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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 | 1901 | H. Gushert& Co. v. L. D. Tyson, et al. | Hamilton | Debt Dispute |
Case file incomplete; additional Defendants are unnamed. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 36 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1901 | John Laugly | Morgan | Land and Title Dispute |
Case file is incomplete; motion only. Plaintiff is motioning to waiver appeal costs. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 91 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1901 | J. B. Ellison v. W. P. Spain | Debt Dispute |
Case relates to the Centennial Exposition of 1897 involving workers from the Vanity Fair Palace of Illusions and Mirror Maze. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 486 | 41 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1901 | J. C. Wharton & J. W. Herring v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Haywood | Contract Dispute and Damages |
No case file is present -- this is a brief for the plaintiff in error. The suit involves a shipment of cattle in two railroad cars. Plaintiffs claim that an unscheduled delay caused the cattle to lose valuable weight, which cost them income from the sale. |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 746 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1901 | J. W. Paston, et al. v. T. F. Evans | Crockett | Debt Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: R. F. Paston and D. A. Revall. Debt dispute over cattle. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 820 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1901 | S. M. Hooper, admr. v. A. K. & N. R. R. Co. | Knox | Debt Dispute |
Case file is incomplete; orders and opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1901 | Smith& Blackwell v. G. G. Evans | Perry | Property Dispute |
Property under dispute: Owensboro wagon, P. F. corn drill and a cultivator |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 751 | 16 | Order A Copy |