Order Cases Online
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 | 1867 | E. P. Fort, admr. of W. L. Phillips v. Laura Stone & James M. Hintin | Davidson | Petition for Injunction |
Plaintiff seeks and injunction to keep first defendant from disposing of promissory notes to second defendant. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 172 | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | James Thompson v. Wolfe Heirs | Davidson | Petition to Set Aside the Sale of Land |
Heirs of Phillip Wolfe are petitioning to set aside the sale of several lots of land owned by Philip Wolfe. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 268 | 152 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | Joseph C. Bowers et al. v. P. S. Lester | Wilson | Petition for Injunction |
Add. Plaintiff: J. C. Glenn. Defendant acting as executor of estate of E. E. Eason, deceased. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 522 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | John L. Arrendell[?] v. Thomas Lancaster | Smith | Petition for Compensation |
Compensation for work and labor performed. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 527 | 157 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | J. B. Scoby v. Shadrick Jarnon, et al. | Wilson | Petitions for Certiorari |
Additional Defendant: S. A. G. Noel & Co., J. A. Anthony. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 549 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | John Swan v. State | Jefferson | Petitions for Appeal |
Incomplete casefile. This case sites State v. Benjamin Doughty and Amagro Noel. The primary document is a petition from the plaintiff for a writ of supersedeas and writ of coram nobis. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1197 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | Knoxville & Kentucky RR Co. v. The Justices of the Peace of Campbell Co. | Campbell | Petition for Mandamus |
Plaintiff desires a petition for mandamus. On 2 May 1853 the county voted to take $50,000 of stock in the Knoxville & KY RR Co. In July 1854 the court directed the chairman of the court to subscribe $50,000 in the railroad's stock by issued bonds. Since that time work has begun on the railroad, but in the April term of the County Court an order was made refusing to issue the bonds unless compelled to do so by law. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1222 | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | Polly Lowry by her next friend Willie Lowry v. C. M. McGhee, et al. Heirs at Law of John McGhee, dec. | McMinn | Petition to Compel Payment |
George Brown, counsel for minor heirs of Barclay McGhee, dec., for an execution against Alexander Cleage, Thomas A. Cleage, & Samuel Cleage in favor of Clerk for the use of C.M. McGhee, et al., for sum of $5,646.30, which was paid in Confederate money. 2/3 was given to C.M. McGhee & Margaret W. Niles, the other 1/3 was supposed to be given to heirs of Barclay McGhee but was never paid to them but was still in the hands of the clerk, James L. Bridges, or in a bank. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1195 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | S. H. Harkleroad & W. R. Smith, admr. of W. H. Harkleroad, dec. v. Eli Anderson | Sullivan | Petitions for Certiorari |
Hackleroad and Smith ask to appeal from an illegal judgment made against them by Anderson. They plead that they were informed the suit was dismissed, that they had not any warrant issued, and that they did not know judgment was rendered. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1195 | 8 | Order A Copy |