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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 | 1873 | Andrew Gregory v. Thomas Chadwell exe. of E. H. Childress | Davidson | Petitions for Appeal |
Request for appeal; request for writ of Supersedeas; challenge to previous judgment rendered when plaintiff was ill and absent as approved by the Justice of the Peace; writ of scire facias not exercised against co-defendants |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 329 | 56 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Benjamin Joslin v. John Danly | Davidson | Appeal for New Trial |
amount of damages $5000.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 334 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | J. H. Riley, in error v. Richard White, in error | Davidson | Appeal for New Trial |
Case involved a dispute over the possession of a mule, described as "one Mare mouse colored mule about 15 hand about six years rated at Seventy Five Dollars" that the defendant unlawfully seized. This appeal by the plaintiff states that the courts ruling for the defendant was controversial-see assignment of errors. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1050 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | M.M. Brien v. Andrew Murfree | Davidson | Appeal for New Trial | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 46 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1983 | The Union Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Portland, Maine, in error v. Sallie D. Patterson, in error | Davidson | Appeal for New Trial |
The plaintiff in error, Union Mutual Life Insurance, has initiated the appeal of a circuit court verdict against them for $2,892.87. Represented by Nashville lawyer, J. C. Bradford--Union Mutual is appealing the case Sallie D. Patterson v. Union Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Portland, Maine. A brief is included that was published in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Dec. Term 1893. The dispute is over a life insurance policy. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1054 | 121 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1852 | William McMurry v. Elijah Morton | Davidson | Petitions for Appeal |
McMurry seeks to appeal a judgment against him in a prior hearing. He states that he was not present at the former hearing and did not know of the charges against him until he was told there was a warrant out for him. He claims his signature was forged. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 383 | 7 | Order A Copy |