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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 | 1903 | Albert E. Webb & Lauderdale County v. Chicago, St. Louis,& New Orleans Railroad Company et al. | Lauderdale | Petitions for New Road |
Additional Defendant: Illinois Central Railroad Company. Webb was Road Commissioner. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 898 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | B. F. Holder v. James M. Baker et al. | Franklin | Petitions for New Road |
Holder sued to enjoin creation of proposed road through his land, arguing it was never maintained as a public road, but served only as "a settlement passway around the plantation" that was "cut out to get rid of the shade on the field and fence." Proposed road was near a mountain. Holder had worked as a road hand, though not on road in question. Baker was road commissioner. Add. Def: Jefferson Holder (overseer of proposed road). |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 740 | 104 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1818 | David McGavock v. Absolum Page & Elihu Marshall | Davidson | Petitions for New Road | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 332 | 19 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1818 | David McGavock et al. v. John Criddle & Absalom Page | Davidson | Petitions for New Road | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 331 | 7 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1852 | E. H. Childress v. Edwin W. Hickman | Davidson | Petitions for New Road | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 239 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1859 | Isaac A. Allen v. Andrew Susong Jr. | Greene | Petitions for New Road |
Although conserved, these documents are heavily damaged. Large portions of some pages are missing, causing difficulty in reading. Case pertains to disagreements concerning a new road in Greene County. Andrew Susong Jr. is the son of Andrew Susong, an Alsatian (French) man who sailed to the colonies with The Marquis de Lafayette to fight in the Revolutionary War. |
East | Range: 10 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 847 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | Justices of Tipton County v. W. H. Cole | Tipton | Petitions for New Road |
Contesting the placement of a new road and requesting a jury review it. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 499 | 59 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1859 | Jesse & Cornelius Mays v. County Court | Greene | Petitions for New Road |
Although conserved, these documents are heavily damaged. Large portions of some pages are missing, causing difficulty in reading. Case outlines disputes concerning a new road to be built in Greene County. |
East | Range: 10 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1487 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1817 | James Douglas v. Benjamin Rawlings | Sumner | Petitions for New Road |
Douglas and a long list of petitioners wished for a good new road to be installed between Gallatin and Nashville. The road would pass through Rawling's land. Rawlings insisted that a jury to view the path of the road in order to make a proper decision on its path. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 4 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Jonesboro Fall Branch & Blair's Gap Turnpike Company v. John C. Brown, Governor | Davidson | Petitions for New Road |
The plaintiff claimed that according to the acts passed by the General the Governor was required by law to give them money or state bonds to build the road. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 26a | 101 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1852 | James Wireman et al. v. Daniel Huff | Claiborne | Petitions for New Road |
Plaintiffs asked court to grant a jury of view to cut out a 2nd class road leading from the Kentucky road, near Wesley Chittums, & intersecting the Kentucky road at Cumberland Gap, and to appoint overseers & hands on the road. Add. Pla.: Martin B. Johnson, James Monday, David C. Cottrell, William H. Gunnings, James Shoemaker, William Lewis, Alfred Corbin, Lewis Harmon, Elisha Esstes, John Hunter, John Bogan. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1158 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | John Johnson for himself& on behalf of the public v. Andrew Susong et al. | Greene | Petitions for New Road |
Additional Defendant: County Court of Greene County. Plaintiff is petitioning for a new road to be built in Greene County south of J.G. Reaves shop and ending at Allen’s Bridge. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1208 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | John R. Carson v. James Moore | Washington | Petitions for New Road |
Moore petitioned for a new public road so that he could access a portion of his property that was entirely fenced in by Carson, his neighbor. |
East | Range: 20 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1600 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Mrs. John Cherry et al. v. E. G. Flowers | Benton | Petitions for New Road |
Additional plaintiffs: Newt French, M. F. Davis This is an action begun in the county court by E. G. Flowers to have a road opened to him under section 1634, Thompson's Shannon's code. Flowers stated that his tract of land is surrounded by that of the defendants and he wishes to build a private road from his land to the public road. He had no other way to access his land except by going over the lands of the defendants. See WT 1941 for transcript. |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1561 | 132 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | R. S. King v. Justices of Haywood County | Haywood | Petitions for New Road | West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 91 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1877 | The Justices of the Peace of Sevier County v. Anderson Seaton | Sevier | Petitions for New Road |
The petition to create the road had already been passed, this case was about the opening of a completed road. Said road runs through Seaton's property, and he was refusing public access. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1647 | 43 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | William Rallings v. W. B. Denny | Smith | Petitions for New Road | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 53 | 0 | Order A Copy |