Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1859 Jane Rhea v. Mathew Allison & M.W. Williams Knox Property Dispute

Plaintiff bought a town lot in the city of Knoxville from def. Williams for $400 on installments, yet received no title. Plaintiff then built a house & other improvements on the lot. Indebted to M. Allison, Williams conveyed said lot to him as payment. Allison brought an action of ejectment against Rhea, pending in Circuit Ct. Plaintiff asks for injunction bond against this action and a lien against the value of her improvements.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1139 19 Order A Copy
View Entry 1859 Robert A. Brown v. Andrew Wood Bedford Property Dispute

Dispute involves three horses.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 277 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1859 Sampson B. Sellers, et al. v. Matthew Sellers DeKalb Property Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: W. W. Sellers, Elizabeth Sellers by her next friend, Sampson B. Sellers.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 267 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1859 State v. John H. Lovel Cocke Conversion of Property

Lovel charged with trespassing & cutting timber (40 trees) on Cocke County land belonging to John Gillett, whose land adjoined the land of Lovel's father and on which Lovel had built a house.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1132 22 Order A Copy
View Entry 1859 State v. Nathan Almany Sullivan Destruction of Property/ Petition t

Almany was accused of cutting down timber and destroying wood that did not belong to him. William B. White and his heirs owned property. Details the types of trees grown on the property. Case involves sale of land and debt settlement as well.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 2a 24 Order A Copy
View Entry 1859 William F. Trout & Elizabeth Trout v. Wiley C. Baily et al Knox Personal Property Dispute

Add. defendants: John Trout, Benjamin Looney, John D. Eppes, Thomas Smith, Gordan Mynatt, Hugh L. Mynatt, James H. Cowan, Perez Dickenson, Randall Shipe, G.L. White, C.A. Barnwell, & Alexander Adain. E. Trout states it was her parents' intention to give her a Negro woman free from marital bonds of W. Trout. She procured $400 from her son-in-law, Gordon Mynatt, for the woman. Later, with H.L. Mynatt, G. Mynatt levied a security against the woman and his debt, making him a party to taxable property.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1173 48 Order A Copy