Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1844 Anderson Skillern, et al. v. Joseph G. Smith, et al. Bledsoe Land and Title Dispute

Add. Plaintiffs: John Skillern, Henry Miller. Add. Def: James A. Whitesides (later dropped from case). The 2 Skillerns, Miller & Smith formed partnership to speculate in mountain lands, including 10,000 acres in Hamilton County. Per consent of partners, Smith went north to try to sell land & did sell land to Dr. Joseph Evans of New York, in exchange for land in Village of Jamaica, Long Island, NY. Plaintiffs sued Smith to account for proceeds of sale.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1137 51 Order A Copy
View Entry 1844 John R. Patrick v. Richard C. Holder Franklin Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 215 172 Order A Copy
View Entry 1844 John Shelby & Margaret Prater v. James Webb et al. Washington Land and Title Dispute

Add. Defs: David Webb, Benjamin Webb Jr. (James' brothers) & Nathan Webb (dad to all 3). Shelby (aka Jack) was free man of color, Margaret was white woman, both poor & illiterate, & they jointly bought 50-acre tract & adjoining house from Benjamin Sr. Title issued only to Prater. Webb procured (by fraud, Plaintiffs say) from Benjamin Sr a deed to 307-acre tract of which 50 acres was part. Shelby, while slave, accompanied masters to King's Mountain & to Horse Shoe battlefields to fight British.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1137 72 Order A Copy
View Entry 1844 J. Hart Marable v. John A. Jordan et al. Williamson Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: Robert W. Jordan, Rosetta Lyons, Virginia Toms, and Eliza Toms.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1844 Jane Coffee, widow of Joshua M. Coffee, dec., et al. v. Thomas Wilcher et al. Warren Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: James E. Coffee, Wiliam P. Coffee, Thomas S. Coffee. Additional Defendants: Pauline Thomas Wilcher, Archibald Wilcher, George Wilcher, Christian and Amanda Wilcher, Joseph and Clarissa Bragg.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 215 49 Order A Copy
View Entry 1844 Jane Carmichael v. Daniel Carmichael, et al. Washington Land and Title Dispute

Defendants: Samuel Hunt. Plaintiff is widow to Archibald Carmichael, who entrusted his money and estate to a friend who embezzled it and fled after his death, leaving J. Carmichael and her six children with only a tract of land to their name. D. Carmichael was named administrator to the estate and deed to the land, which he bought to cover debts on the estate. J. Carmichael impeaches Hunt as Sherriff who sold the land, to which she is entitled a dower.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1131 58 Order A Copy
View Entry 1844 Joseph Hart v. Bullock Campbell Land and Title Dispute

Land dispute. Due to missing pages, details of the case are difficult to make clear. File consists of description of land and witnesses. Missing first 42 pages.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1135 38 Order A Copy
View Entry 1844 John Mast v. Roderick Murchison & Peyton Colvard Johnson Land and Title Dispute

Dispute over Lot 29 in Taylorsville, TN. Defs. recovered judgment against John Tomlin, execution on that judgment was levied on said lot, & Colvard bought the lot at the public sale. Plaintiff filed a writ of ejectment & won, & Defs. appealed to SC. Greene Moore was chairman of Taylorsville's commission of public buildings & made the deeds for the lots, including lot at issue. Transcript includes hand drawn map of lots 1-40. Roans Creek ran near town.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1137 53 Order A Copy
View Entry 1844 Walter M. Sims et al. v. William P. Sims et al. Marshall Land and Title Dispute

Oversize. Additional Plaintiffs: David M. Sims, Rebecca A. Sims, children and heirs of David Sims, dec. Additional Defendants: Unknown

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 215 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1844 William Tallent v. Edward Murphy Hawkins Land and Title Dispute

Murphy agreed to convey 40 acres on Stacey's Branch to Tallent, as soon as Murphy could get a grant from the state (because his claim to the land was an entry). And Tallent would convey to Murphy 50 acres (Bill Johnson tract). 40 acres not conveyed. Instead, Murphy sold it to Joseph McCall & moved to Missouri. Testimony: claims of intoxication, bribery, that Tallent lived with Avis Williams who wasn't his wife, that Murphy moved due to son's conduct, that witness Polly Smith was mentally deranged.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1137 81 Order A Copy