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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 | 1883 | David H. Poston, admr. et al.v. Joseph R. Williams et al | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: W. E. Greenlaw, exor. W. B. Greenlaw. Poston admr. for J. O. Greenlaw. Additional Defendants: Henry T., Edward W., & Benjamin R. Williams & Mrs. Jane T. Williams, wife James R. Williams. Photo marked No. 2 between pp. 54 & 55 |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 474 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | E. M. Bateman, et al. v. Ila G. Broom, et al. | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Co-plaintiff is Forrest Bateman, a minor. Co-defendant is Nancy Broom, Ila's wife. Folder includes a number of legal briefs. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 222 | 219 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | George Gilham v. Francis Sylva P. D'Arusmont | Shelby | Land, Sale of | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 230 | 392 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1883 | J. E. Warner v. E. R. Knight et al | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: P. D. Beecher & wife, Ellen; Ralph, Jefferson, Nellie & Mamie Hicks (Jefferson, Nellie, & Mamie minors), & Orville R. Early. Warren citizen of Norwich, CT. Knight citizen of Forrest City, AR. Early resident of MS. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 227 | 109 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | John McMahon v. John Walsh | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Partial record of a debt case which appears to be from the 1870s. County unknown. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 236 | 93 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | R. L. White v. William B. Waldron, et al. | Shelby | Land |
Additional defendants: Martha E. Waldron, James M. White. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 221 | 126 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | R. C. Brinkley et al. v. E. B. Carroll et al | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: Janet M. Wilson. Additional Defendants: W. P. Mitchell; Oscar B. Polk, Trustee; Thomas, J. J. & F. J. Polk; John C. & Annie E. McNeil; P. W. & Virginia Bowers. Exhibits - Business Card for Grocery Between Pp. 284 & 285 |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 235 | 377 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | State National Bank of Memphis v. Henry L. Douglass et al | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional defendants: B. B. Barnes, W. J. Chase, B. F. Haskins, Mrs. Lucy A. Douglass, John E. Douglass, J. D. Robinson, James H. Malone, Jake Butler, [blank] Henderson, and Mrs. Carrie Little. Complainant sues to recover property including a steam engine and boiler, a grist mill, a gin stand, and two mules. Briefs housed in separate folder from case file. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 214 | 409 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | State v. W. E. Butler, et al. | Shelby | Land, Sale of |
Additional defendants listed as Tammy McCarty, John McCarty, unknown heirs of E. McCarty, J. A. Everett and wife, and W. W. McDowell. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 282 | 77 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | State v. J. A. Anderson, admr. of Smith McManus, et al. | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: heirs of Smith McManus and Sarah Lears. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 45 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | W. A. Wheatley v. The Taxing District of Shelby County | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 231 | 79 | Order A Copy |