Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1859 Alfred Bone & R. A. Youngblood v. J. G. Parris& Isaac Gunter Cannon Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 271 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 Abel Rushing v. R. H. Mason Cannon Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 277 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1861 Abel Rushing v. Archibald Stone& R. H. Mason Cannon Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 B. L. McFerrin v. Ed McFerrin Cannon Contract Dispute and Damages

Ed McFerrin is noted as being colored. Case concerns a contract for Ed McFerrin to farm on land owned by B. L. McFerrin and to divide up the corn crop grown on the land.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 629 28 Order A Copy
View Entry 1877 C. B. Summar v. J. A. Collier Cannon Debt Dispute Middle Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 31 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1857 Frances Ann Baird et al. v. John Webb & S. Trott, et al. Cannon Estate Dispute

Joseph Clark - Admin of John A. Baird Estate. Additional Defendants: S. Trott - admin. Of Henry Wiley estate (a minor), John Webb and wife Sarah P., George A. Sublette and John L. Litton. Francis Ann sues on behalf of Henry Wiley who is a minor. Francis Ann was married to Wiley before he died, Henry is her son. Sarah P was married to Wiley at one point and then was married to Brown who abandoned her. Confusing parties.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 255 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1857 Isaac Gunter v. James B. Eldridge Cannon Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 253 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 J. W. Summer et al. v. B. B. Cooper Cannon Estate Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: W. A. Cooper, F. Cooper, E. Frances

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 258 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1921 John M. Robertson v. John B. Kirk Cannon Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 33 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 459 241 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 John Holland& William Rigsby v. Elijah Neely Cannon Debt Dispute

Case specifically references the Civil War. Holland purchased a horse from the Defendant "for the express purpose…to be used in the Calvary services of the Confederate state." After Union forces won the war, Defendants are sued for their money back.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1857 Lanier& Brother v. J.S. Sullivan Cannon Debt Dispute

File does not give the Plaintiff's first name nor his brother's.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 253 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 Murfreesboro & Woodbury Turnpike Co. v. Reuben Adams Cannon Debt Dispute Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 50 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1846 Philip Hoodenpile et al. v. Justices of Cannon County Court Cannon Contract Dispute and Damages

Other plaintiffs: William Bates. Hoodenpile also spelled Hoodenpyl in docs.
Judges: William Cummings; Alexander McKnight; John C. Martin; John D. McBroom; Joseph Hallis; Abner Adams; Samuel Greer; David D. Hipp; Thomas B. Brevard; Nathan Neely; Judges: Thomas Elkins; Peter Daniel; George Grizzle; Daniel S. Ford; C. C. Hancock; John W. Dummar; Francis Cooper; David Patton; Silas A. Robinson; Alexander F. Todd; Martin L. Prater; Amos Gaither; Simeon Hallis; Franklin Coleman; Richard M. Lemay

 Middle Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 222 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Pleasant Gold & Stephen McDaniel, exe. of Abraham Vaughan v. Peter B. Vaughan& Samuel Eason Cannon Estate Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 258 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1859 Richard H. Lemay v. William R. Acres et al. Cannon Debt Dispute

Lemay owes Acres money, however, there is a dispute about the sale of land and if that wipes out some of the debt owed

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 262 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1857 Robin Butcher v. Henry York Cannon Debt Dispute

Debt dispute is over a horse.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 251 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1857 R. H. Phillips v. B. H. F. Phillips Cannon Property Dispute

File includes questions of the Defendants competency and whether the Plaintiff (the Defendant's legal guardian) has the right to see his property. Case includes newspaper clippings

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 251 170 Order A Copy
View Entry 1852 Samuel Vance v. C. T. New & A. D. Fugitt, admr. of Jesse& Benjamin Brewer, dec. Cannon Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 234 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 State v. H. Knights Cannon Debt Dispute Middle Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 30 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 Samuel Vance et al. v. Charles New& Alfred Fugitt admr. Of Jesse& Benjamin Brewer Cannon Debt Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: William Gunter, Peter Daniel, William Stokes, Asa Smith, Samuel Gunter, John Mullens, A. Burger, and John Sullivan.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1846 William Black, admr. of Joshua M. Coffe v. Andrew L. Wood Cannon Estate Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 223 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1853 Wale, G. W.& Hall, H. B. v. Stone, William Cannon Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 242 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1861 William J. Melton et al. v. John Melton et al. Cannon Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: William Grizzle and wife Polly, James Blair and wife Caroline, James Grizzle and wife Martha, and Green Melton. Additional Defendants: Jacob Hawkins, Mary Melton, James Wood, S. M. Gunter, Joseph Melton Jr., Joseph Melton Sr., and Ancel Melton.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 61 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 Z. Thomason v. Larkin Keaton Cannon Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 509 55 Order A Copy