Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry George McWilliams v. F. C. Guin Dickson Land and Title Dispute

The original bill was filed to enforce a vendor's lien for unpaid purchase money on a tract of land sold to Guin. Guin had agreed to pay the money, then filed a cross bill alleging that in making the sale to him, they practiced fraud. He accused them of advertising the land to have different boundaries than it actually did.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 11a 11 Order A Copy
View Entry 1827 Henry Rutherford v. John L. Wheaton Dickson Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 Joseph T. Daniel v. Thomas D. Baxter, et al. Dickson Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: M. M. Carroll, John L. Daniel.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 34 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 L. R. Houston v. W. Harris Dickson Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 69 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 L. L. Leech[?] v. T. K. Grigsby, et al. Dickson Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendant: Jacob Leech[?], trustee.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 510 243 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 Marion Myatt v. Kindrick Myatt, et al. Dickson Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: Nancy Myatt, Lucy Luther and husband Travis Luther, Alston Myatt, O.K. Myatt, Rebecca Link and husband Shepherd Link, Francis Johnson and husband, Nancy James and husband Thomas James, Harriet Rue and husband. Marion Myatt, grandson, had cared for Kendrick Myatt, dec. in his old age with verbal agreement that K. Myatt would give a deed to M. Myatt. Pltf. Had cared for land for last 30 years. Pltf. Wanted any remaining title divested from defendants.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 779 101 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 Robert L. Fryor v. A. Myatt & Wife (S.M. Myatt) Dickson Land and Title Dispute

Fryor claims Myatt does not have legal title to any part of a 3,000 acre tract of land. Myatt has already cut several hundred trees for cross lines for the Nashville, Chattanooga, St. Louis Railroad. Fryor sued Myatt $500 for cutting and taking timber and causing great and irreparable damage to said land. Fryor demands: Myatt stop cutting, selling and removing any more timber, Myatt and his employees be evicted, and that Myatt's claims to land be made and void. Case is in 2 folders.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 759 306 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 Sarah G. Gray, by next friend Laura Gray v. Nelson Davis, G. G. Gray, W. H. Jobe & Jonas Gray Dickson Land and Title Dispute

Sarah, wife of Def. Jonas, with whom she had several children, brought this suit to resolve dispute that arose over land (on Horse branch of Barton's Creek) previously owned by Jonas (in which Sarah had homestead rights), which land was deeded to F. C. McNeilly with understanding she would have opportunity to buy it back. Notwithstanding that agreement, F. C. conveyed land to Def. Davis, G. G. Gray & Jobe.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 762 227 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Thomas Rogers v. David Wall et al. Dickson Land and Title Dispute

Rogers claimed he was the owner of a 196 acre tract of land, into which defendants David and Thomas Wall illegally entered and proceeded to remove timber. Rogers filed an ejectment bill to remove the Walls and an injunction to prevent them from operating in any way as owners of the land. Exhibits are 5 hand-drawn maps of the tract of land in question.

 Middle Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1188 103 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 Warren Jordan v. J. B. Cording et al. Dickson Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: Sanford Hendricks and James P. Priestly. Mary E. Cording, mother of named defendant and mother-in-law of Hendricks and Priestly, conveyed to them jointly some land. In consideration of the conveyance, defendants promised to pay existing debts of Mary Cording, and to support her for the remainder of her life (1858). Plaintiff brought this action in 1868 asking the court to decide whether his debtor, Hendricks, owned the land alone or jointly with Cording and Priestly.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 26 97 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 W. Z. Harris v. A. B. Payne, et al. Dickson Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: John Foster, C. Foster.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 689 187 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 Wiley F. England v. John A. England & wife Frances E. England & Col. Thomas K. Grigsby Dickson Land and Title Dispute

Dispute re: 490 acres on the Piney River, originally belonging to G. W. England, ancestor of brothers Wiley & John (a cripple); it also involved 3rd brother W. M. & John's wife Frances, daughter of William & Mary Lane (dec.). Wiley, 60, unmarried, claimed he had often loaned his brothers money, redeemed his dad's land after it was sold for debt, served in the army, & cared for their mother until she died--sued John for fraudulently cheating him out of his portion of the land at issue. Court ruled for Def.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 762 116 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 W. J. Mathis, et al. v. John T. Beck Dickson Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 173 0 Order A Copy