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| View Entry | Anderson McClain v. James W. Grissom | Smith | Estate Dispute/ Settlement | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Adaline D. Haynie, et al.v. M. B. Kittrel, et al.& Adaline D. Haynie, et al.v. Clarkey Haynie, et al | Smith | Estate Dispute |
Additional names: Sallie R. Kittrel, William Kittrel, Rebecca E. Kittrel, E. Bowles, Mary J. Bowles, Elijah Haynie, James E. Haynie, Henry B. Haynie, E. B. Haynie, Richard S. Duke (exec. of James Haynie), M. B. Kittrel (exec. of John Kittrel), C. S. Murphy, W. W. Carter, Truman Harrington. Estate of James Haynie. |
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| View Entry | Andrew Pickett v. M. W. Sloan | Smith | Contract Dispute and Damages | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Amanda Bush, by next friend William T. Bush et al. v. Willis W. Bush et al. | Smith | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Complainants: E. W. Turner, Pleasant Gold. Additional Defendants: James S. Dillard, Malsey Dillard, B. J. Vaden-admr. R. Beasley, William Massey, Brunette Massey, W.B. Pickering, J.W. Draper, W.D. Draper, Rufus Tubb, Bettie Tubb, William Wyatt, Jane D. Wyatt, Thomas Draper, Joel Nichols, M.S. Nichols, Warren Nichols, Mary D. Nichols, Alex Draper, John C. Hughes, M.S. Trousdale, John C. Draper. The bill mentions that slaves were sold to secure payment for the disputed ground in 1855. |
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| View Entry | A. G. Branham v. George H. Burnley& William Thomas | Smith | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Anderson, Green & Co. v. John Barbee, et al. | Smith | Debt |
Brief for complainant only, no other documents included. Add. Defendants: John Barbee Jr., Rolin Barbee. |
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| View Entry | A. J. House, et al. v. John B. House, et al. | Smith | Land and Title Dispute |
Other plaintiffs: Agnes House. Other defendants: Wingeld House; Lycurgus House. |
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| View Entry | Abel Smith v. O. H. Smith | Smith | Debt, Balance on |
Abel (age 80, blind at trial) sold 90 acre tract to son O.H. for $500 -- $175 cash, $325 note. O.H. gave Abel 3 hogs ($9 value), but no other pymt on note. Binion P. Lipscomb (age 88) witnessed O.H. signing note. In separate lunacy proceeding, Abel ruled incompetent; his child M.C. Smith appointed his guardian. Witnesses: Mary Smith (41), wife of Abel's son T.J.; W.H. Edens, Abel's grandson, O.H.'s nephew; Levi G. Smith, Abel's son; A.J. Grisson, Abel's grandson. Court ruled in Abel's favor; SC affirmed. |
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| View Entry | Benjamin J. Vaden v. Harriett Hanes et al. | Smith | Wills, Contested |
Additional Defendants: Frank Vaden, Georedus Vaden, William H. Vaden, Goderick Vaden, Fanny Vaden, Nordson Vaden, Hordy Kerr. J. Conditt, Elizabeth Edmonson and husband Theopheran, Jennifer Monday and husband C.C., etc. Case includes a long, complicated list of defendants in which last names and relationships are often unclear. |
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| View Entry | Benjamin J. Vaden v. Anna Vaden, et al.. | Smith | Wills, Contested |
Additional defendants: Joseph B. Condiff & wife Rebecca, William Vaden, Loderick Vaden, Jesse Hughes & wife, and Vaden children. Deceased: Goderick Vaden. |
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| View Entry | B. F. C. Smith v. Nashville & Knoxville R. R. Co. et al. | Smith | Injunction |
Additional defendants Patrick O'Laughlin and Susan Lawrence. Plaintiff claims he is the owner of a tract of land containing 80 acres in the 19th Civil District of Smith County. Plaintiff further claims that Susan Lawrence has homestead rights on about 50 of the said acres. Plaintiff claims that Lawrence granted the R.R. right of way through his property without his permission and without legal authority to do so, causing great harm to his land. |
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| View Entry | Bank of Hartsville et al. v. J. H. Vaughan, admr. of J. H. Vaughan Sr. dec. et al. | Smith | Land |
Related materials located in MT 602. Additional Case styles: "Charles Potter Guardian v. J. H. Vaughan," and "J. H. and Cal Cox v. J. H. Vaughan." Additional plaintiff: Harry V. Potter minor. Additional defendants: Jamie Seay exe. of J. H. Vaughn dec., Additional defendants continued: J. P. Seay, H. C. Ellis, M. L. Wright, and Romulus C. Wright. The controversy at hand is focused on the will and estate of J. H. Vaughn Sr. Harry V. Potter is the grandson of Vaughn dec. and Charles Potter is guardian. |
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| View Entry | Bartlett B. Uhles v. William N. Nixon & Binion P. Lipscomb | Smith | Estate Dispute |
Defendants executors for the Oldham family. |
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| View Entry | B. F. C. Smith, surviving partner v. Thomas J. Slaughter & others | Smith | Fraudulent Conveyance |
B.F.C. Smith, surviving partner of Smith & Paschal. Additional defendants: William Jones & wife Nannie Jones, John W. Squires & wife Martha Squires, Fed Squires, James Squires, Amelia Squires, & Dorse Squires, and James A. Barrett (Guardian of minors) |
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| View Entry | B. B. Uhles v. Thomas Fisher as Trustee of H. C. Vaden& W. W. Vaden, et al. | Smith | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Additional defendants listed as Louis Franklin, Samuel Allison, Harrison L. Lee, and D. C. Sanders. B. B. Uhles claimed that Thomas Fisher fraudulently sold a piece of property owned by Uhles to settle debts that Uhles claims he does not owe. |
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| View Entry | Carthage & Hartsville Turnpike Co. v. H. B. McDonald | Smith | Land and Title Dispute |
Dispute involves land and property. |
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| View Entry | Carrick& Leftwich v. Meek& Armstrong | Smith | Debt |
Plaintiffs are trying to recover a judgment made against defendants. |
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| View Entry | Claiborne Fisher & Wife v. Alexander McClanahan et al. | Smith | Estate Dispute |
33 Additional defendants: Stafford, Lee, Carman, Satterfield, Climer, Pyles, Jones, Culbreth, & Morris families. Additional Plaintiff: Josephine Fisher |
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| View Entry | David Burford, et al. v. W. W. Bailey, et al. | Smith | Debt |
Case was combined with or a continuation of several other actions including Wbailey v. J. Saunders and Jonathan Bailey V. Burford. No complete list of plaintiffs and defendants is available, though many of the other cases are summarized. |
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| View Entry | D. C. Falls et al. v. J. G. Puckett | Smith | Attachment |
Additional Plaintiffs: Benedict. |
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| View Entry | D. A. West v. Martha P. Powell, et al. | Smith | Attachment |
Additional Defendants: William Powell, John D. Matthews, Mary C. Matthews, Marion L. Robinson, A. J. Robinson, C. W. West, Jr., Aretha F. West, John L. Robinson, William H. Robinson. |
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| View Entry | Elizabeth J. Duffy v. Albert J. Duffy | Smith | Wills, Contested | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Elizabeth Hunt, et al. v. Jacob Fisher, et al. | Smith | Estate Settlement |
Additional Plaintiffs: Daniel Hunt, John B. Tubb, and Mary Jane Tubb. Additional Defendants: Gasum Hunt, Newton Atwood, Hannah Atwood, John Hunt, Alexander Hunt, William Murray, Rebecca Murray, John Agee, Melissa Agee, W. D. Hunt, Levi B. Hunt, and Stuart P. Hunt. Case involves the settlement of estate of Abel Hunt, dec., a land dispute and dower. |
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| View Entry | E. L. Gardenhire & Benton McMillan v. J. H. Curtis& A.J. Dawson | Smith | Petition for Injunction |
Curtis, as special commissioner for Luem Miller, exe. Of Nancy Officer, dec. against J.J. Mills et al. had obtained judgment against Gardenhire for $354.80 for alleged debt and damages. For this sum execution was issued against plaintiff and McMillan and placed in hands of Dawson, sheriff. Gardenhire charged that he did not owe the estate anything, but in contrast, the estate owed him as a lawyer $500 for his services in the case. Plaintiff wanted injunction against judgment. |
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| View Entry | Evaline A. Cardwell, et al. v. Leonard H. Cardwell et al. | Smith | Breach of Trust |
Additional plaintiffs: William G. Berry, Nancy C. Berry, David C. Cardwell, Elizabeth H. Cardwell, Lavinia E. Cardwell, Victry O. Cardwell, Q. C. Sanders Additional defendants: Buckner S. Cardwell, John McClarin; trustee failed to invest trust fund appropriately |
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| View Entry | Elias Dowell Jr. et al. v. Francis Dowell | Smith | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Jeremiah Dowell, William Roberts, Elizabeth Roberts, Fracis, Robert and Sarah Dowell. |
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| View Entry | Enoch Rollins v. T. A. Morris, admr. of James Gill, dec., et al. | Smith | Attachment |
Additional Defendants: E. T. Atwood, G. W. Brittle, F. G. Atwood, James T. White. |
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| View Entry | E. P. Hawthorne v. William Lambert et al. | Smith | Injunction |
Additional defendant: L.E. Hawthorne (son of E.P. Hawthorne) Additional Cause of Action: Fraudulent Conveyance |
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| View Entry | Emily Boon et al. v. Irenus Beckwith et al | Smith | Other |
At eighty years old, Edward Lawrence was blind and had diminished mental faculties. When he died, the plaintiffs claimed that the defendants took advantage of his condition and exercised an undue and improper influence over the division of his estate. Cause of Action: Undue Influence |
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| View Entry | Francis Dowell v. Herbert H. Sullivan et al. | Smith | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendant: Samuel Allison. Case also involves debt disputes and a contested will. |
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| View Entry | Francis Dowell v. Ann Sullivan, et al. | Smith | Scire Facias |
This relates to the purchase of a slave named Candace who was said to be "sound, healthy and sensible" who was later found to have physical defects. Ann Sullivan moved to Texas and died. Her son Harbert H. Sullivan was then charged in the case |
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| View Entry | F. M. Gold, et al. v. Jesse Davis, et al. | Smith | Land |
Add pla: Mary Ben Davis by her guardian F. M. Gold, and Robert and Nathan Gold by the next friend F. M. Gold. Add. def:Hugh C. Davis, Elizabeth Temple Davis, Willie Davis and her children Thomas C., Annie, Albert, and Jessie F. Davis, Jimmie Davis Temple, and W. A. Davis. R. J. Davis died in 1888 and left to his wife M. F. Davis a tract of land known as the "old Davis homestead." This bill was brought to force the sale of said land and enjoin Jesse Davis from taking charge of it. |
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| View Entry | G. C. Moore, Guardian of Josiah Smith & B. F. Smith v. Sarah Denny et al. | Smith | Property Dispute |
Additional defendants: C. Denny, Mary Denny, Wiley Denny, Babe Denny, Lizzie Denny, Narcissa Denny, & Arthur Denny. Defendants are the children of Frank Denny, deceased. Complainant charges that when Frank Denny died he owe the Smith family money for a piece of property Frank purchased from the Smiths. Lawsuit is to take the property back and to stop the Denny's from removing buildings or timber from the property. |
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| View Entry | G. W. Cardwell v. S. S. Cardwell et al. | Smith | Injunction |
Additional Defendants Ann E. Kittrell and husband W. F. Kittrell, E. J. Massey, R. N. Cardwell and wife Eliza N. Cardwell, D. Huffines, William H. Cardwell, Samuel G. Cardwell, Robert B. Cardwell, H. C. Huffines, Isaac Richardson, R. N. Brooks, and wife Mollie Brooks. Pla. and Def. are the heirs of H. Cardwell who died in 1872. The estate left by Cardwell was very large and complex, resulting in suits and litigation. Plaintiff is seeking an injunction restraining the Def. from further court proceedings. |
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| View Entry | George J. Clements et al. v. State for the use of James F. Scott | Smith | Breach of Bond |
Additional plaintiff: Ira W. King. Scott sued Clements and King for breach of an apprentice bond, given by plaintiffs and James Stiwalt as suretites in 1859. Scott was then 13 or 14 years old and according to the bond he would remain as apprentice till he was 21. However without plaintiffs consent Scott joined the U. S. Army they could not regain possession of him. Scott claimed Clements beat him severly with a stick and that he did not receive education or clothes as was stipulated in the bond. |
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| View Entry | G. L. Robinson v. Samuel Caplinger & Henry B. McDonald | Smith | Recovery |
Plaintiff was trying to recover a previous judgment on a debt of $493.30 from the defendants however, Caplinger was a citizen of Missouri and was insolvent. The sheriff returned the execution as "a Bona." Caplinger had a claim on Moses Estes. |
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| View Entry | George W. Cardwell et al. v. A. A. Allison et al. | Smith | Estate Dispute |
Numerous other plaintiffs, mostly Cardwells with some Kittrells, Huffhines, Scopes, Brown and Massey. Numerous other defendants: Growley, Johnson, Lancaster, Fletcher, Meacham, Barrett, Minton, Moss, Ditty, Barrett, Hard, McMill, Fisher, and Apple. Estate of Lenard H. Cardwell, dec'd. Dispute by Cardwell et al. against Allison et al. for not paying out and distributed some $1000 to $1200 in funds to the heirs. Case within two folders. |
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| View Entry | Henry Bundy et al. v. Joshua Carney, et al. | Smith | Estate Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Thomas Bundy, Nathan Bundy, Piceebrene Bundy, John Bundy, James Bundy, David Bundy, Arnie Bundy, and James Walton. Additional defendants: Samuel Andrews, John Hall, Daniel Carney and Harrison Lewis. |
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| View Entry | Henry Brooks v. Hopkins Richardson & William C. Richardson | Smith | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Henry House v. Agnes House et al. | Smith | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants: George W. House, Andrew J. House, Isaac House, Merit House, Amon House, Mary Bindson and John Bindson, Alfred House, James Boss and Sarah Boss, Josiah R. Smith, James L. Corby, Robert Harland, and John Corby |
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| View Entry | Hugh McCrea et al. v. Willis Dean et al. | Smith | Default on Promissory Note |
Additional Complainants: W. H. Harris, S. M. Fite, J. A. Fite. Additional Defendants: Samuel C. Kirby, Augustus S. Locke, Jane M. Locke, Julia G. Kirby, Sophia K. Kirby. |
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| View Entry | Hellen M. Winchester et al. v. James M. Winchester et al. | Smith | Wills, Contested |
Additional Plaintiffs: George Winchester, Louisa Rucker, Alvira Wynne, and John Head. Additional Defendants: James Winchester, Alfred Wynne, J.L. Clay, William Greenlou, James Wickerhouse, George Robinson, James Heath, D.M. Heath, Lucy Winchester, Edmund Rucker, Samuella Winchester, M. Winchester, Amanda Simpson, Leuchas Winchester, John Shelby, Henry Blood and wife Laura, H.M. Hills and wife Susan, James Breedlove, Nassoban Breedlove, Pierre Hardy and wife Alihilia, Norilda Smith, etc. |
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| View Entry | H. W. Hart & wife v. C. J. Witt & wife et al. | Smith | Injunction |
Additional defendants: M. D. Young and Martha R. Young, his wife, and William B. Young |
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| View Entry | Hugh R. Patterson& wife Cynthia v. David W. Humphreys, et al. | Smith | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Heirs of Elijah Humphreys, Thomas Murray. |
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| View Entry | Isaac A. Dale v. Adam Dale& Sarah Fossett | Smith | Debt |
Case concerns slavery |
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| View Entry | Ira W. King v. Samuel Allison, et al. | Smith | Debt |
Additional defendants: R. A. Tompson, E. F. Harp, Thomas Fisher (trustee of Samuel Allison), A. A. Allison (trustee of Samuel Allison), Thomas Fuller (admr. Of Isham Fuller), W. B. Pickering (trustee of Mrs. Bettie Luster), Berry Luster, Percy Luster, Moores Suster, W. R. Shaver (admr. Of Jere Smith), etc. |
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| View Entry | Josiah Marshall v. Samuel Hill | Smith | Injunction | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Julia G. McDonald, exe. of Henry B. McDonald, dec. v. R.B. Allen, et al. | Smith | Debt Settlement |
Additional Defendants: R.A. Bennett and William Allen. Debt due from a previous judgment paid with a counterfeit National Bank Bill. |
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| View Entry | John Martin, admr. of Richard Butcher, dec. v. Joseph Ramsey | Smith | Estate Settlement | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | John Daughtery v. Susanah Trigg, admr. of James McWhorter, dec. et al. | Smith | Debt Dispute |
First two pages missing. Complainant claimed that the deceased was indebted to him on several accounts, in large amounts, and were complicated in nature. Possible additional defendants: M. Anderson & Holden James Estill. |
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