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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 | Alfred Sharp, et al. v. Oswald Sharp Heirs | Knox | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional plaintiffs: Riley Ramsey, David De Armond. Property lines in dispute from an early land grant. See related ejectment case, Oswald Sharp Heirs v Riley Ramsey in ET 1960. |
East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1049 | 287 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Anna T. Davenport v. Thomas W. Davenport et al. | Cannon | Property Dispute |
Other defendants (as spelled in transcript): Burtan Davenport, Larens Campbell, Dug Davenport, John Davenport, Elizabeth Robinson, Hugh Robinson, Sylas Davenport, Rosanah Davenport, Nancy Davenport, Mary Davenport, Lucy Davenport, and Andrew Davenport. Most are heirs of Warren Davenport; plaintiff is his widow. She claims not to have been informed of the conditions of her husband's will until all the property was sold. She says she brought some of it to the marriage and it was hers by right. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 628 | 240 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Bettie Wright v. Chaney Carr | Shelby | Property Dispute | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 231 | 19 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1883 | H. B. Sherrod v. The Southern Oil Works | Shelby | Destruction of Property/ Petition t |
Plaintiff sues for $ 10,000 as damages for an injury. Plaintiff owned a house next to a building defendant rented, a brick partition separating them. The partition helped hold the roof up on plaintiff's house. The defendant's accidently broke the wall down, wrecking plaintiff's house. |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 25 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Henry Loeb, assignee of Elehman& Co. v. Rindskoff Brothers& Co.& P. R. Athy, Sheriff | Shelby | Property Dispute |
Alternate name spelling: Ruidskoff, Esehman |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 236 | 83 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Harriett E. Smith, exe., v. George A. Smith et al. | Shelby | Property Dispute |
Complainant is the executrix of her first husband, John A. Nove. When Henry G. Smith, her second husband, died, his family members claimed the income from the sale of property that had originally belonged to Node. Complainant claims that the money should revert to her on the death of Smith, and that his family members have no right to it. Other defendants are F. W. Smith and Robert M. Heath. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 233 | 149 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Isaac Grove v. Louisville& Nashville Rail Road Company | Sumner | Property Damage |
Plaintiff instituted an action against the defendant for emptying their trash in a way that overflowed to his land. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 796 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Jane Doss by next friend v. W. L. Doss and John Swaffer | McMinn | Recovery of Land/Property |
W. L. Doss owned a tract of land and conveyed land to Swaffer. Jane, Doss’s wife, would not sign the contract and it was never registered in the Register’s office. Doss moved the family to a poorer farm against Jane's wishes and she later filed suit to recover the land from Swaffer. Next friend Thomas L. Dixon. 90 pages in ET1940 |
East | Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1891 | 119 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | James H. Magill v. J. R. Rice, et al | McMinn | Property Dispute |
This case is incomplete. This is an East Tennessee case. Magill sold to Rice some property to be paid over 3 years and held the payment note himself. Rice took possession of the property, while magill maintained a lien on the property. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 647 | 98 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | P. H. Wade v. J. E. Ritter | Davidson | Property Dispute | Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 663 | 80 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1883 | R. K. Halloway v. Bailey G. Covington& M. Skallen | Fayette | Property Dispute | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 233 | 64 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1883 | State v. E. L. Palmer | Shelby | Destruction of Property/ Petition to Halt Construction |
Charge is stealing and destroying valuable paper, which was a receipt for partial payment of the cost of a mule. Of the total cost of $120, a cash payment of $90.58 had been made, leaving a balance of $39.42. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 216 | 10 | 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 | T. P. Bateman v. J. R. Fain | Perry | Property Dispute |
Plaintiff and defendant claim title to the same tract of land. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 802 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Virginia C. Holst v. Margaret Holst et al. | Shelby | Property Settlement |
Virginia Holst is the executor of the estate of T. W. Holst, who owned an undertaking business with George H. Holst. Both men have died -- T.W. died intestate; George left his entire estate to Margaret. The suit is to divide fairly the business assets and other property owned jointly by the two men. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 237 | 134 | 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 |