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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 | 1874 | Charles Nelson & Co. v. H. H. Brumbach & C. W. McKay | Rutherford | Debt Settlement | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 349 | 48 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1874 | Donalson Barker v. David M. McKnight, et al. | Rutherford | Debt Settlement |
Additional defendants: A. D. McKnight, Robert P. Willford, James Dickens, Dr. Eagleton McKnight, and Fayette McKnight. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 336 | 113 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Enoch Dickson v. Benjamin F. Puckett, et al. | Rutherford | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Benjamin F. Puckett and William A. Puckett, exers of Charles Puckett, dec., Hiram Jenkins, Nancy Jenkins, Henrya Kirbey, Mahala Kirbey, Charlotte Lindsley, Walter Key, Thomas Powell, Sally Powell, and James F. Fletcher. Case involves the fraudulent sale of land. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 349 | 47 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | John E. Dromgoole, et al. v. William Spencer, et al. | Rutherford | Land and Title Dispute |
James F. Fletcher, Sr. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 33 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | J. A. Colyer (J. A. Collier), et al. v. M. Francis, et al. | Rutherford | Debt Settlement |
Additional Plaintiffs: Thomas D. Cummins, Weedon Hancock, N. W. Summar, J. D. Francis admr. of E. Francis, dec., and Thomas G. Wood. Additional Defendant: R. D. Puckett. Case involves debt due from previous judgment. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 349 | 141 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | J. B. Parrish, et al. v. John Jones, et al. | Rutherford | Estate Settlement |
Additional plaintiffs: William A. Parrish, Woodson M. Parrish, William B. Lillard; additional defendants: heirs of John B. Hicks, dec. , Henry M. Hicks, H. T. Prater, Mary E. Prater, Ann Martin, James H. Hicks, Henry Hicks, James Hicks, John E. Dromgoole Defendants continued: Louis E. Hicks, Walter Sutton, Elizabeth Sutton, Everline Ward, Samuel N. Elliott, William Y. Elliott, Thomas A. Eliott, Jemmie A. Elliott, Alfred B. Elliott. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 74 | 346 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | J. C. Taylor, Sheriff v. Araminta Johnson | Rutherford | Debt, Execution on |
Incomplete case file. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 354 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Levi Wade v. John L. McGregor, et al. | Rutherford | Debt |
Additional Defendants: Joseph D. McGregor, William A. McGregor, Rausford P. McGregor. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 351 | 148 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Nancy Ann Bivins, et al. v. B. R. Bivins et al. | Rutherford | Estate Settlement |
Additional Plaintiffs: John R. Dunn and J. C. Dunn. Additional Defendants: L. M. S. Bivins, Needham Jarnigan, and Cary Jarnigan. Settlement involves the estate of Lewis Bivins, dec.; dower and land dispute. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 346 | 90 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | William Wade by next friend, Joseph B. Johns v. John B. Johns, admr. of Julius C. Wade, dec. | Rutherford | Breach of Trust |
Wade was represented by Johns because he was mentally disabled. Julius Wade, brother of William (their father was John Wade) died intestate in 187_. Although bequests were set for both Julius and William, Julius overstepped his authority, claiming profit on land belonging to William |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 5a | 95 | Order A Copy |