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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 | 1881 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Incomplete case file. Division, county, and case style unknown. Note signed by W. L. Boyd listing women and clothing items they have and need including dresses, shoes, underskirts and chemises. Names include; Mary Scott, Francis Binard, Malinda Galiway, Fannie Tarkerntern, Betie Gardner, Matie Fuller, Susie Edniston, Lucy Pits, Mariah Wilson, Jane McDonald, Chadealier Hawshaw, Alanday Whirley, Sadie Cage, Sarah Thomas, Anna Keavesley, Annie Johnson, Mollie Williams, Allis Davis, Allis Wrey. |
East | Range: 20 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1603 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1881 | A. W. Butler v. W. H. Robison, et al. | Lawrence | Default on Promissory Note |
Additional Defendant: W.W. Gordon. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 40 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | A. J. Trounstine et al. v. B. Lask et al. | Davidson | Debt Dispute |
Neither the list of Additional Defendants nor Additional Complainants is readily clear. See MT 18 for possibly related case. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 84 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Annie E. Fulton (widow), ex parte. | Blount | Ex Parte Petition |
Annie is the widow of Charles A. Fulton, died intestate. Fulton had no estate and so Annie filed an application for one year’s support from William M. Hood, W. H. Kirk, A. M. Rule. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | A. J. Black & wife v. Frank Trimble | Fayette | Unknown |
The materials available for this case are two large sets of documents marked Vol. II and Vol. III. They consist primarily of testimony by various neighbors. The issue seems to concern the value of a piece of property after a house was constructed on it. There are comments on the principals' behavior (including drunkenness), an inventory of the property, and various businesses in the community. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 163 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Amanda E. Shelby v. Queen Insurance Co. et al. | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Additional Defendants: M. Marx & H. Bernsdorf, partners Marx & Bernsdorf, Memphis agents for Queen Insurance Co. of Liverpool & London. Plaintiff's home damaged by fire 4 May 1879. Drawing on page 14 |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 164 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | August Pracht v. H. S. Albright, et al. | Haywood | Attachment |
Additional Defendant: W. J. Lyle, Sheriff of Haywood County. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 169 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Adam Moorer (col.) v. Peter Fitzpatrick | Lauderdale | Breach of Bond |
Plaintiff was bound as an apprentice. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 172 | 135 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | A. Cunningham v. William Eggert& Co. | Madison | Debt |
William Eggert and Theodore Wolf, Jr., partners trading as "William Eggert & Co." Plea of debt under $500.00. A. Cunningham of Jackson, Tenn. in 1878 bought of Eggert & Co. two bales of Havana tobacco valued at $269.50. No payment had been made. Appeal made to TN Supreme Court, Jackson. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | A. M. Stevens et al. v. H. Floyd Ferguson et al. | Dyer | Deed of Trust |
Additional Plaintiff: S. R. Latta. Additional Defendants: Mary Montezuma Ferguson (wife of H. Floyd Ferguson), W. C. Doyle, James A. Foster, P. C. Ledsinger, and others. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 177 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | A. P. Gwynne, admr. v. Y. N. Estes, et al. | Shelby | Estate Settlement |
Gwynne was administrator of the estate of S. D. Mongurn. Additional Defendant: J. H. Doan, D. H. Campbell, C. W. Edmonds, E. T. Campbell, S. Feucht, Jacob Block, C. A. Dammon, and Gabe Klein. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Alston M. Boyd et al. v. Thomas H. Allen | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Additional Complainant: Alston M. Boyd of Shelby Co., TN, son of Alston M. Boyd. A. M. Boyd former owner of Donaldson/Donelson Plantation in Bolivar, MS. Sold to Andrew J. Donelson (dec.) of Davidson Co., TN in Dec. 1856. Also mentioned: Martin Donelson, son of A. J. Donelson. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 184 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | A. A. Vaughn v. A. J. Vaughn et al | Obion | Breach of Bond |
Additional Defendants: T. W. Dickerson & W. R. Hogan. Defendant A. J. Vaughn father & guardian of A. A. Vaughn; Dickerson & Hogan A. J. Vaughn's securities. Guard Document appointing A. J. Vaughn guardian mistakenly refers to plaintiff as A. J. Vaughn. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 184 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Albert L. Harris et al.v. Samuel Mosby , Receiver et al | Shelby | Injunction |
Additional Plaintiffs: O. H. P. Piper, George A. Cochran, and W B. Mallory. Additional Defendants: William H. Stovall and Rosa Fowler, exors. John H. Fowler, dec. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 186 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Allen, Bush & West v. J. P. Fuqua, admr. et al | Carroll | Debt on Account |
Additional Plaintiff: Lewis A. Hurt, surviving partner in firm of Abbott & Hurt. Fuqua admr. of J. W. Abbott, dec. Firm of Allen, Bush & West comprised of J. H. Allen, T. H. West & J. C. Bush. Plaintiffs sued to collect $607.29 due them on account. |
West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 336 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | A. M. Sanders v. A. W. Roberts | Grainger | Equity |
Sanders sold Roberts some land for which Roberts was still in debt. Sanders held a lien on the property and wanted and can force its sale. |
East | Range: 18 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1991 | 62 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | A. V. S. Lindsley& Frank Lindsley v. John Bostick, J. W. Simmons,& F. M. Donnell | Wilson | Injunction |
Plaintiffs sued defendants, listed as Commissioner of Public Roads, to stop Wilson County from building a road across their 1000 acre tract of land where an old road existed previously. The original road was known as the Harrican and Scotts Mill Road. A. V. S. Lindsley was the son of Dr. Philip Lindsley, the one time president of the University of Nashville. He was a postmaster for Nashville and a State Senator. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 638 | 111 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Asa Faulkner et al. v. Sam Brown et al.. | Warren | Bond Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs - H. H. Faulkner and R. Kennedy - additional defendants - David Coppinger, R. W. Spanks, Joe Sanders and J. B. Brooks |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | A. J. Halliburton, admr. John H. Halliburton, dec. v. Mary M. Rainey, et al. | Lauderdale | Conveyance, Illegal |
Additional Defendants: H. A. Rainey, son of Mary Rainey; S. G. Rainey & A. L. Rainey. Other defendants may also be her children. John H. Halliburton resident of Haywood Co. William L. Coffman son-in-law of Mary Rainey. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 167 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Alfred J. Black, Cuba H. Black v. Frank Trimble | Fayette | Estate Settlement |
Estate of Leander Black, dec., Alfred J. Black, exor., 350 acres of land in Fayette Co. near Williston. Green Reed, dec., father of Mrs. Cuba H. Black. Cover page states "Vol. 1," ?. Evidently, two other volumes in another WT box. (See WT Box 163) |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 175 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | A. W. Cole admr. for James S. Hatcher v. J. S. Wilkins | Shelby | Other |
Other interested party: Mrs. Chapman Fraternal Organization: Knights of Honor Deceased died of Yellow Fever Cause of action: ownership of paid benefit possible historical significance as it deals with whether or not the benefit paid to the heirs of the deceased by the Knights of Honor belongs to the estate and therefore can be used as payment for debts, or to the heirs, separate from the estate |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | A. Crittendon v. J. D. Upton & Ewing Craddock | Obion | Promissory Note |
A. Crittendon was acting in capacity of Executor of the William Crittendon Estate. Promissory was made to be paid to William Crittendon. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 203 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Allen, Bush & West v. J. M. Hutchison, et al | Gibson | Deed of Trust |
Additional defendants: J. N. McDaniel |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 302 | 149 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Ann Stothart, et al. v. M. M. Brien | Davidson | Property Dispute |
Additional Complainants: Cornelia Stothart, Mary Alice Sumner[?], S. H. Sumner[?], Frank Foster Stothart, Eugene Stothart, Willis Stothart, Alexander Stothart, Emma[?] Florence Stothart. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 499 | 135 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | A. D. McAdams v. Thomas H. Bledsoe | Davidson | Debt | Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 512 | 47 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1881 | Abner Maxwell & Robert Maxwell v. John L. Wallace & Wiseman Herron | Putnam | Ejectment | Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 605 | 103 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1881 | A. J. Greenlee v. A C. Bostich | Lincoln | Debt | Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 669 | 79 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1881 | A.P. Little and M.A. Little v. Thomas Le Hash and W. M. Bishop | Washington | Equity |
Cause of action was listed as "Bill of Equity. "Complainants were seeking justice for a property they claim was wrongly levied. |
East | Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1743 | 82 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Adaline Simpson v. Jesse Bacon, et al. | Washington | Failure to Return Execution |
Brief for plaintiff only. Simpson sued sureties of Mark Bacon formerly sheriff of Washington County to recover of said sureties for failure of said Bacon to pay over monies collected by him to which Simpson was entitled. Simpson gave execution against A.D. Taylor to Bacon for collecting a note, which Bacon failed to do. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1192 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Brien & Woodard v. C. Jane Swan | Davidson | Ejectment- Unlawful Detainer |
Brien & Woodard is M. M. Brien Sr. and Wiley Woodard. Brian Woodard is an additional defendant. Case regards the ownership of four town lots purchased at a tax sale. Case divided between two boxes. 79 pages in MT1150, unknown page count in MT50. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 50 | 79 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Berry Reasonover v. State | DeKalb | Careless Driving |
Cause of Action: Pistol at Public Assembly |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | B. L Armstrong v. A. M. Boyd et al | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendant: Alston Boyd, son of A. M. Boyd. Also mentioned: M. B. Armstrong, wife of B. L. Armstrong. Boyd is a factor and commission agent by occupation. From 1866 to 1874 Boyd cotton planter in Crittenden Co., AR. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 167 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Bamberger Bloom & Co. v. J. W. Davis | Henry | Debt |
Debt of $400.00 owned by Davis to said company. Davis owned a dry goods store in Cottage Grove, Tenn. Court ordered seizure of goods to satisfy debt with Bamberger. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 175 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Bersheba E. Phillips v. James J. Phillips, et al. | Hardin | Divorce |
Divorce from James J. Phillips, an alleged adulterer and unfit parent. Suit further seeks to prevent husband from claiming properties plaintiff inherited from father. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 175 | 178 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | B. D. Shofner v. Thomas French | Carroll | Ejectment | West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 181A | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1881 | Belle V. Oldham v. Columbus Hurd et al | Shelby | Estate Settlement |
Additional defendant: Alice L. Oldham |
West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 606 | 188 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Benjamin M. Hawkins v. Thomas A. Kercheval et al. | Davidson | Contempt of Court |
Additional Defendants: Hugh McGavock, Casper B. Kulia, and James Turner, all policy commissioners of the city of Nashville. Kercheval was mayor of Nashville. The plaintiff was a police officer. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 671 | 39 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Belding Brothers & Company v. John Frankland, Trustee | Davidson | Deed Dispute | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 59 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1881 | Brooks, Neeley & Co. et al. v. A. Michael et al. | Fayette | Debt |
Other plaintiffs: Hill, Fontaine & Co.; Goodbar & Co.; Buchanan Bros. & Co. Other defendant: Mrs. Jessie Mars. Suit is for unpaid judgments from previous court cases. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 169 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Bank of Commerce v. E. L. McGowan | Shelby | Taxation Disputes |
E. L. McGowan County Trustee of Shelby Co. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 181 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Bowdrie McClellan & Co v. E. Solomon et al | Gibson | Deed, Fraudulent |
Additional Defendants: M. Oppenheimer & wife, Rosa; Louis Oppenheimer, M. H. Johnson, M C. Holmes, T. J. Williams, L. A. Horne, A. R. Coleman, J. E. Campbell, Louisa Moore et al. Also mentioned in case: Joseph Solomon of Duquoine(?), IL and Henry & F. M. Solomon of Chicago, IL, brothers of E. Solomon. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 186 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | B. H. Cooke & Co. v. T. M. & J. D. Anderson, et al. | Sumner | Injunction |
Complainant sold goods, groceries, etc., wholesale to defendant J. D. Anderson. Anderson left the state not paying for said goods. Complainant sought writs of attachment and injunction to keep items from being sold. Additional Defendant: M. B. Duvall |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 513 | 390 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | B. F. C. Smith v. G W. Hubbard, admr. et al. | Smith | Debt |
John Hubbard hired B. F. C. Smith to build a bridge. Smith build the bridge, but J. Hubbard died before paying Smith. Smith is sued the administrator of the deed for the remainder of his wages. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 667 | 76 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Bettie Lusky v. P. Cohen & Mary Cohen | Davidson | Damages |
Sued both defendants for $25,000 per person. Lusky claimed that defendants falsely slandered her, falsely accused her of adultery, and also falsely accused her of theft. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 652 | 133 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | C. S. Allen et al. v. H. J. Shipp et al. | Lincoln | Land, Sale of |
Additional Complainant: John Allen, Richard Allen. Additional Defendants: Arney Nelson, H.H. Sugg. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 682 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | C. D. Gibbs v. G. F. Thomasson | Obion | Replevin |
Original case: Gibbs is filing as next friend of W. B. Gibbs Jr., who claims that G. F. Thomason has taken possession of 235 two-bushel sacks of wheat belonging to him, & even marked with his name, "W. B. Gibbs Jr." On appeal the case becomes Gibbs v. Marietta Dunlap, executrix of John H. Dunlap, dec. Dunlap has claimed the wheat as payment for a previous judgment recovered against Gibbs. |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 37 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Charles H. Taylor et al. v. Edward Richardson et al. | Shelby | Land, Contract Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: Thomas F. Duffie. Additional Defendant: A. H. May. Dispute concerns contract giving full title to a plantation in Phillips Co., AR. Taylor and Duffie partners in firm Taylor, Duffin & Co. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 170 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans Railroad Co. v. James R. Vann & R. E. Hopper | Madison | Land and Title Dispute |
Railroad maintains that defendants are trespassing on property that it legally owns. Defendants maintain that railroad has no legal right to the property. Map on page 219. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Charles Owens v. A. E. Dunn, admr. of E. H. Dunn, dec., et al. | Polk | Wills, Contested |
Complainant argued that he should be entitled to his late wife's share in E. H. Dunn's estate, as she was his daughter and had a son before her death. Complainant also argued that A. E. Dunn, admr., had not distributed profits as outlined in the will. Defendants are Ann Eliza Dunn, N. B. Dunn, John B. Cooke, John M. Dunn, Eliza Dunn, Matilda H. Cooke, and T. C. Owens. Note that Dunn died during the Civil War and that much of his estate's "real" property was lost as a result of emancipation. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 75 | 149 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Chatfield & Woods v. Ogden Brothers, et al | Davidson | Debt |
William H. Chatfield, William Woods and John S. Woods are partners in Chatfield & Woods. William H. Ogden and Albert S. Ogden are partners in Ogden Brothers. Additional defendants: Tim Johnson (Sheriff), Robert Ewing (Receiver), Jane C. Hopkins, E. Hopkins, L. Shattuck & Co., Merchants National Bank, H. Lazarus, Isaac Barber & Son, John B. Ashton, D. Weil (Trustee of debtors of Ogden Brothers). Debt due on note. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 652 | 23 | Order A Copy |