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The files located in the Tennessee Supreme Court Cases represent an especially valuable resource for historical and genealogical research at the Tennessee State Library and Archives [TSLA].
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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1860 | Allen McCoy v. Christian Heffner | Union | Debt Dispute |
Plaintiff filed suit against defendant who won an earlier judgment against him for the sum of $35. The parties are sued over payment of a note, and the Circuit Court found for the plaintiff, as the delivery of a note by payee does not assign liability. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1139 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | Allen Hurst v. R.J. Carr | Union | Other |
Parties were candidates for the office of Clerk of Courts and Carr had the majority by six votes. The plaintiff later discovered that certain aspects of the election were illegal and therefore the votes should be voided. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1202 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | Calvin Hickle v. Allen Hurst, et al | Union | Debt |
Additional def.s.: G. B. Carden & Peter Wolfenbarger. Plaintiff sued to collect on an unpaid judgment of $91.47, which he won against the def.s. on 23 Aug. 1859. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1214 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | Henry Snodderly v. David Weaver | Union | Ejectment |
Snodderly complained that Weaver broke into his close and ejected him. Others involved: Timothy Weaver, John Childers and [Edy?] Childers, John Hickman, William Mitchell. Exhibit is a hand-drawn map of the property. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1214 | 87 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | State v. Sylvester Adkins | Union | Illegitimate Child/Bastardy |
For fathering the illegitimate child of Mary Jane Gross. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1207 | 11 | Order A Copy |