Early Governors' Papers

Knoxville 10^th July 1826

To his Excellency William Carroll Esquire Governor of the State of Tennessee

We the undersigned Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee, now holding said court at Knoxville, pursuant to the 70th chapter of the acts of the General Assembly of this State passed on the 5th day of December 1825, do certify and make known to your Excellency, that there are pending in the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals at Knoxville, the following causes, to hear and determine which, there is not a competent court, as will appear by the docket hereto annexed, with the remarks thereon: To wit,

Jesse Meek vs Marcus D Bearden & Morton Peterson

Judge Peck was of counsel for the complainant made the decree in the chancery ^court and Judge Catron is of affinity to the defendant Bearden's wife.

John Love vs John McIver & others

Judges Catron & Peck were of counsel for the complainant Love

John Cocke vs David Stuart

Judge Peck was of Counsel ^in the suit at law and has an interest in the question for deft and Judge Catron is of affinity to the complainant

John Cocke & John F Jack vs Robert McGinnis admr

Judge Peck was of counsel for the deft & Judge Catron is of affinity to the plaintiff Cocke

Joseph P. Minnick's lessee vs John Cocke, John Brown & others

Judge Peck was of counsel for the Plaintiff and Judge Catron is of affinity to the deft Cocke

[John Tanner?] vs Wm & Royal Jennings

Judge Peck was of counsel for the compt. & Judge Whyte heard the cause in the court below from whose decree an appeal was taken.

J Haywood Jacob Peck [M. Carton|[M: Catron]]

We the undersigned Judges of the Supreme Court for the State of Tennessee sitting at Knoxville at the July term A. D. 1827 thereof do certify to his Excellency the Governor in and over the State of Tennessee that these pendig and for hearing and decision in said Supreme Court at Knoxville at the present term the following causes; to hear and determine which there is not a competent court=; two of the present members of the Court being incompetent to decide thereon: That is to say

1 John Tonner (Tonner) } Dispos^d of vs W^m Jennings & Ryal Jennings = 2 John A. Rogers & Jacob Hackney vs Martin Beaty & others = 3 John Cocke & John F. Jack vs Robert M^cGinnis admr = 4 Joseph P. Minnick's Lessee vs John Cocke and others

5 James G. Harris admr of Elizabeth M^cEthatton vs John Cocke admr of Henry Howel and the Heirs of said Howel & al. = 6 John and Ann Condley vs James G. Martin, Thomas Hopkins and William Cocke's Lessee ~ ~ = 7 John Meek vs Marcus Bearden & Morton Peterson = 8 John Cocke vs John Stuart & Geo. Stuart Executors of David Stuart dec^d. Knoxville Equity

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