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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 | 1851 | Andrew G. Pickett v. Martin W. Sloan, et al. | Smith | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Archibald Sloan and Samuel T. Coker. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 232 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | A. J. Simpson et al. v. Sallie Poe, et al | Franklin | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Fitzpatrick, Gregory & Davis, and A. S. Calyun. Additional Defendants: James Poe and Gregory Poe |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 34 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | A. M. McCoin v. Lou McCoin | Jackson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 154 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1855 | Allen Jones v. Hannah Jones, et al. | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Jasper Anderson and Joseph Healdenfield. File also includes a contested will. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1857 | A. Morrisson v. W. P. Roberts | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Roberts claims that Morrisson intentionally misrepresented his position as superintendent. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 253 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1856 | Alpha Young v. Adam Butler et al. | Warren | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: John James and A. Wheless. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 265 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | A. Kline v. Elisha Long | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1860 | Allen Wallace v. B. Featherston, et al. | Bedford | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Farwick Frazier, John Norville, John Newbill, and Richard Cardwell. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 | 0 | 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 | 1812 | A. L. Campbell v. John Seahorn | Jefferson | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 49 | 19 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1820 | Adam Meek v. J. Perriman | Jefferson | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 36 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1819 | Augustine Jenkins v. Elizabeth Gilliand | Cocke | Land and Title Dispute |
Deposition only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 61 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1849 | A. E. Jackson v. C. H. Gillespie, et al. | Carter | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendant: N. G. Taylor. Others involved: E. E. C. Gillespie, C. R. Gillespie, and [?] G. Taylor Case file is incomplete. Index included. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 67 | 253 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1922 | American National Bank v. E. H. Murray, et al. | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Although case was collected with the Eastern Division, it lists a Middle Tennessee County of origin. Case file is incomplete; brief only. Possibly related to case file in MT 442. Also included in ET OV 4 is an oversize account ledger dating 1909-1912. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1916 | Arkansas & Memphis Railway Bridge & Terminal Company v. North America Realty Company of Milwaukee, Wis, et al | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Add. defendants: Erwin C. Uihlein, individually & Erwin C. Uihlein, Trustee. |
West | Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1534 | 192 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1918 | A. S. Holloway v. Cole-McIntyre-Norfleet Company | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Holloway sued. Case concerns an order of 50 barrels of meal that was not fulfilled by the defendants. Sued for $293.00. Printed copy of Petition for Certiorari Supersedas and Brief & Assignments of Error on Behalf of Plaintiff in Error included. |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1578 | 88 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1817 | Alexander McMillan v. Joshua Clanton | Sumner | Land and Title Dispute |
Both Clanton and McMillan made claim to land in Sumner County. The contested land ownership was linked to a very lengthy and convoluted chain of title. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 4 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Abram DeGraffenreid v. John Kimbro | Rutherford | Land and Title Dispute |
This dispute over a tract of land in Rutherford County includes a survey of the land in question. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1834 | Alexander Smith et al. v. Joseph& Nancy L. Hightower | Williamson | Land and Title Dispute: Ejectment |
J. Hightower accused of breaking into home of John Doe and ejecting him. Doe leased property from Smiths & Dewey P. and Elizabeth C. Hadley. Also named: Sarah Smith, wife of Alexander, only heir of James Leiper: Elizabeth Hadley daughter of Smiths. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 194 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1915 | American Zinc Co. v. Morris Sherman Co. | Hamilton | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Judgment only. Court says insufficient evidence of bad faith by defendant to have gone to a jury. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | Annie M. Slattery v. A. Lea | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 45 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1858 | Anthony Stewart v. Jacob H. Brazelton& Daniel Brazelton | Franklin | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 271 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1861 | Abel Rushing v. Archibald Stone& R. H. Mason | Cannon | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1809 | Andrew Campbell v. John McIver& Andrew Lusk | Roane | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 60 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1809 | Arthur Campbell, lessee v. Adam Peck | Jefferson | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 24 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1813 | Adam Peck v. John Edington | Blount | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 20 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | Abram Lowe v. George Selvidge | Monroe | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 71 | Order A Copy | |
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 | 1896 | A. L. Charles v. M. E. Carter | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
This case was argued over 192 barrels of potatoes. Charles claims that Carter would not allow him to inspect the potatoes before taking possession of them. Number of pages includes 2 documents, one unnamed. |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 472 | 137 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | Americus Brown, et al v. Barnabus Alder, et al | Marion | Land and Title Dispute |
Both the additional plaintiffs and defendants are too extensive to list. Case is a dispute over the will and real estate originally owned by Anderson Cheek in Marion County, which was purchased or inherited by Ms. Sarah Alder, wife of Barnabus Alder. B. Alder's will gave the land to his wife and then to his 8 sons. After the couple died, the sons sold the land to Brown & Spears for $10,310. The daughters who were not included in the original sale sought proceeds of the sale. |
East | Range: 19 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1807 | 73 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1833 | Aricus Hatfield v. Jesse Vaughn & William Brown | Morgan | Land and Title Dispute |
Exhibits include hand-drawn maps. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 672 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1906 | Amos Hardin v. P. E. Creelman Lumber Company | Hardin | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 978 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1935 | Alexander Hamilton Institute v. Mrs. Rebecca A. Rogers | Washington | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Exhibits: correspondence, certificate, enrollment agreement. |
East | Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 752 | 115 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1936 | Arthur Phillips v. Warren M. Royal & Clothilde Royal | Carter | Land and Title Dispute |
Case includes a hand-drawn map on the back of a Barnes Indoor Circus Broadside. 2 folders. Exhibit item located in ET Oversize Box 10. |
East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 911 | 216 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | A. B. Beech v. J. A. McClure | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
On promises and covenants broken, Beech given $500 in damages |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 656 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Alphonse De Montegre v. Bazzell Hedgcoth | Bledsoe | Land and Title Dispute |
Alphonse owned 3197 acres of land & Bazzell also claimed title to a portion of this land. Jury ruled in favor of Alphonse. Exhibit (1-page hand-drawn map of disputed property) included in transcript. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1164 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | Abner Estep v. F. M. Preswood et al. | Polk | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants include: Mary Preswood, and John Boring. Rebecca Boring, Henry Boring, Stephen Boring, and Mariah Boring are underage and represented by their Next Friend, Elizabeth Boring. The plaintiff and defendants are arguing over a parcel of land which both parties claim as their own. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1191 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | Berry Wilson v. Edmund Brewer | Robertson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 248 | 35 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1860 | B. W. Henry et al. v. E. D. Thompson & R. H. Elam | Rutherford | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: C. M. Brooks and E. A. C. Norman. Case also involves a debt dispute. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 297 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1810 | Bareley McGhee v. Joseph Tedford | Blount | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 17 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | Benjamin Neal, et al. v. William Cox & Parry Talbot | Jefferson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Betsy Cox, Polly Cox, and P. Barkey Cox (heirs of Dudley Cox). Case involves a contested will. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1087 | 101 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Bristow Danner v. Thomas J. Stockard | Gibson | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 436 | 85 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1905 | B. F. Yates, et al. v. William White | Henderson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: J. H. Yates, Elizabeth Yates, Vallie Yates, L. T. Yates, Mark Hance, Mirtie Hance, Jessie Hance, and Rebecca Yates by T. A. Lancaster. John W. Yates, deceased. Two folders. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 706 | 405 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | Bedford & Rutherford Co. v. Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Bedford | Contract Dispute and Damages | Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 517 | 256 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1905 | Bank of Martin v. J. H. Milam & W. J. Milam | Weakley | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1006 | 47 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1876 | B. L. McFerrin v. Ed McFerrin | Cannon | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Ed McFerrin is noted as being colored. Case concerns a contract for Ed McFerrin to farm on land owned by B. L. McFerrin and to divide up the corn crop grown on the land. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 629 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1914 | Ben Boon & J. W. Green v. W. H. Grimes | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Action brought to recover seven acres of land with the improvements made on it. Plaintiffs claim land under a grant from the state but Grimes states the state never held a title to the land. Land formerly owned by the Chickasaw Indian tribe, acquired by the government. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1367 | 137 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | Bryant Byas v. Robert Martin & Samuel Vance, exe of John Vance Sr, dec | Jefferson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
For period of 6 years before death of John Vance Sr, Byas & his wife performed large amount of work for Vance, at his request, & promised to pay them what work was reasonably worth, but he never did so. Jury ruled in Byas' favor, awarding $95 in damages. Witnesses: Galloway Cates (pssbly Vance's brother-in-law), Alexander Newman, Edmond Foster, Thomas Wright, Elizabeth Byas (Bryant's sister-in-law), Mary Cates, William McNight, William Williams, Patrick Pierce, others. Alternate spelling for pla.: Briant |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1175 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | B. F. Stoltz & Amanda Stoltz v. J. H. Long, Mills Taylor, J. M. Stoltz, J. H. Armstrong | Robertson | Land and Title Dispute |
B. F. Stoltz, as administrator of Henry Stoltz, entered a mortgage with the defendants on 61 acres of land as part of a mortgage, exempting his homestead from the agreement. The defendants alleged that the mortgage was unpaid. They placed a lien on the property, then filed suit to foreclose. Stoltz did not attend the procedure, and his land and homestead were foreclosed upon and sold. Stoltz sued to invalidate the sale and get his homestead back. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 15 | 240 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Bluff City Cotton Mills v. Thomas Hyde | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Defendant sought damages based on a contract the plaintiff denied ever existed. |
West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 629 | 50 | Order A Copy |