month to do the work. At 145 feet had still not found water so agreed to quit & return in spring to try again but come spring, Polly refused to let them try again. They bore well for Tom P. Burney (who lived with sister Polly) in pasture on his farm. Bob White was Pla.' water witch. Dispute over what was agreed. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 814 | 50 | 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 | 1875 | State v. F. J. Glenn | Maury | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Glenn was accused of attempting to sell liquor on the fair grounds in Maury County without a license. He had previously had a place of business there, and his liquor license was supposedly being transferred. However, at the time of the attempted sale, it was not legal. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 13a | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. Charles Jennings | Maury | Disturbance of Public Worship | Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 563 | 142 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1889 | State v. Aus Harman | Maury | Disturbance of Public Worship |
Plaintiff is accused of disturbing worship in Lasea Church in Maury County by making loud noise and behaving in a way that was indecent and profane. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 780 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | State v. Willie Gilbert | Maury | Liquor, Sale of to Minors |
Case file is incomplete. Willie is an alias of William Gilbert. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 780 | 9 | 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 | 1875 | State v. Samuel N. Neely | Maury | Contempt of Court |
In a prior trial Neely was summoned to the court, and agreed to appear, serving as a juror for three days. Following the third day he refused to come back to the jury. He argued that the jury fees were to be collected by the County from the losing party in the case and that the County or State has no power to enforce the collection of these fees. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 13a | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | Stratton Cheeney & Roy v. Mary A. Conner & J. W. S. Ridley | Maury | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Replevin case; cotton; ownership and disposition of negroes |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 33 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1916 | State v. Martin Taylor | Maury | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Taylor also used the alias name of "Irish Taylor." |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 85 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1915 | State v. Elmer Grant | Maury | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 171 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1850 | Thomas P. Johnson v. Asbury W. Walker & James C. Moore | Maury | Slaves, Selling of |
Judgment on the division and payment of slaves |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 238 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Thomas P. Maxwell v. William A. Maxwell | Maury | Land, Sale of | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1844 | W. S. Rainey v. Park Street | Maury | Slaves, Selling of | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212 | 0 | Order A Copy |