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 | 1874 | Adam Thrasher& wife v. Hector M. Kyle et al. | Overton | Ejectment- Unlawful Detainer |
Add. Plaintiff: Catharine Thrasher. Add. Defendants: John F. Kyle, Joseph Johnson, Jesriet Johnson, Daniel Kyle, Job Carter, Hugh Carter, John Thomas, Jennit Thomas, Andrew J. Carter, George W. Carter, William Carter, Catharine Carter, Sarah A. Carter Defendants cont: Martha Chapin, Eli Chapin, John A. Chapin, Hugh K. Chapin, Paul S. Chapin, John O.Chapin, William Chapin, Harrison N. Chapin, Arminter C. Chapin, Sarah M. Chapin. Estate of Hugh Kyle. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 344 | 134 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | E. S. Porter & Wife, Amy J. Porter v. Jacob Eller et. al. | Macon | Ejectment |
Additional Defendants: Hannah Wright, widow of Thompson Wright, and their son, John S. Wright. This case questioned the validity of a land sale, 56 acres, by William Uhles, the father of Amy J. Porter to Thompson Wright. No deed was found and no recording of the deed was found. Defendants sold the land to Jacob Eller in 1867, and claimed title through adverse possession. Plaintiffs claimed no land sale because Mrs. Porter's mother, Mrs. M. J. Lakes Uhles, was a minor and could not consent to it. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 24a | 184 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Jane Wood v. O.P. Thatch & A. A. Hyde | Marion | Ejectment |
Wood sought to claim the land issued in the estate of Patterson B. W[?][?]h. |
East | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1583 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | William Crittenden v. Thomas Cheatham | Obion | Ejectment-Unlawful Detainer |
Previous owners of land in question: Lewis Dyer, William Cullom, (unknown) Donoho |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 51 | 0 | Order A Copy |