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 | 1880 | C. Sweeny v. J. N. Thomason | Henry | Breach of Contract |
Sweeny was a brick mason contracted to build a house for the defendant. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 149 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | E. T. & E. S. Collins v. William C. Hay | Crockett | Breach of Contract |
Defendant sold plaintiffs a deed to tract of land in Craighead Co., AR. In return they deeded Hays the right to make and vend a cotton and hay press called the Collins Press. Press invented by E. S. Collins. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 161 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | Pinkney Gibson, Trustee of Mararet E. Gibson v. John Donnelly et al. | Sumner | Breach of Contract |
Additional Defendant: J. Bloomstein. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | W. P. Hawkins, admr. v. Henry A. Wilds, et al. | Greene | Breach of Official Duty |
Addtl dfnts: Felix A. Reeve, Alfred Susong, Elbert S. Ripley, Ephraim Link, John W. Hannah, William A. Allen, David T. Patterson, and William D. Williams. Hawkins is admr. of the estate of Joseph P. Mason. Mason died intestate and Hawkins sought estate insolvency, which was granted. Hawkins claimed all debts owed to the Wilds, the clerk & master and Special commissioner for the county Greene, were paid successfully and fully. Hawkins asserted Wilds misappropriated the funds. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 35 | 22 | Order A Copy |