Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1878 A. C. Lee et al. v. Rufus W. Allen Jackson Recovery of Land/Property

Plaintiffs seeks to recover land that was purchased by Defendant using confederate money, but whose value was not set until after said currency ceased to be of any value. Deceased: John Lee. Add. Plaintiffs: Adaline Lee Curry, Lee M. Allen, David Allen, Polly Allen, Columbus Allen, John W. Lee, Hessie Lee, W. R. Lee, Asa T. Lee.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 512 215 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 Alex H. Keith v. John Thomas, et al. Polk Sale of Land/Property

This case is regarding the sale of what was known as the Patrick Nash land. The purchase of this tract of land was for usage of mining copper ore, minerals, wood, and water. Additional Defendants: William H. Peet. Exhibit: Newspaper clipping advertising sale

 East Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1590 307 Order A Copy
View Entry 1899 Annie Thomas, et al. v M. Nealis Shelby Sale of Land/Property

Additional defendants: Annie Thomas' children, all minors. Case heard in the Supreme Court of Tennessee.

 West Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 759 27 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 Alfred Sharp, et al. v. Oswald Sharp Heirs Knox Recovery of Land/Property

Additional plaintiffs: Riley Ramsey, David De Armond. Property lines in dispute from an early land grant. See related ejectment case, Oswald Sharp Heirs v Riley Ramsey in ET 1960.

 East Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1049 287 Order A Copy
View Entry 1945 Brown Crinkley v. George W. Adkisson Roane Recovery of Land/Property East Range: 7 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 518 115 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Berta M. Garrett v. A. S. Teater & M. J. Futhey Tipton Recovery of Land/Property

Case incomplete. Only an Opinion present.

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 891 5 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 Cole Manufacturing Co. v. W. A. Collier, et al. Shelby Recovery of Land/Property

Additional defendant: Alice T. Collier, his wife.

 West Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 630 647 Order A Copy
View Entry 1940 Clara Neidhardt Williamson v. Hamilton National Bank of Chattanooga, et al. Hamilton Recovery of Land/Property

Additional Defendants: Emelie N. Crabtree, Charlotte C. Reynolds, Dorothy Crabtree, Carl R. Neidhardt, Barbara Neidhardt. Exhibits: trust agreement, letters, memorandum of agreement, correspondence, trust agreement, copy of divorce bill. Cause of Action: Complainant filed bill to declare void and set aside a Trust agreement executed by her and to recover all of the property set out therein, on the ground of undue influence and fraud.

 East Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 612 523 Order A Copy
View Entry 1925 Citizens Bank v. Mercantile Bank & Trust Co., et al. Dyer Recovery of Land/Property

Additional defendants: A.W. Jones, W.T. Crisswell, J.E. Manley, and N.W. Calcutt. This case involved the repeated selling and shifting ownership of two mules. The Citizens Bank sued to claim ownership and immediate possession of the mules. Plaintiff claims it was the holder of the initial note and held title over the property, and any later titles created are and void.

 West Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1786 91 Order A Copy
View Entry 1905 D. F. Sawyer& wife v. T. C. Gordon Dyer Recovery of Land/Property

Defendant's brief only. Issue involves the sheriff's sale of property to which complainants claim to have a life estate. They are asking that the land be returned to them as a homestead.

 West Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 997 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1946 Doyle Gibson et al. v. Murphy Schular Sevier Recovery of Land/Property

Plaintiffs seek to recover logs removed from their property by Defendant. Add. Plaintiff: Ruby Gibson.

 East Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 545 287 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 D. H. Townsend et al. v. A. J. Warren et al. Davidson Sale of Land/Property

Additional Plaintiffs: H.H. Booth, Julia K. Booth, W.P. Fleming, Mary Fleming, Lizzie Townsend, R.D. McMannis, John T. Cobb, Julia D. Cobb, A.T. Lavallette, Eveline Lavallette, and James F. Hackney. Additional Defendants: Annie G. Warren, Hiram V. Hooper, John A. Fito, W.H. Mitchell, Annie H. Warren, and Rebecca M. Warren.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 704 170 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 Dyer County Realty Company v. W. H. Harber Dyer Sale of Land/Property

The plaintiff contracted with the defendant to purchase the defendant's tract of land in Dyer County, which the defendant supposedly sold to someone else.

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1304 103 Order A Copy
View Entry 1933 David B. Harris, trustee, et al. v. H. M. Wade Manufacturing Company, et al Sullivan Recovery of Land/Property

Plaintiff sold a property in trust, building that occupied property was used in a banking business to Union Securities Corporation. This case is regarding the ownership of banking fixtures that were in the property and sold by the plaintiff. Additional Plaintiffs: Tristram T. Hyde, Jr, State-Planters Bank and Trust Co. Additional Defendants: E. Thomas Sproles, Jr., H.C. Masengill, E. Hill Smith. Exhibits: Photographs of bank fixtures, trust deed, oversized map of bank. Map in ET Oversize 21.

 East Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1548 258 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 Elizabeth E. Chitwood v. Daniel Blakemore et al. Lincoln Sale of Land/Property

Additional defendant Ann M. Blakemore Aale was in dispute in the final division of property of Sally Chitwood over three African Americans named Amy, Minerva and Martin valued at $200.00

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 256 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Ella Bailey et al v. Enoch Brown Williamson Petition to Recover Land/Property

Ella Bailey, wife os S. H. Bailey Jr.(dec.), and her children filed suit against the executors, heirs, and devisees of Enoch Brown, deceased. Bailey Jr. inherited an estate in trust from his mother Maria L. (Clark) Bailey. The plaintiffs contested the validity of note that Schuyler H. Bailey (dec. husband of Maria L.) transferred to Enoch Brown, which they claimed was misappropriated and against the trust deed of the estate. Plaintiffs requested the return of land conveyed by the note and debt on note.

 Middle Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1105 137 Order A Copy
View Entry 1906 E. P. Hays & wife, D. C. Hayes v. H. B. Stubblefield, et al. Perry Recovery of Land/Property

Additional defendants are not named in these documents.

 West Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 987 14 Order A Copy
View Entry 1913 Edward. W. Walthall v. Mississippi Realty Co. Shelby Sale of Land/Property

complainant seeking $1375 in commission for sale of land Ex A: prices of various lots in subdivision

 West Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1322 116 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 Eli Moore v. A. J. Moore Hardeman Sale of Land/Property West Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 135 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 Edward Gannaway, admr. v. Anderson Adcock, et al Davidson Sale of Land/Property

Plaintiff was the admr of Carter Adcock, dec. for the purpose of selling real estate to pay debts. Plaintiff filed this case to gain approval to sell property of the deceased. Property in question was 174 acres and lied partly in Davidson County and partly in Robertson County. Additional Defendants: Franklin Adcock, William Adcock, Riley Adcock, John Adcock, Collins Adcock, Nancy Barnes, Luther Barnes, Elizabeth Cooper, Mary Smiley, David Smiley.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 930 145 Order A Copy
View Entry 1896 First National Bank of Chattanooga v. Chattanooga Woodsplit Pulley Company Hamilton Recovery of Land/Property

Case of misunderstanding the nature of collateral given. Mr. W.A. Willingham accepted a promissory note he thought was secured by machinery. Machinery was repossessed & possibly damaged, & resold. Case seeks to recover the machinery, & settle ownership. The third parties said they owned the machinery outright and were not part of any settlement or equity disputes. Additional brief in ET Box 1067.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 6a 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 Flora Caruthers v. G. H. Denison & wife Shelby Recovery of Land/Property West Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 351 110 Order A Copy
View Entry 1941 Flora S. Lockett et al. v. Charles Dermid admr. et al. Sullivan Sale of Land/Property

Additional Plaintiffs: James P. Lockett, Robert Burrow Jr.. Additional Defendants: C. R. Hardin. Additional Cause of Action: Estate Settlement, Deed of Trust.

 East Range: 6 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 297 132 Order A Copy
View Entry 1910 Fred DeJan v. Robert E. Wood Shelby Recovery of Land/Property

The defendant was step-son to the plaintiff, who inherited property from his mother, Elizabeth Wood.

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1201 245 Order A Copy
View Entry 1920 Globe Realty & Auction Company et al. v. Mrs. M. W. Jones Monroe Sale of Land/Property

Additional Plaintiffs: Z. A. Robertson, W. O. Robertson, C. B. McNeil.

 East Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 160 515 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 George H. Glascock & Co., a firm composed of George H. Glascock& H. W. Bryson v. P. P. Van Vleet Shelby Sale of Land/Property

Real estate agents Glascock & Bryson accused defendant of reneging on a spoken agreement to purchase a piece of Memphis property. They further accused Van Vleet of agreeing to purchase the property through another agency for a lower price, depriving the complainants of their sale commission.

 West Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 582 311 Order A Copy
View Entry 1882 George Wooldridge et al.v. A. M. Boyd Obion Recovery of Land/Property

Additional Plaintiffs: W. H., Joseph, Nannie R (or K), Sallie L. Woolbridge; Lou A. (Wooldridge) Reeds, wife E. C. Reeds; Bettie M. (Wooldridge) Thomas, wife G. W. Thomas; S. R. (Wooldridge) Burkliff, wife R. W. Burkliff. All plaintiffs children of W. F. Wooldridge, who died intestate In Fulton Co., KY in 1880. Plaintiffs residents of KY.

 West Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 190 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 George Wolford v. R.H. Young et al. & James Jones v. Thos. Miller Sullivan Sale of Land/Property

These two cases were consolidated. This case concerns the sale of land of the estate of Joshua Miller of which R. H. Young, the debter of Wolford & James & Jones was the owner. Both parties claim fraud by writ of attachment. Thomas Miller, exe. of Joshua Miller procured the sale of a tract of land of the estate of his testor, under decree of Chancery Court at the sale Young was the purchaser at $1000.

 East Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1583 5 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 Harriet M. Yarber by next friend, R. B. Whitehorn v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Co. Washington Petition to Recover Land/Property

Plaintiff sued the defendant railroad to show she was the rightful owner of a lot of land and home south of the railroad in Jonesboro, which her husband had deeded to her on the condition she withdraw her petition for divorce. She did halt her divorce but her husband attempted to convey the land secretly to another, who tried to sell it to the railroad. The plaintiff sought return of possession and damages and rents for the period when it was occupied.

 East Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1840 57 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 Henry Shepard& wife Susan Shepard v. James Carlin, et al. Shelby Recovery of Land/Property

Additional defendants: Jonas Cole, Samuel Harvey, Rosa Lee, Wesley Green and wife Harriet Green. Recovery of costs also.

 West Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 460 106 Order A Copy
View Entry 1941 Hannah Moore v. Pearl Chase et al. Washington Sale of Land/Property

Add. Defendant: Bruce Chase.

 East Range: 6 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 415 298 Order A Copy
View Entry 1898 Henry M. Turnage v. Thomas R. Kinton & N. B. McCormick Tipton Recovery of Land/Property

Plaintiff Turnage clamed that the defendants had a tract of land surveyed and entered a deed in the Tipton County court house that was actually part of an 1873 acre tract already owned by the Plaintiff. Land was in the 5th Civil District. Housed in 2 folders. Condition of materials is very poor. Handle with extreme caution. Extensive water damage to pages.

 West Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 652 500 Order A Copy
View Entry 1905 H. W. Stockley v. W. A. Cissna et al. Tipton Recovery of Land/Property

Additional Defendants: R. Gibson (of Arkansas) and Muncie Pulp Company (of Indiana). Case involves two tracts of land in Tipton County owned by the plaintiff.

 West Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 934 282 Order A Copy
View Entry 1937 Henry Fetzer, et al. v. Nashville Tie Company Morgan Recovery of Land/Property

Action brought by Fetzer, Harold V. Joannes, John A. Jones, and S. H. Jones, to recover land and amount due for cut timber. Ex. A is hand-drawn map showing Canter land tracts, Sims tract, D. L. Cooper land, and timber cut line. Noted are Land Entries 1962, 1201, 2453, 2841, and 1933. Ex. B, Land Entry 1962/Grant 21881, highlights Mitchell Joannes & Fetzer tract. Oversize ET 16

 East Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1114 170 Order A Copy
View Entry 1915 Ike Danheiser v. Germania Savings Bank& Trust Co. Shelby Recovery of Land/Property

Ike Danheiser is attempting to recover money and property that was left to him in a will by his wife, Lena Danheiser.

 West Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1459 88 Order A Copy
View Entry 1869 John D. James, et al. v. The Ocoee Bank, et al. Davidson Recovery of Land/Property

Additional plaintiff: R. A. Barnes, G. W. Hitchings. Additional defendants: William P. Crippen C. M. Donaldson. Crippen originally recovered a judgment from plaintiffs for $5080 concerning 250 acres of land in said county. Also mentions James' enslaved people. See also Ocoee Bank v. John D. James, Knox Co., 1861 (box ET 1193).

 Middle Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 17a 60 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 J. B. Thomas et al. v. N. N. Northcrop et al. Gibson Recovery of Land/Property

Other plaintiff: James S. F. Thomas. The Thomas's are brothers who were willed some land and later sold it to Northcrop, who subdivided it and sold it to a number of buyers (the other defendants). However, Northcrop was not able to pay the Thomas's because the people he sold the property to did not pay him. The brothers are seeking to have the land returned to them in lieu of some subsequent payment.

 West Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 157 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 J. H. Reed v. J. A. Mcy McNairy Sale of Land/Property

Sale of a saw mill.

 West Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 410 155 Order A Copy
View Entry 1948 Joe V. Williams, Jr. v. Title Guaranty & Trust Co. et al. Hamilton Sale of Land/Property

Plaintiff seeks injunction against Guaranty & Trust Co. from selling H. Shuttles' property in escrow to S. Klaus, claiming property was previously sold to plaintiff. Additional Defendants: Sol Klaus, Harold Shuttles. Exhibits include various real estate receipts and certificates, telegrams, and contracts.

 East Range: 6 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 303 316 Order A Copy
View Entry 1898 John S. Thomas, Trustee v. Jacob & M. L. Thomas, et al Sullivan Sale of Land/Property

Decree

 East Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 817 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. P. Drouillard v. Jacob Bloomstein Davidson Sale of Land/Property Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 704 54 Order A Copy
View Entry 1916 J. R. Newbern et al.v. W. B. Booker et al Haywood Recovery of Land/Property

tract of 219 acres belonging to Annie H. Newbern and establishing a boundary line; bill dismissed then appealed; additional defendants: J. W. Moses and wife, R. A. Kirby, Jim Kirby, W. B. Booker and wife

 West Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1504 1278 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 Jane Doss by next friend v. W. L. Doss and John Swaffer McMinn Recovery of Land/Property

W. L. Doss owned a tract of land and conveyed land to Swaffer. Jane, Doss’s wife, would not sign the contract and it was never registered in the Register’s office. Doss moved the family to a poorer farm against Jane's wishes and she later filed suit to recover the land from Swaffer. Next friend Thomas L. Dixon. 90 pages in ET1940

 East Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1891 119 Order A Copy
View Entry 1947 Joseph Weaver v. Trula Stiner et al Knox Recovery of Land/Property

Additional Defendants: [?] Stiner, Herbert Barker and wife, Nell Barker. Exhibits include: Deed of Conveyance "J. H. Mynatt to B. Demarcus, J. Baley and Dr. W. Rogers," bills of conveyance, warranty deeds, plat maps.

 East Range: 6 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 464 169 Order A Copy
View Entry 1905 J. E. Powers et al.v. J. H. & W. T. Nunn Crockett Recovery of Land/Property

Additional defendants: L. H. Gibbons and wife Ida Gibbons, D. A. Harwell and wife Z. J. Harwell, J. T. Heath and wife H. W. Heath and Sallie Powers and infant who sues by her next friend , J. E. Powers, J. H. Kirby and wife Callie Kirby and Mrs. L. P. Galeher.

 West Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 938 200 Order A Copy
View Entry 1894 J. G. M. Ramsey v. Thomas C. Brabson Knox Recovery of Land/Property

[J. G. M. Ramsey] Regards recovery of a walnut tree and adjacent land used to operate a ferry across the Tennessee River. Margaret C. Brabson named as administratrix. See (79) additional pages in ET 1985.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 74 84 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 John P. Fuller, et al. v. Hamilton County Hamilton Recovery of Land/Property

Defendants: John P. Fuller of Birmingham, Ala.; James H. Fuller, Simeon Fuller- both of Putnam Co., Georgia. All heirs of Simeon Fuller, Jr., decd. 1846, who partnered with Moses Presley in an earlier land deal with county. Seeking recovery of ½ interest of lots 42 & 44 on Walnut St., Chattanooga. Conveyance on properties made in 1839 by commissioners of Chattanooga for consideration of $1,170, by warranty deed, to Simeon Fuller, Jr. & Moses Presley jointly.

 East Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1725 132 Order A Copy
View Entry 1940 Lucy Jones v. T. H. Van Dyke, et al. Jefferson Recovery of Land/Property

Origin of recovery: breach of contract. Add. Defendant: Ethel Van Dyke.

 East Range: 7 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 509 70 Order A Copy
View Entry 1941 Lila Whedbee& Roland Whedbee v. C. J. Murray Campbell Recovery of Land/Property East Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 540 163 Order A Copy
View Entry 1903 Leonora W. Shelley et al. v. Mrs. Florence Ruth Williamson et al Shelby Recovery of Land/Property

Additional plaintiffs: Wm. Francis Shelley, Wm. Williamson Shelley, Irene Francis Shelley, Dolly Shelley who brings suit by Wm. Francis Shelley as next friend. Additional defendants: James Monroe Williamson, Florence Ruth Williamson.

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 876 55 Order A Copy

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