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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 |
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| View Entry | 1885 | Jacob Haynes, Sr. v. Jacob Haynes, Jr. | Union | Land and Title Dispute |
Concerns land deeded by plaintiff to defendant 9 Dec. 1865. The case materials relate that Haynes Sr. was indicted for treason at the end of the Civil War. Knowing that most individuals indicted for treason at that time were stripped of their property, his son talked him into deeding his land to him to hold until such time as everything could be settled. Additional case materials in ET 1895 (Range 19, Section B, Shelf 6). |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1082 | 70 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | Samuel N. Kelly v. Eliza Kelly, et al. | Union | Unknown |
File incomplete. Decree only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1082 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | Tilghmon H. Evans, et al. v. Josiah Russell, et al. | Union | Equity |
Add plains: Tilghmon H., George W., John, and Joseph Evans, Lucinda Evans and Terry Taliaferro, Mary Evans and George Cooper, and minors Tabitha and Orlena Evans. Add defs: Josiah Russell, William Roe, Daniel Miller, and heirs of Elizabeth Miller- Thomas, Daniel, Nancy. David Fields, dec. 1814 “in the Battle of the Horseshoe against the Indians in a Campaign led by Andrew Jackson.” The Fields intermarried with the Millers and Evans and this is a dispute regarding land rights and equity. |
East | Range: 19 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1914 | 179 | Order A Copy |