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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 | 1901 | Alice B. Castleman, et al. v. The Phillipsburg Land Co. | Cumberland | Land |
Partial case. Appeal. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1078 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1927 | Arlington Bank& Trust Company v. George Robinson, et al. | Cumberland | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Anna M. Gould, Albert H. Gould, Stella S. Gould, Sarah Ann Boughtin, E. N. Gould, Hattie M. Calhoun, S. M. Davenport and Harriet E. Davenport. |
East | Range: 6 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 350 | 153 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1936 | B. H. Sprankle v. Columbus Keyes et al. | Cumberland | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Additional Defendant: Oakes Henry. Other names involved in the dispute are S.A, Copeland, Thomas Snodgrass, and Wallace Tabor. The case is located in two folders. |
East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 906 | 472 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | Davidson Benedict Co. v. Tennessee Co. et al. | Cumberland | Land and Title Dispute |
Opinion only. Court of origin and date are unknown. Additional defendant: C. C. Benefield. Plaintiff claims it is the owner in fee of all timber of a certain measurement on a 5,000 acre tract of land. Plaintiff further claims defendant has entered said land and is engaged in cutting of said timber. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1254 | 7 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1890 | E. R. Lisk et al. v. J. C. Myers & S. C. Norwood | Cumberland | Land and Title Dispute |
Add. Defendant: John J. Tracy. Issue over boundary lines. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 852 | 200 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | G. L. W. Draper v. Alva Potter, et al. | Cumberland | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: S. W. Potter, dec. and Alice Potter. Case also involves a contested bond and will. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 133 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | J. Lewis v. William Lewis | Cumberland | Land and Title Dispute |
Case is incomplete; summary and exhibit only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 86 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | J. T. Narramore, et al v. A. C. Butler, et al and E. G. Tollett, et al v. A. C. Butler, et al | Cumberland | Land and Title Dispute |
A consolidated case dealing with a 50 acre tract of land in Cumberland County. Plaintiff alleges that defendant undertook fraudulent activates to avoid paying for the land. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1822 | 66 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | J. A. Kellogg v. John. Trenbath et al. | Cumberland | Land and Title Dispute |
Defendants: John and Elizabeth Trenbath and Edward Danscomb |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | James M. Johnson v. William Penn | Cumberland | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 33 Section: e Shelf: Box Number: 512 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1881 | Minerva Walker v. William Parham | Cumberland | Land and Title Dispute |
John Parham purchased a tract of land from John Low. John Parham then died. Minerva Walker then produced a deed to the property, claiming it was the one Low had issued Parham for the land. The two brought the suit to court to settle the land ownership. Add'l documentation in box ET 23a. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 158 | 613 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | State v. John Roy, et al. | Cumberland | Land and Title Dispute |
Dispute includes the cutting of timber. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 135 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | State v. Emma Troglin, et al. | Cumberland | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants are unlisted. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 135 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | State ex Rel. v. John Seals, Will F. Seals, John A. Seals et al. | Cumberland | Land and Title Dispute |
Four Folders - fills entire box. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 142 | 1230 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Stephen Carwood v. J. A. Renfro & wife, et al.. | Cumberland | Land |
Additional defendants: Mary Renfro, J. P. England, Michael and Susannah Smitzen. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 668 | 82 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1939 | Viola Wilson v. C. F. Wilson | Cumberland | Land and Title Dispute |
3 folders. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 137 | 649 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1810 | William Cannon v. David Ross | Cumberland | Land and Title Dispute |
Dispute also involves the ownership of slaves. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 77 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | William B. Lenoir v. W. E. Snodgrass, J. C. Carwood, S. Carwood, et al. | Cumberland | Land and Title Dispute |
First 252 pages missing. See additional part of case in ET 1766 and map of Cumberland County, Grant Numbers 17801 & 17805 in M-17-20. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 77 | 258 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1938 | Zora Liebrock v. Town of Crossville | Cumberland | Land and Title Dispute |
Dispute over the use of rented land. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 133 | 70 | Order A Copy |