Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry 1818 Samuel Cummins v. George Fisher, et al. Williamson Estate Dispute/ Settlement

Hon. Nathaniel W. Williams, Judge, Court of Law & Equity, 3rd Circuit, Randal W. McGavock, Clerk of the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals, 4th Circuit. Richard Trotter (dec.) resided in Rowan Co., NC. George Fisher is from Alabama Territory. Moses A. Locke, David Cummins, Richard Trotter, Jean Trotter, Silas Dinsmore

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212A 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1905 Southwestern Presbyterian University, et al. v. Presbyterian Synod of Tennessee, et al. Montgomery Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 144 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1823 Samuel Moseby v. Thomas Shute, et al. Davidson Cost Bond

Other defendants: William Wallace.
Cost bond for Christopher Stump.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 360 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 State v. Robert Pierce Overton Other

Cause of action: Malicious Shooting. Sentenced to three years of hard labor.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 367 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1878 State v. George Franklin Davidson Larceny

The case lists George Franklin as "col." The original folder for the case stated that George Franklin is an alias for Matt Greenfield.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 367 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 State v. Samuel Dowell Davidson Murder Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 367 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 State v. Charles Carneal Davidson Unknown

The case states that Charles Carneal is sentenced to 3 years hard labor but it doesn't list a cause of action.

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View Entry 1879 State v. Reed Randolph Davidson Unknown

The case states that Reed Randolph is sentenced to 1 1/2 years hard labor but it doesn't list a cause of action.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 367 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1819 State v. Pleasant M. Miller & William Hogshead Knox Unknown

Incomplete case file. Documents indebting Wait Adkins to the State.

 East Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1101 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1905 State v. Sam Jenkins Davidson Unknown

The Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals found no error in the proceedings of the Criminal Court of Davidson in the above case. The court ruled that Jenkins be kept by the sheriff until May 2, 1905 when he will be hanged. However, the court was of the opinion that there were extenuating circumstances and that the punishment ought to be commuted to life imprisonment.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 827 1 Order A Copy
View Entry 1913 South Fork Coal et al. v. Toomey Lumber & Coal Co. et al. Scott Unknown

A command to the sheriff of Scott County to collect $249.77 from the South Fork Coal Co. et al. from their goods and lands.

 East Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1250 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1809 Simon Miller v. John Nichols Rutherford Injunction

Simon Miller pledged to John Nichols in 1805 to pay $640 within six months, in return for a fee simple deed on a tract of land. Miller then created a conveyance to Simon Miller, jr. for the same land. Miller, sr. was accused of trying to defraud Nichols by tricking him into land that he would never rightfully own.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1a 34 Order A Copy
View Entry 1830 State v. John P. Thompson White Scire Facias Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 371 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 State v. Thomas Martin Stewart Larceny

Cause of Action: "Horse Stealing".

 Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 367 19 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 State v. Allen Gapton Montgomery Breaking and Entering

Cause of action listed as "House Breaking and intent to commit Larceny"

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View Entry 1828 State v. John Hitchcock Davidson Assault and Battery Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 371 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1839 State v. Robert M. Boyers Sumner Assault and Battery

Writ of capias. Evidently, defendant had fled the region and was ordered back to answer Court of Errors & Appeals in Nashville for sentencing of original crime.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 378 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1923 State v. Nashville Railway& Light Company, et al. Davidson Unknown

Only contains supplemental brief & not actual case docket. Cause of action & other defendants unknown.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 451 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1832 State v. Shadrack Gentry McMinn Counterfeiting East Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 729 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1817 Tulan Dixon et al. v. William Mitchell et al. Rutherford Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: Redmon D. Barry. Additional Defendants: Mark Mitchell.

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View Entry 1823 Thomas Terry,& his wife Polly Pickett v. John Hamer, Thomas Nelson, exe. of William Robards, dec. Williamson Covenant Broken

Services owed for raising young negro slaves, re: slave named "Sooky," and children named Harriet (b. 1799), Ann and Blanford. Detailed account of costs for raising negroes. Includes detailed balance sheet of expenses in raising negro children.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 359 128 Order A Copy
View Entry 1820 Tilghman, George, Woodruff, Garrison, Kelly, & Armstead Stubblefield, Edward & Fanny Bradley, William & Elizabeth Bradshaw, Meredith & Nancy Watson v. Selby Haney, John A. Debow, & Benjamin Hardy Sumner Land and Title Dispute

Sally Harney was in possession of a large plot of land. Following her death, the land was disputed among many heirs. This suit was filed to clarify the chain of title and to disperse the land among the appropriate heirs.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 4 72 Order A Copy
View Entry 1812 Thomas Perkins v. Henry Childress Williamson Debt Dispute

In 1805 Henry Childress loaned Perkins $100. Part of the money was paid back, but Childress felt he had to sue to recover the rest. In 1806 Henry Childress obtained judgment against Thomas Perkins for $65, the remainder. The remainder was unpaid, and this suit was filed to recover it. Peter Perkins also mentioned.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1a 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1814 Thomas Molloy v. Sterling Brewer Williamson Deed Dispute

Dispute over land warrants.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 81 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1817 Thomas Roundtree v. George Tubb Franklin Debt Dispute

William Tubb and Jeremiah Smith

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View Entry 1917 Thomas B. Roberts v. Andrew B. Vaughn Williamson Wills, Contested

Roberts was executor of the will of Joab S. Sayers. Vaughn served as "next friend" to Robert Sayers, minor and nephew of Joab S. Sayers Case is filed in multiple folders.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 168 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1827 Thomas Whiteside, admr. of Jenkin Whiteside v. Thomas Hickman& Daniel Ross Davidson Estate Settlement

The estate and debts of Jenkin Whiteside are being disputed between the two parties.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 361 11 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 Thomas Degraffenried v. State Lincoln Unknown

Judgment only. Incomplete case file.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 738 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 Tennessee Public Service Company v. Katherine E. Price Knox Other

In 1912, the company obtained a right of way to build a line of electric poles on what became Price's property. Company occasionally maintained the 60,000-volt wires, but in 1930 it wanted to move the poles nearer to defendant's house. Case concerns a dispute over property lines.

 East Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1381 89 Order A Copy
View Entry 1815 William T. Lewis v. David P. Monroe & William Beaty Davidson Land and Title Dispute

In 1810, a judgment was rendered against William T. Lewis in a suit brought by David P. Munro & William Beaty. Lewis was to buy 600 acres of land from them, for $1,500, but he was unhappy with the price, & it was changed to $1,713. Through additional legal action the total was raised to $2,191.66. The suit was filed to settle the matter. Mentions Thomas Crutcher and Andrew Jackson.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 4 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1818 William Moore & James G. Roulston v. George White, admr. of Polly Cook Jackson Land and Title Dispute

In 1811, William Moore executed two notes to James Cook for $570. Cook in return sold Moore a plot of land in Carthage. Later Moore discovered that this lot was not legally registered for taxation with the city. Cook then died intestate. The suit was filed to satisfy the terms of the original agreement.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 3a 54 Order A Copy
View Entry 1821 William H. Harper v. John Shelby Davidson Injunction

Cabinet maker William Garner owed a debt. Samuel V. D. Stout, John Falwell, and Duncan Robertson were security on the debt. Garner also owed Nathan Ewing. John Shelby held a deed of trust for the debt, & filed a judgement. Garner's household property was mortgaged and a detailed inventory is contained in the brief, including lengths of cherry board & unfinished furniture. Harper & Stout filed an injunction to prevent collection of the $70 debt.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 4 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1820 William P. Anderson v. David Love et al. Franklin Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: William Russell Case only one page.

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View Entry 1817 William King, et al. v. Charles S. Carson, et al. Davidson Estate Dispute

Plaintiffs: Thomas, Rachel, Mary, & Elizabeth King. Defendants: James, Margaret, Charles, Sarah, Jane, & John Bekam. John King, a partner in King, Carson & King mercantile, purchased land with his own money, then died. There were many descendants to bene- fit from the sale of this land. The estate was ordered to divide the lot into thirds, the descendants receiving a 3rd, Carson & Wm. King each a 3rd. Carson's family sued to be conveyed that 3rd. See related case in box MT 4.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 3a 47 Order A Copy
View Entry 1808 William L. Lewis v. Robert Demonbreun, et al. Davidson Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: James M. Lewis, admr. of William L. Lewis, dec. Possibly related to Demonbreun family?

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View Entry 1821 Wilson Cage v. James Turney, et al. Davidson Equity

Additional defendants: Elizabeth, Samuel, Hopkins, and Patty Dickson Turney. Wilson Cage was given a bond by Peter Turny, dec'd, for acreage. Apparently payment was never successfully made for the land and Turney and heirs were sued to recover the debt.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 360 61 Order A Copy
View Entry 1824 William Higgins, et al. v. Duke Williams Davidson Cost Bond

Other plaintiffs: James Higgins; William Y. Higgins; William Townsen; James Wyatt; James Lane.
Cost bond for Robert McKinney

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View Entry 1821 William Polk v. Thomas P. Polk et al Maury Land, Partition of

Additional defendants: George Dougherty, Martin Armstrong, John Nelson. Case is divided into 3 folders (I, II, III)

 Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 362 382 Order A Copy
View Entry 1894 W. C. Burton et al. v. George F. Long et al. Decatur Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: E. Burton. Additional defendants: Johnston Bussell

 West Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 606 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1814 Wilson Cage v. James Turney, et als. Smith Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: Elizabeth Turney, Samuel Turney, Hopkins Turney & Patty Dixon Turney. Case only one page.

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View Entry 1814 Wallis Estill v. William Slade, James T. Worthington, Schyler Barnett Franklin Land and Title Dispute

Suit filed after multiple land sales between the plaintiffs and defendants. The land sold was located in Franklin and consisted of over two thousand acres. The land was surveyed, then resurveyed in a hopes to accurately record its boundaries. However, the boundaries were still in dispute.

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View Entry 1809 William Billings, et al. v. Thomas Brown, et al. Davidson Land and Title Dispute

Moses Brown, father of Josiah, Thomas & Jacob Brown, purchased 110 acres from Thomas Brown in 1792. Thomas Brown then died intestate before he settled the conveyance to Moses. Suit was filed to settle the land ownership and estate. Plaintiffs: Nancy Billings, Josiah Brown, Jacob Brown, Thomas Brown (William Billings is the guardian for Josiah, Thomas and Jacob). Defendants: Daniel Brown, his guardian James Mulherin.

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View Entry 1802 William T. Lewis v. Joel Rice Smith Land and Title Dispute

Edwin Hickman signed a bond binding himself to his heir John Hughes, for 500 pounds, for a tract of land in Davidson County on the Cumberland. This land was claimed & promised to different parties, resulting in this suit. Wm. Lewis sued Joel & Eliza Rice, Thomas & John P. Hickman, by Thomas his guardian, all on account of the dealings of Edwin Hickman, dec'd. The suit sought to settle lawful ownership of the land.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1 56 Order A Copy
View Entry 1810 William T. Lewis v. Stockley Donelson, et al. Davidson Conveyance, Illegal

Hon. Parry W. Humphreys, Judge of Superior Court of Tennessee. Plaintiff- Lewis, alleges misuse of power of attorney privileges by defendant- Donelson. Additional defendants: William Tyrrell, Charles McClung, David Ross, John Dickinson, Andrew Jackson, Rachel Jackson, Robert Hays, John Caffery, Catherine Hutchings, William Donelson, Alexander Donelson, John Donelson, Severn Donelson, Leven Donelson, Andrew Jackson Donelson, John Sevier

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View Entry 1812 William P. Anderson v. David Love & William Russell Franklin Land, Sale of

Case concerns a dispute over a sale of land.

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View Entry 1813 William Martin v. Daniel Hill Rutherford Eviction

Includes Franklin County and Smith County.

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View Entry 1915 Walter Witherspoon, admr. v. New York Life Insurance Company Sumner Equity

Walter Witherspoon is the administrator of Walter Witherspoon, Sr., deceased. Cases found in Boxes 107 and 144.

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View Entry 1818 William Wilson v. Charles Kagle Davidson Debt Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 331 23 Order A Copy
View Entry 1821 William Temple, Duncan Robertson, exe. Liston Temple, dec. v. Noble Osbourne Davidson Estate Settlement

Liston Temple was surviving partner in the firm of Temple, Gaines & Co., recovery of the amount of $98.25.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 359 26 Order A Copy
View Entry 1821 William H. Campbell v. John Allen White Recovery

Dispute over purchase of a bay horse; horse purchased for $140 in Oct. 1818. Horse was discovered to have physical problems while on trip to Overton County. Horse later deceased due to illness.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 359 40 Order A Copy

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