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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 | 1877 | A. B. Conner & T. J. Lattner v. Daniel Kaylor et al | Hamilton | Attachment |
Plntff. Conner elected Sheriff of Hamilton Co. in March 1870. Firm of Baxter, Champion & Ricks won a judgment of $722.52 against plntffs. after a deputy failed to execute a collection of $700 against deft. Kaylor & in favor of their firm. Plntffs. Paid the judgment. They ask the court to include them among Kaylor's creditors, & to attach all property that Kaylor owns or in which he has an interest as they believe that he is selling it in an effort to hinder & defraud his creditors. |
East | Range: 20 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1594 | 445 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | John Byrns v. J. H. Darden, et al. & J. W. Judd, guardian, et al. v. J. W. Smith, guardian, et al. | Robertson | Attachment |
Additional parties: Berry Darden, deceased. J. W. Judd, M. E. Keller, B. H. Boone, John Byrns, Berry Darden, Thomas H. Keller. Bill concerned a track of land about 300 acres, stock, and other personal property belonging to Darden. In 1871, Judd filed an attachment bill against Byrns & Darden. No personal property was attached in Judd's case. Dispute occurred over the attachment. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 31a | 163 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | Parker Campbell v. Charles R. Railey et al. | Dyer | Attachment |
Additional plaintiffs: William Morrow Additional plaintiffs: E. G. Sugg, S. R. Latta, J. H. Hubbard, Willis Walker, Tom Persevall, W. C. Howell, D. B. Dodson, J. J. Swanson, S. P. Brantley |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 91 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | S. Saltmarsh v. D. Hockett, et al | Knox | Attachment |
Saltmarsh alleges that Hockett owes him $74.15 on a promissory note, & that Hockett's only available assets are the 10 shares that he owns in the Knoxville Iron Co. Plntff. asks the Court to attach the shares, & to do so quickly as he believes that Hockett is preparing to leave the state. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1657 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | Sampson Lane v. D. Jarrett Lane | Fayette | Attachment |
D. J. Lane also brought suit. Both cases heard together. D. J. Lane resident of TX. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 98 | 0 | Order A Copy |