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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1927 | Annie Mai Flack Barker v. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co. | Crockett | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Pltfs husband, Joseph Walter Barker, died Nov. 8, 1926. His insurance was supposed to be paid out on proof of death, which pltf supplied. Ins. Co refused to payout policy. |
West | Range: 77 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1899 | 70 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1875 | A. H. Love v. R. E. Raines | Crockett | Debt Dispute | West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 28 | 19 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1887 | A. J. Collinsworth v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Crockett | Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 396 | 128 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1887 | A. F. Tipton & T. J. Smothers v. Jane May& Edmond May | Crockett | Estate Dispute |
Case concerns a piece of property inherited by Jane May and what the language of the will allowed Jane May to do with the property once inherited. |
West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 410 | 86 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1892 | A. T. Horine v. L & N Railroad Co. | Crockett | Damages |
This file contains only pp.132-244 of this case, of which the cover is also missing. These pages largely consist of witness testimony. The case concerns a shipment of strawberries, in what was supposed to be a refrigerated car, to Boston. Along the way, part of a train slammed into this car, bruising and crushing many of the berries, and damaging the refrigeration so that by the time the berries arrived in Boston, they were so badly damaged they could not be sold. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 498 | 140 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1894 | Andrew J. Collinsworth v. J. R. McDonald, admr. | Crockett | Wills, Contested |
McDonald administrator of B. F. Collinsworth, deceased. |
West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 610 | 60 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1892 | Bud Farrow v. State | Crockett | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
The number of pages does not reflect the loose brief inside the case. Part of the testimony involves Ballard's saloon and "Ed & woman in bed." |
West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 340 | 46 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | Board of Mayor& Councilmen of the town of Bells v. Birmingham& Northwestern Railway Company et al. | Crockett | Breach of Contract |
Plaintiffs are sued for breach of a contract for the sale of 160 shares of stock in the railroad, which were to be presented to the board on a certain date, or cash value of stock was to be presented in lieu of stock. Neither stock nor cash were received The stock amounted to $16000. Additional defendants: O. J. Nance, I. B. Tigrett, R. B. Hicks, J. E. Edenton. 2 folders |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1712 | 590 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | B. R. Lewis v. L. H. Jernagin | Crockett | Debt Settlement |
The charge is "debt due by note under five hundred dollars." The actual amount of the debt is $51.20 plus costs. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 73 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1875 | C. H. Medlin v. J. H. Bell | Crockett | Injunction |
B. S. Jones |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 45 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | C. W. McMurray v. William Hart | Crockett | Debt | West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 152 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1886 | C. F. Hicks& W. A. Cook v. Hartwell Cook | Crockett | Notes | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 293 | 33 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1901 | C. H. Conley v. Amanda L. Potts, et al.. | Crockett | Land, Fraud |
Additional defendant: Daniel Potts. L. C. Potts, deceased. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 776 | 25 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | C. H. Conley v. Amanda L. Potts et al. | Crockett | Estate Dispute |
The widow of L.C. Potts, Amanda L. Potts, is in a dispute with his creditors over the right to his personal property. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 784 | 287 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1902 | Callie Prescott v. J. D. Prescott | Crockett | Divorce | West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 820 | 26 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1905 | Charlie Hughes v. Sherrod & Co. | Crockett | Property Dispute |
Property dispute over lumber and shingles. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 842 | 88 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1930 | Crockett County et als v. D. H. Powell, Claud Powell and Athol Powell | Crockett | Land |
County sought to condemn a tracts of land belonging to defendants and jury stated land was worth $118.50; defendants appealed in error Ex: blueprints of land tracts |
West | Range: 77 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 2030 | 126 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1901 | C. Worrell et al. v. W. F. Drake | Crockett | Estate Settlement |
Additional plaintiff: J. R. Worrell, H. A. Worrell, Turner Worrell, Flora McLendon by her husband as next of friend, Mrs. Balma Eason by her husband as next of friend, Arthur Harrell, Ed Harrell, Ludie Harrell, Rosa Harrell, John Harrell, Carry Harrell by next of friend Lee Harrell, Robert Worrell, J. D. Worrell, Bertie Mahon, Carry Mahon, Della Mahon, Roy Mahon, Jesse Mahon by next of friend C. Worrell, Mrs. Artie Surratt by her husband (?) Surratt. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 776 | 45 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | Day & Proudfit v. B. H. Medlin & M. M. Medlin | Crockett | Debt |
Land to satisfy judgment. Court of Origin: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 31 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1888 | David A. Nunn, et al.v. J. T. Burnett & Wife, et al | Crockett | Estate Settlement |
Additional Plaintiffs: David E. Mayo, Lucy A. Mayo, Isaac Koonce, dec., David A. Nunn, Jr., J. H. Nunn, W. T. Nunn, Hugh Nunn, J. L. Sinclair, Della Sinclair, W. A. Powell, David H. Powell, J. B. Powell, Alice Epperson, Many Powell, Esta Powell, Nathan Powell, S. K . Tigrett, Lizzie Tigrett. Additional defendants: Macy R. Burnett, S. H. Burnett, Samuel H. Burnett, Mallie E. O. Burnett. |
West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 408 | 805 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1874 | Dillard Brothers & Coffin v. W. A. Payne et al. | Crockett | Breach of Bond | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 43 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1880 | Day & Proudfit v. William Evans et al. | Crockett | Deed Dispute |
Defendant: M. W. Medlin, B. H. Medlin. First 34 pages are missing. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 144 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | Day & Proudfit v. William Evans, et al. | Crockett | Attachment |
Case file contains no case from lower court. Additional defendants: C. H. Medlin and his sons, B. H. Medlin and M. W. Medlin. See also WT 144. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 215 | 19 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1888 | D. A. Nunn, et al. v. J. T. Burnett & wife, et al. | Crockett | Other |
Set aside certain deeds of gift, conveyances to real personal property of estate of Isaac Koonce, dec. Additional defendants: S. H. Burnett, M. E. O. Burnett, J. T. Burnett. |
West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 405 | 38 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | D. A. Walker v. B. H. Harmon | Crockett | Debt |
Debt for the amount of $250.00 for purchasing crops. |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 570 | 37 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1875 | E. W. Ing& T. M. Hutchinson v. James Warren | Crockett | Obstructing a Public Road/ Road/ Ri |
Case concerns a road running from the town of Gadsden in Crockett County to the town of Humboldt in Gibson County. |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 36 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | E. T. & E. S. Collins v. William C. Hay | Crockett | Breach of Contract |
Defendant sold plaintiffs a deed to tract of land in Craighead Co., AR. In return they deeded Hays the right to make and vend a cotton and hay press called the Collins Press. Press invented by E. S. Collins. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 161 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | Ed L. Fox v. Louisville & Nashville Rail Road Co. | Crockett | Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 295 | 143 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1888 | E. J. Chaney v. W. B. Johnson | Crockett | Debt, Execution on | West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 403 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1879 | Gregory & Baldridge v. D. H. Thomas, admr. et al. | Crockett | Debt |
Additional Defendants: G. W. Faulkner |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 126 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | G. W. Bowling v. T. J. Layman | Crockett | Property Dispute | West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1888 | G. W. Hughes v. John Brown | Crockett | Debt on Account | West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 403 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1886 | Gus Koonce v. Matilda Koonce | Crockett | Divorce |
Plaintiff married defendant ca. July 1878 to avoid bastardy suit then leveled against him, but did not live with her afterward, stating that she had a lewd and adulterous nature. Defendant once more pregnant with child she alleges is his. Both plaintiff & defendant African American. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 36 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1901 | German-American Insurance Company of New York v. S M. Turnley, et al | Crockett | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Additional defendants: G. H. Turnley, the Carter Dry Good Company, and the Tennent Stribbling Shoe Company. |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 744 | 144 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | George W. Moss v. L. H. Boling | Crockett | Debt |
Plaintiff sued to collect $465 debt & $114 in freight charges & court costs. In March 1893 parties in suit dealt in livestock & shipped 8 jacks to Belton, TX. After disposing of 5, plaintiff sold his interest in remaining 3 jacks to Arthur M. Knight & settled partnership with deft. After settlement deft. owed him $465 which he has refused to pay. Deft. has also refused to pay his share of freight charges to have a stallion & jack shipped back to Bells, TN. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 821 | 176 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | German American Insurance Company v. S. M. Turnley, et al | Crockett | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Additional defendant: G. H. Turnley. The two defendants comprising S. M. Turnley and Company. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 897 | 47 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1927 | Gadsen Produce Company v. B. C. Emison | Crockett | Notes |
This was a suit on a note. Pltf is payee of note and dfnt is an accommodation maker on said note. Dfnt. resisted payment on said note because he asserted 1) his signature was obtained through fraud, 2) note was negotiated in breach of faith and in violation of escrow, and 3) Pltf. was not a bona fide holder on the note. |
West | Range: 77 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1899 | 92 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1873 | Hiriam A. Partee admr. of Pickett Homley et al.. v. John J. Matthews, et al.. | Crockett | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
Additional plaintiffs - William S. Pickett and Ralph Hormley - additional defendants - Mary Matthews, Julia Matthews William Feaham, Martha Feaham, William Matthews, Henry Matthews, Jefferson D. Matthews and R. S. Matthews |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 41 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | Hannah M. Kail v. William Moore, admr., et al. | Crockett | Wills, Contested |
Additional Defendants: Sylvester and Alice Kail. Moore was administrator of the estate of Elisha Kail, dec. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | Hobert Harber v. State | Crockett | Violation of Age of Consent |
Hobert Harber is accused of violating the age of consent by having relations with Lucy Little, a minor, who was later his wife by the time of the trial. |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1662 | 43 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | Henry T. Ellett, exe. v. W.B. Richardson & Co., et al. | Crockett | Failure to Pay |
Ellett is the executor for James Phelan, deceased. |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 36 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | Hannah Lancaster v. William H. Jelks | Crockett | Debt |
Hannah Lancaster was a "colored" woman who originally sued Benjamin Lancaster (also "colored") for a debt. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1877 | Hadden et al. v. F. M. Riddick & A. J. Riddick | Crockett | Notes |
Plaintiffs listed as David B. Hadden, J.W. Avery and John M. Farrington. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 139 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1891 | Henry Howell v. State | Crockett | Murder | West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 | 117 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1890 | H. A. Partee, et al.v. John J. Matthews, et al. | Crockett | Land |
Additional plaintiff: Pickett Wormley and Company. Additional defendant: Susan Dance. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 499 | 82 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1875 | I. A. Nunn v. J.W. Jenkins | Crockett | Debt Dispute |
Claimant holds unpaid notes for a land purchase, is asking for payment. |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 27 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | J. B. Powell, Sr., dec. v. J. H. Brooks, et al. | Crockett | Land, Promissory Note |
Additional defendant: Ira Goodwin. Additional parties: W. A. Powell. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 107 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | J. S. Day & W. P. Proudfit v. W. P. Williams, admr. of C.H. Medlin, dec., et al. | Crockett | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional defendants: William Evans, M. W. and B. H. Medlin, and Doak Williams and wife, Adelaide Williams. B. H. Medlin, M. W. Medlin and Adelaide Williams heirs at law of C. H. Medlin who died 15 Dec. 1877. Case incomplete. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 114 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | James A. Griffin v. R. G. Harris | Crockett | Replevin | West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 128 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1880 | John Willett v. The Corporation of the Town of Bellville | Crockett | Taxation Disputes |
Complainant maintains that he has been unfairly taxed by the city of Bellville, TN as his property lies outside its legal boundaries. Case also cites a chancery court case that changed Bellville's boundaries. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 159 | 0 | Order A Copy |