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 | 1900 | Continental Savings Bank v. Sue T. McClure et al | Shelby | Wills, Contested | West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 797 | 37 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1900 | G. W. Smith v. Marie C. Hitzfield | Shelby | Wills, Contested |
Will of G. W. Smith |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 825 | 71 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | J. E. Thomas et al. v. William Roller | Sullivan | Wills, Contested |
Petition for Modification of Facts and opinion only. Will concerns a piece of land. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 35 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Jesse Edgington, special admr., estate of Mary J. Smith, dec.& Eliza A. Smith, Ruth Smith, Ida Smith,& Sally Smith v. John Earp, et al. | Shelby | Wills, Contested |
Additional plaintiffs: Lydia Earp, J. W. Askins, Sarah C. Askins, Jonathan Salsman, Martha E. Salsman, Cynthia Jackson, Emily Hopkins, A. A. Renaud, Amanda C. Renaud, R. A. Clark, and Nancy Clark. Will was upheld. May not be complete. Alternate page numbering has pages begin at 679a and ceases at 1034. Additional case materials are absent. Pages are numbered 1-334 so case structure and page removal may have occurred during the case's creation by the court. |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 744 | 334 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | State ex rel D. P. Prescott v. B. F. Williford, et al. | Shelby | Contested Election |
Other defendant: J. P. Young. Williford elected secretary of board of Turnpike Commissioners & later resigned. Prescott replaced him & abandoned his previous occupation. Young, also on the board, later maneuvered another election, ousting Prescott & installing Williford as secretary. Prescott refused to vote, claiming that the office was not open & that the proceeding was illegal. Affidavits: 3 Prescotts, Kimbrough & Young. Deposition: G. B. Coleman. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 831 | 43 | Order A Copy |