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The files located in the Tennessee Supreme Court Cases represent an especially valuable resource for historical and genealogical research at the Tennessee State Library and Archives [TSLA].
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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1943 | A. F. Frazier v. W. D. Wilson | Rhea | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 88 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1824 | James G. Martin v. Samuel Ferguson & Richard Waterhouse | Rhea | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 686 | 303 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1841 | John Moss & Richard C. Jackson v. Henry Collins | Rhea | Debt Dispute |
Collins was indebted to Plaintiffs (merchants trading under the firm name Moss & Jackson) for $32.60 for coffee Collins purchased from them. In a suit brought before the justice of the peace, Collins claimed a credit for 57 gallons of whiskey, leaving a judgment against him of only $4.10. Plaintiffs claim they were not notified & not present during that suit & claim they did not receive the whiskey & Collins is not entitled to the setoff. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1144 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1838 | John Smith, et al. v. Thomas T. Campbell, exe. of Robert Bell, dec., et al. | Rhea | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: John Brown. Additional Defendant: John Locke, exe. of Robert Bell, dec. Plaintiffs filed for the wrongful detainment of 'negroes' belonging to the estate of Robert Bell, dec. The 'negroes' in question are named by first name only in the bill along with a monetary value. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 638 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1824 | James G. Martin v. John Wason & Richard G. Waterhouse | Rhea | Land and Title Dispute |
Add. counties listed: Anderson, Knox, Roane. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 686 | 122 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1818 | Love v. Rainey | Rhea | Estate Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 81 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1941 | Norman Locke, admr. of Mrs. N. J. Edmondson v. Smith Funeral Service Corp., et al. | Rhea | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: W. B. Headlee and Mrs. H. B. Cox. 2 folders. |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 197 | 494 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1829 | Roane's heirs, et al. lessee v. Alexander McCall & wife | Rhea | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: James Roane, Andrew Roane, Archibald Roane, Randle and Ann Ramsey. Also mentioned is Mathew Allen. Exhibits: plat maps. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 668 | 66 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1869 | Robert A. Phillips v. Amanda M. Brown | Rhea | Debt Dispute |
Issue of payment of debt declared by a judgment in a previous case. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1186 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1851 | Saunders D. Broyles v. Daniel Kennedy | Rhea | Debt Dispute |
Broyles owned 2 writings obligatory executed by Kennedy & Dr. C.T. Wells, each for $80, which writings Broyles lost & Kennedy found |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1158 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1919 | T. C. Collins, et al. v. S. S. Brady, et al. | Rhea | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 741 | 4 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1816 | William B. Lewis et al. v. Carlisle Humphrey & Thomas J. Campbell | Rhea | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Andrew Jackson, Alfred Balch, Thomas Crutcher, Charlotte Lewis, Mary Ann Lewis. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 53 | 54 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Wesley Casey v. James D. McFall | Rhea | Land and Title Dispute |
Casey sued McFall for cutting timber from Casey's land & converting it to McFall's use, and also for rent McFall owed Casey. Dispute revolves around boundary line between Casey's land & McFall's adjoining land. Others involved: Solomon Wyrick, William Wyrick & Martin Wyrick, who at one point were in possession of some portion of disputed land, & who (with McFall) were defendants in previous lawsuit brought by Casey. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1164 | 24 | Order A Copy |