Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1921 A. M. McCoin v. Lou McCoin Jackson Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 154 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1859 Absolom Johnson & Milton Draper v. Charles G. Price Jackson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 277 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1816 Clement Hencock v. Polly Cook, admr. of James Cook Jackson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 E. L. Gardenhire v. Joshua Haile Jackson Debt Dispute

1876, one A. Boles was arrested for stealing 40 gallons of brandy, worth $1.50/gal. At trial, the defendants were found not guilty and prosecutor Haile (defendant in this case) was taxed with costs of case, citing prosecution as frivolous & malicious. Gardenhire was the Justice of the Peace that rendered said decision.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 734 24 Order A Copy
View Entry 1821 Francis Adams v. Edmund Jennings, et al. Jackson Land and Title Dispute

Edmund Jennings and others was indicted on owing Francis Adams $881.88. Other defendants are Joseph Woodfolk and William Woodfolk. Supreme court of errors and appeals

 Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 Felix Gaw v. David A. Rawley Jackson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 281 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 Fite Porter & Company v. M. L. Gore & Company Jackson Debt Dispute

Defendants owed plaintiffs $300 in unpaid bank notes for a debt.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 752 41 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 George W. Birdwell v. Samuel Slaughter Jackson Debt Dispute

Also includes a "scire facias."

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 261 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 Henry Beasley, et al. v. Matthew C. McKenley, et al. exe. of James W. Smith Jackson Debt Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: Gabriel Beasley and William Beasley. Additional Defendants: David Shepherd and Thomas Smith. Case also involves a contested will.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 269 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Isaac Clendennen v. Adams C. Hamilton Jackson Debt Dispute

Dispute over room & board charges for housing plaintiff's slave.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 60 Order A Copy
View Entry 1812 Jacob Fanning v. William Robertson Jackson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 81 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1857 Joseph Boroughs v. William W. Goodall et al. Jackson Debt Dispute

Additional Defendants: William Plunder, Robert Gailbreath, John Murray, Samuel York, Holland Denton, Benjamin Chaffin, William Davidson, Peter Con, Thomas Bryant, Benjamin Mashburn, Thomas Draper, Vincent Morelam and James Draper. Goodall is a former sheriff.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 265 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 John R. Chaffin et al.v. M. L. Gore et al Jackson Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 614 1325 Order A Copy
View Entry 1825 Lewis Franklin v. Owen Franklin Jackson Land and Title Dispute

Lewis Franklin was challenging that his brother, Owen Franklin, was not of sound mind to get land and incapable of not managing his affairs.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 Leonidas A. McCarver & William Flax v. Milton Draper& Henry Draper Jackson Debt Dispute

Case also involves disputes over land and slaves.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 279 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1868 Logan H. McCarver v. John L. Jenkins Jackson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 478 22 Order A Copy
View Entry 1913 L. H. Pirtle, et al.v. Ross Bailey, Jr. et al Jackson Land and Title Dispute

(Pet.) W.R. Pirtle, Mrs. Mary Keller, Mrs. Jennie Johns, Lucy & Lee Bryant, Blake White, Isaac A. White, Sallie & Rhea Moore, and Nuckolls Brothers, a firm comprised of W.S. Nuckolls, and residents of Hardman County, TN.; E.W. Pirtle, Mrs. Pricilla Smith Rosie & Paul Hare, Tennie & Erwin Moffit, Mattie & John Caruthers, Annie & Charley Clyinch, Charlie & Taylor Hardwick, Bunyan Stallings, Pearly & Henry Hill, Maxie & H. Manley vs. (Def.) Agie Stallings

 West Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1337 153 Order A Copy
View Entry 1877 M. B. Moseley v. Andy F. Vanhooser Jackson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 69 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 Nathan M. Cox v. Joshua Kent Jackson Debt Dispute

Plea of debt due by note. In February 1874, Cox and T. W. Smallwood and N. S. Cox executed their note to Amour R. Moulton or M. V. Cross for $120 due six months after date.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 24a 44 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 N. D. Malone & Wife v. George W. Light et al Jackson Property Dispute Middle Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 525 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1868 Robert Kirkpatrick& Richard P. Brooks v. Hiram Crabtree Jackson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 32 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 Silas Cornwell v. Sampson McClelan & George McKinley and William B. Nickins v. Sampson McClelan, admr. of Andrew McClelan Jackson Estate Dispute

Unclear case. Cornwell is a free black whose wife and children were owned by Andrew McClelan. Cornwell seeks to prevent their continued enslavement by Andrew McClelan's administrators. Nickins is a free black man that moved from Georgia to be a cabinet maker. He married a slave of Sampson Williams, and later purchased her

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 254 55 Order A Copy
View Entry 1817 Stephen Marriager v. Tandy K. Witcher et al. Jackson Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendant: Lacy Witcher. Concerns land once owned by Daniel Witcher, deceased.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212A 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1841 Samuel C. Stone, et al. v. Absolom Johnson Jackson Debt Dispute

Other plaintiffs: Leroy B. Settle.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 380 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1823 William Locke v. Green C. Brazil Jackson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 182 1 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 William Griffith et al. v. William Dixon& E. Willmore Jackson Deed Dispute

Heirs are disputing the rightful ownership of a deed to their deceased mother's land

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 256 0 Order A Copy