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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 | 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 | 1833 | Catherine Pharris v. Enock Carter | Jackson | Possession, Unlawful |
Enock Carter unlawfully possessed a 40 year-old Slave named Hannah, who belonged to Catherine Pharris |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 190 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | David Starr v. Joseph Duncan | Hardin | Possession, Unlawful |
The dispute arose over the rightful ownership of a cow and calf. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 139 | 0 | 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 | 1890 | H. F. Bailey v. Charles M. Davis | Washington | Possession, Unlawful |
Dispute over a Hamilton Organ valued at $80. The organ was originally purchased in 1886 by H. F. Bailey from a door to door salesman, N. M. Cooper. |
East | Range: 19 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1807 | 62 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | Hack Drivers Union #1 of Memphis v. Timothy McCoy | Shelby | Possession, Unlawful |
The union is sued McCoy, previous union treasurer, for $76, the balance in the treasury at the end of his term. McCoy is refusing to relinquish the money. The folder also contains two legal briefs. |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 654 | 48 | 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 | 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 | 1886 | John Scheibler v. T. D. Coopwood& J. L. Coopwood | Shelby | Possession, Unlawful | West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 399 | 62 | 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 | 1841 | Right Johnson v. John Billinglsey | Bledsoe | Possession, Unlawful |
Ben Bridgman recovered a judgement from Thomas Moonyham for $40. Moonyham had hogs that were to be taken in payment, but they were moved to John Billingsly's property, apparently in order to avoid the attachment of the hogs to the debt. Billingsly was sued to recover the hogs. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 18 | 22 | 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 | 1856 | Stephen N. White, et al. v. William H. McMurry | Rutherford | Possession, Unlawful |
Other plaintiffs: Thomas D. White; John M. White; Susan C. White; Mary E. White; Franklin White |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 260 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | State v. Henry Moore | Davidson | Possession, Unlawful |
Charges include "carrying burglar's tools" and larceny. Two verdicts and sentences included. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 368 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Sarah Tye v. Hubert Perkins & Sarah Tye v. John Johnson | Campbell | Possession, Unlawful |
Tye was the executrix of the estate of Sylvester Allen, deceased. Among his possessions was a Ford automobile. Allen owed $194.32 to Dixie Garage. She paid the amount owned and received the car. Tye is claiming that the defendants are wrongfully and unlawfully detaining the automobile. |
East | Range: 10 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1460 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1914 | Travis Smith v. Bruno Gernt et al. | Fentress | Possession, Unlawful |
Co-defendant: A. B. Bradford |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 91 | 0 | 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 | 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 |