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Exhibit Only. Photographs - town with men and buildings. Exhibits to testimony of W. W. Galbreath. |
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| View Entry | (unknown) | Knox | Petitions for Certiorari |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
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| View Entry | "Eads" on the Town of Eads v. L. A. Richmond | Shelby | Debt |
Debt due for taxes |
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| View Entry | (unknown) | Blount | Unknown |
Pp. 115-116 of unidentified case regarding whiskey. It sold for 30 cents per gallon in 1830. Holston and French Broad rivers are mentioned. |
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| View Entry | (unknown) | Henry | (unknown) |
The first 32 pages of this case are missing, pages that would have included much valuable information, including the style, charges & verdict. The extant pages consist solely of testimony involving a train and a woman who was injured. Witnesses include Julia Ann Muzzall, W. E. Walters, A. W. Rogers, William G. Hastings, Dr. L. L. Duncan, A. M. Muzzall, H. C. French, J. M. Neal, T. B. Sprouse, John Butten, J. W. Fristol, T. A. Pyle, A. S. Clute, R. J. Crenshaw, and Ben Thompson. |
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| View Entry | (unknown) | Tipton | Lien | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | (unknown) | Greene | Unknown |
Folder only contains judgment reversing circuit court's ruling & dismissing the motion to dismiss the petition for writ of certiorari. Document doesn't specifically name plaintiffs or defendants except Samuel Keller (who was dec. & case was being continued by his executors). Possibly related to McDowell, McGahghey & Co. v. John & Samuel Keller in Box ET 1067. |
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| View Entry | Alexander McMillan v. Joshua Clanton | Sumner | Land and Title Dispute |
Both Clanton and McMillan made claim to land in Sumner County. The contested land ownership was linked to a very lengthy and convoluted chain of title. |
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| View Entry | Abram DeGraffenreid v. John Kimbro | Rutherford | Land and Title Dispute |
This dispute over a tract of land in Rutherford County includes a survey of the land in question. |
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| View Entry | Anderson Childress v. James Stuart | Williamson | Debt Dispute |
A. Childress, executor of Joel Childress, deceased, maintains that defendant owes Childress estate $4,571 in "current bank notes" which he has not paid. |
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| View Entry | Arthur Jones v. Nathaniel Hunt | Franklin | Failure to Return Execution |
Hunt is Franklin County sheriff and is accused of failing to return an execution which was issued upon the dissolution of an injunction to a judgment of the Circuit Court for $147. |
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| View Entry | Anthony B. Shelby v. Sarah Haynes. | Sumner | Debt |
The last name of the defendant is sometimes spelled "Haines." |
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| View Entry | Aquella Jones v. Polly Lewis & Isaac Earthman, admr. | Davidson | Debt |
Lewis and Earthman are administrators of the John Earthman Estate. Jones filed a claim claiming that John Earthman owed him $372.43. |
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| View Entry | Anthony Lee v. Priscilla Sugg | Humphreys | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Seeking Damages. |
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| View Entry | Archibald Lytle v. John Nichols | Williamson | Ejectment-Unlawful Detainer |
Lytle's tenant, listed here only as John Doe, was forcibly ejected from his property -- complaint is trespass and ejectment. |
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| View Entry | Andrew Campbell v. Thomas Montgomery | Williamson | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Andrew Fay v. Marshall Moody | Giles | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Absalom Harris v. Parson Isom | Franklin | Debt for Wages | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Alexander Smith et al. v. Joseph& Nancy L. Hightower | Williamson | Land and Title Dispute: Ejectment |
J. Hightower accused of breaking into home of John Doe and ejecting him. Doe leased property from Smiths & Dewey P. and Elizabeth C. Hadley. Also named: Sarah Smith, wife of Alexander, only heir of James Leiper: Elizabeth Hadley daughter of Smiths. |
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| View Entry | Absalom& Thomas Massie v. Jonathan Hardwick & Benjamin Robertson | Dickson | Debt Settlement | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Almedius D. W. Williams v. James Walton | Smith | Trespass | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Allen Yowell v. Thomas Hopkins | Warren | Land, Contract Dispute | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Alfred Miller v. David Mitchell | Rutherford | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Andrew Hynes v. John Nichols & Mills Williams | Franklin | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Arthur M. Edwards v. Amzi Jones | Rutherford | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Alfred M. Balch v. Augustus H. White et al. | Bedford | Debt |
Additional defendant Burrell G. White Amount of debt $85.50 |
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| View Entry | Alfred Eaton v. Sampson Nease et al. | Bedford | Damages |
Additional defendant - Jordan C. Holt Amount of damages $500.00 |
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| View Entry | Anthony Dibrell v. William M. Young | White | Debt |
The case was over the debt of an estate for $350.50. Other names in the case are Woodson P. White. |
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| View Entry | Asa Fonville, et al. v. James K. Polk | Bedford | Estate Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Israel Fonville, James Jones, and John Tillman. Defendant was James Knox Polk, then Governor of the state of Tennessee, and to be elected president of the United States in 1845. |
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| View Entry | Asa Johnson & L. A. Baker v. Allen M. Perry | Sumner | Trespass | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Alex Dillard v. Thomas B. Askew& Thomas A. Lancaster | Smith | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Archibald Stone v. Samuel Underhill | Cannon | Ejectment | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Ann S. Johnson v. Augustus D. Bailey, et al. | Maury | Debt Dispute |
Other defendants: Pleasant Nelson; Charles Brandon. |
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| View Entry | Anthony W. Vanleer, et al. v. David L. Scott, et al. | Davidson | Debt |
Documents in 3 folders. Plaintiff's name also spelled Vanlier. |
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| View Entry | Amara Ezell v. Elihu McDonald | Giles | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | A. G. Porter v. Thomas Wilson | Franklin | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Anthony W. Johnson v. William H. Carroll & Mary Breathitt | Davidson | Debt Settlement |
William H Carroll served multiple terms as Governor of Tennessee. |
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| View Entry | A. Wallace et al. v. Jesse Lassiter | Montgomery | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Ahi Dock v. Joel C. Martin | Overton | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Allen Carter et al. v. William Samuel Boughter | Montgomery | Failure to Return Execution |
Additional Plaintiffs: Allen Carter and wife, Carlotte, Samuel Lockhart and wife, Nancy, D.D. Murphy and wife, Sarah, Joseph Lockhart and wife, Polly, John Smith, James Smith, George Smith, Thomas Smith, William Smith, J. Hornberger, and others. |
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| View Entry | Asa Todd v. Robert Cannon | Rutherford | Ejectment | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Albert M. Fleming & Peter E. Fleming v. William H. McCabe & Joseph Ramsey | Rutherford | Damages |
Case involves a 8 year old negro boy. |
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| View Entry | Alfred H. Wynne, et al. v. Littleberry Edwards | Sumner | Debt |
Additional parties: Thomas H. Johnson, John Weaver. |
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| View Entry | Anthony Dibrell v. James Campbell, admr. | Davidson | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Atwood & Co. v. Orlando Avery & Jesse W. Tarkington | Williamson | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Archer J. Wood & Brother v. Lysander McGavock | Williamson | Fraud |
Other plaintiff: Johnson Wood. Plaintiffs were African Americans & bought a slave, Mariah, from McGavock. McGavock claimed she was healthy, but plaintiffs discovered she wasn't after purchasing her. |
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| View Entry | Ammon L. Davis v. Thomas Hamilton, et al. | Davidson | Debt |
Additional defendants: Silas Macey and A. T. Lavabelle. |
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| View Entry | Alfred Miller v. B. G. White et al. | Rutherford | Debt |
Additional defendants: Stokley White, Augustus H. White, J. F. Howland, and L. H. Carney |
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| View Entry | Arthur Dawson v. W. J. Williams | Smith | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants: Stephen Mann; Henry, Stephen, Isaac, Hamlet, James, John, Mary Jane Williams, Jackson, Samuel and Thomas Dawson |
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| View Entry | Alexander V. Phelps v. P. Perkins, et al. | Davidson | Bills of Exchange |
Additional defendants: Constantine Perkins and Thomas Clack. |
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