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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 | 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 | 1879 | C. C. Lawrence, next friend v. Volly Hesterly | Lawrence | Replevin |
Additional Complainant: Mary M. E. Hesterly. Items returned: one bed stead, bed clothing, dried peaches, dried apples, one trunk. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 553 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | Frank B. Davis v. P. C. Rogers | Shelby | Replevin |
Davis attempting to regain property worth about $25.00. John Walsh substituted for P. C. Rogers as defendant. Rogers was sheriff of Shelby County. Also named in case as associates of F. B. Davis, but not defendants: Sam Wood, Sam Harris and William Epps. . Also styled: John Walsh v. Frank B. Davis |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 140 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | I. S. Osment v. M. M. Fisher | Hamilton | Replevin |
File incomplete. Opinion only. Lower court ruling affirmed. See: ET, Box 1642. |
East | Range: 29 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1683 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | J. M. Tuttle et al v. John Hunley | Campbell | Replevin |
Additional plaintiffs F. F. Brooks, J. S. Sprinkles, James Wilson and Jessee Wilson. Plaintiff stated to the court that he was entitled to a black mule that was seized by Hunely. |
East | Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1695 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | Jerry Woods v. B. J. Williams | Shelby | Replevin |
Property involves three mules. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 115 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | James A. Griffin v. R. G. Harris | Crockett | Replevin | West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 128 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | John White v. John W. Hunter | Carter | Replevin |
Action made on previous judgment, John W. Hunter v. William S. Thomas for sum of $308.82. Judgment & collection by county deputies deemed too excessive. Properties owned by defendant Hunter: (2) two-year old colts, (2) work horses, (10) stock hogs, (2) heifers, (50) doz. oats, (1) South Bend turning plow. Seized by Deputy J. P. VanHuss & others. |
East | Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1692 | 65 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | L. M. Clark v. Montague and Case | Hamilton | Replevin |
The plaintiffs believed that they were entitled to a title or deed as well as property. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendant was unlawfully detaining the property and all the fixtures. The plaintiffs were seeking a judgment of replevin to secure the property and fixtures. |
East | Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1693 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | Martha M. Love v. William H. Brown, Sheriff of Madison County | Madison | Replevin |
Love sued for the return of 75 barrels of corn, "levied on by William Brown as the property of James G. Reid". |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 140 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | T.J. Hudgings v. Thomas Elliott | Monroe | Replevin |
Cause of action in this case was listed as replevin. T.J. Hudgings claimed that a black mule was unlawfully taken from him. |
East | Range: 19 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1687 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | William F. Farrow v. Noah Partee, et al. | Crockett | Replevin |
Additional Defendants: R. Fleming |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 125 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | W.H. Hudson, Trustee of B.L. Milam v. W.H. Freeman | Henry | Replevin | West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 165 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | W. L. Patterson v. Ed Arnold, Sherriff | Rutherford | Replevin |
Writ of replevin for a piano that Arnold detained in order to pay a debt Patterson owed to Theodore Smith. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1144 | 54 | Order A Copy |