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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 | 1905 | Asa Holder et al. by next friend, J. W. Thompson v. Josephine Lawson | Hamilton | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Ziegler Holder, and Ireka Holder. Defendants: Josephine Lawson. Writ states that deed dated 19 Dec 1901 is fraudulent. Orders land previously thought to belong to Lawson should be turned over to the Holders. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1a | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | Asa Holder, et al. by next friend v. Josephine Lawson | Hamilton | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Ziegler Holder, Ireka Holder, and J. W. Thompson. See also Box 1a. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 30 | 93 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | Annie Evans v. Robert Macklin | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 702 | 76 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1905 | B. F. Yates, et al. v. William White | Henderson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: J. H. Yates, Elizabeth Yates, Vallie Yates, L. T. Yates, Mark Hance, Mirtie Hance, Jessie Hance, and Rebecca Yates by T. A. Lancaster. John W. Yates, deceased. Two folders. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 706 | 405 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | C. H. Crisman v. H. P. Crowley | Shelby | Land, Contract Dispute | West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1003 | 97 | 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 | 1905 | Estey Organ Company et al. v. S. A. Wood et al | Dyer | Land and Title Dispute |
Brief and petition for writ of error. Case incomplete. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1009 | 37 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | F. G. Proutt v. George H. Glascock, et al. | Shelby | Land, Partition of |
Additional Defendants: Bowden G. Tate, Lucy A. Balton, and H.A. Balton (husband of Lucy). See WT Box 1112 for other parts of this case. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 898 | 165 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | G. W. Dillahunty v. John Connor Jr., et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Other defendants: William Moore; Jacob S. McFerren; C. H. Moore. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1003 | 372 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | H. J. Kinzel v. George McIntyre & H. J. Kinzel v. A. N. Strong | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Court ruled in favor of Strong and McIntyre, because Kinzel based his land sale details on an 1871 deed. His deed did not mention land that had been parceled off and sold separately. Since Kinzel had not paid taxes on the land for 26 years, it was encumbered with debt to the county. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1 | 2 | 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 | 1905 | Harris L. Browne v. Ford N. Taylor | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
The case contains an oversize plat map. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1110 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | James W. Post & H. E. Beecher v. Daniel B. Lawson, et al.& J. W. Fisher v. Post & Beecher | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
An erroneous survey led to disputed land claims. Mentioned in document: Martha L. Lequire, Catherine Lawson, Leona Lawson, D.J. Lawson, W.G. Lequire, Rhoda E. Abbott, John Abbott & A.C. Cawhorn. Others named included Thomas M. Brown and C.T. Cates. Incomplete case file: petition for errors only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 8 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | Joseph Acker v. Knoxville, LaFollette, & Jellico Railroad Co. | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Case incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 103 | 22 | 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 | 1905 | L. H. Ingraham, et al. v. C. A. Scott, et al. | Monroe | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Partial case. B. F. Payne allowed Roy Taylor to reside on land belonging to "hold" for Miller, Payne's son in law. Taylor lived on land for two years. Other pages in case do not mention this scenario. Details difficult to parse. Incomplete case. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1a | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | M. A. Stephenson v. Joe Matheny et al. | Weakley | Land and Title Dispute |
This case involves a portion of a larger plot of land owned by M.A. Stephenson in Weakley County. He claims that defendants erected a fence upon a portion of his land and are using it as a public burial ground and that they have no right to this land. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1023 | 203 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | M. A. Gobelet v. Elias Dodson | Perry | Land and Title Dispute |
Properties in Sixth Civil Dist., on Buffalo River in Perry Co., TN; timber rights, endangering land, destroying usefulness as a farm. Defendant threatening to further trespass on land, claiming to have title. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 997 | 137 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | Mary J. Ricardi, et al. v. Charles A. Gaboury, et al. | Knox | Sale of Land/Property |
Ricardi owned property on Gay street in downtown Knoxville in common with other owners, and it was for lease. Incomplete case. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 2a | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | Martha W. Bacon et al. v. R. J. Rawlilngs et al. | Shelby | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Case concerns land in a Memphis subdivision that M. L. Bacon left in his will to his wife (defendant), daughter Lizzie B. Turner, and son-in-law Cooper Turner. Co-defendants: R. M. Buck; Maggie L. Winkler; J. W. Winkler; S. J. Shepherd, Trustee; George C. Bowen, Trustee; and Thomas H. Elliot. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 688 | 184 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | Newt Clowers v. John Hughett et al. | Scott | Land and Title Dispute |
Final Decree only. Additional Plaintiffs: Jasper Hughett, M. J. Robbins, J. L. Robbins, W. H. Potter, R. B. Sexton. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 87 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | Payne v. Satterfield | Land, Fraud |
Opinion only. Plaintiff in error sued the defendant in error to recover damages for the deceit alleged to have been practiced by the latter upon the former in the purchase of certain real estate. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 827 | 6 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1905 | R. M. Parmentier et al. v. Benton Land & Iron, Co. & F. M. Willingham et al. v. Benton Land & Iron Co., et al. | Polk | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
A consolidated case by writ. Property of Crapie Mioland as part of Mioland Farm, to be transferred from Plaintiffs to Defendants: F. M. Willingham & Lydia T. Davis. Mineral and lumber rights transfer as well. Incomplete case. Judgment only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | Rudolph C. Ehrlich v. Emma Weber, admr. | Shelby | Confirmation of Land Ownership |
Emma Weber is the sister and administratrix of the estate of Adolph Weber, deceased. Ehrlich is her half-brother, son of their mother's first husband. He claims that Emma sold property which was rightfully his, having been inherited by Adolph Weber from his first wife, complainant's mother. He says he is rightfully entitled to share in any rents and profits from that property. |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 740 | 181 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | Rebecca E. Martin et al.v. Peter Tillman | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Rebecca E. Martin and Lillian M. Martin, minors, sue by their mother and next friend Mary E. Martin |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1004 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | Southwestern Presbyterian University, et al. v. Presbyterian Synod of Tennessee, et al. | Montgomery | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 144 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1905 | S.T. Porter, admr. et al. v. W. W. Sawyer, petitioner v. Ida Zoe Yearwood et al. | McMinn | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Ida Zoe Yearwood, Mack Yearwood, Mrs. E.E. Yearwood, James Harry Yearwood, Hugh Yearwood, Hortrense Yearwood, Burr & Knapp, W.W. Sawyer, N. Q. Allen were all ordered to turn their interest in real estate over to D.B. Yearwood as inheritance. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1a | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | Theodore Read v. S. T. Armour et al | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Originally an ejectment suit against defendant to recover fifty acres of land in Shelby Co. Land conveyed by moses Isaacs to Johanna & Solomon Isaacs on 15 May 1871; gave deed of trust on tract to secure an indebtedness of about $3000 to Charles Obermeier & others. Land sold to plaintiff in fee simple 24 Dec. 1888. Also mentioned: Mark, Sam & Jennie Isaacs, children of Solomon & Johanna Isaacs. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 702 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | Union Railway Co. v. Mrs. E. M. Hunton et al | Shelby | Sale of Land/Property |
Brief only. Case concerns the fair value of property purchased by the railroad. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 702 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | Union Railway Company v. Gilbert D. Raine | Shelby | Land |
Docket Number illegible |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1023 | 92 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | W. W. Holt v. T. R. Holt, et al. | Hamblen | Land and Title Dispute |
J.H Long and Mary Long occupied land belonging to Thomas R. Holt unlawfully. Court orders Holt to recover the land from them. No mention of W.W.'s role in this case. Incomplete case. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1a | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | Willis Person et al. v. Sam Turner et al | Madison | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Emma Person, Louis Parker, Ella Parker and Allie Turner. Additional defendant: James M. Tayol African American plaintiffs and defendants " complainants … show to your Honor that they and defendants are all persons of color " |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 700 | 118 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | W. F. Goessling v. Eaton & Smith | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Appeal on invalidation of land title by firm of Eaton & Smith. Decision states that the tax title deed of Goessling was void because the delinquent list was not certified by the trustee until long after it was filed in the circuit court of Shelby. Includes brief and argument on behalf of plaintiff-in-error. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 911 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | W. F. Harris v. W. B. Jones, et al. | Henry | Land |
This case centers around a trust deed and promissory notes for a tract of land in Henry County. Trust deed included. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1008 | 175 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | W. F. Goessling v. G. A. Clark | Shelby | Land, Sale of |
Includes a tax dispute. Claims land was sold for unpaid taxes incorrectly. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1017 | 87 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | William B. Fisher et al. v. Coal Creek Mining & Manufacturing Company | Morgan | Land and Title Dispute |
Case concerns land that was part of the estate of William Fisher, dec. The brothers and sisters of William Fisher and their descendants complainants. Reply brief only. See additional documents in box ET 11. |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 788 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | W. C. Thompson v. J. C. Blanks et al. | Cannon | Land and Title Dispute |
Opinion only. Court of origin unclear (equity docket suggests Chancery, but opinion mentions Circuit). Case involves land owned by plaintiff, purchased from his brothers J. H. & H. L. Thompson. Judgment levied against pla.'s brother's interest in land. Case revolves around proper construction of Act of 1899 to regulate lien of Justice's execution levied on land. Add. defendants: probably plaintiff's brothers but this is unclear. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 824 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | Zachary S. Oliver v. Charles Wendt | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 704 | 43 | Order A Copy |