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The following are a list of Supreme Court Cases from DeKalb County.
The goal is to obtain images of the Court Cases, and create WikiTree Pages for each case. That Space will then be linked in the list below, as well if there is a PDF for the case through the Tennessee State Library and Archive, a link will be added for those.
Year | Case Name | Cause/Crime | Case Description | # Pages | PDF1 | PDF2 | |
1838 | Samuel Williams v. Thomas W. Duncan | Debt | |||||
1839 | Ebenezer Wright v. E. W. Dale | Debt Dispute | |||||
1842 | Bank of Tennessee v. Archibald Cheatham, et al. | Debt | Other defendants: Matthew Simpson; David Fite; John Young. | 8 | [https://supreme-court-cases.tennsos.org/cases/17266/opinion-pdf Opinion PDF at TSLA | ||
1845 | Alexander H. Montgomery v. Joel Foster, et al. | Sale of Damaged/Misrepresented Goods | To wit, a horse. Other defendants: Tilman Foster. | Opinion PDF at TSLA | |||
1845 | Lebanon & Sparta Turnpike Company v. William B. Stokes | Other | Stockholder dispute. | Opinion PDF at TSLA | |||
1845 | Nathan Ward v. Jesse Allen & Alexander Martin | Trespass and Damages | 18 | Case PDF at TSLA | Opinion PDF at TSLA | ||
1846 | James Goodner v. Bernard Richardson | Trespass and Damages | |||||
1847 | Ammon L. Davis v. Daniel Smith | Covenant Broken | Opinion PDF at TSLA | ||||
1847 | William C. Martin, trustee of Elizabeth Magness, et al. v. Josiah Youngblood, Deputy Sheriff of DeKalb Co. | Replevin | Martin, trustee of Elizabeth Magness, Mary Martin, George P. Martin, Martha Martin, Sarah Martin, John Martin, Harlan (?) Martin, Harriett Martin. One negro girl, c. 25 years of age, named "Milley," property of children. | 8 | Case PDF at TSLA | Opinion PDF at TSLA | |
1848 | J. A. Richardson, admr. v. John Frazer | Deed Dispute | |||||
1848 | R. H. Cato v. James A. Richardson & Thomas D. Pierce | Debt | |||||
1849 | State v. James M. Cannon | Illegitimate Child/Bastardy | 11 | ||||
1849 | William Adams v. Joseph Clark | Debt | |||||
1849 | William C. Martin v. Perry G. Magness | Debt | |||||
1850 | A. S. Davis v. Daniel Smith | Fraud | Sale of land with fraudulent claims of value due to road access and ferriages | 45 | |||
1850 | George W. Earthman v. James Redman | Debt | |||||
1850 | Hiram Morris v. Alfred Hancock & Stephen Moore | Land and Title Dispute | 8 | Opinion PDF at TSLA | |||
1850 | Isaac Adcock v. State | Property Damage | 8 | Case PDF TSLA | |||
1850 | James Wills v. State | Motion for Appeal | Opinion PDF at TSLA | ||||
1850 | Manson M. Brien v. Thomas J. Sneed, Horace A. Overall | Debt | Abraham Overall obtained judgment made in 1844 before one G. Blades, Esqr. against Jacob Overall, principal and Isaac Overall, securities for about $165.43, caused an execution to issue and levied upon sold property of said Jacob. Jacob Overall later deceased, leaving great debt. | 66 | Case PDF at TSLA | ||
1850 | James Wills v. State | Motion for Appeal | Opinion PDF at TSLA | ||||
1852 | Elias Barbee v. Watson Potter | Trespass and Damages | 10 | Case PDF from TSLA | |||
1852 | Jesse Allen v. David Stroud | Breaking and Entering | 39 | ||||
1852 | Thomas J. Sneed & Horace A. Overall, admr. of Abram Overall, dec. v. Manson M. Brien, et al. | Debt | Other defendants: Jacob Overall; Isaac Overall. Case also listed in documents as Sneed & Overall v. Jacob Overall, et al. | ||||
1852 | William Blackburn v. John L. Dearman | Debt | Debt for barrels of corn. | Case PDF from TSLA | |||
1852 | William H. Botts v. Ezekiel W. Taylor | Debt | |||||
1853 | Alenza Williams v. John Crips | Fraud | Williams claims Crips fraudulently agreed to marry her and sues for $1000 in damages | ||||
1853 | Battail M. Jones v. Ezekiel W. Taylor | Debt | |||||
1853 | Benjamin Avant & Thomas H. W. Richardson v. E. A. Jackson | Fraud | This case involves the business partners of Avant and Richardson and the purchase of a bay horse from Jackson. The horse was diseased. | ||||
1853 | David Koger v. Thomas Leek | Trespass and Damages | |||||
1853 | Ezekiel W. Taylor v. Elijah Bowen | Failure to Perform Official Duties | |||||
1853 | Joseph Clark, exe. of William J. Givan v. T. Locke | Debt, Balance on | William J. Givan still owed for half his land and had not paid at the time of his death | ||||
1853 | M. M. Brien v. Aaron Frazer | Breaking and Entering | |||||
1853 | Matthew & John W. Williams, admr. of William Williams dec. v. Hiram M. Fite | Debt | William Williams died intestate. He had debt for boarding, lodging, nursing, clothing of Temperance, the infant daughter of the defendant. The mother of Temperance died in 1840. William Williams was the grandfather of Temperance and hoped to raise her. | ||||
1853 | P. G. Magness v. Samuel P. Tyree | Debt | Amount of Debt $54.18 | ||||
1853 | Rawley Autry v. H. A. Overall | Debt | Amount of Debt $2487.23 | ||||
1853 | State v. Harrison Bain | Nuisance | Harrison Bain was the overseer of a public road and failed to meet state laws in the maintaining the road | 10 | Case PDF at TSLA | ||
1853 | T. G. & Lucinda Wroe v. Jenkins Greer | Estate Sale | A property was sold at an estate sale and there was a dispute over when the exchange of owners was to take place. | ||||
1853 | William Barr v. David Rogers | Land and Title Dispute | |||||
1853 | William H. Whaley v. Edward Lawrence & Duncan Johnson | Debt | |||||
1853 | William Patterson v. David James | Ejectment | |||||
Williams, admr. of William Williams dec. v Hiram Fite | Debt | Matthew and John W. Williams were administrators of the estate of William Williams. He had no assets, but had debts for boarding, lodging, nursing, clothing for a grandchild named Temperance whose mother had died in 1840. Fite had married the daughter of the intestate. After her death the child had remained with William Williams. | 13 | ||||
1854 | Bank of Tennessee v. John W. Williams | Damages | 8 | ||||
1855 | Alfred L. Hancock & Stephen Moore v. Jeremiah Connor & Hiram Morris | Injunction | Plaintiffs sued for an injunction on defendants cutting of timber on the land that the plaintiffs claim is rightfully theirs. They have an ejectment case currently pending in Chancery Court. Exhibit: Plat of land. | 38 | |||
1855 | Church Anderson v. Daniel Smith & Isaac Neal | Debt Dispute | |||||
1855 | David Smith v. Bird S. Rhea& Ammon L. Davis | Trespass and Damages | Case PDF from TSLA | ||||
1855 | Edward A. Jackson v. William Floyd | Land and Title Dispute | Plaintiff purchased a 400 acre tract of land for $150. However, the title for at least part of this tract is in dispute. Exhibits: survey of disputed land | 85 | Case PDF from TSLA | ||
1855 | Hiram Morris v. A. L. Hancock, et al. | Ejectment | Additional defendants - Mary Elizabeth Moore, William H. Moore and Stephen Moore. Amount of damages, $79.33 | Case PDF from TSLA] | |||
1855 | John B. Taylor v. Stephen Atrip | Personal Property Dispute | Dispute over ownership of a horse |
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