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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].
Tennessee Supreme Court Cases
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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1895 | Enoch Gadbois v. C. J. Nelson, et al. | Cocke | Attachment |
Case file is incomplete. Additional defendants could not be determined. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1089 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1933 | J. C. Clevenger v. J . L. Rains et al | Cocke | Attachment |
J. L. Rains owed Clevenger $228.10. Rains attempted to sell a piece of property in town and Clevenger asked that any profit over Rain's mortgage go to Clevenger. The money would pay off the debt, and also go toward "interest and costs." |
East | Range: 10 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1476 | 178 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1843 | William C. Story v. Charles Smith | Cocke | Wrongful Writ of Attachment |
Story sued Smith for wrongful attachment, claiming Smith's attachment of Story's property under previous lawsuit filed in Chancery Court was wrongful because Story was not a resident of Tennessee but was, instead, a resident of Georgia. Oversized pages. Previous Chancery court case between the parties (in which Smith was plaintiff & Story was defendant) found in ET Box 680. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: Oversize Box 16 | 16 | Order A Copy |