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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 | 1885 | A. W. Pyle, et al. v. M. M. Brien, Sr., et al. | Davidson | Petitions for Certiorari |
Additional Plaintiff: M. J. Pyle. Additional Defendant: Woodard of the firm Brien & Woodard. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 568 | 46 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | Jacob Meischer v. John H. Martin, et al. | Franklin | Petition for Land Recovery |
Petition for writ of possession. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 576 | 101 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | James P. Johnson v. John S. Fisher | Davidson | Petitions for Certiorari | Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 563 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1885 | James A. Seddon, et al. v. W. W. Woodfolk, et al | Davidson | Petition for Compensation |
Regards the conveyance and sale of the "Free State Lands." Additional Complainants: James L. Rice, M. H. Howard, B. A. Shepard Additional Defendants: Edward W. Wilkins, Ellen E. Lewis, Benjamin Lewis, William W. Wilkins, Leila Van Wyck, Augustus Van Wyck, John L. Wilkins, Henry Wilkins, Louisa Wilkins. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 575 | 141 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | Nancy Chaney v. A. C. Bryan, et al. | Sumner | Petitions for Dower |
Additional Defendants: George Bryan, M. J. Hassell, admr. of H. M. Chaney, dec., J. H. Kink, clerk of Sumner County, Charles Chaney, Eddie Chaney, Eliza Conway, Wallace Perrin, Tabitha Mitchell, Sophia E. Turley, W. S. Turley, Laura J. Reavis, Broadwell. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 590 | 152 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | N. B. Cheairs[?], et al. v. William P. Shipp. | Hickman | Petitions for Certiorari |
Additional Complainants: Charles Vaught, Wiley Embry, J. M. May. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 578 | 22 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | S. Besthoff v. Kate Smith | Shelby | Petitions for Certiorari | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 251 | 74 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1885 | William Williams v. C. W. L. Hale | DeKalb | Petitions for Certiorari |
Williams filed his petition for certiorari and Supersedeas to have an execution levied upon him by Hale quashed. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 575 | 23 | Order A Copy |