Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1867 Abner Estep v. F. M. Preswood et al. Polk Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants include: Mary Preswood, and John Boring. Rebecca Boring, Henry Boring, Stephen Boring, and Mariah Boring are underage and represented by their Next Friend, Elizabeth Boring. The plaintiff and defendants are arguing over a parcel of land which both parties claim as their own.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1191 34 Order A Copy
View Entry 1867 Eaton Pullen, et al. v. Morgan Lane Hawkins Land and Title Dispute

Case filed in 1865 and Lane was awarded a judgment at first hearing. Unclear if issue was timber taken off lands or what. Case in folder is incomplete. See possibly related case: Morgan Lane v. Eaton Pullen et al, ET Box 1231

 East Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 21 5 Order A Copy
View Entry 1867 John Cotton & Arthur Cotton v. James Greenlee Rutherford Land and Title Dispute

John & Arthur Cotton were the heirs of Thomas Cotton, deceased. His father attained two plots of 600 acres of land in his lifetime, North Carolina land grant # 246. However, there was an error in the grant, and the details did not align with the information attained by the original survey conducted by John Buchannan.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1 34 Order A Copy
View Entry 1867 John Roberts v. A. P. Grimstead Williamson Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1867 Robert L. Gamble v. John H. Hardin & James F. Guardenhire Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Plaintiff purchased a life estate belonging to James C. Anderson who had been engaged in armed rebellion against the United States and therefore lost his land due the Confiscation Acts passed in 1861 & 1862. Plaintiff sold the land to Hardin and Hardin transferred his note on lot to James Guardenhire and Guardenhire has demanded a writ of possession from the Clerk & Master and is threatening to have Gamble kicked off the land.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1222 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1867 Thomas Byron& J. C. Evans v. S. P. Ray Franklin Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy