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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 | 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 | A. B. Wright v. Elias Griffeth | DeKalb | Ejectment- Unlawful Detainer |
Case also involves charges of trespass and a land dispute. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 346 | 54 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Busby Johnson& Company v. Mayor& Alderman of the City of Brownsville | Haywood | Taxation, Unlawful | West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 39 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1874 | Ballow & Gresham v. N. W. Motheral, agent, et al. | Williamson | Unlawful Detainer |
Plaintiffs: T. B. Ballow & Thomas Gresham. Additional defendants: Robert H. Perry , Joshua Perry, E. D. Sawyer, Tennessee Wiggins, A. W. Motheral, James Sawyer, Rufus Waller. Case involved a unlawful detainer made by the plaintiffs for a tract of land in in Williamson County known as Sally Armstrong property. The defendant was the agent for this property and said he was entitled to it. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 23a | 51 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | C. T. Hewgley v. William Johns | Wilson | Ejectment- Unlawful Detainer | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 348 | 69 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1874 | James Alexander, et al. v. Mayor & City Council of Nashville | Davidson | Taxation, Unlawful |
Additional Plaintiffs: H. C. Ellis, L. B. Fite, T. G. Harris, L. L. Harris, Samuel Nicholson, Samuel Wallace, Burrale, Bender, A. G. Adams, Mary A. Anderson, H. B. Buckner, J. Bloomstein, W. T. Berry and Co., R. C. Bransford, M. H. Bowman, R. B. Cheatham Continued: T.W. Nicholson, A.C. Lowson, J.W. Walton, R.C. Collier, Cluie Berenheim, E.W. Cole, J.M. Carsey, William Cowell, Hugh Douglas and Co.. William H. Evans, James Franklaud, J.H. Frith, R.H. Gardner, Trustee, Phineas Garrett, R.H. Gardner. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 74 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | John P. Butler v. George Stone | Jackson | Unlawful Conversion |
Conversion of horse. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 351 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Nathan Gann v. T. C. Word | Cannon | Ejectment- Unlawful Detainer |
trespass in ejectment; land dispute |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 341 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | State v. Henry Moore | Davidson | Possession, Unlawful |
Charges include "carrying burglar's tools" and larceny. Two verdicts and sentences included. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 368 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Union Bank of Tennessee v. Charles C. Moss | Dyer | Ejectment- Unlawful Detainer |
Case concerns ownership of a deed to a tract of land. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 43 | 0 | 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 |
View Entry | 1874 | William B. Shurman, et al.v. Henry Johnson | Lauderdale | Unlawful Detainer |
Additional Plaintiffs: Joseph C. Marley |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 27 | 0 | Order A Copy |