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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 | 1843 | Alfred W. Thomas v. Elizabeth B. Caruthers | Maury | Damages |
Amount of damages, $182.00. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | Achilles Bowen v. James S. Martin et al | Maury | Debt, Execution on |
Additional Defendants: Amaziah Young, John Dawson, William D. Hendley, James G. Voorhies. Plaintiff is sued the constable and other authorities for not executing the writ of judgment he was granted. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 172 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | A. J. Fitzpatrick v. John Cheatham | Maury | Debt |
Suit over note given Louisa Winn by DeWitt Winn, a dec. Confederate soldier. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 276 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | A. B. Beech, et al. v. Alvin Williams, exe. of Martin S. Stockard | Maury | Wills, Contested |
Additional Complainant: Sarah S. Beech and S. B. Stockard |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 41 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1843 | Alexander B. Davidson et al. v. Richard C. Whitesides | Maury | Recovery |
Additional Plaintiffs: Beverly Saunders. Recovery on debt by promissory note. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |
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 | 1858 | Andrew J. Polk et al. v. Thomas E. Wilson | Maury | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Lucing Polk, John Frierson, and Lionel Hawking. Plaintiffs are appealing the charge. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 285 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | A. F. Mallett et al. v. W. Hutchinson | Maury | Motion to Set Aside Execution |
Additional Plaintiffs: William Hardin. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 267 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | Andrew J. McCord v. Adam G. Adams et al. | Maury | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Felix Abbey, Thomas Gibson, and Robert Throne. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | Abbey Gibson& Co. v. Andrew J. McCord | Maury | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Adam Adam, Felix Abbey, and Thomas Gibson. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | Arkey Y. Partee et al. v. Union Bank | Maury | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: Thomas Witherspoon. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | Alfred M. Harrison v. J. W. Moore | Maury | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 285 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1860 | A. M. Harrison, et al. v. John F. Jamison | Maury | Debt, Execution on | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 293 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1859 | Andrew J. Polk et al. v. President& Directors of Bank of Tennessee | Maury | Debt |
Additional Plaintiffs: Andrew J. Lucruz. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 287 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | Andrew J. Polk et al. v. Ira E. Brown | Maury | Debt |
Additional Plaintiffs: George W. Polk, James Frierson |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 287 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | A. W. Howard, et al. v. City Grain & Feed Co. | Maury | Damages |
Reply brief for plaintiffs only. Additional Plaintiffs unknown. Plaintiffs seek a refund on purchases "lacking quality." |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 491 | 11 | Order A Copy |
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 | 1887 | Allen & Reynolds, admr. v. Sandy Dobbins et al. | Maury | Debt, Balance on |
Additional defendants: C. H. Merils, John N. Loftis. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 715 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1843 | Ann S. Johnson v. Augustus D. Bailey, et al. | Maury | Debt Dispute |
Other defendants: Pleasant Nelson; Charles Brandon. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | A. N. Akin, clerk v. Thomas J. Crosby, et al. | Maury | Failure to Return Execution |
A. N. Akin, special commissioner in place of J. B. Padgett, dec. v. Thomas J. Crosby as Sheriff of Maury County, Tennessee, Ed Williams, John B. Hamilton. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 55 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | Andrew J. Fitzpatrick v. William H. Wilkes | Maury | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1859 | Andrew J. Polk& George W. Polk v. W. T. Berry et al. | Maury | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: W. B. Bayless and H. A. Gleaves. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 289 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | A. M. Looney et al. v. H. T. Osborne | Maury | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: C. M. Campbell. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 313 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1830 | Arkey Y. Partee v. Jeremiah Alderson | Maury | Detainer |
Concerns slaves: Judy, age 40, Mary, age 4, Sampson, aged 2. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 379 | 58 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | A. W. Howard & Co. et al. v. City Grain Feed Co. | Maury | Damages |
Origin of Damages: Breach of Contract. Appeal brief only, no other case documents included. Add. Plaintiffs: Quarles & Coleman. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 492 | 21 | 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 | 1890 | A. F. Sowell v. Louisville & Nashville Rail Road Company | Maury | Damages |
The plaintiff shipped a pacing horse on train car owned and operated by the defendant through their agent, B. S. Ozias. The train wrecked as it was on its route, seriously injuring the horse. Plaintiff is sued for $600.00 in damages. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 860 | 78 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1834 | Benjamin W. Wilson v. Henry Turney | Maury | Trespass |
Case involves payment due for a quantity of cotton being shipped by flatboat from Columbia, TN, to New Orleans. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1845 | Bank of Tennessee v. John L. Smith, et al.. | Maury | Debt |
Additional defendants: David Looney, George G. Skipwirth. Additional parties: B. W. Porter, W. P. Martin, Robert Hill. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 220 | 0 | Order A Copy |
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 | 1855 | Bank of Tennessee v. Edward H. Chaffin, et al. | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional defendants: Richard C. Whiteside, B. Dufield, Henry J. Yeatman |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 250 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 1843 | Booker Foster et al. v. Claiborne Pillow | Maury | Recovery |
Additional Plaintiff: John Foster. Plaintiffs seek a recovery on debt. Listed as "Recorded in Book No.2, page 790-2." |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | Burkley Perry v. Andrew J. Campbell | Maury | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1859 | Bank of Tennessee v. George Polk, et al. | Maury | Debt Dispute |
Additional defendants: Andrew Polk and Lucius Polk. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 289 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | B. H. Green v. Daniel Brown | Maury | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 297 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1838 | Barnet Beasley v. Mary & Benjamin Griffith | Maury | Estate Dispute |
Document in fragments, some sections are taped. Griffiths executors of Samuel Griffith, dec. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 209 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1852 | Bank of Alabama v. Richard C. Whiteside | Maury | Unlawful Detainer |
Amount of damages $250.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 235 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1843 | Benjamin Williams v. James J. Moore, et al. | Maury | Recovery |
Additional Defendant: Nathaniel Moore. Plaintiff seeks recovery on debt by promissory note. Listed as 'Recorded in Book No. 2, 782-5." |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Bank of Tennessee, use of S. Watson v. Edward F. Lee, William H. Dodson, R. H. Hill & William Galloway | Maury | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 351 | 24 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1834 | Benjamin S. Tappan et al. v. McCoy W. Campbell | Maury | Debt |
Additional plaintiffs: Peter Perkins and Edmund S. Tappan, all plaintiffs merchants under name of Tappan Perkins and Co. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 379 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Bithal Howard, et al. v. The Mount Pleasant Southern Railway Company | Maury | Other |
Additional plaintiffs are unknown. The petitioner is requesting an application for supersedeas. The petitioner wishes to supersede the orders & decrees under & by virture of which the railway is proceeding to occupy the lands of the petitioners and excavate the same pending an appeal. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 487 | 9 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Benjamin Harlan v. George L. Grimes, e t al. | Maury | Other |
Additional Defendant: Mary Grimes. Condition: brief from another case, John Harlan, et al.. v. Benjamin Harlan, et al.., is attached with adhesive to this case. Cause of Action: Defendants were summoned to answer a plea wherefore they broke and entered the close of plaintiff and ejected him to his damages $500.00. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 559 | 63 | 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 | 1834 | Charley P. Bynum v. Arthur H. Crawford | Maury | Trespass | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1852 | Charles D. Crawford v. John Williams | Maury | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 242 | 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 | 1854 | Claiborne Taylor v. Lewis R.& John Cheatham | Maury | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 250 | 0 | Order A Copy |