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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1858 | (unknown) | Knox | Petitions for Certiorari |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Abel Rushing v. R. H. Mason | Cannon | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 277 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1858 | A. R. Wood et al. v. W. F. Robertson | Bedford | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: M. D. Rayburn and B. F. Moore. Plaintiffs are appealing a charge of debt owed. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 271 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Anthony Stewart v. Jacob H. Brazelton& Daniel Brazelton | Franklin | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 271 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1858 | Absalom Moseley & Benjamin Moseley v. Nathaniel Porter | Bedford | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 285 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1858 | Annaias Oliver v. William H. Baugh | Giles | Replevin | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 281 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1858 | Albert A. Mason v. Laban A. Westmoreland | Lawrence | Debt Dispute |
Plaintiff is filing a petition to collect on an earlier judgment against the Defendant. Signed Affidavits. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 281 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | A. L. Stamps v. John A. James | Bedford | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 281 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1858 | Achilles A. Dickerson v. Ananias Oliver | Giles | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 279 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1858 | Alexander Hodge v. Willis Blanton | Coffee | Trespass and Damages |
The Defendant buried a slave in the Plaintiff's family graveyard. Damages at $1000. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 275 | 64 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | A. V. S. Lindsley v. John D. James et al. | Davidson | Debt |
Additional Defendants: M. M. Metmore, Bank of America. A. V. S. Lindsley was the son of Dr. Philip Lindsley, the one time president of the University of Nashville. He was a postmaster for Nashville and a State Senator. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 311 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Anderson L. Taylor v. Milas Hooper | Blount | Trover |
Dr. Taylor says Hooper took & converted to his own use a 1-yr old bay colt with a blaze in his face & 1 white foot. Justice of the peace awarded Taylor $45; appealed to Circuit. Witnesses: Hooper came to Taylor's house w/M.G. Sprinkle, Hugh Bogle & Samuel McAnnally & took colt out of Taylor's lot. Hooper's defense was that the ordinary constable had gone to the South w/horses & in his absence, Hooper was deputized & in that capacity levied on the horse to satisfy judgments Sprinkle had against Taylor. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1160 | 37 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Andrew V. Hannah, Overseer v. Robert F. Sloan | Polk | Other |
Hannah was appointed overseer of a road going from William Fagg's shop to the widow White's ford on the Ocoee River, & it was ordered he have all the hands in the 3rd district in order to build the road. Sloan failed to work on the road, despite having been given notice to do so, so Hannah sued him to recover 75 cents per day for such failure & recovered a $2.25 judgment. Jury charge includes explanation of what made a road a first class road, which was basis of authority for overseer & assigned hands. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1177 | 25 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Alfred King v. James Rogers, S. S. Finley, & A. W. Moore | Hamilton | Debt |
The cause of action in this case is listed as "debt due by note under five hundred dollars." |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1183 | 18 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Alfred C.W. White, admr. of Archibald White, dec. v. Wesley Burge | Giles | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 277 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1858 | Andrew J. Polk et al. v. Thomas E. Wilson | Maury | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Lucing Polk, John Frierson, and Lionel Hawking. Plaintiffs are appealing the charge. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 285 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Allen & Russell v. Robert Mosby, et al. | Bedford | Estate Settlement | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 273 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1858 | Andrew Pratt et al. v Hiram Edde et al. | Bedford | Debt |
Additional Plaintiffs: John Wallace, executors. For George Prett, deceased. Additional Defendants: John and William Wisener. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 273 | 7 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | A. F. Mallett et al. v. W. Hutchinson | Maury | Motion to Set Aside Execution |
Additional Plaintiffs: William Hardin. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 267 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Armstrong & Co. v. Gibson & McDonald et al. | Coffee | Debt |
Defendants: William B. Gibson & William R. McDonald & James W. Williams. Partners in trade under the name Gibson and McDonald. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 267 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Alfred M. Harrison v. J. W. Moore | Maury | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 285 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1858 | Andrew J. Polk et al. v. Ira E. Brown | Maury | Debt |
Additional Plaintiffs: George W. Polk, James Frierson |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 287 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Arthur St. John v. The East Tennessee & Georgia Rail Road Company | McMinn | Trespass and Damages |
Trespass and damage in the sum of $4,000. A train conductor of the company allegedly purposefully ran down and killed a Negro boy worth $1,200 and several heads of cattle owned by the plaintiff. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1161 | 23 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Andrew Thompson v. James Carter | Knox | Petitions for Certiorari |
Original suit was trespass for an alleged injury to land. A judgment was rendered against the orator for five dollars. He claims that the judgment was made late in day and he was not informed in time for an appeal. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1174 | 56 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Abraham Schwab v. F. H. Bounds | Knox | Replevin |
Schwab claims Bounds has improperly detained $200 of Schwab's personal property (clothing, books, carpet bag, umbrellas, other personal property). First jury couldn't agree so mistrial declared. Second jury ruled in Schwab's favor. Bounds appealed. Julius Ochs testified: Schwab acquired the property at issue from Frank Houseman, who owned small store in Knoxville (S. Levi & Bros) & wanted to sell out his stock. Goods later attached as Housman's property & replevied; this suit ensued. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1193 | 24 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Benjamin F. McGehee & John Gould v. Sewanee Mining Co. | Davidson | Breach of Contract |
Case also involves a debt dispute. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 269 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Benjamin F. McElerath v. James Purvis | Bedford | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 281 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1858 | Best& Co. v. Sewanee Mining Co. | Franklin | Trespass and Damages |
Additional Plaintiffs: Peter Best and Jacob Best. Exhibits include plat map. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 279 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | B. J. Thompson v. Joshua Jones | Franklin | Replevin |
The property concerned is a negro "boy" named George, age 24. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 267 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Bank of Middle Tennessee v. Joseph H. Thompson, et al. | Bedford | Trespass |
Additional Defendants: Joseph Thompson, Newcomb Thompson, III, Jacob F. Thompson, A. J. Greer. Cause of Action: Trespass on the Case. Damages sought: $6,000. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 267 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | B. E. Seay, et al. v. M. Jackson & H. J. Baron, admr. | Blount | Estate Dispute |
Defendants are administrators of William F. Jackson (decd.). Additional plaintiffs listed in file. Filed suit for dispute over the estate of William F. Jackson, including land and slaves. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1163 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Belridge Sadler v. Nelson Sadler | Jackson | Divorce |
Defendant is also sued for alimony. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 277 | 37 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | B. W. Thompson v. Jonathan Ford, et al. | Giles | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: James Vaughan, F. Barrett, and J. J. Richardson.. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 283 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Benjamin F. Brindler v. John J. Whitefield | Putnam | Debt |
Cause of Action: Trespass on the case for Debt. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 275 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Bryant W. Smith v. Thomas Condiff | Meigs | Ejectment |
"Plea of trespass in ejectment, to his damage five hundred dollars." Defendant charged with trespass, ejectment, and unlawfully withholding from properties of the plaintiff- laying a demise in the name of Mortimer F. Johnson, lands comprised of 280 acres lying in the Hiawassee District. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1188 | 22 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Calvin S. Brown, exe. of Caswell Martin v. Samuel H. Jones et al. | Maury | Wills, Contested |
Additional Defendants: William Porter, William Voorhies, David Lowell, Jesse Wells, Alexander Wells, Benjamin Dowell, John Hamilton, William Garney, and Martin Eawin. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 269 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Clement Cannon v. James Searcy | Bedford | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 283 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1858 | Charles J. Neal v. Bryant H. Peden | Giles | Property Dispute |
Case involves the disputed ownership of "a buggy and harness." |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 279 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Clabourn Bahannon v. William Baker & Samuel Burnett | Putnam | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 279 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1858 | Copenham N. Frizzell, admr. v. Michael Williams et al | Franklin | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Madison Williams. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 285 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Calvin Norris & Peter Tharp & wife v. Carter L. Dalton & Betsy Dalton | Grainger | Appeal for New Trial |
This case is an appeal to an earlier case, "Calvin Norris & Mahalia Norris v. C. L. Dalton & Betsy Dalton", located in Box ET79. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1163 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Caldwell Cummings & Co. v. Dammon James Wortham | Bedford | Debt Dispute |
Plaintiff is sued for damages connected to his "tobacco fixtures." |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 279 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Chester Haley v. C. C. Martin | Maury | Debt |
The Debt: $675 used to purchase a tract of land. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 267 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Charles Hill v. Enoch George | DeKalb | Unlawful Selling of Goods |
Cause of Action: Trespass on the case. Def. took and sold 20 barrels of corn that were the property of the Plaintiff. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 267 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Cullen Vick v. George W. Pullen& William N. Hackney | Giles | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendant: Wesley Vick. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 285 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Charles Neiffer v. The Bank of Knoxville | Knox | Damages |
Plaintiff claims the defendant owes him $3,000 that is owed to him and has been unjustly detained by the bank. sued for additional damages of $1,000. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1163 | 53 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | C. H. Locher & Company v. Thomas O'Conner | Knox | Other |
Plaintiff company is comprised of Charles H. Locher & Alexander Hart. Continuation from a previous case in which the plaintiffs believe there was an error in proceedings and laws after the fact of a decision made on the case of an agreement between the two parties. They received no final settlement from the previous case and are seeking to finalize the case. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1163 | 17 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | C.M. McClay v. M. Mayfield et al | Polk | Debt, Balance on |
Add. defendants: R.H. Baldwin & Susan Mayfield. Debt due by note for $88.85. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1173 | 33 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | D. C. Williams v. S. C. Bunch | Lawrence | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 275 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1858 | Davis Lewis v. State | White | Unknown |
Unclear as to cause of action |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 275 | 0 | Order A Copy |