Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1856 Achiley Hare, et al. v. Elijah Kirkpatrick, et al. Jackson Debt

Additional plaintiff: Samuel York. Additional defendant: Robert Nevins. amount of debt $250.00

 Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 A. Duncan v. George McClelland Jackson Property Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 257 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Alice Cooper v. S. D. Brooks Knox Land and Title Dispute

Case file is incomplete: brief only.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 73 13 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Anderson, Green & Co. v. John Barbee, et al. Smith Debt

Brief for complainant only, no other documents included. Add. Defendants: John Barbee Jr., Rolin Barbee.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 507 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Benjamin Curtis v. Bracket Estes, et al. DeKalb Debt Dispute

Additional defendants: James Tubb, James McGuire, William Estes, and Leonora D. Finch. Debt revolves around "pork hogs."

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 259 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Brent Spence v. Charlotte Turnpike Company& E. H. Childress Davidson Compensation Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 259 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Bramblett v. Thomas F. Bates et al. Overton Estate Settlement

Additional Defendants: W. M. Bates, Joseph Bates. Armstrong as Administrator.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Benjamin T. Brown et al. v. Thomas A. Brown & John W. Brown, exe. of John Brown, dec. Roane Estate Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: Rachel Brown, George Brown, Samuel & Jane Brown (minors).

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1179 19 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Chester Lasell v. L. E. Tucker et al. Lincoln Debt Dispute

Additional Defendant: Epps Tucker. Case revolves around the question of whether one partner can buy or sell property under the banner of the partnership to pay off personal debts.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 261 132 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Clarksville& Russellville Turnpike Co. v. James Reynolds Montgomery Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 253 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Catherine Wynn v. J. F. Munford et al. Warren Guardianship of Minors

Additional Defendants: E. W. Taylor.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Caswell Renns v. M. Myers & Joseph Merchant Hamilton Debt Dispute

Debt due by note to the plaintiff for an undisclosed amount.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1180 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 C. W. Hall v. Charles J. McKinny Hawkins Land, Sale of

Issue of a deed made out to the plaintiff for a tract of the defendant's land.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1180 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 David Jenkins v. William B. Reynolds et al. Bradley Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendant: Calvin Thurman. Incomplete case file

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1182 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Enoch Ensley v. Morgan Vance Davidson Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 271 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 E. L. Gardenshire v. Simeon Hinds Overton Estate Settlement

Estate of Margaret Hinds, wife of Adam Gardenshire, dec.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 257 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Edmund Cooper v. Herod F. Holt et. Al Bedford Slaves, Ownership of

Sale of enslaved people - Simon and David (who died) and Nat (who was sold to Defendants after David's death) also Milly, Penny and Hannah. Additional Defendants: H. G. Holt

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Elvarina Day v. Noah Day Claiborne Divorce

Plaintiff has 4 children from previous husband, William Trease, dec. He left her land and some property to raise their children. She has since remarried the defendant who has beaten her and threatened to take all her property for his own and sell it.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1183 28 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Flora L. Ewing v. Joseph Thompson et al. Bedford Slaves, Ownership of

Additional Defendants: Nicholas Cheatham, Edmond Cheatham, and William Little. Plaintiff is a minor and Milton Wheat is her legal guardian. Plaintiff sued for ownership of her deceased father's slaves.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 259 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 F. A. Copley & J. N. Watson v. R. Thompson et al. Davidson Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: Martha Thompson, and the Nashville Building and Loan Association. Case also involves a debt dispute over wages worked. Exhibits include newspaper clippings.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 265 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Green B. Thompson v. Garrett Sadler Jackson Estate Settlement Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 G. Lee Price et al. v. William H. Crouch, admr. Of C.B. Reynolds, dec. Washington Breach of Contract

Reynolds did not deliver the contracted amount of French Brandy Price paid for. Crouch had obtained a judgment against Price for $148. Price charges such judgment as unjust and oppressive.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1181 39 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 George W. Roller v. Mark W. Harper Sullivan Personal Property Dispute

Roller, plaintiff, and Harper, defendant, had agreed to swap horses. Harper's bay gilding was lame with one leg swollen and stiff whereas Roller's bay gilding was a fine draft horse. Harper needed a better horse for trip to Virginia but Roller refused to swap for the lame horse. Roller agreed to exchange on condition if horse got better while Harper made trip. Horse died possibly from snake bite. Harper refused to return Roller's horse. Roller charges Harper is cheating him out of his horse.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1173 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Hiram Holt et al. v. Isaac B. Holt et al. Bedford Estate Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: Kenneth M. Prybus and his wife Eleanor Prybus- Executors of Jordan Holt, John Wiggins, and with, Mary K. Wiggins. Additional Defendants: too many to name here.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 257 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Hiram Remine v. Joseph Haynes & George F. Gillespie Washington Injunction

Hiram hired Joseph Geager (not a millwright) to build saw mill dam across waters of Big Limestone but after frame built, parties agreed it would not do. Geager agreed to take $50 for work done & abandon it. Hiram employed def Haynes (was a millwright) to complete work & also build sawmill. When work not quite done, he & son (who was helping him) became ill with dysentery & had to stop work. Hiram executed note to Haynes anyway; dispute arose re completion & quality; Haynes now seeking relief from note.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1188 133 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Hannah Smith, et al. v. Robert C. Hill, et al. Warren Estate Dispute

Other plaintiffs: Margaret Smith
Other defendants: Margaret McDonald; John Smith; George Smith; Thomas Smith; Mary Smith; George McDonald; Isaac McDonald; Thomas McDonald; Alexander McDonald; Salinda McDonald; Jason McDonald; John Cobb; Fanny Cobb

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 260 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Hugh McAdams v. Thomas Gibson exe. et al. Marshall Property Dispute

Additional Defendants: Henry Bagley. Land sold as school land.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 90 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Hale v. Witt Jefferson Breach of Contract East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 31 1 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 I.M. & F.H. Preston v. John Douglass; James L. West v. I.M. & F.H. Preston Grainger Motion for Appeal

Defendants previously secured a judgment against the plaintiffs Preston for $546. The plaintiffs now are attempting to overrule the previous judgment based on a restatement of the facts.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1180 39 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 John Wood v. Archibald Stone Cannon Debt Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 258 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Joseph M. Bragg v. William M. French, et al. Warren Estate Dispute

Additional defendants: John Hopkins, George Glasscock, Ward French, and Robert French

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 258 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 James H. Magill & wife& James A. Shaddan& wife v. Anthony Rankin, admr. Of William Rankin, dec., et al. Greene Estate Dispute/ Settlement

Missing first several pages. Case was fragile with what appears to rodent damage. Additional parties: Thomas Rankin, Margaret Wier, John M. Rankin, Isabella Wilson, William Rankin dec., James Magill. Rankin, as only a nominal admr., was accused of diverting funds from the estate to his own accounts.

 East Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 22 170 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 James L. Scudder v. George Kimbro Bedford Slaves, Ownership of Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 259 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 James S. Boyd v. Anthony L. Maxwell, Jr. et al Knox Contract Dispute and Damages

Add. defendant: C. Porvell. Plaintiff entered into a contract to furnish for the defendants working under the firm name of Maxwell Briggs & Company a large amount of lumber for a rail road bridge. sued for the recovery of $4,000 in goods and labor for which the plaintiff was never paid by the defendant's company.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1161 218 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 James Cox, Guardian of Mary F. Garrison v. Jacob Garrison Knox Slaves, Ownership of

Cases involves the ownership of two Negros. Others named in the case are James Cox Sr. and Thomas Calloway

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1179 43 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 John Swann v. Shadrach I. Bare [Bear] & John P. Seahorn [Sehorn] Jefferson Breach of Contract

Swann negotiated a contract with Bare [Bear] for Bare to drive fifty-two head of hogs to the Southern market. Bear "has since absconded to parts unknown." Hogs, weighing 14,200 pounds were to be sold at 3.5 cents per pound. Others involved: L. D. Franklin, George W. Carter, and Samuel Prewitt.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1179 110 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 James M. Andrews, et al. v. Ethelred Andrews, et al. Robertson Estate Dispute

Other plaintiffs: William M. Andrews.
Other defendants: David C. Andrews, Elizabeth Andrews, Nancy Andrews.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 260 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Jane Dennis v. James L. Riggs, et al. Montgomery Estate Dispute

Other defendants: Elizabeth Riggs

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 260 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 John Riggins v. Leigh Chrisenhall Montgomery Breach of Contract

Defendant did not build a saw mill as contracted to do so by the Plaintiff.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 260 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 John S. Brien& G. D. Brien v. Ledbetter & Bostick Montgomery Other

Cause of Action: Supersedeas.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 260 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 John W. Allison v. Eli H. Stephens et al. Bedford Partnership Settlement

Additional Defendant: Alice Fisher. Case involves a debt dispute revolving around a pack of mules.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 261 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 J. B. Stephenson v. W. H. Childress et al. Lawrence Slaves, Ownership of

Additional Defendants: Boker White, W. P. Lick, W.C. Stephenson, and William Davis. Case involved an ownership dispute over a slave named "Dolly."

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 259 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 James Mullins v. Francis M. Boyd et al. Bedford Estate Dispute

Additional Defendants: John M. Morrow, Robert B. Davidson.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Jane Goolsbury v. Boling & Richard C. Gordon Hickman Deed Dispute Middle Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 422 96 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Jane C. Looney v. Benjamin Looney Knox Petition for Divorce

Parties are married & lived happily for several yrs but before this bill filed, def.'s behavior changed, becoming violent & inhumane toward pla., including def. sleeping w/axe on his side of bed to intimidate pla., walking out on her & children for long periods, & having relations w/slave. Parties amassed $70,000 estate, real & monetary.deal w/parties' dealings after SC ruled in Jane's favor re alimony, incl Def's reconciliation attempts via letter & Jane's replies.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1142 275 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 John Alison v. James M. Davis et al. Washington Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: Thomas J. Powell and Albert J. Tipton. Powell had recovered judgment against Alison for $27.66. Execution was returned due to Alison not having personal property to satisfy judgment. Alison demands that title to tract of land be divested from Tipton and Davis and vested in himself as well as an account taken of rents and profits due to Alison.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1181 46 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 John McMahan v. Jackson Grubb & R. J. Engledon McMinn Contract for Labor and Materials

Grubb & Engledon were partners in tailoring business and McMahan a farmer. Both parties had an arrangement in which McMahan furnished Grubb & Engledon with produce in exchange for their tailoring clothes for him. It was also agreed that both Grubb's & Engledon's accounts were blended. Plaintiff unaware of change in relationship between def'ts who later dispute in three other cases about account balances (what they did or did not receive).

 East Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: Oversize Box 17 80 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 John Walker v. Cowan Dickinson & Co. Sevier Debt Settlement

Partners James Cowan, Perez Dickinson and Thomas W. Humes [?] attempted to collect Walker's notes dating to 1837 and 1841..

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1188 53 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Leonard Bullock et al. v. Gwynn Foster Bedford Partnership Settlement

Additional Plaintiffs: Sarah E. and Mary F. Ogilvie (minors).

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Lyman Dennison v. George Cox, Solomon Graves & Neal McCoy Polk Land and Title Dispute

In 1841, Graves entered 40 acres in Ocoee District, southwest corner of southwest quarter of sec. 10, 4th fractional township, south range, five east of basis line. But certificate of entry mistakenly omitted "fractional" & "south". Entry 4120, Grant 4085 Graves sold the land to McCoy who sold to John M. Dow who sold to Dennison in 1853. Cox then caused entry to be made for the land in 1854. Entry 9058, Grant 7477. Hence this suit.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1193 60 Order A Copy

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