Order Cases Online
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 | 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 |