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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 | 1879 | A. C. Edge v. W. P. Womack & Dillard D. Womack | Warren | Unlawful Detainer |
Unlawful detainer case revolving around a land dispute. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 669 | 136 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | C. A. H. McKinney v. W. J. Wiley | Lincoln | Ejectment- Unlawful Detainer | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 50 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | Chilton Allan, et al. v. C. H. L. Bennett, Clerk of the County Court of Trousdale | Trousdale | Taxation, Unlawful |
Collection of privilege taxes against liquor establishments. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 68 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | Chilton Allan v. John Salker | Trousdale | Taxation, Unlawful | Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 68 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | David Starr v. Joseph Duncan | Hardin | Possession, Unlawful |
The dispute arose over the rightful ownership of a cow and calf. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 139 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | Holland Denton v. James Bartlett & Curtis Mills | Putnam | Ejectment- Unlawful Detainer |
Thomas B. Eastland, William Goodwin, W. H. Barnes |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 68 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | John Knightly v. W. J. Smith | Shelby | Unlawful Detainer | West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 130 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | John Nave v. John W. Hunter | Carter | Unlawful Detainer |
Previous judgment, 21 June 1877, possession of store house & costs, 9th Civil Dist. on wates of Stoney Creek, land owned by Nave known as "forge tract" near dwelling & grist mill. Defendant had been located in mill, selling goods for period of time. Plaintiff alleges he is entitled to possession of goods sold defendant- unlawfully detains the same from plaintiff. |
East | Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1692 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | Mary A. Bills et al. v. Josiah R. Hunter | Marshall | Ejectment- Unlawful Detainer |
Additional Plaintiffs: Garsham A. Bills, Mary S. A. Bills, John A. Bills. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 66 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | Robert Craighead v. Fannie Kittrell et al. | Smith | Unlawful Detainer |
Additional Defendants: Isham Kittrell, David Kittrell, and D.A. West. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 50 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | S. W. Johnson v. Robert P. Moss | Williamson | Unlawful Seizure | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 37 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | Samuel Oakley v. Faisha A. Fisher et al. | Smith | Ejectment- Unlawful Detainer |
Additional Defendants: Jeremiah Fisher, Francis A. Wright and wife Annas Wright, George Fisher, Giles Fisher, K. Fisher, and E. Fisher. J.J. Ford is involved in the case. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 70 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. John Sterler | Shelby | Unlawful Selling of Goods | West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 138 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | William Barton, et al. v. Sarah S. Whitlock, et al. | Cannon | Unlawful Detainer |
Additional Plaintiffs: John Edward Denton. Additional Defendants: John W. Whitlock and James Whitlock. See also Sarah L. Whitlock v. W. Barton, MT1136 and Sarah L. Whitlock v. William Barton, et al., MT58. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 50 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | Whitmore Ransom v. Ashton Butterworth et al. | Franklin | Ejectment- Unlawful Detainer |
Additional Defendant: Listed only as "The wife of A. Butterworth." |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 50 | 0 | Order A Copy |