Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1855 Ahaz [Ahas] Ellis, et al.v. John Walker, admr. of Philip Mack, dec. Sevier Estate Sale

Additional Plaintiffs: Pinkney H. Toomey; Samuel & Martin Baker; Joseph Snapp; John Howard & Robert Carson. Plaintiffs seek an injunction restraining Walker from selling lands belonging to Mack's estate in order to pay his (Mack's) creditors.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1162 70 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 State v. John Howard, et al. Sevier Failure to Pay

Other defendants: Joseph Snapp; John A. Poindexter; Allen S. Bryan; Wilson Duggan; A. Smith. W. S. J. Ford, county clerk of Sevier County, died without paying the state $144.92 for fees collected between September 1849-April 1850. Defendants were Ford's securities, so state was trying to collect the money from them.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1162 22 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 State v. Wilson Duggan, et al. Sevier Failure to Pay

Plaintiffs: John Howard, Joseph Snapp, John A. Poindexter, Allen S. Bryan, Wilson Duggan, and A. Smith- those who owned securities of W. S. G. Ford, dec., former clerk of the County Court of Sevier Co., for the sum of $114.92 due the State of Tennessee on account of revenue collected by said Ford as clerk of the County Court from 1 Sept. 1849 to 1 April 1850, and failed to pay over as directed by law.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1165 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 State v. Jesse Brown Sevier Liquor Violation

Unlawful retailing of spirituous liquor.

 East Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1112 11 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 Willington McMahan for conviction of grant - Birchfield & Elizabeth Stover Sevier Other

Incomplete case - certification of a land survey only

 East Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1080 2 Order A Copy