Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1922 Abel Nelson, et al.v. John Bergman, et al Grundy Destruction of Property/ Petition to Halt Construction

Additional defendants: G. I. Frazier and J. B. Hunt.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 448 11 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 A. G. Buffat v. William Ledgerwood Knox Property, Petition to Compel Delive

Plaintiff was a confederate soldier in the Civil War, at which time he was ordered to get a horse from a certain home. After the war, plaintiff was charged with being a horse thief and required to submit a note for the repayment of the horse. Plaintiff later discovered defendant to be in possession of stolen horse and demanded that horse be returned to him, so that he could return it to the owner. Plaintiff also requested the note be deemed and void since he found the horse and planned to return it

 East Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1639 115 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 D. B. Cooper clerk& master v. M. E. Voss et al. Maury Property, Petition to Compel Delive

Additional defendant - W. D. Davis

 Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 53 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Ella Bailey et al v. Enoch Brown Williamson Petition to Recover Land/Property

Ella Bailey, wife os S. H. Bailey Jr.(dec.), and her children filed suit against the executors, heirs, and devisees of Enoch Brown, deceased. Bailey Jr. inherited an estate in trust from his mother Maria L. (Clark) Bailey. The plaintiffs contested the validity of note that Schuyler H. Bailey (dec. husband of Maria L.) transferred to Enoch Brown, which they claimed was misappropriated and against the trust deed of the estate. Plaintiffs requested the return of land conveyed by the note and debt on note.

 Middle Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1105 137 Order A Copy
View Entry 1890 East Tennessee & Kentucky Petroleum Co. v. The Jellico Mountain Coal and Coke Mining and Manufacturing Co. Campbell Petition to Compel Delivery of Property

The plaintiff petroleum company sued the defendant company for the return all minerals in or on multiple tracts of land in Campbell County for which the plaintiffs claimed lease rights.

 East Range: 19 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1789 494 Order A Copy
View Entry 1905 George A. Smith v. J. F. Charles & wife Hawkins Property, Petition to Compel Delive

Court orders J.F. Charles and M.E. Charles (wife) to give over land. No other details surrounding the main cause of the case are given. Incomplete case. Smith is named in another case the same year in this box.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 Harriet M. Yarber by next friend, R. B. Whitehorn v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Co. Washington Petition to Recover Land/Property

Plaintiff sued the defendant railroad to show she was the rightful owner of a lot of land and home south of the railroad in Jonesboro, which her husband had deeded to her on the condition she withdraw her petition for divorce. She did halt her divorce but her husband attempted to convey the land secretly to another, who tried to sell it to the railroad. The plaintiff sought return of possession and damages and rents for the period when it was occupied.

 East Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1840 57 Order A Copy
View Entry 1915 H. C. Smith, et al.v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, et al. Davidson Petition to Compel Delivery of Property

Additional plaintiffs: J. Sam Webb, L. C. Bailey, L. R. Harris, N. T. Womack, Houston Thomas, and S. M. Price. Additional defendants: The Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway Company, and the Nashville Terminal Company. Suit involves transport rights of Livestock to Nashville.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 364 92 Order A Copy
View Entry J. B. Cunningham, et al. v. Thomas Jordan, et al. Roane Property, Petition to Compel Delive

No information pertaining to the case included. Incomplete case.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1a 1 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 N. G. Morris v. Illinois Central Railroad Co. Obion Destruction of Property/ Petition to Halt Construction

Pltf. owner of 3 1/2 acres of land adjacent to railroad & across from 27 3/4 acres also owned by pltf. Pltf. sold 3 1/2 acres to railroad with the understanding that an access road to the other property would be provided. Agreement honored until 1903 when Illinois Central widened the track, obstructing access road & leaving plaintiff with no means of reaching his 27 3/4 acres. Plaintiff suing to have easement restored. _ folders.

 West Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1050 370 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 Robert L. Stokes et al. v. L. Driver et al. DeKalb Petition to Recover Land/Property

Plaintiff, Robert Stokes, filed for himself and as next of friend for his minor brothers John Morgan Stokes and Jefferson Davis Stokes. The plaintiffs contest the decree of the chancery court allowing the sale of the plaintiffs inherited tract of land to the defendants. The case the plaintiffs contested was A. A. Turntine, admr. et al. v. P. L. Powel et al. Plaintiffs claim there was no consent as two of the plaintiffs were minors and no proof shown that the decree was in the interest of the minors.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1060 91 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 W. H. Fowlkes v. B. F. Brevard et al. Benton Petition to Compel Delivery of Property

Co-defendant: A. A. Brevard. Complainant is a peanut merchant who is sued for the remainder of a lot of peanuts he purchased. The Brevards are Brevard & Son.

 West Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 271 148 Order A Copy
View Entry 1860 W. H. Calhoun v. Mayer& Warne et al. Davidson Property, Petition to Compel Delive

Additional Defendants: Charles Wallender, Benjamin Sheilds.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 301 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 W. M. Thompson v. Gatesy Naron & Millie Naron Henry Destruction of Property/ Petition to Halt Construction

Cause of action: action to prevent defendants from erecting and maintaining a dam close to the dividing line of the parties' land thereby causing water to back up on the plaintiffs land and subsequent damages.

 West Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1170 195 Order A Copy