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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 | 1856 | Clarksville& Russellville Turnpike Co. v. James Reynolds | Montgomery | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 253 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | Helen Pope, et al. v. E. V. Harrison, et al. | Montgomery | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Complainants: James D. Mosby, Thomas O. Mosby, Mary Isabella Wilson, William Wilson, Marcia Searcy Fleece, John A. Fleece, Pattie Mosby. Defendants: Bailey C. Harrison, A. B. Harrison, Mamie Harrison, Thomas B. Harrison, and others. Defendants: J. J. Kelly, A. Weill, Lizzie Weill, Pythagoras Lodge No. 23, Theresa Harrison, James S. Glenn, exe. of. S.[?] B. Harrison, dec., David A. Harrison, Virginia Harrison. Also mentions the case of Helen Pope, et al.v. John F. Counts, et al. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 587 | 108 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Helen Pope, et al. v. Samuel Hodgson, et al. | Montgomery | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Complainants: James D. Mosby, Thomas O. Mosby, Mary Isabella Wilson, William Wilson, Marcia Searcy Fleece, John A. Fleece, Pattie Mosby. Additional Defendants: Ben H. Owen, J. D. Moore, W. J. McCormack, William Rosenfield, J. F. Wood, John R. Elliott, L. Fauchat, Pythagoras Lodge No. 23. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 587 | 129 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1847 | James M. Lewis v. James L. James, et al. | Montgomery | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiff: Elizabeth Lewis. Additional defendants: C. M. Shelby, Robert Tompkins, Louisa Tompkins, |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 310 | 240 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1944 | J. M. Rudolph, et al.. v. D. T. Foust, et al.. | Montgomery | Land and Title Dispute |
Consolidated case: F. E. Foust, et al. v. J. M. Rudolph, et al. Additional plaintiffs: A. W. Hutchison, Dr. A. J. Waynick, Charles Acree, W. R. Watson, Rev. G. D. Robinson and Presbyterian Church in the United States. Additional defendants: Clarence Ryan, A. D. Crotzer, W. H. Pace, A. B. Woodson, L. P. Frey, R. C. Halliburton and Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Two folders. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 173 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1846 | John M. Blakemore v. Clark M. Shelby | Montgomery | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 221 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1868 | John A. Elliott v. Sarah Blair et al. | Montgomery | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Slate P. Peacher, B. O. Keese, Eliza Drane. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 321 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | James Martin, William Logan, Annie Gunn v. James D. Neblett, exe. For B.O. Kessee [Kesee?] [Keesee?], dec. | Montgomery | Land and Title Dispute |
Three plaintiffs separately sued Defendant over title to land a portion of which each had purchased allegedly without knowledge of a lien on the land, which lien originally was held by Kessee before he died. The court consolidated the 3 cases. Other non-parties listed: H.H. Poston, Jerry Metcalf, Z.M. Taylor. Land at issue was located in suburbs of Clarksville. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 792 | 298 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Mary J. Brandon et al. v. Lizzie Wiel et al. | Montgomery | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: S.O.W. Brandon, Oliver Brandon, Mary Brandon, George & Robert Brandon, Bell Kirby and Patrick Kirby. Additional defendants: Lizzie O'Bryen, Peter T. Barksdale, John Northington and Wyatt Barker. Land and title dispute dating back to 1859. Brandon claimed ownership from her deceased father Joseph Reynolds who obtained it from his sister Elizabeth Dolan. A person called Bilbo claimed ownership through contract with her. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 833 | 67 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | Robert Baxter, admr., Ex Parte v. Stephen D. Watkins, et al. Ex Parte | Montgomery | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Mary D. Watkins, Theodore Baxter, Alexander Jackson and his wife, Emma A. Baxter, Thomas D. Baxter, William Baxter, and several minors under the age of 21. This file is a petition for the sale of land only. The original case concerned P. Priestly and the selling of the property mentioned in the petitions. The land in disptue provided wood for the iron furnances and forges that was housed on it. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: Oversize 1 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1922 | Squire Lee et al. v. J. W. Randolph et al. | Montgomery | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Frank Lee, children of Lucinda Marr, deceased. Additional defendants: Clem and Erma Randolph |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 442 | 183 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | William M. Daniel v. A. Weill et al. | Montgomery | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Lizzie Weill, Ida H. Beaumont, Georgia C. Beaumont, Frank S. Beaumont, C. W. Beaumont; dispute over purchase of land by guardian ad litem |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 341 | 37 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1842 | William M. Briton v. William C. Rutland et al. | Montgomery | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Elisabeth Gatlin, Ira Ouler, Nancy Ouler, Samuel Briton, William Ouler, Martha Ouler, heirs at law of Serena Merian, Baxter Alexander, Tamour Alexander, David Thompson, Sally Thompson, Ross Skinner, heirs at law of Catherine Skinner, John H. Petty, Tera Petty, Parsons Briton, William Briton |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 385 | 28 | Order A Copy |