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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 | 1876 | Augustin Dishough v. William J. Rainey | Giles | Trespass | Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1876 | Calvin A. Reynolds v. Wells & Young | Giles | Debt Dispute |
Defendants were T. J. Wells & J. C. Young, partners in trade under the style Wells & Young. Plea of debt due by note under $1000. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 17 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | Joseph G. Mason v. Andrew J. Reed | Giles | Debt Dispute |
Plaintiff sued the defendant for an unpaid promissory note for $1,040.49 |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 17 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | John W. Phillips v. William G. Lewis | Giles | Debt Dispute |
Lewis was a revenue collector for Giles County. Phillips sued Lewis for $2 over a tax for keeping two dogs in 1875. Phillips claimed he paid Lewis on March 20, 1876. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 24 | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | Mary F. Ballentine v. Theodore Westmoreland | Giles | Promissory Note |
Plaintiff sued the defendant on a note for $2300 payable on or before January 1 1874 to Thomas Lightfoot and by him endorsed to plantiff. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 25a | 9 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | Memphis & Knoxville Railroad Company v. Caleb Osborn, Mayor of Pulaski | Giles | Other |
The Mayor of Pulaski failed to make the subscription of $40,000.00 to the capitol stock of the Memphis and Knoxville Rail Road as voted on by the citizen's of Pulaski |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 32 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | W. H. Black & Jerome Bitticks v. W. D. Carpenter et al. | Giles | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Additional Defendant: Eaton Carpenter See related cases in MT 28 & MT 717. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 41 | 0 | Order A Copy |