Order Cases Online
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 | 1899 | Clara Lane et al. v. United States Building & Loan Association | Shelby | Attachment |
Clara Lane was one of many stockholders who bought stock with this company under the belief that it was a chartered company in Tennessee. It was then discovered that the company was chartered in Kentucky. Lane and others ask for an attachment "to issue to be levied on its assets; the bill be declared a general creditors' bill to wind up said Association and administer its assets in Tennessee." |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 765 | 263 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1899 | C. M. Weatherly v. John Meriwether | Madison | Attachment |
This suit concerns the attachment of a portion of the defendant's crop because of unpaid rent. Folder includes two briefs and some hand-written notes. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 762 | 62 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1899 | J. F. O'Neal v. A. J. Peddy, et al. | Chester | Attachment |
Additional Defendants: John Allen & James E. Peddy, sons of A. J. Peddy. Plaintiff alleges that A. J. Peddy fraudulently borrowed $800 from him, saying that the money was for his sons & they would use it to pay him (Peddy) for lands in Peddy's possession that he would deed to them. Loan would be secured by deed of trust. Both Peddy's sons minors & uninterested in purchasing land. Plaintiff wants writ of attachment issued to attach the property Peddy had said he would deed to his sons. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 719 | 303 | Order A Copy |