Order Cases Online
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].
Use quotes for an exact search. ex. "J. W."
View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
View Entry | 1879 | Absalum Pharris as next friend of Amos J. Pharris v. M. L. Gore, et al | Jackson | Replevin |
Additional defendants: R. V. Brooks, S. G. Gore, Eliza Gore, Elvira Patteet, J. B. Pickett, William Pickett, J. M. Morgan, Paulina Morgan, G. H. Morgan, Mary Morgan, M. G. Butler. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 665 | 37 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | J. L. Young v. Horace Anderson | Jackson | Replevin |
Plantiff filed this claim to recover possession of a crumpled horn red steer from defendant. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 933 | 31 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | J. F. Barnett v. Mary L. Neill | Jackson | Replevin | Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 618 | 38 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1882 | Samuel Chapman v. W. A. Herod | Jackson | Replevin |
Case file is incomplete. Contains only the last page of the transcript from the lower court, containing the bill of costs, and the decision of the Supreme Court. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 57 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | S. H. and I. N. Vinson v. A. O. Donoho, admr. of Martha Borden, dec. | Jackson | Replevin |
The Vinson plaintiffs sued defendant Donoho to contest his claim that I. N. Vinson confessed to owing the estate of Martha Borden $14. 96. Plaintiffs further protested the judgment against them on those grounds and the replevin/seizure of S. H. Vinson's yoke of oxen. The plaintiffs filed their own action of replevin to regain their property and appeal the judgment. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1066 | 87 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Samuel Chapman v. M. A. Herod et al | Jackson | Replevin | Middle | Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 520 | 16 | Order A Copy |