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].
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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1870 | Elizabeth Burton v. the Edgefield & Kentucky Railroad Company | Davidson | Objection to Establishing a State R |
Boyd Cheatham, Edgefield & Kentucky R.R. E. S. Cheatham, President, Edgefield & Ky. R.R. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 74 | 37 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | State of Tennessee, on the Relation of J. C. Wilson v. S. N. Haddinger | Fayette | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
Failure of former Commissioner of Registration to turn over papers to new Commissioner of Registration |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 5 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Samuel L. Calhoun v. R. C. Sanders, admr. Of James Chambers dec. et al. | Wilson | Sale, Petition to Halt |
Additional Defendants: O. Green. Seeking injunction against sale of land to pay off debt of estate of James Chambers. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 347 | 142 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Theophilus Rogan, admr. of Martin Burchfield, dec. v. Giles Hodges, et al. | Claiborne | Petition to Compel Sale |
Additional defendants: Barthena Hodges, Marry Ann Thompson, Robert M. Thompson, Lucy Burchfield, Sarah Burchfield, Martha Burchfield, and Martin Burchfield. Plaintiff is seeking the sale of land to settle the debts of Martin Burchfield. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1218 | 42 | Order A Copy |