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 | 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 |