Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
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