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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 | 1880 | James M. Browder v. Mary E. Clark et al. | Monroe | Land, Partition of |
Add. Defendants: Thomas B. Clark, James L. Wilson, F. P. Dickey, Samuel J. Pickle, Flora Clark, and Repse Jones. This case involves a land dispute over the right to a portion of land that was owned by Thomas Clark, dec. Thomas Benton Clark is his son and Flora Clark his widow. Plaintiff petitioned for partition of "home quarter" and that the bill be taken as a cross-bill in the cause of Pickle & Dickey v. Mary E. Clark. See box ET 5 for a copy of Clark's will. |
East | Range: 18 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1956 | 86 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | Ozias Rhea v. C. F. White, et al. | Monroe | Land, Partition of |
Ozias variously written as Oziah. Addtl def: John Hix. Rhea and def co-own a plot of land in Monroe County formerly owned by Isaac Hix, who willed it to his wife Sallie Hix, owner of plot when Rhea, White, & Hix entered into a deed. Sallie died about 12 months prior to case, plaintiff is seeking total ownership of plot. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1638 | 101 | Order A Copy |