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 | 1928 | Haywood Tuggle v. John Burks | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Question of Tuggle being entitled to an injunction to protect his fence boundaries or if Burks was entitled to enter the land and take a 5 acre tract in the middle that he purchased from Bettie Walker Ex: drawing of Tuggle lands |
West | Range: 77 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1925 | 208 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1928 | Joseph Meister et al.v. Mrs. S. Steppach | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Incomplete case. Additional plaintiffs not known. Two copies of the same filing present: 'Statement of the case, Assignment of Error, Brief and Argument on Behalf of Appellant.' More in WT1972. |
West | Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1137 | 27 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1928 | Joseph Meister & Julian Allenberg v. Mrs. S. Steppach | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Plaintiffs claimed that defendant entered into a contract to purchase property from them located at corner of Peach (Carnes) Avenue and Queen Street in Memphis but failed to complete the purchase. Purchase price was $5000 and included 4 duplex houses and one single house. More in WT1137. Some files found with State v. Frank Abels, et al. (WT2156). |
West | Range: 77 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1972 | 214 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1928 | N. J. Colquhoun v. Poland Soap Works | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Debt due of $175 on verbal and written contract(s) of employment. Carter D. Poland is listed as the president of Poland Soap Company and it is a corporation of Anniston, Alabama, having no office in Tennessee. |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1954 | 102 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1928 | Oliver James Hook v. George Hook, et al. | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Case includes a petition of certiorari. Case file is incomplete; opinion and correspondence only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1928 | The City of Knoxville v. S. G. Lawson, et al. | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 3 | Order A Copy |