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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 | 1872 | E. W. Randolph v. John Burke | Shelby | Default on Promissory Note |
Promissory note is overdue and payable; plaintiff is asking for full payment plus interest. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 55 | 0 | 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 | 1872 | James Kincheloe v. John R. Spurgeon | Washington | Default on Promissory Note |
Spurgeon sued Kincheloe for unpaid promissory note of $500 to his damage $1000. Court ruled in plaintiff's favor. Defendant appealed. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1210 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | William Neeley v. Owen Solomon | Meigs | Default on Promissory Note |
Neeley sued Solomon for unpaid promissory note of $568.50 for which Neeley had sold and delivered 400 bushels of corn and 4 cattle. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1210 | 56 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | Wesley Blakemore v. W. H. Douglass | Shelby | Promissory Note |
The plaintiff sued the defendant for $670, the value of two promissory notes that were due in Feb 1862. The defendant alleges that since the notes were meant to be received in Confederate money that makes them invalid, the plaintiff says Confederate money was valid. In the first trial the jury found in favor of the plaintiff. |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 16 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | W. H. Wilkinson v. C. W. Nance | Davidson | Promissory Note |
Nance initially sued Wilkerson on a note for $742 made by Josiah Espy in 1855 payable to H. Quigg or order on which W. H. Wilkinson was the first security, and C. W. Nance was the second security. Nance sued for interests in addition to the value of the note. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 15a | 23 | Order A Copy |