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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 | J. R. Bates v. J. H. Cooper et al | Perry | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Add. Defendants: Soloman Cooper, E.W. Easley, G.B. Price, James Warmack, and Nathan Grinsby and wife, Sarah. Bates purchased tract of land from Cooper and siblings that was willed to them by their father. Cooper & Price conveyed they could make a good deed for the land, but later filed a bill stating the deed excluded a title to Bates, making it invalid. The bill did not include Bates as holding interest in the land even though he executed payment notes to Cooper and Price. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 811 | 138 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | L. K. Freeman et al.v. R. J. Jackson et al | Obion | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Additional complainant: J. S. Alexander. Additional defendant: wife S. S. Jackson. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 224 | 124 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | Robert Davis et al. v. H. C. Cross et al | Shelby | Deed, Fraudulent |
Additional Plaintiffs: Mollie, Emma & Huella(?) Davis. Plaintiffs minors sued by next friend L. H. Estes, Jr. Additional Defendants: M. W. Canada; William Beth (Colored) & Minor Hays (Colored). H. C. Cross resident of MA. Plaintiffs' father had lived with M. S. Brooks & conducted his business for him. Father died 1871 & Brooks took his children in & deeded them the disputed property in 1880. Brooks dec. 11 Sept. 1880. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 235 | 231 | Order A Copy |