Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1841 George Patterson v. Oliver G. Waggoner, et al. Stewart Debt Dispute

Other defendants: William A. Cook; John Steele, admin of John Steele, dec.; Peter C. Buck; Stephen Cantrell; Cullen Bayless

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 380 60 Order A Copy
View Entry 1867 Henderson Parker v. George W. Outlaw Stewart Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 274 46 Order A Copy
View Entry 1867 Hardy Valentine v. M. M. Vickers Stewart Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 LaGrange Iron Works v. G. W. Bells Heirs Stewart Land and Title Dispute

Plaintiff is sues defendants to recover a 500 acre tract of land in the newly formed Houston Co (portion formerly in Stewart Co.) Plaintiff claims tract under a grant from the State of TN to Thomas D. Mackbee for 5000 acres dated 1838. Defendant claims land under TN grant to G.W. Bell and Henry Lockhart for 5000 acres in 1857. Both parties admit both grants cover the land in question. Bells heirs include: Benjamin Bell, Joseph Bell, Johnson Bell, Franklin Bell and Luella Bell.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 789 84 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 M. E. T. Barker v. Robert Jackson & Henry Jackson Stewart Debt Dispute

Dispute involves payment for the hiring of a "negro man."

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1890 T. J. Frith, admr. v. William H. Jones Stewart Estate Dispute

Plaintiff is the administrator of the estate of Sallie Vinson (dec'd).

 Middle Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 858 176 Order A Copy
View Entry 1832 William M. Downs v. John H. Petty Stewart Rent Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 William Howell v. Thomas Allen Stewart Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 358 31 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 William King v. James Breeden Stewart Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 31 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 W. J. Atkins, admr. of F. A. Roder, dec. v. R. A. Hillyard & Wife Stewart Estate Dispute

In question in this estate dispute is the ability of F.A. Roder to make a will before the time of his death. Roder had been sick before his death and the defendants charge that he was unable to write, sign or change his will in his mental state. Hillyard also spelled Hilliard.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 778 151 Order A Copy