Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1870 A. J. Darr v. J. F. Wright Wilson Debt Dispute

Case involves a challenge to a previous judgment rendered without defendant present.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 342 27 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 B. G. Hampton et al. v. William G. Massey Davidson Debt Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: J. T. Pentecost, W. M. Clark, and Jolly Parrish.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 24 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 B. G. Green v. William H. Wisener& G. W. Thompson Bedford Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Ben Drake v. James Grooms Bedford Debt Dispute

Debt involves a horse.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 323 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Benjamin Milam v. Henry Rogers Dickson Property Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 286 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Bank of Tennessee v. Thomas B. Swan White Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Charles A. Merrill v. Samuel Young et al. Williamson Debt Dispute

Additional Defendants: Nelson Wilson and Rial Alkerson

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 323 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Caswell C. Lyons, admr.,& Heirs v. Valentine Wyrick, et al. Union Land and Title Dispute

Opinion only. Complex land and title dispute. Lyons took deed of conveyance from Anderson Acuff for a tract of 140 acres. Acuff had obtained judgment against Lyons for unpaid purchase money. Land was sold by sheriff to L.M. Ellis. Deed eventually came to Wyrick. Lyons and Ellis had made verbal agreement on the redemption of the land but Ellis sold to J.L. Mynatt. Plaintiffs charges a vendor's lien was created in favor of Lyons.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1217 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 C. C. Mayhue, admr. of G. A. Conn, dec. v. John Taylor Hamilton Bond Dispute East Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 704 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 G. W. G. Payne v. O. F. Noel Davidson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Gipson West et al. v. William West et al. Wilson Debt Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: Robert West, and Joseph West. Additional Defendant: William Smith.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 81 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 G. C. & R. L. McBee v. G. M. & W. C. Hazen Knox Debt Dispute

Incomplete Case.

 East Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 814 5 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 H. M. Neely v. J. W. Heeter& T. C. Chandoin Sumner Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Hugh Wylie v. B. B. Barr, admr. H.& S. Barr Sumner Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 26 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 H.C. Alexander v. John Denny, exe. of Robert Denney, dec. Hamilton Estate Dispute

Plaintiff and heirs of Robert Denny claim that a document purporting to be the last will and testament of Robert Denny was admitted to probate court without any legal notice to them and that the original will was actually destroyed during the war. The Fitzgerald surname appears throughout the document as heirs to Robert Denny.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1218 74 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 James M. Granberry v. Simon Oatman et al. Maury Debt Dispute

Additional Defendants: Thomas Frierson, and James Fleming.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 James H. Fry v. Samuel L. Walker McNairy Debt Dispute

Debt for lumber furnished for building a home.

 West Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 11 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Lewis M. McCartney v. James Wade, et al. Wilson Debt Dispute

Additional Defendants: Armistead Lane, Robert Grigg, Jesse Grigg, and A. Grigg. Case involves the validity of "Confederate money."

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 323 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Robert Akin v. Hezekiah Terrell et al. Maury Debt Dispute

Additional Defendants: William Dabney and J. D. McLenore. Dispute also includes a tract of land.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 323 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 R. P. Moss, admr. of B. M. Hughes, dec. v. W. O. N. Perkins Williamson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Robert Snead v. Wyatt Nichols Sevier Debt Dispute

Includes a certificate of Survey dated 1865.

 East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 29 37 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Susan Rowlett v. A. G. Henderson et al. Rutherford Debt Dispute

Additional Defendants: Levi Wade and William Henderson.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 S. Sickles v. Sam Loventhal Davidson Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 19 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Sherd Pile v. William A. Buster Fentress Debt Dispute

Dispute involves a horse.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 323 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 W. B. Reaves, et al. v. Catharine Freedle, et al. Sumner Property Dispute

Other defendants: James Freedle; Thomas Bradley.
Other plaintiffs: John E. Reaves; B. T. Reaves; M. O. Reaves; D. D. Reaves; N. R. Reaves; O. D. Reaves; T. P. Reaves; Anne Reaves; W. D. Gaither; T. E. Gaither; Alford Gaither; William Gaither; John Gaither; Margaret Gaither.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 333 102 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 William Walker v. Nathaniel Young, et al. Hickman Deed Dispute Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 10 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 William Ward et al.v. Josephine T. Bryan, admr. of William Bryan, dec. Davidson Debt Dispute

Additional Plaintiff: John Ward. Additional Defendants:

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 13 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 William S. Patty v. T. J. Sneed& H. A. Overall DeKalb Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 323 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 William Galloway v. F. C. Dunnington, admr. of W. J. Jagger, dec. Maury Debt Dispute

Galloway sued for repament of debt from the estate of William Jaggers, dec. Debt due by note, or contract.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 526 36 Order A Copy