Middle Tennessee Supreme Court Records, Box 56
15 Aug 1836
On this date the case of William HEROD & Peter HEROD & C. vs. Claiborne HALL and his wife Elizabeth, Nathan HALL and his wife Frances, Daniel M. LANE and his wife Mary Ann, James HEROD, Valentine HEROD, & William FAGG came to be heard before the honorable Abraham CARUTHERS, Judge of Smith County Court, contesting the will of William HEROD, Sr., deceased.
Judgment on 01 Sep 1836 for plaintiffs.
The defendants prayed for a new trial which was not granted.
They then prayed for an appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court.
They heard the case in 1837 and affirmed the judgement by consent.
