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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 | 1912 | A. H. Kortrecht, et al. v. W. N. Roths& C. Hughes, et al. v. W. N. Roths, et al. | Dyer | Property Dispute |
Plaintiffs: Augusta Kortrecht (NY), Hugh Kortrecht (AR). Dispute over estate of Charles Kortrecht, died 1878, Memphis, intestate. Properties in the 11th Civil Dist. Valuable stands of timber. Original deed, Robert I. Chester, 1853, Madison County, Tenn. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1283 | 293 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Charles M. Stoots v. Forrest& Dupree | Haywood | Property, Inventory of |
Plaintiff entitled to 1 suit of furniture, odd bed, 2 mattresses, 2 springs, cook stove, 6 chairs, cooking vessels, 2 pillows that was unlawfully seized by Stoots Forrest and Dupree is a wholesale store house and retail business in Brownsville |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1308 | 102 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Dyer County Realty Company v. W. H. Harber | Dyer | Sale of Land/Property |
The plaintiff contracted with the defendant to purchase the defendant's tract of land in Dyer County, which the defendant supposedly sold to someone else. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1304 | 103 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | George E. Witt v. Marietta C. Dunscomb, exe., Samuel H. Dunscomb, dec., et al.. | Shelby | Property Dispute |
Property dispute, Lot No. 222, E. Side, Main St., Memphis; E. Side, Main St., North of Jefferson. Construction of business related building interfering with complainant's property values. Defendants: J.S. Dunscomb, Ray Dunscomb, J.E. Dunscomb. Property's original owners: Edgar McDavitt, Samuel H.Dunscomb, J. T. Stratton. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1301 | 121 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Helen Floy Kennedy et al. v. A. J. Lee et al | Tipton | Property Dispute |
additional plaintiff: George Kennedy; additional defendant: C. B. Geisinger and Alvin V. Forman; Mrs. Lee entitled to two lots of land in town and their profits |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1285 | 161 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | J. E. Ingram v. St. Louis& San Francisco Railroad Company | Shelby | Loss of Property |
Loss of furniture. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 908 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | James Ferguson v. W. W. Buck | Henderson | Property Dispute |
The dispute concerns a fence built by defendant on land the plaintiff claims is his own property. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1074 | 179 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Joseph B. Rollins v. the City of Memphis | Shelby | Property Damage | West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1090 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | L. G. Hastings v. J. G. Hastings et al. | Henry | Property Settlement |
Additional petitioners: S. M. Hastings (wife) and children L. G. Hastings property consists of three houses and lots in Big Sandy, Tenn., notes and money worth $10,000; claiming mental unsoundness |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1308 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Louis Cunningham v. Robert Sandiford, et al. | Gibson | Property Dispute |
Co-defendant: Wallace Sandiford. Plaintiff claims that defendants entered upon a piece of property that he had owned, fenced, and planted for several years and proceeded to trample the land he had prepared for planting and to erect their own fence. Brief includes a map (sketch) of the property. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1072 | 139 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | R. M. Hall et al. v. Evelyn Harrison Moore et al. | Shelby | Property Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: William R. Harrison (who, along with R. M. Hall, was executor of the estate of L. H. Harrison, dec.) and Mary Stephens (admr. of the estate of L. C. Stephens). Additional Defendants: W. W. Moore, Clinton Harrison Dietzel, others. The case revolved around the sale of lots in a Memphis subdivision partnered by L. H. Harrison and L. C. Stephens. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1295 | 366 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | The F. W. Cook Brewing Company v. Karchmer Brothers | Shelby | Property, Inventory of |
F. W. Brewing Co. entitled to 250 beer bottles at value of $56.25 |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1292 | 101 | Order A Copy |