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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1839 | Alexander Hays et al. v. Alfred Hays | Greene | Trespass and Damages |
Add. Plaintiff: Rebecca Hays. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 680 | 6 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | Benjamin J. Bledsoe v. William Chowning | Overton | Damages |
Amount of damages $500.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 201 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | David Rogers v. Elizabeth H. C. Dickinson | Claiborne | Damages |
Dickinson ran an inn in Tazewell. While staying there, Rogers stabled his horse at the inn. The highly prized horse was killed while housed at the stable. The horse's neck was caught between the stall & partition wall. Rogers sued to recover the value of the horse. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 16 | 32 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | Daniel Huff v. James Lake | Claiborne | Trespass and Damages |
Breaking and entering. Lake unlawfully entered the residence of Dunn and ejected him. sued for $500 in damages. See related cases in same box: Jon Den, lessee, of Daniel Huff v. James Lake et al.; Heirs of James Wallin by next friend John Wallin v. Daniel Huff & James Lake; Wallin et al. v. Huff; Wallin v. Daniel Huff et al.; Fanny Wallin v. Daniel Huff. |
East | Range: 18 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1948 | 56 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | David Shaver v. John Gains | Sullivan | Damages |
Damages for trespassing with force and arms. Exhibits: plat maps. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 636 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | James Yourie v. John W. Childress | Rutherford | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 201 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1839 | James H. Moore et al. v. Portland L. Curle | Franklin | Damages |
Additional plaintiff Dyer Moore Amount of damages $525.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 202 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | James Waddle v. Joseph Walker | Jackson | Damages |
Recover damages on a horse swap. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 201 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | James Gibbons v. Joseph Thornhill | Jefferson | Trespass and Damages | East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 680 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1839 | Lewis A. Parham v. William Murray | Knox | Damages |
Origin of damages: property damage (fence on plaintiff's property was damaged by Defendant). |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 682 | 43 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | Nathaniel Scott v. Zachariah Rose | Knox | Damages |
Origin of damages: Covenant Broken. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 680 | 24 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | Portland J. Curle v. James Jenkins & John Jenkins | Franklin | Damages |
$500 damages. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 378 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | Robert L. Yeatman & Robert M. Walker v. Samuel B. Mead & David S. Shelton | Marion | Trespass and Damages | East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 680 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1839 | Samuel A. Lyle v. Daniel Bowman | Washington | Trespass and Damages | East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 680 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1839 | State v. Rufus Boyd | Sullivan | Damages |
Defendant cut the mane and tail off of a gelding belonging to Benjamin Birdwell. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 680 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | Samuel Blevins v. James Morrow | Bradley | Trespass and Damages | East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 680 | 14 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1839 | Thomas Bennet v. John Baker | Jefferson | Damages |
Origin of damages: Malicious Prosecution. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 680 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | Thomas A. Gray, Jr. v. Acme Coal Company | Hamilton | Injury and Damages |
Exhibits: 3 - knee braces. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 708 | 289 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | William Stovall v. Peter Fleming | Rutherford | Damages |
Damages of $250. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 378 | 7 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | William Fellows et al. v. David Johnson | Jackson | Damages |
Additional plaintiff Cornelius Fellows Amount of debt $1120.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 202 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | William W. Hollingsworth v. William Stennett | Claiborne | Contract Dispute and Damages | East | Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 755 | 32 | Order A Copy |