Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
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