Order Cases Online
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 | 1899 | Annie G. Steele v. Endowment Bank Knights of Pythias | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Includes medical examiners certificate concluding J. K. Steel, deceased and plaintiff's husband in good health and therefore recommending membership to the order. J. K. Steel had $3,000.00 insurance policy through defendant. Upon his death widow would receive policy if he was in good standing. Also see WT Box 810 |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 806 | 129 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1899 | C. Johnson & wife v. D. A. Campenton | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 721 | 37 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1899 | H. Ellerman v. P. A. Shellin | Davidson | Property Dispute |
Cross suit: P. A. Shellin v. Silverfield & Fieldman. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 509 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1899 | H. F. Heaton, et al. v. Harrison Dennis, et al | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Cause of action: Devisavit vel non. Estate of Anna Bingham. Additional plaintiffs: Mrs. Georgia Bishop, Harry Bishop, Leath Orphan Asylum, Mamie Jones, O. P. Jones, Ida Miller, W. W. Miller, Ida Anderson, Richard Anderson, Ben Bingham Jones, Anna Jones. Additional defendants: John Dennis, William Dennis, Lucinda Smith, William Z. Smith. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 782 | 571 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1899 | Harris H. Lovelace, exe., of Thomas H. Foster, dec. v. Thomas E. Foster & J. M. Foster, et al. | Weakley | Estate Dispute |
20 additional defendants listed. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 776 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1899 | J. L. Bickerstaff v. H. J. Wright & J. M. Hughes | Crockett | Land, Contract Dispute |
Bickerstaff sued claiming he had paid part of the purchase price for a piece of land sold by the defendants but they had not delivered a deed to the land to Bickerstaff. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 724 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1899 | J. C. Harris & P. Davis v. J. G. Tipton & T. A. Erwin | Lake | Debt Dispute |
Debt on land. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 787 | 41 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1899 | May Blessing v. Memphis Trust Co. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
May Blessing is the daughter of M.J. Blessing. M.J. Blessing died when his daughter was an infant. She is now eighteen years old and seeking what she believes to be her inheritance from her father's estate. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 765 | 83 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1899 | Ruth McKinney et al. v. Illinois Central Railroad Co. et al. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Cover is missing. Co-plaintiff: John McKinney. Co-defendant: Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad. Plaintiff was hired as a washerwoman for the railroad companies, who, she says, discharged her without cause. She is sued for $5000 damages. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 762 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1899 | T. D. Bird v. W. H. Winters | Madison | Debt Dispute |
Plaintiff originally won judgment of $55.75 plus court costs against defendant; debt for lumber used in construction of house in Lexington. Winters argues that he does not owe Bird anything, & that the judgment was won by default as illness had prevented him from appearing in court at time of trial & from filing an appeal in a timely manner. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 771 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1899 | W. H. Anderson, Trustee of James C. Harris, dec. v. Z. C. Fuller | Obion | Estate Dispute |
J. C. (James) Harris was a general merchandise dealer at Reelfoot Lake, TN. Hon. W.H. Swiggart, Judge, 12th Judicial Circuit. |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 742 | 170 | Order A Copy |