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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1877 | A. L. Huies v. Joseph G. Tipton, et al. | Lake | Replevin |
Additional Defendant: T. J. Williams. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 88 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Aaron Caldwell v. Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Company | Lake | Insurance Claims and Policies |
The plaintiff attempted to recover $1,500 from the defendant for breach of contract. Printed brief included. |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1231 | 138 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | A. E. Markham, admr., et al. v. Lillian Harris et al. | Lake | Estate Settlement |
The plaintiff was admr. of the estate of J. C. Harris, dec. Additional Plaintiffs: Bessie Harris Markham, Birdie Hubbs, D. W. Hubbs, and Mary I. Harris. Additional Defendants: James C. Harris, Bessie Lee Harris, Mary Linda Harris, and others. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1280 | 118 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | A. E. Markham, admr., et. Al. v. Mrs. Lillian Harris | Lake | Estate Dispute |
Concerns estate of James C. Harris, who died in 1910. Additional plaintiff: Bessie Harris Markham. Children of James Harris mentioned are Bessie Harris, Henry R. Harris, Bessie Harris Markham, Judge James C. Harris. Value of estate appears to be $285,000. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1294 | 122 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1915 | Bank of Caruthersville v. J. L. Bowers et al.AND Ada Harland Bowers, et al.v. Peoples Bank of Caruthersville | Lake | Debt |
cases were consolidated over time; debt of $350 for balance due on promissory note by Bowers at Caruthersville; Ex A: promissory note credits Bank of Caruthersville located in Missouri; Bowers residents of Texas |
West | Range: 79 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1440 | 142 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | C. B. Hight v. J. T. Clifton& Gordon Griffin, for the use of O. H. Taylor& wife Grace Taylor, v. J. T. Clifton | Lake | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Defendant was under contract with the English Plantation Company to sell tracks of land in Dyer and Lake Counties. The land was to be sold at $30 per acre or more and Clifton was to keep whatever he received above the $30. The defendant sold all the land he was under contract to sell. The plaintiff claims that he is "entitled to the benefit of said contract to the amount of $10.00 per acre as agreed upon, which would be $985.00, for which amounts he charges is due and owing him from the defendant." |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1669 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1913 | Dan Miller v. State | Lake | Murder |
Victim: George Putnam |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1308 | 62 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | E. A. & George P. Nevill v. Sandy Hines | Lake | Land, Sale of | West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 92 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | E. A. Nevill v. W. D. Wainwright | Lake | Land, Sale of | West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 125 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | E. W. Presley v. Meadows & Thompson | Lake | Debt | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 265 | 24 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1908 | Eliza Mooney, admr. v. the Roberts Cotton Gin Company | Lake | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Eliza Mooney, admr. of the estate of her deceased son, Med Mooney, a resident of Tiptonville, TN, who was killed in a cotton gin accident, 20 Jan. 1906. |
West | Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 969 | 2753 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Farmer's Bank of Woodland Mills v. R. V. Badger, et al. | Lake | Debt Dispute |
Addtl pltfs: J. A. Hefley, O. A. Kennedy, and Edgar Branham. Addtl dfnt: O. B. Badger. Pltfs. sued to recover debt owed by promissory note taken out by dfnts. |
West | Range: 77 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 2119 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | G. M. Arnett v. W. J. Walker | Lake | Debt |
Debt for land, rent and crops grown on land; $650, $280000, and $14687; Exhibit A: itemized statement |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1254 | 97 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | H. Brady, Co. v. W. B. & R. M. Isler | Lake | Debt |
Partners involved: W. B. Isler, R. M. Isler, Henry Brady, W. H. Adams |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 86 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | Hill Fontain & Company v. B. R. Burrus | Lake | Debt | West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 322 | 38 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1876 | Henry Brady v. James C. Harris | Lake | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Brady owned a saloon and grocery store in Tiptonville, TN with partner Samuel Fry, deceased. Took on Harris as partner in grocery store after Fry's death. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | J. J. Stayton et al. v. Caroline Dickenson | Lake | Damages |
Additional plaintiffs: J. W. Robinson |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 103 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | James C. Harris v. M. L. Shelton, admr. | Lake | Scire Facias |
Additional Plaintiffs: W. H. Shelton, dec. Additional parties: G. P. Nevill, dec., E. A. Nevill |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 124 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1882 | James C. Hams v. F. W. Lamb et al | Lake | Unknown |
Docket number is guessed as the third number is partly destroyed |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 190 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | J. A. Barker v. A. P. Campbell | Lake | Debt | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 265 | 20 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1892 | J. F. Ferguson v. J. C. Burrus | Lake | Replevin | West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 350 | 41 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1899 | J. C. Harris & P. Davis v. J. G. Tipton & T. A. Erwin | Lake | Debt Dispute |
Debt on land. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 787 | 41 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | J. B. Murfree, et al.v. L. B. Powell, et al | Lake | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Henry Murfree, Mrs. Esther L. Jetton, Mrs. Fannie D. Hancock, B. R. Abernathy, William M. Abernathy. Additional defendants: J. H. Powell, T. C. Powell Jr., Mrs. Ada Harland, Mrs. Rosa Powell, Mrs. T. C. Powell Sr., Ira B. Powell, Van L. Powell, Alma B. Powell, Hattie S. Powell, R. C. Powell, Rosa A. Powell, James Alford. Plaintiffs are heirs of Thomas R. Murfree. All defendants, except James Alford and Mrs. Rosa Powell, are heirs of T. C. Powell Sr. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1007 | 122 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1906 | J. T. Foster v. F. H. Mathis & V. C. Giles | Lake | Failure to Pay |
Mathis and Giles had captured the person responsible for shooting Foster's son. Foster offered a reward for the capture, but refused to pay. Defendants Mathis and Giles sued and won in local court and Circuit Court, so Foster appealed to Supreme Court. Shooter is listed as Jack Merriweather, noted as being a negro. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1112 | 43 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | J. H. Austin v. Ruben Tipton | Lake | Possession of Land |
Plaintiff Austin claimed that they had leased their 150 acres to Tipton for 1 year but that he refused to leave the property. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1288 | 41 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | J. C. Harris & Co. v. Wiley Smith | Lake | Debt | West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 124 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1887 | John D. Arnett v. W. H. Anderson | Lake | Debt |
Plaintiff was administrator of the estate of Milton Donaldson, dec. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 316 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | J. H. Hillsman, et al. v. John A. McCampbell, et al. | Lake | Ejectment |
Additional plaintiffs: B. T. Hillsman, C. P. Haun, Mary Haun, William Hausbro, M. Hausbro, William Hausbro, Michael Hausbro. J. H. Hillsman. Additional defendants: Thomas McCampbell, Nancy McCampbell, Mary McCampbell, William McMurry, Frances McMurry, William Searcy, Archibald Sercy, John P. Searcy, Martha A. Searcy, Nathan D. Lucy, J. Hamilton, J. C. Hamilton, Mary S. Sucy, William O. Sucy, DeWitt H. Sucy, Lucinda H. Manlove, D. Erwin, James J. Erwin, Elizabeth J. Eakin, W. H. Polk, Amanda S. Polk, |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 446 | 133 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | J. H. P. Westbrook v. M. B. Thompson, et al. | Lake | Estate Dispute |
Other defendants: R. M. Isler; Hany Isler; L. Donalson; May Donalson; Eloise Donalson; Jessie Isler; Meriweather Donalson; Westbrook Donalson; Tschudi Swayne; Norman Donalson. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 686 | 72 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | James Lee Jr. v. Austin Clothing Co., et al. | Lake | Fraud |
This convoluted case is important because it ended up in Shelby Co. Chancery Ct. having been tried in Lake Co. The appellees warn that it would be a dangerous precedent for a party to have the "right to attack and impeach the decision of a Chancery Court in this State." The case originated when the clothing store filed a creditors bill against Mrs. L. E. Fuller, Charley Frost & J. L. Fuller. The only mention of Lee is being the surety bond holder for Mrs. Fuller. The many defendants are companies. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 819 | 61 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1906 | J. J. Fuqua v. W. J. Cates | Lake | Land and Title Dispute |
Dispute concerns 2/3 ownership of a piece of property in Lake County. Exhibit is hand-drawn plat map. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1053 | 574 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1916 | Knola Howard v. Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World | Lake | Insurance Disputes |
The plaintiff's husband, Arch C. Howard, was a member of the defendant's organization and, as such, was entitled to a beneficiary fund upon his death, which the defendant refused to pay on the grounds that Howard died of alcoholic poisoning. |
West | Range: 79 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1418 | 101 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | Lake County Mfg. Co. v. Alex Ezell | Lake | Replevin |
Dispute over a car load of oil mill machinery. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1067 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | Louis DeMontcourt v. C. F. Leibke & Charles N. Schrage of the firm Leibke & Schrage | Lake | Attachment |
Firm of Leibke & Schrage based in St. Louis, MO. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 138 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Liebke & Schrage v. Louis De Montcourt et al | Lake | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendant: A. J. Henshaw. Liebke & Schrage comprised of Christian F. Liebke & Charles H. Schrage of St. Louis, MO. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 254 | 164 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | L. B. Powell et al. v. N. M. Leake et al. | Lake | Debt |
The case includes a countersuit: N. M. Leake et al. v. L. B. Powell et al. Other plaintiffs: T. C. Powell, John H. Powell Jr., John H. Powell Sr. Co-defendants: Annie Leak [sic], Absalom Sams, Sarah Sams, H. Bargery, Florence Bargery, Willie Bargery. John Bargery bought land from Powell and did not make the final payment; his widow Sarah has since remarried; no executor for Bargery has ever been appointed, and the title to the land has never been registered. Powell is trying to collect the debt. |
West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 360 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | Metropolitan National Bank of New York v. Henry Walker | Lake | Promissory Note | West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 71 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | Margaret J. Latimer v. Jacob Latimer | Lake | Divorce | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 259 | 58 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1896 | Mackey Nisbeth Company v. C. W. Jones | Lake | Debt | West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 447 | 20 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1896 | Martin Lohman, Guardian of Robert C. Snow v. J. C. Harris, Guardian of Robert C. Snow | Lake | Other |
Sues for the removal of a fund of money of minor Robert Snow in the hands of Harris to the present place of the minor's residence. |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 457 | 70 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1909 | Mengel Box Company v. Southern Wood& Supply Company et al. | Lake | Conveyance, Illegal |
The plaintiff, a milling business, accused the defendants of conveying timber land they did not legally own. Additional Defendant: A.J. Pitts. |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1213 | 240 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | Mrs. Ella Caruthers, et al. v. A. J. Pitts, et al.,& R. P. Whitesell v. A. J. Pitts, et al. | Lake | Land and Title Dispute |
Ella Caruthers is Executrix of Stoddard Caruthers, deceased. Additional case names: R. I. Chester, R. H. Chester, C. G. Bond. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1290 | 273 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1916 | Mrs. M. E. Griffin et al. v. B. F. Hardison | Lake | Bank Note |
The plaintiff was the widow of J. T. Griffin, dec., who secured a payment of a bank note with a deed of trust to the bank. Additional Plaintiffs: T. J. Murdock, admr. of estate of J. T. Griffin, dec. |
West | Range: 79 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1427 | 224 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1924 | Mattie Lee Caruthers v. The Lake County Manufacturing Co. | Lake | Workman's Compensation |
William Caruthers, deceased. Plaintiff sued for workman's compensation in the case of the death of her husband while employed by the plaintiff. 4 reply briefs only. |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1771 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1927 | Nancy M. Walker, et al. v. S. F. Wynn, et al. | Lake | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
This case involved the construction of the deed of W. J. Wynn dated Jan. 26, 1891, which conveyed property to complainant. The title to plot of land was what's in dispute in this case. All sides claim varied interpretations of the will. Wynn was also spelled Wynne. Addtl plfts: W.J. Walker. Addtl dfnts: Lucy Wynne Montgomery, T.B. Montgomery, Truma Smith, J.H. Smith, Mary Younge Algee, Paul Algee, Bidwell Wynn, Ardie Tipton, R.R. Tipton, Sam D. Younge, George Wynn, Tom C. Wynn, and I.L. Barnett. |
West | Range: 78 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1876 | 156 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | N. N. Gum v. N. A. J. Davis | Lake | Debt, Balance on |
Davis owes Gum a sum of $500 for debt on a promissory note. Cattle were involved. |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 21 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Ollie G. Short v. Volunteer State Life Insurance Co. | Lake | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Life insurance policy of $1000 owed from death of William F. Short |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1308 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | Pauline S. Russell & Andrew Scott Russell v. Dr. J. M. Wright | Lake | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 740 | 170 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1893 | P. M. Vaccaro & Co. v. S. J. Harper, et al.and A. Vaccaro & Co. v. S. J. Harper, et al | Lake | Attachment |
Additional defendants: J. J. Frey. Dispute over the sale of a saloon business. |
West | Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 388 | 246 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1913 | Pack Fowlkes v. State | Lake | Murder |
Victim: Beckie Abbott |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1308 | 75 | Order A Copy |