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Tennessee Supreme Court Cases
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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1839 | State v. Jack Claiborne | Maury | Other |
Indictment for removing himself to the state and residing therein twenty days, he being a free person of color |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 201 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | State v. John Cummins | Jackson | Other |
Cause of Action: With force and arms greatly abstracted a certain public road and highway. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 381 | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | State v. William K. Hill | Maury | Other |
Defendant was betting on election |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 201 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | Samuel B. Marshall v. the Bank of Nashville, et al. | Williamson | Other |
Marshall owned 369 shares of capital bank stock, paid $8,450 for shares. Failure of Bank, and plaintiff sues for lost investments. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 378 | 68 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | State v. James W. Gray | McMinn | Other |
Gray accused of using force and arms to "tempt and persuade" a slave named Samuel Martin to run away from his master, Samuel Wolf, on the date of 10 Aug. 1838. Samuel Martin described as a "bright mulatto", and said to be a half-brother of James W. Gray. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1100 | 24 | Order A Copy |