Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1931 J. B. & W. G. Brownlow, Agents for Leasing Company No. 1 v. Ressler Leather Company Knox Land and Title Dispute

Brownlows recovered judgment against Ressler for $430 & for possession of premises at No. 310 Wall Avenue in Knoxville, where proprietorship shoe repair business was located (known as Wall Avenue Shoe Shop). Shop at 1 point operated by Louis Friedman, brother-in-law of Fred Millen, who leased the premises from the Brownlows. Friedman had become indebted to Ressler, who allowed Millen's son Louis to operate the shoe repair shop until debt pd. Dispute over ownership of the shop.

 East Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1350 67 Order A Copy
View Entry 1918 James Gallagher v. Rock Island Memphis Railway Terminal Company& Chicago, Rock Island, Pacific Railroad Company Shelby Land and Title Dispute

2 folders. James Gallagher and Mary Ann Gallagher had title to land in Memphis. The railroad company tried to "purchase the property," but was "unable to agree upon the value." The railroad company stated that "the company had been given the right of eminent domain for the condemnation of private property." Mary Ann Gallagher is listed as "non compos mentis." James Gallagher is her trustee and was "to hold said property in trust for the purpose of securing a homestead for said Mary Ann."

 West Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1644 402 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 Joseph Shoun v. William Shoun Johnson Land and Title Dispute

This case is for a the petition of a tract of land, 34 acres, in Johnson County owned by the complainant and defendant as tenants in common. The land was left to them by their father, Leonard Shoun. There was a small body of land adjacent to the 34 acres but instead of getting a grant they had the original tract of land surveyed in connection with 34 acres and obtained a grant to jointly tenant for entire tract of about 370 acres.

 East Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1598 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1819 James Adams v. Martin Armstrong Williamson Land and Title Dispute

Partial case regarding the sale of a large number of land grants. Includes sheriff's returns listing sales, a power of attorney for Martin Armstrong, and a list of grants in possession of Alex McCall. Court of origin unclear.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 178 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1820 Josiah Richards v. Jonathan & Samuel Betts Davidson Land and Title Dispute

Dispute revolved around a tract of land on the Harpeth River in Davidson County, sold to the plaintiff by Samuel Betts, agent for Jonathan Betts. There is a survey of the property included in the case.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1838 James Jenkins, et al. v. William Simpson White Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: William S. Young, Robert S. Young, Andrew S. Young, Austin Young, Joseph young, Samuel V. Carrick, Anthony Dibrell, John Blamen, and Edward M. Murray.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 207 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1842 Jeptha Faulkes et al. v. Wilson Sanderlin et al. Montgomery Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: Mary Lasell Additional Defendants: Margaret Lasell

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 210 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1844 J. Hart Marable v. John A. Jordan et al. Williamson Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: Robert W. Jordan, Rosetta Lyons, Virginia Toms, and Eliza Toms.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1844 Jane Coffee, widow of Joshua M. Coffee, dec., et al. v. Thomas Wilcher et al. Warren Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: James E. Coffee, Wiliam P. Coffee, Thomas S. Coffee. Additional Defendants: Pauline Thomas Wilcher, Archibald Wilcher, George Wilcher, Christian and Amanda Wilcher, Joseph and Clarissa Bragg.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 215 49 Order A Copy
View Entry 1845 John McGregor heirs v. Rutherford McGregor Rutherford Land and Title Dispute

McGregor heirs: Mary, Amy, Flowers, Anderson, J. Donelson, Millbury and Martha.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 219 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1848 James Walker v. Charles Manning & John Warren White Land, Contract Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1854 James H. Hill v. John Q. Royalty, et al. Franklin Land and Title Dispute

Other defendants: Wagner & Williams; Templeton & Richardson; Leonard P. Sims.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212 77 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 Joseph Trice& J. H. C. Scales v. John Armstrong & Polly Armstrong Bedford Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 73 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 James Mullins, John Cannon v. John C. Akin & wife, et al. Bedford Land and Title Dispute

Thomas S. Steele, Clerk & Master. F. F. Fonville, Sheriff. Tract of land in Bedford totaling 100 acres. Alleged defect in title. John R. Jones, Robert Mathews, James W. Wallace, America Akin.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 172 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 John Huffman v. A. R. Wood & James Stephens Coffee Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 6 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1878 John O. White v. John McGavock Davidson Land and Title Dispute

Additional parties: Nashville Building Association, John W. Terrass, Anson Nelson.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 46 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1818 Joseph Hamilton v. Thomas& Jane Bradley Wilson Land and Title Dispute

Covenant Broken? Rights to 640 acres of land is an issue here. Folder contains the original land grant of 1811 to Margaret Barton for the military service of Arthur McRory. Folder contains many other papers as well. Jane Bradley is Thomas' daughter. Samuel Barton, and John Boyd Jr.(?) are involved. John Overton is mentioned. Contains case of "John Boyd Jr.(?) v. Samuel Barton"--1799.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 Joshua Gardner, et. al. v. R. W. Hughlett, et. al. Obion Land and Title Dispute

William McGambill, Hilary P. Baldridge, Jason Sheffield, C. T. Freeman, John Phelps, Jas. Hill, Geo. M. Reeves, Marthau Reeves, Hosea Futrell, Alec Hutchins, A. J. Hazelrig, G. B. Busby, Lucy Chambers, Anderson Chambers, Taylor McKinney

 West Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 39 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 J. W. Robertson, et al. v. J. C. Rhodes Shelby Land and Title Dispute

additional plaintiff - W. A. Robertson

 West Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 29 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1915 J. C. Parker exe., et al. of Jonathan Morris v. T. A. Hughes Wayne Land and Title Dispute

Joel Parker, J. C. Parker, Stephen Parker, J. E. Cole, A. O. Beebe, Alabama Improvement Company, and T. K. Hurst.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 162 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 John K. Edmondson v. Charles Barrett Davidson Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1861 John Sigler v. James Long et al. Davidson Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: W. Cartwright and M. J. Couch. Exhibit - Newspapers

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1860 J. W. McCombs v. William T. Briggs Maury Land and Title Dispute

Case also involves a debt dispute.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 299 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1820 James May v. Pete Turney heirs, et al. Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: Turney's heirs - James Turney, Elizabeth Turney Hopkins, Lacey Turney, Polly Turney, and Charlotte Turney. Turney had been granted 500 acres by the state of NC (prior to the establishment of TN). The deeds on this land seem to have either not been filed, or filed improperly. Case seeks to settle estate, debts, and land ownership.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 8 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1810 John Trimble v. Andrew Miller Blount Land and Title Dispute

Case involves a dispute over the granting of a land grant.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 52 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1811 Josiah Gamble v. Silas George Blount Land and Title Dispute East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 52 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1810 John C. Haley v. William T. Lewis Roane Land and Title Dispute

Plaintiff entered into covenant to prevent defendant from obtaining land under a land grant.

 East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 49 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1820 John B. Buchanan v. Thomas Hickman Williamson Land and Title Dispute

Case is addressed to the "Principal Surveyor of the Second District in the State of Tennessee." Concerns Military Warrant No. 4732.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 363 11 Order A Copy
View Entry 1810 Jacob McGhee v. John Wolf Sevier Land and Title Dispute East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 54 34 Order A Copy
View Entry 1823 Jane Russel v. David Tate Grainger Land and Title Dispute East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 59 22 Order A Copy
View Entry 1822 John Noels v. Lewis Freeman Campbell Land and Title Dispute East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 664 27 Order A Copy
View Entry 1822 John Love v. John McIver Roane Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: Adam Huntsman (age 37), James Chisum (age 47), William Fleming (age 37), Valentine Mattlock (age 35), Henry H. Atkinson

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 60 760 Order A Copy
View Entry 1820 James Townsend et al. v. Taylor Townsend White Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: John Townsend, Thomas Townsend, Andrew Townsend and Eli Sims.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 58 27 Order A Copy
View Entry 1819 James R. Rogers v. Robert Burton et al. Roane Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: Heirs and Devisees of Richard Henderson, Heirs and Devisees George Doherty, Samuel Henderson and Robert Benton. Plaintiff is trying to prevent defendants from obtaining a land grant.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 61 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1815 John Smith v. Milton Center Roane Land and Title Dispute

Plaintiff seeking injunction.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 57 32 Order A Copy
View Entry 1815 John McNeely v. Cornelius Buck & James Brander Blount Land and Title Dispute East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 57 19 Order A Copy
View Entry 1828 Joseph Anderson, et al. v. John B. Walker Rutherford Land and Title Dispute

Other plaintiffs: Norton Pryor.
Also contains docket for John B. Walker v. John Den, 1820.
Appears to be a continuation of dispute over North Carolina land grants 220, 221, & 225.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 370 145 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 James K. Polk & wife, et al. v. Johnathan Douglas & Daniel Cameron Rutherford Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: William R. Rucker and Susan his wife, John W. Childress and Mary Childress and Elizabeth Childress.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 11 Order A Copy
View Entry 1831 John Bowers et al. v. The Lesee of the School Commissioner Franklin Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: Adam Bowers and William Bowers Includes two plat maps of the land in dispute

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 376 20 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 1888 James Woolsey v. James B. Rogers, et al. Greene Land and Title Dispute

James Woolsey sued the defendant and his wife S. E. Rogers for forcible and unlawful entry onto land he claimed was his.

 East Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1850 60 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 John McLemore, et al. v. J. H. Williams, et al. Marion Land and Title Dispute

Case file is incomplete; brief only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 91 56 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 1921 John M. Robertson v. John B. Kirk Cannon Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 33 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 459 241 Order A Copy
View Entry 1941 J. S. Williams v. Lige Williams Morgan Land and Title Dispute East Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 273 52 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 1876 James M. Johnson v. William Penn Cumberland Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 33 Section: e Shelf: Box Number: 512 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1832 James Rodgers v. James Ramsey et al Knox Land and Title Dispute

Add. Defendants: William B. A. Ramsey, Eliza Ramsey Scott, James Scott, John Ramsey, Francis A. Ramsey, David Parker.

 East Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 729 59 Order A Copy
View Entry 1836 John W. Boyd v. Thomas Bennett Jefferson Land and Title Dispute East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 674 22 Order A Copy

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