Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1866 Alexander M. Dougal & wife v. Julius C. Wade et al. Rutherford Estate Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: Eleanor Dougal. Additional Defendants: Ozius H. Wade, William Wade, Charles R. Wade, Elizabeth C. Wade, John Wade, William B. Hollowell, Sarah Hollowell, Joseph B. Jonhs, Margaret Johns, Sarah C. Wade, Lewis Wade, James Williamson, Robert Williamson, S. A. C. Williamson.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 317 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Andrew M. Wilson v. John Cox& R. W. Pillow Giles Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 A. C. Cobbs v. Elizabeth C. Cobbs et al. Giles Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: Andrew Alernatly, John Woldridge, Jesse Cobbs, Margaret Cobbs, Alison Cobbs, William Lainer, and Meredith Connelly. Case also includes a contested will.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 38 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 C. S. Bittick v. William McNery et al. Marshall Debt Dispute

Additional Defendant: H. N. Cowden.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 D. C. Carter & Co. v. John Atkins Giles Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 48 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Daniel Ashbrame, exe. of R. J. Williams v. J. C. Stark Robertson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 5 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Edward H. Epperson v. Edward S. Cheatham, John S. Stark, et al. Robertson Debt Dispute

Additional defendants: R. B. Cheatham and John Stark.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Edward S. Cheatham, et al. v. Thomas Stoltz Robertson Debt Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: Joseph Stark, J. L. Green, and L. H. Benton.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Eveline H. Allen, et al. v. William F. Allen, et al Smith Estate Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: Thomas Fisher, next of friend. Additional defendants: Van H. Allen, Richard S. Duke, exes. of James Haynie, dec. , Mayor A. Beasley, Edward S. Bradley. The two parties were married. The plaintiff's father, Henry Beasley, deceased left his daughter several thousand dollars intending it to be a separate estate for her use only. The defendant as her husband felt entitled to estate. 2 folders.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 27a 700 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 G. B. Sharp v. John B. Davis Bedford Debt Dispute

Plaintiff claims that he was coerced into accepting "Confederate money" for two notes he held on the Defendant, that these payments were void, and that he should be paid in full in legal tender.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 George Black v. John Stark Robertson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 5 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 H.W. Compton for use of Andrew J. Duncan v. The Union Bank Davidson Contract Dispute and Damages

This dealt with Confederate treasury notes which was used in exchange for bank note in February 1862. The Union Bank of Tennessee would not honor the notes. The laws of War were in place which prevented payment of note. One year later the note was presented to a New Orleans Bank and they would not honor it either because it was Confederate notes. There was money in the bank to honor the notes, but in September, 1863 the U.S. Military authorities removed the money.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 264 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 H. B. Clark v. James Elrod et al. Smith Debt Dispute

Additional Defendant: J. J. Holliday.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Harriet V. Nelson v. Lackett Davis & J. R. Nelson. Rutherford Estate Dispute

Slave named Tennessee mentioned.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 317 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Hiram Norton v. Nicholas Ailor, admr. Union Estate Dispute

Nicholas Ailor was guardian of one Pauley Hutchison who was mentally handicapped. Her father Reuben Hutchison received a Union pension. After her father's death, Pauley received the pension. After her own death, Ailor sought to recover some of the money

 East Range: 18 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1955 125 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Isaac W. Evans v. William Pigg Smith Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 James H. Neil v. W. G. Knight Bedford Debt Dispute

Case involves large debts between banks and also a dispute over a tract of land.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 J. S. Nowlin v. M. Sharp et al. Montgomery Debt Dispute

Additional Defendants: L. C. Miller, W. W. Braden, E. G. Hamilton, and E. F. Rainey.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 John Orr v. James T. S. Greenfield Maury Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 13 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 John Donnally v. Robert Love Davidson Property Dispute

Dispute involves a horse.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Joel G. Vick v. William McMillon Giles Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 27 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 John A. Brinkley v. F. Covington& Harris Burney, admr. of Wesley Burney, dec. Robertson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Jacob Geiger v. Levi Moses Davidson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 John Woods v. J. H. Abernathy Rutherford Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 John S. Vaughan v. Anderson Bratton Macon Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 James Swagerty v. J. D. Smith Cocke Land and Title Dispute

Incomplete case file; opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 6 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 J. Nelson Patterson v. William Beasley & Thomas Fogg Giles Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 11 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 J. P. May & Co. v. Thomas S. Fogg Giles Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 26 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 James Wilhite v. Emeline Hickey Knox Land and Title Dispute

In Nov of 1864, Wilhite was arrested by US soldiers & taken to Knoxville, at which time Hickey was put in possession of Wilhite's land under lease agreement she had with William G. Brownlow, Special Agent of US Treasury Dept, appointed to take charge of & lease captured & abandoned property. Previous owner of the land (H.W. Swan) said to be a rebel. Land in dispute: 30 acres on Sevierville Road, 4-1/2 miles from Knoxville. Jury ruled for Wilhite.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1200 35 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Murdock Malone et al. v. Bank of Tennessee Marshall Debt Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: G. A. Malone, W. A. Jackson, G. W. Goodwin, and James Nambo.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 M. E. T. Barker v. Robert Jackson & Henry Jackson Stewart Debt Dispute

Dispute involves payment for the hiring of a "negro man."

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Memphis Freighting Co. v. Mayor & Alderman of the City of Memphis Shelby Land and Title Dispute

West TN case but found in East TN box. Memphis Freighting Co. sued the Mayor and Alderman of the City of Memphis. Company's charter is to erect railroad tracts & load and unload freight on East bank of Mississippi River between Poplar St. and Beale St. John Overton owned land included within the limits and dedicated it as public ground for use as a promenade, which is controlled by the Mayor. Plaintiff wants portions of land decreed to them to carry out its charter.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1201 32 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Northern Bank of Kentucky v. R. Y. Johnson et al. Montgomery Debt Dispute

Additional Defendant: Joseph Jones.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 37 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Nancy Goodpasture et al. v. H. M. Allen Overton Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: Francis Goodpasture, Thomas C. Goodpasture, C. P. Winton, Elizabeth Winton, Clinton Masters, Marena Masters, Eliza Goodpasture, Sarah Goodpasture, William Goodpasture.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 317 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Patrick Smith v. James Rooker Dickson Debt Dispute

Debt involves the hiring out of a "negro slave."

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 34 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 R. L. Young v. W. E. Watkins, T. Baughn,& J. Shelton Montgomery Debt Dispute

Handwriting faded.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 7 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Richard Wood, Benjamin Marsh, Lewis Haywood et al. v. Joseph Broadders, admr. of Robert Moore& J. T. Johnson et al. Montgomery Debt Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: Edward Townsend, Henry Townsends, Alfred Foster, John Ussery, and Joshua Elder. Additional Defendant: George Warfield.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 79 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Robert W. McLemon& J. W. Chairs v. John G. Combs Maury Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 R. T. Phillips et al. v. Thomas S. Fogg et al. Marshall Debt Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: B. F. Phillips, W. H. Phillips, Henry Edwards, John Wilson, Andrew Wilson, Thomas Tarkington. Additional Defendant: William Beasley.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 9 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Shelbyville Bank of Tennessee v. George W. Pitts et al. Giles Debt Dispute

Additional Defendants: Alexander Carter and William Batte.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 15 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 T. G. Keats v. Jessie Bertee et al. Montgomery Debt Dispute

Additional Defendants: William Bullock, John Keats, and William Barter.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 25 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Thomas R. Burger, et al. v. John S. Claybrook Williamson Land and Title Dispute

Others listed are John Overton, John M. Lea and his wife Elizabeth D. Lea, Robert C. Brinkley, Anna O. Brinkley, R. C. Brinkley.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 69 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Thomas T. Crowder v. Peter Turney White Debt Dispute

Case involves a civil action following a previous trial involving usury and Confederate money.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 T. M. Williams v. T. B. Flippen Smith Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 T. M. Henry v. J. Stark Robertson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 7 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Thomas D. Arnold v. A. E. Dinsmore Greene Taxation Disputes

Motion to correct taxation of cash. Plaintiff claims he was compelled to buy a certain tract of land for around $300 in order to save his debt, but by bidding the land he became liable to pay costs that were illegally and erroneously taxed.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1198 14 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 W. B. Stokes, et al. v. Matthew Simpson, et al. DeKalb Deed Dispute

In 1865 J. W. McDaniel recovered a judgment against Matthew Simpson and Rufus Simpson for $1012.48. When the sheriff went to collect, he found no property of value. The bank of Tennessee recovered a judgment against Simpson and Stokes. Case sought to recover debt from Simpson, and involves a long string of debts with other parties, and partial payment in Confederate money.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 12 172 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 William P. Cannon v. L. H. Moseley Williamson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Washington Barrow& A. V. S. Lindsey v. Caroline Bass, admr. of William Watkins Davidson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 William L. Harris et al. v. W. B. Embry, admr. Maury Estate Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: William M. Sullivan, W.G. Kammon, Thomas Whitaker. Additional Defendants: J. G. Frierson is the administrator of the estate.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 317 0 Order A Copy

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