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 Bank of Tennessee v. C. L. Nelson et al. Rutherford Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 C. Carter v. Turner Foster et al. Davidson Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: Mariah Porter, George Hitchings, John Gleares, Henry Gleares, the Bank of Tennessee, William Gleares, F. R. Cheatham, John Gleaves, and W. D. Robertson.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 David Randal et al. v. A. Barton et al. Coffee Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: H. H. Harrison. Additional Defendants: J. A. Carden, C. O. Purvis, W. B. Gibson, and Silas McBer.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 Eli Odom v. William Cantrell Sumner Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 Joseph Pinkerton & John McEwen v. M. F. DeGraffenreid Williamson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 John Holland& William Rigsby v. Elijah Neely Cannon Debt Dispute

Case specifically references the Civil War. Holland purchased a horse from the Defendant "for the express purpose…to be used in the Calvary services of the Confederate state." After Union forces won the war, Defendants are sued for their money back.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 L H. Squires, et al. v. J. D. Bone, admr. Of William Bone, dec. Smith Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: John Moores and E. A. Wright. Case also involves a debt dispute.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 M. H. Mays& E. S. Spencer v. Thompson& Claiborne Maury Debt Dispute

Defendants' full names are not listed.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 Maury Brown, et al. v. Lew Owen, et al. Land and Title Dispute

Dispute also involves debt. Case file is incomplete; brief only.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 71 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 Nancy Stephens v. W. H. Shelton et al. Bedford Debt Dispute

Additional Defendant: John Jakes. Plaintiff is an elderly woman who claims that the Defendants pressured her into taking Confederate money to pay a debt they owed her despite her protests.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 Rose & Turner, admrs. of G. D. Wright, dec. v. Johnson & Robinson, admrs. of J. D. Johnson, dec. Roane Debt Dispute

Dispute over $2,700 for the purpose of paying and satisfying the liability credited when said receipt was executed and the same was never applied in the way in which it was supposed to be.

 East Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1241 68 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 Thomas Martin v. William Park et al. Williamson Debt Dispute

Additional Defendant: Elizabeth Baugh, exe. of Philip Baugh, dec.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy