Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1870 Antonio Montedonico v. Paul A. Cicalla Paul A. Cicalla et al.. Shelby Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants - Paul Cicalla & Lewis Montedonico

 West Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 41 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Burton Dill et al. v. Martha Grimes et al. Wayne Land and Title Dispute

Case does not specify additional Plaintiffs or Defendants by name. Case includes references to possible mental illness.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 140 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Benjamin F. Murphey, et al. v. William Houston, exe. Of Benjamin Sewell, dec. Claiborne Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: E.D. Murphey and Pleasant Murphey. Benjamin Murphey had purchased a tract of land from Benjamin Sewell in 1847. Houston had received judgment against B.F. Murphey and his securities for an unpaid note for the purchase money of the said land. Murphey willing to pay sum in exchange for title to land, which neither Sewell nor Houston had given to him. Murphey suing for an injunction restraining Houston from collecting on judgment until he received a warranty deed.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1239 49 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 C. T. Cook, exe. of Mary C. McKinney v. Joseph C. Stark, et al. Robertson Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: Thomas L. Green, James Roberts, Julia Roberts, Walter Green, Richard Green; injunction for sale of land and home; dispute of title.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 320 104 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Caswell C. Lyons, admr.,& Heirs v. Valentine Wyrick, et al. Union Land and Title Dispute

Opinion only. Complex land and title dispute. Lyons took deed of conveyance from Anderson Acuff for a tract of 140 acres. Acuff had obtained judgment against Lyons for unpaid purchase money. Land was sold by sheriff to L.M. Ellis. Deed eventually came to Wyrick. Lyons and Ellis had made verbal agreement on the redemption of the land but Ellis sold to J.L. Mynatt. Plaintiffs charges a vendor's lien was created in favor of Lyons.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1217 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Enoch Marshall v. George Hawn Jefferson Land and Title Dispute

Marshall sued to recover possession of tract of land once belonging to Hawn but now belonging to Marshall based on court judgment, execution, levy, and sale upon said deed to Marshall. Hawn refused to surrender possession. Marshall's could not issue action of ejectment due to the justice's judgment being lost. Court dismissed the plaintiff's bill.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1216 23 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 G. W. Davis, et al. v. Asa Harper, et al. Robertson Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiff: Giles Connell. Additional defendant: Benjamin Pruitt.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 298 50 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 John Blasedale v. David Hampton& Osburn Williams White Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 39 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Jonathan E. Prosser v. Martha Thomas et al. Lincoln Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: James C. Couch, Isaac H. Couch; recovery of land; amendment of previous judgment due to error in land division

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 329 69 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Mary A. Wright v. B. Dufield, et al. Franklin Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: Mary E. Dufield, Whitmell Ransom, and R. S. Wright.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 326 305 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Nathan Kelly v. Polly Mettabarger Union Land and Title Dispute

Plaintiff conveyed a tract of land to his son, Calaway Kelly, with the stipulation that the land could not be sold without the plaintiff's consent. Calaway sold the land to Roland Mettabarger, the now deceased husband of Polly Mettabarger, without giving notice to his father. Calaway then died.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1238 38 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Samuel C. Bain v. William D. Haggard Davidson Land and Title Dispute

Case involves the estate of John R. Bain dec.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 294 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Sarah Ellis v. John H. Bacon et al Roane Land and Title Dispute

Add. defendants: William F. Ellis, Benjamin T. Brown, Admr., Robert W. Boyd, J. A. Barnard, & J. M. Barnard.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1215 72 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 W. T. Kent v. G. A. Fish, et al White Land and Title Dispute

Additional case names: T. B. Biles, A. Fish, O. D. Fish.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 660 31 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 William Carter v. Lucinda J. Sims et al. Wilson Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: James Sims, Pail Sims, James William Sims, Daniel Odour, and William Smart.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 37 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Whidbea White v. Nashville& Northwestern Railroad Company Humphreys Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 303 140 Order A Copy