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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 | 1876 | A.H. Hefflebaum v. James T. Hoppers | Madison | Wrongful Possession |
Articles in question include 2 copper stills, 2 wash tubs, 2 cider press crates, 40 cider barrels, & other equipment. |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 36 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1916 | A. J. McCorkle v. Sam Scott et al. | Gibson | Possession of Land |
Additional Defendants: N. P. Scott, Mary Flowers, and Ellis Flowers. The plaintiff claimed ownership of land in Gibson County in possession of defendants. Case is filed in two folders. |
West | Range: 79 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1419 | 444 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Appling & Sons v. L. E. Lowery | Shelby | Possession, Unlawful |
Plaintiffs are sued the defendant for unlawful possession of 2 black mare mules, 1 one-horse wagon, 1 two-horse wagon, 1 jersey milk cow, 1 spotted milk cow, 2 jersey heifer calves, plow gear, tools, and crops, which were sold to him on credit, and has not been repaid. Property does not exceed $400 in value. |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1705 | 181 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | C. E. James v. Thomas King & William Washington | Hamilton | Possession of Land |
Thomas B. Vanhorn sold some land to Missouri King dec. 1873. She was wife of Thomas King and mother of Mamie King dec. 1887. After Missouri’s death, Thomas abandoned the child and land. Mamie sold some of the land to Washington, who sold it to Napoleon Loder, who sold it to James. After Mamie died, Thomas returned to take possession of the land. James here filed for possession. |
East | Range: 18 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 2046 | 108 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1936 | D. L. Anderson& W. E. Branstetter v. S. H. Jones et al. | Morgan | Possession of Land |
Additional defendants: M. M. Goad, admr. Of John A. Jones dec., Oscar Shaver, deputy sheriff of Morgan County, Mary A. Jones, and Izza Dillon |
East | Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 937 | 131 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | D.C. Mooney v. L. J. Johnston, et al. | Hamilton | Possession, Unlawful |
The plaintiff claimed that the defendants have wrongfully entered upon a certain lot and are now in possession thereof holding wrongfully and unlawfully and the plaintiff is entitled to possession of said property. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1825 | 58 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | John Baxter, et al. v. James McMahan, et al. | Cocke | Possession of Land |
Additional plaintiffs: Joel Dennis, Robert Volentine, Thomas Cotton. Writ issued to force plaintiffs off the land. parties in later suit over land in John Baxter, et al. v. James McMahan in ET 1212. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 35 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | J. F. Hirt v. George D. Cherry | Weakley | Possession, Unlawful |
Unlawful possesion of property which contains a large lot of cask staves. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 773 | 186 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | J. N. Falls v. P. J. Moran | Shelby | Adverse Possession |
Plaintiff alleges that defendant has illegally taken possession of a strip of land that belongs to him & has enclosed said strip within a fence. Defendant would not vacate the strip when ordered to do so after plaintiff sold the lot of which it was a part causing the purchasers to recovery the plot back to Falls. Plaintiff now sues to recover land plus the $210 commission that he paid to real estate agents to make the sale & which said agents refuse to return. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 859 | 126 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | John S. Claybrooke v. M. M. Lindsay et al | Lauderdale | Possession, Unlawful |
Additional Defendants: Francis Lindsay, Charles Washington (Colored), Albert Lea, Joel L. Lea, Charles E. Butler Sr. Cause of action: Plaintiff alleges that the defendants have taken unlawful possession of his land. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 299 | 386 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Jesse Adler v. Isaac W. Campbell et al | Hancock | Wrongful Possession |
Add. defendant: Alexander Campbell. The plaintiff is the surviving partner in a business where he contracted with a Trustee of the Methodist Church, namely the defendants to whom they furnished $150 worth of materials. The defendants took $75 each out of the funds for materials, for which the plaintiff took them to court to be prosecuted for acting in bad faith. The church house blew down in 1865 while housing a great deal of valuable material and the defendants unlawfully took possession of it. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1215 | 56 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1920 | J. H. Looney v. K. B. Waldrup | Shelby | Possession, Unlawful |
Plaintiff avers that the defendant unlawfully possessed a 1919 Ford automobile that rightfully belonged to the plaintiff. |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1648 | 175 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | Kathleen Hale Vander Pyl v. Annie Isbel Hale | Washington | Possession of Land |
Complainant is the owner of a tract of land that belonged to her father, Thomas Hale, dec. The land was devised to her by her grandfather, James E. Hale's last will & testament. Defendant is unlawfully claiming some interest or right or posession of said land. Defendant is denying the plaintiff posssesion of the land. |
East | Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1513 | 94 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Maria Joyce et al.v. Jonathan L. H.Tomlin et al | Madison | Adverse Possession |
Additional Complainants: Thomas E. & Katie Joyce, children of Patrick Joyce. Maria Joyce his wife. Additional Defendants: John Y. Keith; the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Co.; A. S. & E. H. Ewing; C. N. Davis; William Butler Duncan & Patrick Joyce. Complainant maintaining her homestead rights against defendants. Patrick Joyce temporarily residing in Arlington, TX. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 181 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | Memphis City Schools v. Dillard & Coffin & the Taxing District of Shelby County | Shelby | Possession of Land |
The original bill in this cause was filed to sustain the right of the Board of Education , under a grant, a certain lot of ground situated on the corner of Third and Jefferson streets in the taxing District of Shelby County |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 331 | 68 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | Millie Garvin v. O. K. Robertson et al. | Shelby | Possession of Land |
Millie Garvin is disputing a writ of possession that was presented to her to force her off of her land. She states that she knew nothing of a previous case in which her land was to be sold. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 709 | 140 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Nathan Honeycutt et al. v. W. N. Shell Jr. et al. | Carter | Possession of Land |
Plaintiffs Nathan Honeycutt and D. M Simerly sued the defendants William Shell Jr., Robert B. Bradly, and J. B. Miller (Deputy Sheriff of Coates County) for failure to notify them of an issue with land/property taxes that resulted in their attempt to seize the property. |
East | Range: 19 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1803 | 135 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | S. E. Eakin et al.v. Mary Eickberg | Shelby | Possession, Unlawful |
Plaintiffs: Sarah E. Eakin of Paris, France and Hugh L. Eakin of Shelbyville, Tennessee. |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 471 | 150 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1922 | S. A. Miller v. Mrs. Nettie Miller& Don Miller | Henry | Possession of Land |
Plaintiff claims that he is the owner in fee and entitled to the immediate possession of 2 tracts of land located in 14th Civil District. Plaintiff claims he bought land from Nettie and her husband (his brother)Robert Miller, dec. He allowed Robert Miller's family to remain on the land until Roberts death when he then had an agreement with Don Miller to pay $150 a year in rent. Later when rent was demanded Don Miller refused to pay and refused plaintiff possession of land. |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1783 | 184 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | Sally Jernigan, et al. v. John W. Taylor | Coffee | Possession of Land |
This case concerns possession of a 90 acre tract of land. Additional Plaintiffs: Jess Kendall |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 875 | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | State v. T. H. Stanfield et al | Madison | Possession of Land |
Additional defendant: Jack Sanders |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 453 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1901 | Southern Express Company v. V. D. Fuchs et al. | Shelby | Possession of Land |
Additional defendants: Victorine Fuchs, wife of V. D. Fuchs. Also see WT Box 800 for additional part of case. 6 oversize surveyor maps located in WT OV 1. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 776 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1922 | V. C. Fulgham v. B. C. Gallimore et al. | Carroll | Possession, Unlawful |
Additional defendants: Drs. J. H. Williams and Verne Gallimore. Property dispute over part of a building located in McKenzie, TN. The plaintiff is sued to recover possession of the upper story of said building together with its reasonable rental value during the time of the unlawful detention by the defendant. |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1719 | 83 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | William Brooks v. T. L. Kendrick | Madison | Possession, Unlawful |
Writing badly faded. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1899 | W. W. Clarke et al. v. J. G. Blacksher | Henry | Possession of Land |
Additional Plaintiffs: C. B. Basford, D. C. Clarke, Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of the Memphis Annual Conference. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 759 | 183 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | William T. Avery v. Samuel Watson, trustee | Shelby | Possession, Unlawful |
This complicated case involves a promissory note and some Confederate money. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 47 | 0 | Order A Copy |