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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 | 1855 | Bank of Tennessee v. John L. Bridges, et al. | McMinn | Debt |
Numerous defendants including William H. Slover, Abraham Slover, Deaderick D. Anderson, Pierce [also Pearce] B. Anderson, Andrew Turner, M. Southard, and Samuel P. Ivins. Adaline A. Blackwell also executed a deed of trust to Bridges for Negro slaves Charlotte and her children Harriett, Edward, George Sherman, Nelson, Roger or Tobe, Henry, and David. Other Blackwell family names mentioned. Oversize. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1166 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1855 | State v. Mahala Norman, Lavinia Norman & Allen Norman | McMinn | Larceny |
Mahala, Lavinia & Allen Norman charged with stealing and/or receiving as stolen "three midlings of meat commonly called bacon and four joints of meat commonly called bacon," all belonging to John F. Sherman. Trials severed; separately, jury convicted Mahala & Lavinia of receiving stolen property (not guilty of stealing it). No transcript for Allen's trial. Another case file (incomplete, 2 pgs., verdict only) may be related to this one: State v. Mahala Norman, in ET Box 749, but it's in Knox County. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1162 | 26 | Order A Copy |