Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
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 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 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 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