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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 | 1865 | Alexander Haun Jr. by next friend v. Pleasant A. Witt | Jefferson | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Alexander Haun Jr. sues by next friend Alexander Haun, Sr. for trespass, assault and battery, and false imprisonment against Pleasant A. Witt. sued for damage in the sum of $3,000. |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 788 | 49 | Order A Copy |
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 | David Chandler v. John Headrick | Blount | Trespass and Damages |
Case also involves charges of slander. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 26 | 61 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Enoch Fly v. Tolbert Fanning | Davidson | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1865 | Henry J. Fritts v. Wiley H. Monnger | Roane | Trespass and Damages |
The defendant allegedly aided and gave to rebel soldiers two rifles owned by the plaintiff. The defendant did so under malicious and vindictive circumstances and the plaintiff is sued for damages in the sum of $60. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1198 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | State v. William Ballew et al. | McMinn | Trespass |
Additional defendants include: Julius Blackwell, John Crawford, Moses Cunningham, J.B. Cobb, Joseph McCully, William Mayfield, William Callaway, William A. Upton, E. Dunn, Caleb Moore, John Bogers, J.l. Cose, Thomas Cleage and B.J. Duncan The defendants, all of whom worked for the Athens branch of the Bank of Tennessee, are accused of unlawfully removing the states assets and moving them to Georgia. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1191 | 357 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | William Elmore v. John Brooks | Jefferson | Trespass |
Additional defendants listed: Henry Dick, Alexander Caldwell, William Brazelton, William H. Moffett, Jacob Smith, and Andrew Blackburn. Brooks sued defendants for $15,000 damages for illegally arresting and imprisoning him for 30 hours in 1862 & stealing his property, including: apple brandy, peach brandy, tobacco, clover, a cooking stove, etc. Brooks was driven him from his home & forced into exile for 32 months by threat of death or assault. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 17 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Willow Waltenbarger v. C. G. Lyons, et al. | Hawkins | Trespass |
Additional defendant: John, K. Lyons. Brief only. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 740 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | William B. Shoemaker et al. v. Furney Jones | Claiborne | Trespass |
Additional plaintiffs unclear. Also noted: William Burchfield, Marcia Burchfield, Josiah Cole, Jefferson Bishop, William Lane, R.B. Lane, Thomas Henderson, C.B. Rice, William Parkey, Peter Parkey, George Shultz, Thomas Hayes, Russell Breeding Also noted: James Neil, William A. Blackburn, Elisha Bishop, William Lauchain, Charles Campbell, S.E. Mitchel, Ruben McKeehan. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1197 | 79 | Order A Copy |