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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 | 1884 | B. W. Mills v. Trabue Davis & Co. | Sumner | Promissory Note | Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 508 | 110 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1853 | Bank of Tennessee v. Alexander Barnes, et al. | Sumner | Default on Promissory Note |
Other defendants: John Hampton; William Hampton; William E. Dunlap; William Soloman. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 239 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1882 | D. G. Perdue v. J. M. Rainford et al. | Sumner | Default on Promissory Note |
Additional Defendants: Adeline Rainford and Giles R. Perdue. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1024 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Edward Buck v. Mrs. M. A. Wickware | Sumner | Land, Promissory Note |
Buck sold Wickware a tract of 32 acres for which Wichware issued two promissory notes of $100 and $200 which were unpaid. Buck sued for unpaid purchase money and to use notes as vendor's lien upon the land to sell and satisfy for the debt. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 821 | 100 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Edward A. Foy v. Mrs. M. E. Haynes | Sumner | Promissory Note |
Plaintiff's brief and assignment of errors document. Plaintiff was suing for note of $92.62 for cost of goods sold. Defendant purchased lighting from B.H. Tyson, a local retailer. Tyson transferred note to Edward A. Foy, a wholesaler in Cincinnati. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1046 | 86 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | H. C. Cantrell et al. v. D. H. Hoover et al. | Sumner | Default on Promissory Note |
Additional Plaintiffs: N.D. Sanders, John M. Cantrell, H.R. Roude, Paul Dismukes. Additional Defendants: Abel Hoover, C. R. Allen |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 41 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | James Solper, exe. for John Kirby v. Balie Peyton | Sumner | Default on Promissory Note | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 40 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1848 | Lewis Haynie, exe., of Richard Ridon v. Augustine Samford et al. | Sumner | Promissory Note |
Additional Defendants- J.D. Bond, A.W. Lunford, and William Moore |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | Nancy A. Jackson v. J. S. Jackson, et al. | Sumner | Promissory Note |
.John G. Stewart (aka Stuart), E. A. Stewart (aka Stuart), Levi A. Baker, James J. Turner, Major Parham, P. Gibson, John Kemper, Peter Kemper, J. B. Keeling, James Whitworth, O. S. Galbreath. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 44 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | W. M. Blackmore, et al. v. N. B. Harrison et al. | Sumner | Land, Promissory Note |
Balance on note for a tract of land has not been paid Amount owed $270.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 0 | Order A Copy |