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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 | Fannie I. Logue v. Tony Lenzi, et al. | Shelby | Deed of Trust |
Other defendants: Paul Lenzi; Joseph D. Montedonico; Robert E. Logue. |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 451 | 165 | Order A Copy |
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 | 1895 | J. G. Jeter & J. G. McCabe v. R. E. Hopper, et al. | Madison | Deed of Trust |
Defendants: R.E. Hopper, S.R. Conger, Southern Building & Loan Assoc., the Central Trust & Safe Deposit Co. of Cincinnati. Town lot, situated in 4th Ward, City of Jackson, TN, N.W. Corner, Market & College Sts., two-story brick store house & hotel. |
West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 628 | 250 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | John Church Company et al. v. Charles Ney, et al. | Shelby | Deed of Trust |
Additional plaintiffs: A. Pollock, Mannie Buckley, the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company. Additional defendants: D. E. Forshay, with Charles Ney as Ney and Forshay; R. A. Jordan, C. J. Lawson. Cause of action: contestation of a deed of trust. |
West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 632 | 201 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Mary L. Frayser v. The Memphis City Bank | Shelby | Deed of Trust |
Mrs. Frayser was widow of R. Dudley Frayser, dec. 25 Oct. 1893. Lot No. 492, N. Union St., E. Bayou Gayoso, SW corner Alfred Moore's lot. Complainant avers indebtedness of $10,000. Included booklet, "The Southern Reporter," Vol. II, No. 2, 8 Jun 1892. |
West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 628 | 196 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Mary Epperson, et al. v. J. J. McCorkle | Carter | Deed of Trust |
Add plf: Champerty Epperson. Add def: J. C. Smith. Champerty was indebted to McCorkle by note. Mary was illiterate and Champerty was "weak minded." Plaintiffs claimed that Champerty was "not in a proper state of mind" when he signed a deed of trust to def |
East | Range: 18 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1992 | 153 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | McTeer, Hood & Co. v. Huntsman Brothers & Co., et al | Carter | Deed of Trust |
Decree. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 817 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | State to Use of Morristown Co-Operative Stove Co. v. Robert McFarland | Hamblen | Breach of Trust |
Robert McFarland was a trustee of the Stove Company. He hired a man named Sharp to assist him, & settled his own accounts in court, awarding himself $500+5% commission, paying Sharp $258. He was sued as a trustee for taking too much payment & commission. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 6a | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Sarah E. Smith by Next Friend v. William Smith et al | Roane | Deed of Trust |
Incomplete Case. Final Decree only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1090 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | T. S. Huff v. J. G. Glenn, et al. | Gibson | Deed of Trust |
Additional defendants: E. L. Glenn, John Hunt, Elbert Bigham, Matt Bigham |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 532 | 45 | 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 |