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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 | 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 | 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 | 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 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 |