Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1874 Andrew J. Halliburton v. John K. Brooks Haywood Land and Title Dispute West Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 46 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1882 Alex Duckworth for use of W. T. Morris et al.v. Thomas D. Sherman et al Haywood Land, Sale of

Plaintiffs: Jacob Felsenthal. Defendants: John W. Walker

 West Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 193 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 A. J. Halliburton v. W. W. Wells Haywood Land and Title Dispute West Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 423 24 Order A Copy
View Entry 1924 D. C. Taliaferro v. William Taliaferro et al. Haywood Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: Willie Adolphus Taliaferro, Euphasia Taliaferro, William Edwin Taliaferro, Robert Lewis Taliaferro, Mildred Watts, Marcellous L,. Taliaferro, James Taliaferro, and Olie Taliaferro. Exhibits include pages 354-383 of the "Southwestern Reporter."

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 876 133 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 E. M. Apperson, et al. v. Norman G. Jones, et al. Haywood Land and Title Dispute West Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 42 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 E. M. Sanders v. H. M. Gunn Haywood Land, Fraud

Gunn believed to be a resident of MO. None

 West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 80 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1881 Hiram Mann v. A. W. Roberts Haywood Land and Title Dispute

Case incomplete. First 4 pages missing. Possible additional defendants are H. T. Grant & wife, Maggie E. Grant & Thomas Bond who were defendants in a suit that A. W. Roberts brought against them in Haywood Co. Circuit Court. They are mentioned frequently. unsure about spelling of plaintiffs last name.

 West Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 167 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 Heirs of Bennett Lunsford v. Heirs of Ephraim Lunsford Haywood Land and Title Dispute

Heirs of Bennett Lunsford: Hester Cullen; James, Sarah, and Mary Duncan; David, Stephen, and Joseph Lunsford. Heirs of Ephraim Lunsford: Mary A. Geddings and Caroline Lunsford

 West Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 41 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 H. G. Winborn, admr. v. T. S. Neal, et al. Haywood Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiff: John Bastick. Additional defendants: T. F. Evans.

 West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 68 352 Order A Copy
View Entry 1913 Isaac Burlison v. J. J. Joyner et al Haywood Land

Additional defendants: Sallie King Joyner, G. B. Campbell, C. A. Duckworth; Burlison owner of two tracts of land and asking that the land be sold and divided between him and other defendants and land not being susceptible of partition

 West Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1451 107 Order A Copy
View Entry 1908 J. H. Pickard& wife v. W. H. Poindexter& wife Haywood Land and Title Dispute

The case involved a title dispute of land in Haywood County originally owned by R.W. Grizzard, who died in 1870. Alice Pickard (wife of the plaintiff) was the appointed heir.

 West Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 968 280 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 James S. Maclin, et al.v. R. W. Haywood, et al Haywood Land

Additional defendants: Mrs. R. W. Haywood, John Haywood, Mrs. John Haywood. Cause of Action: Recovery of land for unpaid rent.

 West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 289 443 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 John J. Mann, et al. v. Aaron Walker, et al. Haywood Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: Mary A. Mann, R. Vernon Mann Additional defendants: B. G. Allison, Ellen Allison

 West Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 423 348 Order A Copy
View Entry 1908 Jake Walker v. Mrs. Julia A. Powell Haywood Land, Contract Dispute West Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 971 337 Order A Copy
View Entry 1916 J. R. Newbern et al.v. W. B. Booker et al Haywood Recovery of Land/Property

tract of 219 acres belonging to Annie H. Newbern and establishing a boundary line; bill dismissed then appealed; additional defendants: J. W. Moses and wife, R. A. Kirby, Jim Kirby, W. B. Booker and wife

 West Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1504 1278 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 Lucian Harris v. W. T. Channey & D. S. Chaney Haywood Land and Title Dispute

Plaintiff is sued because he bought a tract of land from the defendants and supposedly the defendants withheld a portion from him.

 West Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 20 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1908 Morris Allen, et al. v. Ollie May Snipes, et al. Haywood Land and Title Dispute

Additional Complainants: Ellen Walker & Husband, Polk Walker, and Jack Taylor, of Haywood County; Kitty Washington of Shelby County; and George Snipes of Arkansas. Additional Defendants: Demp Snipes, Frank Snipes, and Betty Snipes of Arkansas; and Jesse Allen.//Land & Title Dispute over the land of Deceased, Ile Snipes, whom held land under a deed from Mrs. Julia Allen.

 West Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1161 70 Order A Copy
View Entry 1922 Mary L. Jones et al. v. Abram Walker et al. Haywood Wills, Contested

The plaintiffs are contesting the will of Cato Walker (dec.) which contained four or five thousand dollars and approx. 300 acres. They are contesting the ability or mental state of the deceased at the time of the signing of said will. Additional plaintiffs: members of the Walker family. Additional defendant: W. H. Maxwell

 West Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1711 54 Order A Copy
View Entry 1921 Norman M. Byars v. Julia Anne Taliaferro et al. Haywood Land and Title Dispute

Incomplete case file. Add. defs: Ellen & Tom Kennard, Frances & Tom Morris, Lummie & Edd Green, Georgiana & Frank Hess, Maggie & Ed Dickey, Eda & Frank Henley, John Taliaferro, R. H. Anderson, Gee & Bob Taliaferro, Wilkes Ingram, Texanna Ingram, Sallie Ingram, Ella Ingram, Susan & Jim Rayner & George Taylor. Taliaferro family (colored) also went by the last name of Owen. Dispute over 3 tracts of land owned by plaintiff's husband, George Taliaferro, deceased. Exhibits: Sale announcement.

 West Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1772 89 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 P. M. Neal v. C. P. Taliaferro Haywood Land, Sale of West Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 140 0 Order A Copy
View Entry R. S. King v. Robert McElwee, et al. Haywood Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: Henry Woolfolk, George Blackwell and Frank Blackwell. Transcript only. Date on transcript says 1592, but I think it is a typo and they mean 1892.

 West Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 542 32 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 R. J. White & Mary White v. J. B. Booth Haywood Land and Title Dispute West Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 423 57 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 Susan S. Browning v. Richard H. Browning& William F. Tally Haywood Land and Title Dispute

Estate dispute. Title page is loose. The number 5597 was written in blue on title page, thus it may not be the true docket number.

 West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 291 409 Order A Copy
View Entry 1832 Thomas L. Gray v. Tripp Farris Haywood Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 376 38 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 Thomas J. Willingham v. R. W. Leake et al. Haywood Land, Sale of

Additional defendants: Lucy Ann Leake, James P Woods

 West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 69 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1921 Thomas B. Campbell et al. v. N. I. Tippett et al Haywood Wills, Contested

Issue over a purported will and the division of the estate of G. E. Campbell (dec.). Exhibits include void checks.

 West Range: 78 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1689 126 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 W. W. Bond et al.v. A. W. Fleming Haywood Land and Title Dispute

Other plaintiffs: James Bond Jr., C. W. Harbert. Plaintiffs are executors of James Bond, deceased.

 West Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 51 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 W. B. Mann, guardian George D. Blair v. Susan S. Browning, et al. Haywood Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: W. F.Tally & Richard H. Browning. E. S. Blair left land to sons Samuel J., George D. & Thomas E. Blair. George D. Blair dec., leaving widow Nancy Blair & only child George D. Blair, Jr.

 West Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 274 184 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 Wyatt Smith& Wife v. W. T. Sutton& Wife Haywood Land, Promissory Note West Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 390 55 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 W. T. Bullefin, et al. v. W. W. Sherrod, et al. Haywood Land, Sale of

Other plaintiffs: J. R. Head. Other defendants: J. D. Simmons. For balance due on sale of 2 tracts of land totaling 1030 acres.

 West Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 505 308 Order A Copy