Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
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