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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 | 1884 | Anna M. Carpenter v. Marie E. Strange, exe. et al | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Ayres P. Strange; Alice M. & Fanny Mitchell; Jane Sarah "Sazie" Strange; Lydia E. Creighton; Ayres P. Merrill of Pittsfield, MA & William N. M. Merrill of Stratford, CT. Marie E. Strange exe. Of Ayres P. Merrill Ayres P. Merrill resident of NYC; dec. there Nov. 1873. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 252 | 47 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Asa Selby et al.. v. H. J. Hollingsworth et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Harriet Laning, Charlotte Chambers, Joseph Chambers, Elizabeth Sweet, A. S. Sweet, Thursey Keck, John Selby, Emma Compton, John B. Compton, Sarah Smith, Sylvester Smith, George Ambrose, Louisa Wagley, and others. Additional Defendants: Lucinda Hollingsworth, Govey Hood, C. E. Barbour, and H. F. Dix. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 240 | 116 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Anna K. Blount v. Edmund W. Williams | Shelby | Deed Dispute |
The defendant was the executor of the last will of Joseph R. Williams. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 267 | 472 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Cash Mosby et al. v. Thomas H. Bass et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: Nannie Mosby. Additional Defendant: Henrietta Bass |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 267 | 140 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Daniel J. Partin et al.v. William E. Butler et al | Shelby | Rent Dispute |
Other parties: Sodwick or Godwick Partin, W. J. Davie, Bridget Stub, Anton Isele, John Gilder, Caroline Hotter, F. Heidelberg, joseph Barth, Mary Boyce, G. F. Maender, W. J. Smith and A. M. Stoddard or Goddard |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 266 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Elizabeth A. French, admr. v. George W. Swink, admr. et al | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: R. H. French & Rebecca (Taylor) French. George W. Swink admr. for wife Olivia (Taylor) Swink, dec., born 17 July 1850. Elizabeth A. French admr. for James H. French, dec. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 252 | 235 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Francis White v. Lucinda Motley et al | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Joshua C., Lizzie S. & Florence Alice Motley; Geneva Hunt. Lizzie & Florence Motley children of Jeanette & Antony Motley dec; Geneva Hunt child of a deceased daughter of Jeanette Motley. Francis White resident of Baltimore, MD. Jeanette Motley dec. 3 March 1877; Antony Motley dec. 3 Aug. 1877. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 252 | 284 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Grand D. Mebane, et al. v. James P. Graham, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Plaintiffs: Nannie Mebane, John H. Mebane, Emma Mebane. Defendants: Mattie A. Graham, A. R. Murrell, Corinne Murrell, Thomas A. Galloway. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 | 115 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Henry A. Mullally et al. v. The Clerks Building & Saving Association of Memphis Tennessee et al | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: Mary Helen Mullally, wife Henry A. Additional Defendants: O. P. B. Jones, Trustee; Mrs. Julia F. LeGuere, widow George Henri LeGuere dec. 1871. Mary H. Mullally only surviving child of George H. & Julia LeGuere. Other children, George & Julia LeGuere, dec. 1878. LeGuere left will in which he left estate to widow & friends John s. Toof & R. Dudley Frazser(?). |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 244 | 408 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | John T. Fargason v. Hiram A. Partee, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants: M. D. Partee, wife of Hiram A., Hiram Partee and Emma Partee, infants without regular guardian, Amos Woodruff, William A. Bickford, Noah Partee and his wife Minnie H. Partee, and Kate Matthews and husband _____ Matthews [first name left blank]. Hiram A. Partee qualified as administrator of estate of Joseph B. Clay in 1864. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 250 | 103 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Julia A. Caulkins et al.v. The Memphis Gas Light Co. et al | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: William R. Caulkins, husband of Julia; Nathaniel, LeRoy & William R. Caulkins, Jr., their children, all of NY. Additional Defendants: A. C. Wurzback of PA & Robert Gardener of MA. Before her marriage Juia Caulkins was Julia Wurzback daughter of Margaret A. Riggs, who died testate in 1868. Riggs owned stock in Memphis Gas Light Co. Wurzback wishes to get control of stock. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 253 | 421 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Joseph D. Montedonico et al. v. Anthony Montedonico et al | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional complainant: Louis Montedonico, resident of St. Louis, Mo. Additional defendants: Joseph Montedonico, Italy; Louis Montedonico, Louisiana; Emanuel Montedonico, Haywood Co., TN; Catherine Cerissola, Italy; Nicholas Montedonico, Louisville, Ky.; Anthony Montedonico, Louisville, Ky.; Joseph Montedonico, Texas; children of Joseph Montedonico, dec'd, names unknown; John B. Signaigo and Mary E. Zanone, Shelby Co., TN; Catherine Signaigo, Natchez, MS; etc. Regards estate of Louis Montedonico, d. 1872. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 259 | 58 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | J. B. Aldrich v. J. W. X. Brown | Shelby | Rent Dispute | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 244 | 38 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | John Woods, exe. v. Mollie Welch et al | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional Defendants: S. F. Snowden; Mrs. Delia Lasca & Vital Lasca. John Woods exor. for Annie Woods, dec. & her husband. Testimony from other parties implies that Mrs. Woods was mentally ill. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 244 | 98 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | J. R. G. Lucado v. Talbot Jones, et al. | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Additional defendants: James M. Arbuckle and William A. Tucker of the firm Arbuckle and Tucker |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 265 | 92 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Mary E. Jones v. James Round et al. | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: William J. Booker, the unknown heirs of Thomas C. Rockhill, dec., William Woodville Rockhill, and the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance. Mary Jones sued by her next friend and husband, Maurice J. Jones. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 252 | 110 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Mary Ann Chandler et al.v. B. B. Barnes et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: John T. Chandler. Additional Defendants: Charles C. Graham, Maggie Sparks & C. Sparks, her husband |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 164 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Meacham & Horton v. William P. Harvey et al | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional Plaintiffs: E. E. Meacham and W. H. Horton Additional Defendants: William P. Harvey and Co., |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 106 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Oscar Wooldridge assignee of Robert McKenna v. Robert McKenna et al | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Additional defendants: Maud McKenna, C. W. Metcalf and S. P. Walker |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 266 | 627 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Paul Cicalla v. Paul A. Cicalla et al. | Shelby | Mortgage Dispute |
Additional Defendants: A. Montedenico, Madeline Montedenico, Joseph Montedenico, and Louis Montedenico. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 250 | 344 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Peters & Calhoun Co. v. L. W. Humes | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Peters & Calhoun Co. were wholesale saddle and harness manufacturers in Newark, NJ. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 251 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Philip Fransioli v. W. H. Goodlett et al. | Shelby | Property Dispute |
Co-defendants: J. E. Goodlett, J. W. Voegeli. Complainant says believes that two feet of his property was sold to a buyer who bought an adjoining lot in the same subdivision.` |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 265 | 77 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | R. G. Dunn & Co. v. Hugh B. Cullen, Clerk County Court of Shelby Co. | Shelby | Taxation Disputes |
Plaintiffs maintain defendant collected taxes from them that they had either already paid or for which they were not liable. R. G. Dunn & Co. comprised of R. G. Dunn, Erastus Wimar, Arthur J. King & Robert D. Douglas. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 245 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | S. L. Stovall et al. v. Ann W. McGhee et al. | Shelby | Lease Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: L. W. Robinett. Additional Defendants: W. S. McGhee, J. E. Leftwick, G. W. Flora, Jeff Bronson, William O'Banion, and James Cox Woodall. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 267 | 83 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Sam Tate, et al.v. Louisville & Nashville, Railroad Co. | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Plaintiffs, William B Granland, M. J. Wicks. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 256 | 169 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | W. W. Cogbill et al.v. S. D'Arusmont et al | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: B, D, & Peter F. Cogbill; Mary H. Moir, widow; Thomas & Thaddeus Bradley, Samuel Weisijer & wife, Mary; Emmett Cardoza & wife, Helen, et al. Additional Defendants: P. R. Athy, Sheriff of Shelby Co. & Lucy B. Cogbill. Mary H. Moir widow of Alex A. Moir. Thomas J. Cogbill died 2 Feb. 1862, married to Lucinda B. Cogbill, no children. Plaintiffs his brothers & sisters and/or their children. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 264 | 174 | Order A Copy |