Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1904 Dan Hobson, et al. v. H. C. Moorman, admr. of Jane B. George, dec. Fayette Estate Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: Mrs. Riley and Mrs. Mattie F. Goodman. Includes two massive volume and two printed briefs. Case takes up the entirety of WT 920 and part of ET 921.

 West Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 920 2065 Order A Copy
View Entry 1877 Frank Reinke v. Joe Lintz Fayette Property Dispute

Joe Lintz substituted for W. A. Gilliam in this trial.

 West Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 98 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1872 John G Walker v. Iveson J. Walker Fayette Debt Dispute

The original trial found in favor of the plaintiff awarding him $2,140. The brief consists mainly of letters between the defendant to the plaintiff with the defendant updating him on the status of paying his debt. The defendant seems to have trouble. At one point he mentions how during the war he lost everything except his land and that the planting of cotton is not as good as it used to be. The two parties appear to be cousins.

 West Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 17 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1916 J. L. Yarbrough et al. v. Tom Yarbrough et al. Fayette Property Dispute

The plaintiffs were looking to recover from the defendants the possession of 71 acres of land.

 West Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1485 79 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 J. B. Heinrick v. Frank Trimble Fayette Debt Dispute West Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 234 146 Order A Copy
View Entry 1872 J. B. Simmons v. John M. Harris& M. Alexander Fayette Debt Dispute

Harris and Alexander

 West Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 40 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1871 Joseph N. Williams, exe. of Jefferson T. Williams, dec. v. C. H. Greer& James K. Polk& wife Rebecca Ann Polk Fayette Estate Dispute

Case includes copy of J. T. Williams's will. Will dated Feb. 16 1870. Jefferson T. Williams died 1870, date of death not found. Had been married at one time but was single at time of death. No children. C. H. Greer and Rebecca Polk his nephew and niece.

 West Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 59 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 Lucy Tucker et al. v. J. C. C. Tucker, exe. Fayette Estate Dispute/ Settlement West Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 38 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 R. K. Halloway v. Bailey G. Covington& M. Skallen Fayette Property Dispute West Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 233 64 Order A Copy
View Entry 1877 S. P. Wirt v. Ed Dickinson Sr. Fayette Property Dispute West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 92 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1878 Theodore Wilkinson v. Randal M. Roberts Fayette Land and Title Dispute West Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 110 228 Order A Copy