Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
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 1863 John Den, lessee of State of Tennessee v. Thomas Henderson & Thomas Calloway Monroe Land and Title Dispute

Dispute re Hiwassee District land held by school comm'rs; legislature ordered it sold; held by John Lowry as agent of Toqua Will, school comm'rs, then Henderson for Andrew Miller's heirs. Original Defs: Rob't Stapp, Wm F Brown, Jn Beaty, Solomon Aiken. T. Hartley Crawford (Comm'r of Indian Affairs): Andrew Miller was mbr of Cherokee nation. This case relates to his heirs' claim to reservation of land under Cherokee treaties. Also Cherokees: George Hicks, James Chisolen. See related case in ET Box 1164.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1203 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1834 James McKinney v. William Duggan Monroe Land and Title Dispute East Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 786 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1831 John Lowery v. John McGhee, et al.. Monroe Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: Alexander McGhee, Mathew McGhee and William Neptow. William S. Blair, deceased. Case mentions land deal between the Cherokee Indians and the U.S. in 1819. Land in question was originally called Blairs Ferry and was reserved to an Indian named Cabbin Smith.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 646 71 Order A Copy
View Entry 1841 John Kennedy v. Erby Boyd et al Monroe Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: Daniel Anderson, William Anderson, Malinda Anderson & John McNair. Tract in dispute was a quarter section of land in the Ocoee District. Court found for plaintiff & granted all rights and title to him.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1148 146 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 Martha E. Stephens, guardian, et al. v. W. W. Porter, et al. Monroe Land and Title Dispute

Jacob Baker died intestate, his land then partitioned by the heirs, & H. Stephens, Martha's husband, appointed agent to sell the land. It was sold to Mr. Cleburne, who then sold to W. Porter. This suit sought to ify these sales of the land, & return it to the heirs. Martha was placed in an asylum, making her husband the heir to the land. However, the paperwork filed with the court initially left out Martha's incompetency, & therefore were faulty in naming the appropriate heirs.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 5 14 Order A Copy
View Entry 1860 Noah Moser v. Thomas G. Harvey Monroe Land and Title Dispute

Moser sued Harvey for cutting down & removing timber from Moser's land. Transcript traces chain of title for Moser's land, originating with title bond from Iredell D. Wright & Polly (aka Mary) Harvey (mom/guardian of Thos, Chas, Wm, Daniel Harvey, minors) to Richard Stephens, then to his wife Nancy, then sold to Jasper Stephens who sold to Moser. Land in dispute was 2 acres in Hiwassee District, on Island Creek, & contained Stephens mill dam & pond.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1204 37 Order A Copy
View Entry 1935 R. L. Cagle v. Jacob J. Axley, et al. Monroe Land and Title Dispute

Case in 2 folders. See also ET 827 for more case documents. Other defendants: Cradie Axley (spouse of Jacob); W. N. Magill; Bank of Madisonville; R. Beecher Witt.

 East Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1547 298 Order A Copy
View Entry 1935 R. L. Cagle v. Jacob J. Axley, et al. Monroe Land and Title Dispute

See also ET 1547 for more case documents. Reply briefs only. Other defendants: Cradie Axley (spouse of Jacob); W. N. Magill; Bank of Madisonville; R. Beecher Witt.

 East Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 827 35 Order A Copy
View Entry 1906 Tennessee & Carolina Southern Rail yard Company v. Margaret W. Jones Monroe Land and Title Dispute

Final Decree only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 87 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1890 William Fleming et al v. Amelia Burgess et al. AND Amelia Fleming et al. v. William Fleming et al. Monroe Land and Title Dispute

Original bill was filed by Fleming, Rhinesmith & Simons against Burgess and wife for partition of a 40,000 acre tract of land in Monroe County that Fleming claimed 25/32th of. Burgess and wife denied the partition right and claimed 11/32th of tract. The plaintiffs amended and refiled the bill to clear the title and reassert their claim to the partition and portion of ownership. The Burgesses filed a cross bill showing their ownership portion and that of other partial owners.

 East Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1826 103 Order A Copy