Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1865 Burrell Badgett, et al. v. M. D. Bearden, admr. of Seth Lea, dec. Knox Trespass with Force of Arms

Additional Plaintiffs: W. N. Maxwell. sued for damages in the sum of $25,000.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 83 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 Horace Maynard v. John J. May et al Knox Debt on Account

Add. defendants: Reuben E. Fox, administrator of the estate of Joseph W. Fox (dec.). The plaintiff is sued to recover a debt on account in a sum under $100.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1198 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 John Roberts v. Samuel C. Swan Knox Recovery of Money/ Wages

Roberts sued for $5,000, but Swan "absconded or so conceals himself that the ordinary process of the Law cannot be served upon him."

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1203 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 Margaret Howell& Amanda v. R. M. Cobb Knox Guardianship of Minors

Defendant was appointed guardian of plaintiffs. As guardian, he received money belonging to his wards which he used to buy land which he later conveyed. Plaintiffs charge that he was induced to make this conveyance by a pending lawsuit and that he failed and neglected to protect their interests.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1141 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 Richard Morgan v. J.W.S. Frierson et al Knox Partnership Settlement

Incomplete file; just Report of Referee. Case involves partnership: Frierson & Morgan. Court said Def Frierson not entitled to interest on capital he furnished from & after his appointment as receiver, which was a practical dissolution of the partnership. Court also ruled Def Saunders was not partner in partnership. Referee's report indicates Saunders was a "secret partner." Discussion of "possibilities of mineral resources" of East TN & success of marble quarries. Morgan was journalist from Washington DC.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1203 14 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 State v. John R. McClain Knox Murder

Frank R. McClain also listed as a defendant in the file. Victim: Abraham Hoover.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1194 44 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 S. S. Thompson v. Ocoee Bank Knox Non-payment of Bank Note

For $250.00

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1199 19 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 T. J. Bradford v. Bank of Tennessee et al. Knox Debt

The defendant, Bank of Tennessee, brought the complainant to court for a debt and judgment was made in favor of the Bank. Complainant claims that he was the accommodation party and that James Bradford was the principal in the debt.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1141 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 William H. Graves, Trustee v. George McFarlane & wife Malinda McFarlane et al Knox Land and Title Dispute

Add. Defs: William Craig, Corrick W. Crozier, Thomas W. Humes, George W. Bridges. George McFarlane deeded house & lot in Knoxville (at intersection of Church & Crooked Streets, on same square as Methodist Church) to Crozier, said deed being in trust to secure 2 notes to Humes for $625 each. McFarlane then conveyed house & lot (subject to deed of trust) to Graves, for benefit of certain preferred creditors. Corrick sold house & lot & Bridges bought it. Dispute over redemption rights of Def..

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1196 31 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 W. M. Cox et al.v. Horace Foster Knox Damages

This is an appeal. Original suit saw Foster seeking $25,000 dmgs against W.M. Cox, I.L. Cox, H.J. Cox, J. Smith, F. Smith, F. Lenoir, W. Johnson & H. Burem for stealing: 15 boxes tobacco, 20 hogs, 3,000 lbs. pork, 3 tons hay, 2500 bundles fodder, 250 bushels corn, 300 lbs. iron, 1 beef, 7 sacks salt, 24 barrels flour, 500 sacks wheat, 2 horses, 2 mules, clothing & $40. pla. detained & shot in attack. Court awarded full dmgs. See ET Box 1200 for related Chancery case to enforce.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1139 63 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 William Copeland& others v. Thomas G. Murphy Knox Ejectment

The plaintiff wishes to file an action of ejection and recover twenty five acres of land from the defendant who has been cutting valuable timber from the land.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1196 67 Order A Copy