Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1876 H. G. Hester v. R. N. Irvine, trustee for J. G. Moore et al Weakley Deed of Trust

Additional defendants: Joseph Moss, James Smyth, J. W. Hays, James Nailing, S. L. Bell, T. P. White, John M. Jeter, T. J. Latham, J. W. Morau(?), B. D.Irvine, H. H. Lovelace, J. F. Kelly, Alfred Gardner, R. N. Irvine (in his own right) & William A. Perry. J. W. Jeter administrator of Jonathan Higgs; H.H. Lovelace administrator of Thomas Farrier.

 West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 80 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 John Y. Gill v. S. B. Spurlock & Co. Lincoln Breach of Trust

Additional parties: George J. Goodrich, J.M. Spurlock, and W.E. Hoke.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 30 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 John J. Birdsong v. Nelson Delap et al. Madison Deed of Trust

Additional Defendants: Tempe Gardner and Joshua Gardner (wife and husband). The first three pages of the case are missing.

 West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 79 60 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 John J. Prater v. T. O. Henley et al. Monroe Deed of Trust

John J. Prater was the former guardian of the minor heirs of John Simpson, deceased. He was seeking money he believes was owed to them through a deed of trust issued for a certain tract of land in Monroe County, TN.

 East Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1644 65 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 1876 Mary A. Lincoln by next friend C. C. Smith v. David C. Love, et al. Shelby Breach of Trust

Other defendants: George W. Lincoln, Levi Dreyfus, Mary Schoonover, estate of Joseph Schoonover, dec.. Smith, whose full name is C. Canning Smith, is a resident of Davidson County. Plaintiff says Love made a contract with her husband to hold in trust a parcel of land belong to her, and that she should receive all profits earned from that land.

 West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 72 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 Nash W. Burt, Trustee for John Thompson v. H. P. Green & Wife, et al Hamilton Deed of Trust

Additional Defts.: M. M. Green; M. J. Gillespie, executrix of J. C. Gillespie, decd. Plntff. asks the court to foreclose on a trust deed on lots that the defts. transferred to Thompson as security on a $300 note in 1873. However, in 1872 a suit had been brought against Green & his wife to enforce a vendor's lien on the lots. The lots were sold to M. J. Gillespie, executrix of J. C. Gillespie. decd.

 East Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1652 24 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 N. P. Luckey, admr. v. W. S. Callaway et al. Madison Deed of Trust

Additional Defendant: John L. Tomlin. N.P. Luckey was administratrix of Samuel Luckey, dec.

 West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 79 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 Paulina M. Ward by next friend v. R. D. Ward et al. Shelby Breach of Trust

Next friend: William M. Perkins. Co-Defendant: J. C. Ward.

 West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 69 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 R. C. Parret v. D. W. Brown Dyer Deed of Trust West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 84 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 Wyatt A. Taylor v. W. S. Callaway et al. Madison Deed of Trust

Additional Defendant: John L. Tomlin

 West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 79 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 W. M. Watkins v. J. N. Wyatt Dyer Deed of Trust

Case involves a request for repayment of what was essentially a mortgage on a cotton crop not yet planted. Folder includes several pages of legal briefs.

 West Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212 34 Order A Copy