Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1875 City of Memphis v. State on rel. W. J. P. White Shelby Debt Dispute

W. J. P. White of Philadelphia, PA. Claims to be owed bond and coupon payments by the City of Memphis.

 West Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 31 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1816 Charles Boulton v. John L. Martin Debt Dispute

Bill of Complaint for the payment of a mortgage for land. Henry Lyon and Thomas Jones. There is no county named on this case.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 81 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1871 Charles A. Renandil v. Felix Leclerc, et al., admr. of Joseph Elchervarne, dec. Shelby Estate Dispute

Possible misspelling of last names. Felix Leclerc? and his wife are admrs of Joseph Elchervarne, dec. Joseph owed Charles A. Renandil? and wife, Margret Renardil? Bond.

 West Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 54 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 C. Speigel v. W. T. Williams Shelby Rent Dispute West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 70 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1877 City of Memphis v. State, ex rel Thomas Fisher Shelby Bond Dispute West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 88 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1877 City of Memphis v. J. C. Johnson Shelby Bond Dispute West Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 88 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1878 City of Memphis v. William Dean & Co. Shelby Taxation Disputes West Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 111 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 Church Anderson v. Daniel Smith& Isaac Neal DeKalb Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 Caldwell Cummings & Co. v. Dammon James Wortham Bedford Debt Dispute

Plaintiff is sued for damages connected to his "tobacco fixtures."

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 279 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 C. Carter v. Turner Foster et al. Davidson Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: Mariah Porter, George Hitchings, John Gleares, Henry Gleares, the Bank of Tennessee, William Gleares, F. R. Cheatham, John Gleaves, and W. D. Robertson.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1860 Chesley Williams v. Henry M. Williams et al. Williamson Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: A. C. Merritt, John Laua, William Barry, Mary Ann Austin, Hiram Walker and wife Mary Jane, and Luke H. Hitch. Case also involves a debt dispute.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 297 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 Cullen Vick v. George W. Pullen& William N. Hackney Giles Debt Dispute

Additional Defendant: Wesley Vick.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 285 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 C. S. Bittick v. William McNery et al. Marshall Debt Dispute

Additional Defendant: H. N. Cowden.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1890 C. C. Sieuknecht v. George Rery, C. N. O.,& Texas Pacific Railway Co. Morgan Debt Dispute East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 30 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1814 Cornelius Buck & Samuel Brander v. John Cusick Blount Land and Title Dispute East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 54 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1814 Catherine Kerr v. Jane Kerr Jefferson Debt Dispute

Dispute includes land and chattels. Parts of the document are very faded and difficult to read.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 56 25 Order A Copy
View Entry 1810 Cornelius Buck & James Brander v. Jacob Danforth Blount Land and Title Dispute

Folded and oversized.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 57 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1916 C. E. Dawson v. Flint Ray Cocke Election Dispute

Case involves charges of fraud. Case file incomplete; brief only.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 67 45 Order A Copy
View Entry 1830 Christopher DeGraffenreid v. Daniel Murray Williamson Estate Dispute Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1827 Caines & wife v. Marley Smith Land and Title Dispute

Tarlton M. Cains and wife Nancy sued Adam Marley as administrator of the estate of John Wright. Nancy was Wright's widow. Marley was guardian for Henry Hollingsworth Jones, Wright's illegitimate grandson. Exhibits include a copy of the indenture.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 Caleb J. Ethridge et al. v. Susannah Ethridge et al. Weakley Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: Jasper Ethridge, Mary F. Ethridge, Kate E. Bray, Marion E. White. George Burras, Kate Gilman, Thomas E. Gilman, and John Gilman. Additional Defendants: William Hawkins and A. M. Boyd.

 West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 282 310 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Railroad Company v. State Lauderdale Taxation Disputes West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 289 350 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 C. L. Carpenter& A. N. Brown v. Elva Bowers Knox Land and Title Dispute

Case incomplete; brief only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 103 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1920 Charles W. May v. Jas. R. Scales Giles Deed Dispute Middle Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 469 154 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 City of Memphis v. Carrington Mason & Sons, et al. Shelby Taxation Disputes

Suit is brought by the Taxing District against defendants, "sundry insurance companies," and F. B. Hunter. All suits involve insurance companies who owed the city a privilege tax.

 West Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 360 35 Order A Copy
View Entry 1896 Charles Foppiand v. Fey& Hobson Shelby Debt Dispute

Alternate plaintiff name: Foppiano

 West Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 468 54 Order A Copy
View Entry 1946 Carment Evans v. Paul White, et al. Unicoi Election Dispute

Additional Defendants: T. R. Keys, Frank E. Broyles, Frank T. Gentry, Commissioners of Election for Unicoi County. This action was brought by Evans to recover the office of Sheriff of Unicoi County.

 East Range: 6 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 474 113 Order A Copy
View Entry 1944 C. E. & P. D. Angel v. Eureka-Security Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Campbell Insurance Disputes

Car insurance dispute. Exhibits include sales agreement, promissory note, insurance policy, post receipts, correspondences, cancelled check,

 East Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 601 155 Order A Copy
View Entry 1940 Cyril J. Smith v. Polk Wright Roane Election Dispute

Exhibits include hand-drawn map. Also see ET Box 811. Includes Election Return booklets.

 East Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 685 933 Order A Copy
View Entry 1905 Charlie Hughes v. Sherrod & Co. Crockett Property Dispute

Property dispute over lumber and shingles.

 West Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 842 88 Order A Copy
View Entry 1829 Charles Crabaugh v. Joseph Hart admr. of Micajah[?] Cross Campbell Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: Elizabeth Cross, alias Elizabeth Smith, Robert Smith.

 East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 668 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Charles Canady et al. v. Charles Porter Jefferson Lease Dispute

Add. Plaintiffs: Thomas Pearce, Jacob Peck, Zachaus Mills, Archelaus Elmore.

 East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 672 101 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 C. C. Mayhue, admr. of G. A. Conn, dec. v. John Taylor Hamilton Bond Dispute East Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 704 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1907 County of Shelby v. Annie B. Snowden& R. B. Snowden Shelby Land and Title Dispute West Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 943 67 Order A Copy
View Entry 1926 Crosby Milling Co. v. E. M. Grant, et al. Hamblen Land and Title Dispute East Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 741 5 Order A Copy
View Entry 1935 C. R. Taylor v. General Exchange Insurance Corporation Carter Insurance Disputes

C.R. Taylor is sued General Exchange Insurance Corporation on a plea of debt due by action on a fire insurance policy that he had with the company. He claims they have failed to pay him what is owed to him for damages his property sustained in a fire.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 960 158 Order A Copy
View Entry C. F. Potter, guardian v. T. H. Vaughn et al.. & The Bank of Hartsville v. T. H. Vaugh et al. v. T. H. & Cal (?) v. T. H. Vaughn et al.. Estate Dispute

T. H. Vaughn Sr., deceased. Died in 1879. Additional parties: Jennie Seay, Vaughn Sr. daughter. Unsure of county, possibly Trousdale. Date unknown.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 618 37 Order A Copy
View Entry 1933 C. B. Glenn v. Rose L. Fletcher et al. Hamilton Contract Dispute and Damages

Please do not pull. Case in very poor condition. Cross & Hatfield partnership mentioned. Case concerns contract over building a hotel on Market Street in Chattanooga.

 East Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1082 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1881 Columbia & Bigby Turnpike Co. v George P. Webster Maury Debt Dispute

Dispute over toll of $250.00.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 711 31 Order A Copy
View Entry C. B. Duncan & Co., et al. v. S. B. Northop Deed Dispute

Case file is incomplete; brief only.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 73 7 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 1861 Caroline Delozier v. Andrew& Cromwell Delozier Sevier Estate Dispute

The defendants are the executors of Asa Delozier dec. who was the husband of Caroline Delozier. The plaintiff is challenging the will of her late husband.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1202 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 Caroline Kincaid v. A. L. Burem and wife Hawkins Land and Title Dispute

Caroline Kincaid by her next friend David H. Kincaid brought this case to court. The cases involved a dispute over the rightful ownership of a 180 acres of land in Hawkins Co.

 East Range: 19 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1673 15 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 Carrie Miller v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. Carter Insurance Disputes

Plntff., an employee of the Bemberg & Glanstorff Plants, is sued on a group health policy for $1100, the amount of her certificate, plus a $275 penalty. The $1100 was to be paid if the policy holder became permanently disabled, which she has, but deft. refuses to pay. Deft. argues that it owes Miller nothing as her insurance with it had terminated & was cancelled, she had failed to file due proof of her disability as required by the policy, & was not totally & permanently disabled.

 East Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1434 143 Order A Copy
View Entry 1935 Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Company v. Maud Colvin & Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Company v. O. W. Helms Hamilton Insurance Disputes

O. W. Helms was driving a car while on business for Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Company when he struck and killed Allen Jordan, of whose estate Mattie Sharp is the administratrix. Helms abandoned the car and reported it stolen. Jordan had been living with and supporting Sharp while married to Maud Colvin. Cosmopolitan attempts to absolve themselves by stating they do not require their employees to travel by car.

 East Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1529 827 Order A Copy
View Entry 1927 Caroline Gerster Neal v. Mrs. Alice Neal Crook, et. al. Dyer Estate Dispute

Case concerns the estate of Col. Tom W. Neal, who died in Oct., 1922. Additional defendant was Mrs. Lillian Neal Simpson. Pages 1-3 of main case file are missing. Includes published Assignment of Errors and Brief on behalf of defendants. Case centered around the validity of the will.

 West Range: 78 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1875 179 Order A Copy
View Entry 1828 Claiborne Y. Hooper v. Hardy S. Bryant Davidson Estate Dispute

The defendant, Bryan, was administrator to Daniel Young, deceased.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 187 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1835 Charles McGee v. Archibald Gilchrist Maury Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1836 Cobb v. Cobb White Land and Title Dispute

Case severely fragmented.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1837 Cornelius W. McGuire, et al. v. State Lincoln Taxation Disputes

Additional Plaintiffs: John Robertson; David C. Cowan; Joseph F. Brown; Moses Hage; Sterlen [?] Huff; William Huff; Luda Cathren; Elisha Benett; Joseph McCrackin

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 200 0 Order A Copy

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