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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 | 1895 | George E. Downing v. John T. Lellyet, Assignee | Davidson | Breach of Trust |
Plaintiff, George Downing, filed suit to recover $2000 in the hands of the defendant assignee that the plaintiff claimed was a trust fund belonging to him. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1049 | 161 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1824 | Harbert & Sally Newsom v. Patsey Dickinson, admr. | Davidson | Breach of Trust |
Suit was originally brought against Elias Maddox, exe. for Betsy Harding, Sally Newsom's mother; the Newsoms had intended to pay for their land with this money. Dickinson replaced Maddox as exe. Stated charge is "covenant broken to [plaintiffs'] damage." "Harbert" is sometimes spelled "Herbert"; "Elias" is sometimes "Ellis." Plaintiffs' statement is signed by John Catron, later a member of the U.S. Supreme Court during the Dred Scott decision. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 182 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1918 | James W. Purdy v. State | Davidson | Breach of Trust |
Witnesses included Wayman Lewis, Ruth Lewis, H. C. Binkley, H. C. Frost, and Bush Sneed. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 105 | 62 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | J. W. Pettus v. W. Nance, et al. | Davidson | Deed of Trust |
Additional defendant: Andrew Gregory. Deed of trust containing a power of sale. Exhibit materials include deed of trust, trustees sales. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 673 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | James M. Head, trustee v. William Moore | Davidson | Deed of Trust |
James Head, trustee for Mechanics Savings Bank and Trust Company, the City Savings Bank, and the Commercial National Bank, claimed that defendant William Moore executed a trust deed to the complainants upon real estate in Nashville for the purpose of taking loans out from the banks. Head requested that because Moore owed money on loans and failed to pay taxes and insurance on the property, the property should be sold to pay back debts to the complainants, liens, taxes, and insurance. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1057 | 87 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | J. G. Fulghum v. S. M. Jones | Davidson | Deed of Trust |
Case involved the sale of the Commercial Hotel in Nashville. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 676 | 167 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | Martin Murphy v. Enoch Harwell | Davidson | Breach of Trust | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 37 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1881 | State v. E. W. Napier | Davidson | Breach of Trust |
The defendant was an African-American man. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 174 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Willie Gordon et al v. Thomas S. Weaver | Davidson | Deed of Trust |
deceased: Eliza Ann Gordon and A. R. Rushing; deed of trust executed to Samuel Watson conveying all assets of the Bank of Tennessee; estate settlement and division of assets |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1090 | 75 | Order A Copy |