Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1854 Anderson G .W. Pickett v. Henry F. Harring et al Hamilton Debt on Account

Additional defendants listed in file. Pickett sold goods and merchandise to the defendants and they failed to pay the debt and interest on the account.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1153 221 Order A Copy
View Entry 1854 Felix G. Blacknale, admr. v. John L. Hopkins et al Hamilton Fraud

Add. defendant: G.H. Hicks. Plaintiff is administrator of the estate of Thomas T. Devor (dec.). Devor executed a deed of trust to Hopkins (trustee) for the use of William Hay. Blacknale states that Hopkins and Hicks went to Devor on his deathbed and convinced him to sign a deed of trust stating he still owed them a large sum of money that he had already paid. Blacknale is convinced Devor never actually signed the deed and that it is fraudulent.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1157 44 Order A Copy
View Entry 1854 Marshall W. Green & Lebanon Green v. Joseph J. Dyer & Robert H. Dyer Hamilton Trespass and Damages

Lebanon Green is a minor who sued by his next friend Marshall W. Green with a plea of trespass and damages of $1000. August 1, 1851, defendants said to have built a dam 8'x16' just below the plaintiffs spring causing it to be over run & flooded. Plaintiffs claimed the water became stagnant & poisoned them, causing sickness and malady. Also claim flooding & crop damage.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1139 51 Order A Copy
View Entry 1854 State v. William McDaniel Hamilton Obstructing a Public Road/Road/Right of Way

Defendant cut a mill race across the Chattanooga-Cleveland road.

 East Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1101 24 Order A Copy