Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1888 Joseph Frank et al.v. John W. Patterson et al Humphreys Land and Title Dispute

Add. plaintiffs: T.W. Harris, O.A. Nixon, August Richard, & J.H.M. Ador. Add. defendants: Stephen Hardlin, J.P.Y. Whitfield, G.B. Wilson, Henry Trich, & George K. Hosford. Plaintiffs claim that Patterson has no claim to a tract of land he resided on and argue that a contract they entered entitles them to compensation for what the sale of the land would total.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 752 136 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 W. T. Porch et al. v. M. L. Fawlkes, Sr. Humphreys Land and Title Dispute

3 folders. Add. Plaintiffs: D.G. Vanhook & wife, Jesse L. Vanhook, E.M. Reeves & wife. S.W. Prim sold Fawlkes, Sr. a tract of land deeded to him by his father and split with 2 other siblings. Plaintiffs inherited their mother's portion of the same land sold that tract to Porch. Plaintiffs claim Fawlkes, Sr. hired a surveyor to begin the boundary at an untrue point, giving himself more land, as the two tracts in question were adjacent. Suing to move the boundary line to originally intended point.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 727 539 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 William M. Haley et al. v. George W. Russell et al. Humphreys Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: Joseph C. Haley, R.P. Haley, and Susan Gregory. Additional defendant: C.W. Klein. Plaintiffs related to Mary Cameale, dec. leaving no children. She had conveyed land to Russell for $200 annually until her death; after which the land would be Russell's. Mary Cameale also conveyed a tract of land to Klein. Plaintiffs charge that both deeds are void because there were no privy examinations at the time of both conveyances. Title vested still in Mary and now to the plaintiffs.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 767 188 Order A Copy