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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 | 1876 | C. H. Cook v. Robert Bee et al. | Davidson | Land, Sale of |
Additional Defendant: John Cook. Additional Parties: Martin Johnson, Alfred Bearden, George Hill, Robert Lane, George Wright, Hardy Parker, S. Goodman, H. C. Jackson, A.J. Carver, J.C. Ozment, A.M. Tennison, Burnell Woods, D.H. Caswell, and R.A. Edwards. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | C. C. Clay v. A. J. Montgomery | Shelby | Land, Sale of | West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1876 | G. W. Davis v. Ellis Nipper, et al. | Robertson | Land, Sale of |
Additional defendants: Thomas Wynn, H. H. Kirk, and Ferguson V. Persise. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 37 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | H. H. Ingersoll, Assignee v. D. W. C. Seuter, et al. | Loudon | Land, sale of |
I. C. Grant made a deed in trust to A.D. Rhea, as security for creditor Warham Easley, partner in Easley & Jones. Grant & his wife then sold land to Easley, a part of Rhea's trust deed. Easley paid off the debt, Grant conveyed the land but did not pay off Rhea's trust deed. Easley had his own debts, & tried to get money from Grant through the law suit. The connection of Ingersoll and Seuter to Rhea, Easley, and Grant is unclear. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 4a | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | James W. Robertson et. al. v. W. L. Wood | Henry | Land, Sale of |
Additional plaintiffs listed as L.V. Robertson (wife of James W.), James Robertson, Edward , Sarah E. Robertson, all children of James W. & L.V. Robertson |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 94 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | M. F. Whitehursh v. W. W. Yardell& S. D. Yardell | Gibson | Land, Sale of | West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 70 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1876 | Rufus K. Bethel, et al. v. E. J. Jordan, et al. | Rutherford | Land, Sale of |
Additional plaintiffs: Eveline Bethel and his children Thomas, Joseph, and Chinnda(?) Additional defendants: William Jordan and Blunt Jordan |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 32 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | William B. Cameron v. William Hayse | Grainger | Land, Sale of |
Cameron sold Hayse a house & lot in Rutledge for an unspecified amount. Purchase agreement stated that if all of the money owed was not paid by a certain date, the Hayse would pay Cameron $4/month in rent. Cameron claimed that Hayse neither paid the purchase money owed nor paid any rent. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1653 | 132 | Order A Copy |