Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1825 Anthony Dibrell v. Joseph Walling White Debt Dispute

Anthony Dibrell owes $ 65 to Joseph Walling. Anthony Dibrell is also the County Clerk of White County.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 Allen Jones v. Hannah Jones, et al. White Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: Jasper Anderson and Joseph Healdenfield. File also includes a contested will.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1860 Beaver, Bearcroft, & Co., et al. v. Lafayette Snodgrass et al. White Debt Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: Stacy Bearcroft, Thomas Beaver, Wetherill Lee, Thomas Foster, Matthew McEwen, John Bray, Daniel Hadrick, Charles Reed, Stephen Kimbal, Hazen Hadd, Charles Litter, Samuel van Culin, John Glass, Robert Levick, Peter Levick, Josiah Basset, John Knen, Charles Truitt, Robert Truitt, Samuel Crustylong, John Bennet, Richard Dale, John Rass, Hamen Withers, Jerald Dale, Samuel Egleston, C. M. Jackson, Samuel Morgan, Charles Cheney, St. Clair Morgan, W. W. Berry, Felix Demorville, etc.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 297 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Bank of Tennessee v. Thomas B. Swan White Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1836 Cobb v. Cobb White Land and Title Dispute

Case severely fragmented.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 David Walling v. Thomas Crockett & Eli Walling White Debt Dispute

File contains a debt dispute as well as a land and property conflict.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Isaac J. Leftwich v. George Dawson, et al. White Debt Dispute

Other defendants: Thomas Eastman; Samuel Turney.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 13 Order A Copy
View Entry 1820 Jesse Denson v. George Matlock, et al. White Bond Dispute

Other defendants: James Cook, dec., George White, Polly Myers, Phillip Myers.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1839 James Hudgins v. Jacob Anderson et al. White Debt Dispute

Other defendants: John Anderson

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 201 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 John A. Fite et al. v. J. M. Lance White Lease Dispute

This dispute concerns a leased mining property and a provision to pay to the lessor a percentage of the coal taken from the mine. Because other similar suits are referenced in the case, it is difficult to identify the names of parties. They seem to be John Fitzwater, E. F. Falconett, M. C. Dibrell, J. W. Sawyer, and L. S. Goodrich, H. C. Snodgrass, Joseph Mynes (Myrres?), and Benton McMillan.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 605 196 Order A Copy
View Entry 1838 James Jenkins, et al. v. William Simpson White Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: William S. Young, Robert S. Young, Andrew S. Young, Austin Young, Joseph young, Samuel V. Carrick, Anthony Dibrell, John Blamen, and Edward M. Murray.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 207 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1848 James Walker v. Charles Manning & John Warren White Land, Contract Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1854 J. G. Mitchell, guardian of Martha Barnes v. John Barnes, exe. of Thomas Barnes, dec., et al. White Estate Dispute

Other defendants: David Walker & William H. Barnes, exes. of Thomas Barnes, dec.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 Jesse Walling et al. v. Wallace B. Cope, admr. of Thomas Robertson, dec. White Estate Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: James H. Dykes, Samuel Turny. amd Thomas B. Murray.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 254 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1869 Johnston Simmons v. Terry Gillentine White Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 284 104 Order A Copy
View Entry 1818 Jacob Robinson v. Ezekial England White Estate Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 332 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1820 James Townsend et al. v. Taylor Townsend White Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: John Townsend, Thomas Townsend, Andrew Townsend and Eli Sims.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 58 27 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 John L. Price, et al. v. Robert Officer White Debt Dispute

Other plaintiffs: Patrick Potts.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 24 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 Martha Seals by her next friend, E. Seals & A. Griffith v. Richard Bradley et al White Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: J. P. Bradley, George Robert, and Bib H(?)

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 604 76 Order A Copy
View Entry 1860 S. B. Spurlock& Co. v. A. J. Gamble et al. White Debt Dispute

Additional Defendants: M. Y. Bruchett, Washington Webb, C. S. Crowder, E. J. Gamble, Joseph Mitchell, P. W. Miller, Richard Walden, and Andrew Gamble.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 297 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1818 Tobias Murdock v. Sampson Williams White Land and Title Dispute

Defendant allegedly failed to give title to 345 acres of land to the Plaintiff after a completed sale.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212A 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Thomas T. Crowder v. Peter Turney White Debt Dispute

Case involves a civil action following a previous trial involving usury and Confederate money.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1821 Thomas Taylor v. John W. Herbert White Bond Dispute

Additional names associated with the case: John Lapp, William Herbert

 Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1825 Theodrick B. Rice, et al. v. Wallace Dixon, et al. White Debt Dispute

William Dixon owes $112.55 to Theodrick Rice and others.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 Thomas Eastland v. James M. Robinson et al. White Debt Dispute

Additional Defendants: James Bohanan and wife Alvira Bohanan, James Stuart and wife Martha Ann Stuart, James Robinson, Alexander Robinson, and George Robinson.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 Thomas Snodgrass v. Samuel J. Bradley White Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 265 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1825 Wooten Harris v. State White Debt Dispute

Wooten Harris is sued the State of Tennessee for money owed.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1830 William T. Little v. Thomas T. Thompson White Land and Title Dispute

Documentation contained in two folders.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 191 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1837 William Irwin v. Zachariah Jones White Debt Dispute

Amount of debt is not clear

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 306 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 W. B. Stokes v. Union Bank White Debt Dispute

Additional Defendants: Sidney Crowder, W. L. Murberry, J. J Cummings, John Bruster, and Eli Simerel.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1831 William Gracy, dec. et al. v. John W. Simpson White Estate Dispute

Anthony Dibrell administrator to William Gracy's estate. Additional Plaintiff: Susannah Gracy. Surname sometimes used.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 190 0 Order A Copy