Order Cases Online
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 | 1875 | Enoch Steadman v. Horace Pinckney Keeble & Alfred Moeller | Rutherford | Deed, Fraudulent |
See MT1134, Enoch Steadman v. H. P. Keeble and Alfred Miller |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 31 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | Laura M. Betty v. W. F. M. Betty, W. A. & J. S. Dejarnett, T. B. & Barkley Jackson Todd, W. B. Lillard, J. W. Peyton, John Jones, Matthew Pitts, William Sharp, E. D. Hancock, admr. of Alfred Miller, dec. | Rutherford | Estate Dispute |
Laura Betty was married to W. F. M. Betty, but they divorced. Although he was violent with her, Laura remarried her ex-husband. He was made to sign a pre-nuptial agreement that he could not dispose of her property without expressed permission. He became abusive once more, asking her to leave during their first week of reconciliation. He took control of her estate, leaving Laura nothing. She sued to recover control of her assets and investments. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 10 | 176 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | Margery W. Settle, exe. of Leroy B. Settle, dec. v. William Wendell, exe. of D. D. Wendell, dec.& George Batey | Rutherford | Deed Dispute |
Additional parties: John Hill, W. B. Lillard, S. B. Settle, A. Blackman, etc. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 32 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | William A. Ransom v. L. H. Carney, et al. | Rutherford | Bankruptcy |
Complete case style: William A. Ransom v. L.H. Carney, B.G. White, James F. Fletcher of Rutherford County and A.R. Wood of Coffee County. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 31 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | White & Howland v. Abner Summers, et al. | Rutherford | Execution on Debt/ Mortgage |
B. G. White, John F. Howland; T. D. White, Archibald Fulks; |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 71 | 0 | Order A Copy |