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 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 Richard Plummer et al.v. Hugh L. McClung Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Add. plaintiffs: Francis T. King, on behalf of themselves and Robert Mlis, Robert Z. Wilson, Jacob Rogers, George Rogers, Richard Sewell, Joseph Baughen, C. Brooks, & Charles H. Lorherns. Campbell Wallace also listed as a defendant.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1180 48 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Tennessee River Manufacturing Co. v. Squire S. Glenn Hamilton Sale of Goods

Glenn had delivered large quantity of pig iron on bank of Little TN to be shipped by steamer Lady of Augusta (a boat from the TN River Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Co.) to Cincinnatti, OH. Another boat, Union, delivered metal to Nashville & Chattanooga RR on TN River to be forward to Cincinnati. Glenn claims there was more than the 34 tons delivered, worth $200-400. Co. charges it delivered all metal received and nothing above what had been accounted for.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1181 32 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 William Smith & Thomas McCalier v. Milo Smith, et al. Hamilton Unknown

Case starts on page 5, missing Bill on earlier pages. A few pages seem to be missing at back- from the Index and Title page. Add. Plaintiff: John L. Hopkins. Additional Defendants: John P. Long and Berinh[?] Frazier. Members of Presbyterian Church in Chattanooga form committee resolved to erect church. Some kind of dispute over note issued by church to branch of Union Bank of Tennessee at Chattanooga for $1,083.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1181 52 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 William L. Brown et al.v. James L. Schoolfield et al Hamilton Bills of Exchange

Add. plaintiff: John Johnson. Add. defendants: Joseph Patton, John Tollett, James H. Whiteside, R. B. Brabson, J. H. Hamton, Samuel Ayers, & Philip Hutcheson. J.L. Schoolfield drew the plaintiff a bill of exchange for $2,700, but previously sued for never paying maturity on it, even though it was perceived as an informal agreement.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1180 100 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 William Dennely v. George R. Cannon Hamilton Non-payment of Bank Note

The defendant is indebted to the plaintiff for the non payment of a note under $50.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1180 16 Order A Copy