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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 |
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| View Entry | 1849 | Elizabeth White, widow of Col. James White, dec. v. Allen Kennedy, et al.. | Hamilton | Estate Settlement |
Partial document, transcript. Defendants: Allen Kennedy, Albert S. Lenoir, and Reynolds A. Ramsey, all Commissioners for town of Chattanooga. Plaintiffs: Thomas W. White; M. W. Legg, William G. Sparks. Mention of township of Balfour in Ocoee Dist. Deceased owned lands by preference rights in Ocoee Dist. Mentions the chancery court held at Pikeville. Col. James White, dec., was originally from Abingdon, Va. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1166 | 44 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | John McGhee, exe. of Matthew McGhee, dec. v. James M. Anderson, Sheriff, et al | Hamilton | Debt, Execution on |
John McGhee recovered a $200.10 judgment against William J.J. Morrow, with execution being levied against a negro woman & horse, for the delivery of which Morrow (w/Asabel Rawlings as security) executed a delivery bond, which they forfeited. Execution against Morrow then issued & put in hands of deputy sheriff Lawson Guthrie for collection. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1142 | 18 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Daniel S. Jones | Hamilton | County Issues |
Indictment for not delivering over the book and papers of his office of Justice of the Peace. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1172 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | Samuel Dunn v. Jackson B. Yarnell & Welsey Davis | Hamilton | Trespass and Damages |
This case was moved to Meigs county. Damages for $479.59. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1128 | 7 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | State v. Anthony Davis | Hamilton | Murder |
Wm Anderson passed by graveyard 1/4 mile from Chattanooga when he heard noise & found dead body of James Allison. Davis & Allison were both from Pittsburg, PA (where Davis had wife & children) & the 2 men roomed together in TN at Robinson house. Jury found Davis not guilty of 1st degree murder but guilty of 2nd degree murder, & sentenced to 15 yrs. Others mentioned: Sweat, old man Taylor. Also mentioned: Dugger's Grocery. Davis asked SC for new trial based on exclusion of material witness. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1167 | 32 | Order A Copy |