Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
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 Pool v. V. G. Cody Shelby Debt on Account West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 294 56 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. J. Busby & Co. v. John A Hill et al. Shelby Debt

Additional Defendants: Mrs. S. B. Hill, John W. Dillard, C. R. Pollard, George C. Howard, and F. W. Sherrill. J. J. Busby & Co. consisted of J. J. Busby and John S. Toof.

 West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 294 150 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. A. Vernon v. J. Algeo Shelby Debt West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 294 33 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. T. Cannon& wife v. D. M. Pearce, et al. Obion Debt Dispute

Additional plaintiff: S. [T.?] Haydon Defendant was representing his company as profitable when it was not and was accused of deceiving and misleading the public to invest in it.

 West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 297 635 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 John D. Shelton v. Mattie Padgett et al Henderson Land

Additional defendants: George Mass and Marcus Mass

 West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 297 125 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Jerry Logan, et al. v. John Hally Land and Title Dispute

Case incomplete; brief only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 103 14 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 John M. Clark v. John R. Martin Henry Debt West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 300 51 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. P. Fuqua, et al. v. T. H. Sinwiddie, et al Carroll Injunction

Additional plaintiffs: W. G. Hartman, exe. Of John Norman, dec., R. H. Caster. Additional defendants: W. A. Sinwiddie

 West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 302 156 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. D. H. Meyer v. Goyer Cold Storage Co. Shelby Debt Dispute West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 302 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. F. Presson v. Oliver Parrott Benton Debt West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 303 33 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Jacob Austin v. John A. Miller& W. R. Weeks Chester Land and Title Dispute West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 304 214 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 John W. Jefferson v. B. F. Grimes, et al Shelby Estate Settlement

Additional defendants: Susan Grimes

 West Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 306 288 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Joseph H. Moon v. John H. Reeder, et al McNairy Estate Dispute

Additional Defendants: John M. Harum, S. Winningham, Nancy Winningham, Mollie Ruleman, Nettie Ruleman, W. M. Ruleman, Robert Waggoner, Mattie Waggoner, Lafayette McCormack

 West Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 307 124 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. B. Moore, admr. v. B. T. Hillsman Carroll Garnishment

Actions resulting in case began in 1871.

 West Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 309 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. H. Livingston & Mary W. Livingston v. E. D. Livingston et al Shelby Land

Additional defendants: John H. Livingston, Orlando Rice Livingston, Bertie Livingston.

 West Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 310 24 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 John T. Stockley, et al. v. Desoto Building& Loan Association, et al. Shelby Debt

Additional plaintiffs: H. W. Stockley, Paul O. Stockley, Charles Stockley, O. K. Joplin, wife: Lizzie T. Joplin, Nee Stockley. Defendant: Minter Parker, secretary, R. A. Parker, Trustee.

 West Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 397 67 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 James G. Johnson & Company v. M. R. Cruger et. Al. Shelby Debt on Account

Additional defendants listed as W. D. Cannon and Jerome Baxter. Plaintiffs were based in New York and sued for debt on an account owed by the defendants for goods sold to defendants for use in their business.

 West Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 416 72 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 John M. Walton & Wife v. Jan Easterly et al Unknown

Single stock book only, no other documents or information included.

 East Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 737 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 James Mathews et al. v. Blount Co. & J. S. Thomas Blount Debt East Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 753 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. W. Deutch v. L. H. Davis, et al. Davidson False Imprisonment

Additional defendant: Thomas J. Winfrey.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 587 278 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. J. Garrott v. Joseph Griffey, et al. Montgomery Injunction

Additional Defendant: Susan Griffey. Cause of Action: J. J. Garrott filed this bill to enjoin defendants from prosecuting a suit of replevin and to foreclose on a mortgage.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 587 103 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Jane Foutch v. G. R. West et al. DeKalb Attachment

Additional defs: National Bank of McMinnville, Mary West, W. H. Magness, Thomas B. Potter. Potter was beneficiary and trustee of farm land and he made West an agent to manage the property. Foutch alleged that West owed her money but was avoiding paying through fraud. She believed that West and Potter were conspiring to hide the value of the land in an attempt to avoid selling it and using the profit to pay the debt. Most of this case can be found in MT1136 in two folders.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 593 503 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. B. Frazier v. W. H. Brown, cashier DeKalb Petitions for Certiorari

W. H. Brown was cashier of the Second National Bank of Lebanon. J. B. Frazier filed this petition for writs of Supersedeas and certiorari.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 595 28 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 James Beard v. James O'Conner & D. M. Taylor Knox Damages

This is a suit for $2500 in damages against the defendant D.M. Taylor a constable for Knox County for executing a writ of possession See also ET Box 1871

 East Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1088 23 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 James B. Crockett v. R. N. Carmack, et al. Williamson Attachment

Additional Defendants: H. Carmack, W. T. Holt. .

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 598 103 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. P. Ward, et al. v. J. B. Ward, et al. Smith Estate Dispute

Complainants: James L. Ward, L.A. Johnson & Husband Dinean Johnson Jr. 20 additional defendants Estate of John St. Ward, d. 1862 or '63

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 607 55 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. N. DeHart v. W. M. Bowles et al. Davidson Lien

Additional defendants: L.A. Bowles, William Hunter, and Louisa Hunter Defendants failed to pay for building work and improvements per contract with J. N. De Hart

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 607 72 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. S. Doyle v. J. White White Injunction Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 608 38 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. Herman v. M. Frankle & Henry Frankle Bedford Debt on Account

Plaintiff accuses the Frankles of fraudulently disposing of their property in order to avoid paying their debts.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 617 32 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 James G. Woods v. Talitha Stephens Lincoln Other

Cause of action: seduction. The case has two volumes and has been placed in two folders. Newspapers included.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 624 1157 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 John H. Rees, admr. v. Ann G. Rees, et al. Lincoln Property Dispute

Here are two cases stapled together, both with the same name; the first is also referred to as John H. Rees, Admin., v. the Heirs of Jordon Rees, dec. Rees had no direct heirs; except for his widow, everyone else with a claim to his property was a niece or a nephew, and they were denying her claim to his homestead.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 626 140 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 John Smith v. W. A. Rhodes Lincoln Rent Dispute

Several years previously, plaintiff had built the defendant (his son-in-law) a house and some property, since he seemed unable or unwilling to provide a home for his family. The daughter (defendant's wife) now being dead, and their children married and gone from the state, plaintiff is asking defendant to pay rent on the property, which he us refusing to do.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 630 85 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. H. Bryson v. William Blanks Cannon Recovery

Oversize map located in M-17-19. Map of land in dispute. Shows plaintiffs hom and surrounding acreage. Used as Exhibit B of J. J Dorris deposition.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 633 330 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Jacob Gillespie v. H. C. Moore Lincoln Debt Settlement

Defendant says the note of indebtedness that the plaintiff offers in evidence was written conditionally and is not correct.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 635 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. F. Awalt v. H. R. Estill Franklin Estate Settlement Middle Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 643 138 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. B. Wilhoite, et al. v. William C. Wilson, et al. Marshall Debt

Other plaintiffs: M. T. Powell; Austin Powell; S. Brit Ezell. Other defendants: M. C. Wilson; M. E. Patton; T. C. Patton. Debt of $2,600.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 643 245 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. M. Arnold v. Tennessee Brokerage Association Davidson Debt

Debt due by account under $500.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 651 85 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 John F. Campbell& T. T. Russell v. Eliza Jane Kelley Davidson Damages

Damages for "maliciously entering and searching" a house.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 651 34 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. E. Gleaves, admr. of Felix K. Zollicoffer, dec. v. John H. Wilson, et al. Davidson Estate Settlement

Also see MT 73.Other defendants: Virginia Z. Wilson; Ann Marie Zollicoffer; Octavia L. Zollicoffer; Mary D. Zollicoffer; Felicia K. Zollicoffer; Louisa Zollicoffer; James Swanson; John P. McKay. Documents also include an inventory of Zollicoffer estate. Zollicoffer was a Confederate general during the Civil War. He died at the Battle of Mill Springs in 1862.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 653 89 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. A. Boyer v. Arch Pruitt Cocke Land and Title Dispute

James A. Boyer filed the bill for confirmation of his superior title to two tracts of land on the north side of the French Broad River in Cocke County. Archileas Pruitt had also claimed title and taken possession of the land.

 East Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1855 194 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Jos. Frankland & Company v. James Wadley, T. M. Smiley Bedford Debt on Account

Jos. Frankland & Co., Wholesale Merchants, Nashville. Wadley, Smiley & Co., Adams Hall, Bedford Co., TN. Debt on account of $515.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 653 159 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 John Williams v. John S. Bush Franklin Promissory Note

Sale of land in Franklin County.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 677 87 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. L. Dowell v. Alex Officer Putnam Debt Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 686 293 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 Jim Johnson v. State Davidson Larceny Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 689 14 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 John Aukenbauer, Sr. v. John Aukenbauer, Jr. et al. Davidson Debt

Additional Defendant: George W. Aukenbauer.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 694 28 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 John W. Alexander v. J. G. Fulghurn Davidson Notes Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 698 18 Order A Copy

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