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Tennessee Supreme Court Cases
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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1859 | Benjamin Staples & William Scott v. James Duncan et al. | Morgan | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Vandeman Byrd, Francis M. Byrd, G.W. Keith. A portion of the land parcel in question ran near the KentuckyTurnpike Road. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1173 | 46 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1859 | Cornelius Bowman & C.G. Alexander v. Addison Bowman et al. | Claiborne | Land and Title Dispute |
Add. Defs: Daniel Bowman, Richard Davis, John Ashburn, Levi Harp. Cornelius possessed 3 TN land tracts (50 acres, 150 acres, 1400 acres) per grant (aka patent) from KY. Defs. also possessed & claimed title to land. Elijah Jones appointed to survey land. Unlike most of TN, disputed land lies in portion of northern TN border subject to compact between TN & KY wherein KY given right to issue land grants. Geographical references: Cumberland River, Jackson Creek, Cumberland Mtn, Log Mtn aka Coopers Ridge. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1141 | 41 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1859 | Ewell & Elizabeth Leigh v. John A. Briggs | Maury | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 271 | 17 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1859 | Elisha & Lavinia Doherty v. H. C. Markham | Scott | Land and Title Dispute |
Land dispute between Elisha & wife Lavinia (name also spelled Daugherty) & Hiram C. Markham (name also spelled Marcum). Related case (referred to in this transcript): Hiram C. Marcum v. Lavinia Daugherty & Elisha Daugherty, et al, ET Box 1174. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1142 | 7 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1859 | Joseph McCully v. William Porter | McMinn | Land and Title Dispute |
Defendant was Wm B. Porter. Dispute over 160 acres in Hiwassee District, southeast qtr of section 32, township 3, range 2. Dispute over boundary line. Jury ruled for pla.. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 102 | 11 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1859 | J. N. Pearce v. Nancy Taylor | Sevier | Land and Title Dispute |
Case incomplete; writ of possession only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 102 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1859 | John Crips, et al. v. Zenis Crips, et al. | DeKalb | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Thomas, Henry, and Peter Crips. Additional defendants: Nancy Woodall, Thomas Simpson, Marian Cubbins and wife Jane, Sally Conner, Patrick Conner, Jerry Conner, Thomas Conner, Mary Conner, Leroy Braswell, T.J. Sneed, and H.A. Overall Case also involves a contested will and a debt dispute. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 277 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1859 | State v. John Cole | Union | Land and Title Dispute |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 102 | 6 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1859 | Samuel Cowan v. James Conatser | Marion | Land and Title Dispute |
Boundary dispute. Bill of review included. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1173 | 88 | Order A Copy |