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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 | 1886 | A. F. Whitman, admr. of William Sear, dec. v. John Jamison | Williamson | Enforcement of Lien |
Additional Complainant: Carolina Sear, E. S. Sear, A. D. Sear. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 598 | 75 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Albert G. Scott v. A. W. Scott et al. | Humphreys | Land, Partition of |
A dispute of land jointly owned by the plaintiff's deceased father and the defendant. Additional Defendant: Emma T. Morphis (formerly Emma Scott). |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 697 | 139 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Bryant Brothers v. Hughes, Eaton & Co. | Moore | Dissolution of Partnership |
The plaintiffs were whiskey distillers in Lynchburg, Moore County. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 676 | 285 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Cincinnati Investment Co. et al.v. Mayor& Aldermen of Chattanooga | Hamilton | Land, Sale of |
Opinion only, case summary not included. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 749 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Connell, Buford & Co. v. A. G. Trevathan | Henry | Deed of Trust | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 300 | 36 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | G. B. Thomas et al. v. J. H. McDonald et al. | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Additional Plaintiff: W. W. Hamilton. Additional Defendant: Knoxville Academy. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 301 | 74 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | G. G. Dibrell et al. v. W. B. Cummings et al. | White | Breach of Bond |
Case includes counter-suit of W. B. Cummings et al. v. G. G. Dibrell et al. Other defendant: Mary C. Cummings. Other plaintiffs: James Dibrell & William Turner. Suit alleges that Cummings died when he was still in office as Circuit Court Clerk, and that he still held county funds that he had collected. Suit was filed to collect those funds claimed by plaintiffs. Complete title of complaint is "injunction and attachment," as well as "breach of bond." |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1217 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Joseph Frankland & Co. v. The Domestic Sewing Machine Co. | Davidson | Breach of Contract |
Case concerns the purchase of sewing machines to be sold within the complainant's territory in middle Tennessee as specified by contract. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 642 | 138 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | John O. White v. James W. Tufts | Davidson | Sale of Goods | Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 699 | 33 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | J. M. Mitchell v. J. M. Tadlock, et al | Roane | Land, Sale of |
Additional defendants: N. G. Tadlock and T. C. Tadlock. J.M. Mitchell sold land to the defendants in 1882. Mitchell alleged that defendants did not pay full amount owned or honor payment time line given in sale contract. Additional materials in ET 1964 (Range 18, Section H, Shelf 1). |
East | Range: 19 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1923 | 432 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | John E. Dyer v. William Stanley | Obion | Breach of Contract | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 292 | 574 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | John M. Saxon v. Amos Hardin | Hardin | Breach of Contract | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 299 | 202 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | James M. Smith v. W. R. Presley | Henderson | Land, Sale of | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 302 | 195 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | J. H. Acklen v. Louisville & Nashville Rail Road Co. | Davidson | Loss of Property |
The plaintiff sued the defendant for loss of law books and desk destroyed by a fire at the railroad depot. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 688 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | J. P. Drouillard v. Jacob Bloomstein | Davidson | Sale of Land/Property | Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 704 | 54 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | Lewis Mason & Wife et al. v. Lewis M. Jarvis et al. | Hancock | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional Plaintiffs: Lavina Mason, Isaac and Mary Parkey, and Wilson M. and Mary Couch. Suit concerns the ownership of a tract of land in Claiborne County owned by Josiah Ramsey, dec. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendants had taken illegal possession of the land under a fraudulent tax sale/title. See majority of materials (109 of 133 pages) in box ET 1886. See related case files in box ET 71, 73, and 1695. |
East | Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 751 | 133 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Madison Ray, et al. v. George A. Jackson, et al. | Wayne | Land, Sale of |
Additional Defendants: David Jackson, Jonathan, Jackson, J. M. Jackson, Andrew Jackson, William Jackson Additional Complainants: Moses Ray, Anderson Ray, William Turnbow, Jesse Dicus, Harriet A. Dicus, heirs of Nancy Ray Williams, dec. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 585 | 135 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Mary A. Chase et al. v. James A. Joiner et al. | Shelby | Land, Partition of |
Additional Plaintiffs: W. J. Chase and Ada B. Chirot. Additional Defendants: Rufus L. Joiner, Mary Wright, and her husband. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 293 | 348 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Nettie McKeand v. Mayor & Aldermen of Wartrace | Bedford | Breach of Contract |
Plaintiff was hired to teach in the public high school, then received a letter rescinding the offer of employment. The issue of the case is whether the mayor and aldermen had the authority to make a binding contract for school employees. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 635 | 80 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Robert T. Creighton & wife, Nellie v. Joseph P. Brantley, et al.. | Bedford | Breach of Contract |
Additional defendants: A. Ogle, S. N. Stephenson. Defendants Brantley, Ogle and Stephenson were the Mayor, Board of Aldermen of the Town of Wartrace, TN. Complainant Nellie Creighton had been hired as assistant teacher at the "white school" in Wartrace. The defendants rescinded the offer to teach. Complainant seeks damages. Nellie (a/k/a Nettie) maiden name is McKean. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 643 | 64 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | State for use of S. W. Williams et al. v. James A. Anderson, admr., et al. | Shelby | Breach of Trust |
Other complainants: Richard W. Williams, John S. Williams, Mary L. Williams, Lucy L. Williams, Fanny Williams, and Julia Williams, by next friend Thomas R. Watskins and J. Joseph Williams. Other defendants: Calvin Vance, F. M. White, E. E. Clarke, and Mrs. Anne R. Williams. Anderson is the administrator of the will of J. J. Williams, deceased. He is accused of keeping moneys that should have passed into the hands of the widow and her children. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 308 | 263 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | State v. H. H. T. Carter, et al. | Rutherford | Breach of Bond |
Other defendants: W. N. Mason. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 634 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Stacker S. Lea v. W. H. Cherry | Shelby | Breach of Contract | West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 308 | 142 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | Tip Gamble, trustee v. Fourth National Bank of Nashville et al. | Davidson | Deed of Assignment |
Additional Defendants: Mary Rannie, D.H. Bailey, John Rannie, and others. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 708 | 141 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | W. P. Bradford, et al. v. Headley Coburn, et al. | Fayette | Guardianship of Minors |
Additional plaintiff: Laura P. Bradford. Additional defendants: S. Evans and P. M. Williams |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 308 | 100 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | W. H. Huguley, et al. v. B. S. Rhea, et al. | Davidson | Breach of Contract |
Other plaintiffs: W. T. Huguley, J. N. Nolan, R. O. Jackson, W. H. Huguley & Co. Other plaintiff: I. T. Rhea, partner in the firm B. S. Rhea & Son. Case concerns a contract for a shipment of corn. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 611 | 201 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | William Morriss v. W. F. Hudson | Monroe | Breach of Contract |
The parties entered a contract in which Hudson was to provide 100 head of cattle, averaging 500 pounds each, to be "ranged" in the mountains by Morriss, sold, and the funded split according to the contract. Morriss claimed the cattle were underweight and Hudson took back both cattle and certain property that he should pay the plaintiff for. Morriss also alleged that the terms of the contract dictated that Hudson pay for cattle that died on the range. |
East | Range: 19 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1923 | 266 | Order A Copy |