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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1920 | A. R. McKenzie, et al. v. F. E. Lemma, et al. | Marion | Land and Title Dispute |
Plaintiffs: A. R. McKenzie, J. H. McKenzie, McKenzie and Son. Other defendants: J. B. F. Lowery, W. E. Wilkerson, J. T. Walker. 2 folders. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 129 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | Andrew M. Stone, admr. of Thompson Gardenhire, dec. v. Robert Duncan, et al. | Marion | Debt |
Robert Duncan was said to have borrowed $500 from Gardenhire. Other defendants: Martha Meadows and [unknown first name] Sitton. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1178 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | Adam S. Kelly v. J.W. Wheeler | Marion | Unlawful Detainer |
Wheeler sued Kelly for seizing an unlawfully detaining a Claybank mare from him during Civil War to his damage $300. Defendant claims horse was taken under orders from Colonel G.A. Goins while in line of duty. Court ruled in favor of defendant. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1195 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | Amos L. Griffith v. Trabue, Davis & Co. | Marion | Notes |
Opinion only. Trabue, Davis & Co. sued Griffith for a $218.57 note. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1212 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Alexander Kelly v. William A. Sorrells | Marion | Debt Settlement |
Also spelled "Alexander Kelley". Defendant executed a note for $1,000 to William I. Standefer with the plaintiff and John Healey as securities, given as consideration for the purchase of a tract of land due in 1861. Defendant later executed a deed of trust on the said land to secure the securities against their liability for the purchase money. The defendant failed to pay the note and had a rendered judgment against the securities in Chancery Court. Suing for funds due for the rendered judgment. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1220 | 239 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1868 | Aaron Russell v. A. M. Stone | Marion | Land |
Issue over lots of land lying in Marion County. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1225 | 71 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | Aycock Hosiery Mills (Mattie Vaughn) v. Aetna Life Insurance Company | Marion | Insurance Disputes |
While covered by an Aetna Life Insurance policy, Mattie Vaughn became permanently disabled due to a large goiter that was effecting her ability to breathe. Aetna refused to pay, and this suit seeks her benefits under the original terms of her policy. |
East | Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1535 | 275 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | Amos L. Griffith v. John Holloway | Marion | Replevin |
Holloway brought the original suit claiming that Griffith was unlawfully detaining his horse. Holloway employed Griffith to represent him in a separate suit and agreed to pay him by transferring a note held against Ransom Smith. Griffith later complained that the suit was more work than originally agreed upon and demanded the horse in controversy as payment. Holloway claims that Griffith took his horse to assess its value but failed to return it. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 670 | 85 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | A. M. Griffith v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway | Marion | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 27 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 66 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1875 | A. L. Spears, guardian of Emma Hooner v. G. T. Smith, et al. | Marion | Breach of Bond |
Additional defendants: B. Lassiter and H. L. Bible. Case plaintiffs charge that, as her former guardian, Smith took money intended for Hooner, a minor. See boxes ET 1694 and ET 1681 for additional pages. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 71 | 458 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | Americus Brown, et al v. Barnabus Alder, et al | Marion | Land and Title Dispute |
Both the additional plaintiffs and defendants are too extensive to list. Case is a dispute over the will and real estate originally owned by Anderson Cheek in Marion County, which was purchased or inherited by Ms. Sarah Alder, wife of Barnabus Alder. B. Alder's will gave the land to his wife and then to his 8 sons. After the couple died, the sons sold the land to Brown & Spears for $10,310. The daughters who were not included in the original sale sought proceeds of the sale. |
East | Range: 19 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1807 | 73 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1826 | Alexander Ferguson, representative v. Henry M. Rutledge, lessee | Marion | Ejectment |
Exhibit and brief only. Exhibit: plat map. Other counties: Bledsoe, Hamilton, Rhea. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 658 | 9 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1937 | Alman Walker v. State | Marion | Murder |
Alman Walker is accused of murdering Doc Thomas. In 2 folders |
East | Range: 8 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1029 | 390 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1839 | A. B. Robertson & Co. v. Samuel B. Mead & John Rogers | Marion | Unknown |
Incomplete case file. Summons documents only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1101 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1938 | Alan S. Kelly v. W. M. Ables, County Judge | Marion | Election Dispute |
Kelly wanted a vote on a school-building bond issue declared invalid because (a) no election was held at 11 of 29 polling places in the county and (b) omitted from the ballot were instructions to mark the appropriate square opposite the question. Exhibits include official ballot, newspaper clipping reporting election results by precinct, and letter from the regional director of the [Public Works Administration] which built airports, dams, schools, warships & bridges during the Depression. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1116 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Alex Ford, et al.v. J. H. Graham | Marion | Ejectment |
This case was filed in order for plaintiffs to recover into their possession a 40 acre tract of land. Plaintiffs alleged that defendant unlawfully took possession of land. Additional Plaintiff: Isaac Duncan, Joseh Caloway and Luke Calloway, exe. Of Thomas Calloway, dec. |
East | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1598 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | Bank of Winchester v. T. J. Smith & Baless Ladd | Marion | Debt Dispute |
The Bank was seeking money from the defendants for money loaned. Reason for loan was not stated. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 91 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | Barbara R. Condra v. J. A. Dalton et al | Marion | Lease Dispute |
Plaintiff acting as trustee of James Raulston, America Raulston, and heirs of R. R. Raulston, deceased. Add. Defendants: Lee Dalton, Billy Dalton, Roy Dalton, Henry Reynolds, Dave Reynolds. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 725 | 255 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1916 | Battle Creek Coal & Coke Company v. B. Long, Trustee of Marion County, et. Al | Marion | Taxation, Petition to Stop |
Petition to stop the defendants from levying and selling property of the complainant to satisfy taxes due to Marion County. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 77 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1882 | B. Lee v. J. B. Roulston | Marion | Trespass |
Burrill Lee brought charges against James Roulston for trespassing onto his land in Jackson, Alabama and taking a steer and three cows. Lee sought damages of $150. Also mentions John Norman, Fannie Arendale, J. R. Deakins, Mary Norman |
East | Range: 18 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1965 | 101 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | Brown Contracting Company, et al. v. Chicago Hardwood Lumber Co., et al. | Marion | Debt |
Additional Plaintiff: Henry Ericsson. Additional defendants: James S. Frazer, C. W. Kempkau, W. C. Owen, Henry Dickinson and G. Thalman. Exhibit material located in ET 1545 (1 folder) and ET 1573 (5 folders) and includes financial documents, checks, number coupons, mortgage information from between the Chicago Hardwood Co. and the Continental National Bank and Trust Co. of Chicago, balance sheet book, incorporation documents, and meeting minutes. See also ET 1591. |
East | Range: 8 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 888 | 1023 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | B. Lee v. W. J. Johnson (or W. J. Johnston) | Marion | Replevin |
Plaintiff filed replevin to recover two mules. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1086 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | B. B. Raulston, et al. v. J. B. Rogers, et al. | Marion | Debt |
Additional plaintiffs: J.B. Raulston an Joseph G. Laukaster. Additional defendants: Milly Rogers and Larkin Willis. B.B. Raulston had obtained judgment against J.B. Rogers for $250 but by agreement execution was stayed 8 months. Amount remained unpaid. Laukaster and Raulston were admr. Of J.B. Raulston and had obtained judgment against Rogers for $500; his notes were still unpaid. Plaintiffs suing for defendants' lands to be attached to satisfy judgment and notes. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1244 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | Brown Contracting Company v. Chicago Hardwood Lumber Company | Marion | Debt |
Brown Contracting Co., partnership of D. L. Brown, F. L. Brown, both of Hamilton Co. Defendants: Chicago Hardwood Lumber Co., Continental National Bank & Trust Co., William P. Kopf, trustees of Chicago, IL. Debt of $7,000.00 by note dated 3 March 1930, plus interest, attorney fees. Lien on properties in Sequatchie, TN in Marion County. Liabilities exceed company's assets. Exhibits include invoices, correspondences, other documents. In six folders. See also ET 888. |
East | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1591 | 1014 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1939 | Coca-Cola Bottling Company v. Alvenna Conner by next friend Walter Earl Dodson | Marion | Injury and Damages | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 162 | 143 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1888 | Consolidated Coal & Coke Company v. G. W. Centers | Marion | Damages |
G. W. Centers initially sued for $500 in damages for an injury to his foot. The court awarded him $250. CCCC appealed. Centers was employed as a mate on a steamboat owned by the CCCC. |
East | Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1840 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1941 | Crawford McNabb v. State | Marion | Manslaughter, Voluntary |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Victim not listed. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1091 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | C. W. Holbert v. A. P. Ramsey, Sheriff, et al | Marion | Notes |
Plaintiff filed this case against the Sheriff of Marion County regarding a note that was given to co-defendant Bostrick. She also borrowed $50.00 from co-defendant T. B. Samples and used Bostrick note as collateral. Plaintiff repaid Samples but he did did not return Bostrick note and executed a judgment against it in court, at which time it was given to defendant. Plaintiff filed this case to recover ownership of Bostrick note. Additional Defendant: Joseph Bostrick, T. B. Samples. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1647 | 81 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1939 | C. E. Davis & Gertrude Davis v. D. F. Hale | Marion | Obstructing a Public Road/Road/Right of Way | East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 162 | 190 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1888 | Consolidated Coal & Coke Company v. J. C. Young | Marion | Damages |
J. C. Young sued the CCCC for $200 in damages and was awarded $70. The CCCC moved for a new trial. The damage occurred when a CCCC owned steamboat damaged a raft of cedar posts Young was charged with floating down river to South Pittsburg, TN. Case provides details related to floating cedar posts and timber rafting. |
East | Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1840 | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | Cecil Ballard, by next friend v. J. H. Hutchinson | Marion | Personal Injuries |
The plaintiff, a minor, was in an accident involving the defendant's truck. |
East | Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 948 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1937 | Cherokee Motor Coach Company v. Mrs. Lura Hoge | Marion | Damages |
Damages for personal injury in the sum of $5,000. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1076 | 265 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1937 | Charlie Rollins v. State | Marion | Liquor Violation |
Charlie Rollins was charged with being in possession of twenty-two cases of intoxicating liquors. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1110 | 41 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | Cook Baily& Company v. P. M. Pryor, et al. | Marion | Failure to Return Execution |
Other defendants: William Pryor; D. M. Ketcham; Washington Pryor; P. H. Grayson. Defendant was "sheriff" of Marion County & codefendants were his securities. For failure to return execution on judgment for $181.46 in plaintiff's case against W. F. Stone, A. M. Stone, & Charles Hale. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1174 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | Crave R. Kilgore v. Tennessee Coal, Iron, & Railroad Company | Marion | Workman's Compensation |
Incident of 15 March 1929, plaintiff was injured in the mines by an accidental falling of rock, slate, and coal, causing severe injuries to his right leg and knee. Seeking compensation from company, $5,000. |
East | Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1553 | 56 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | Dr. J. T. Ferguson v. Rev. Walter M. Crawford | Marion | Injury and Damages |
Damages include injuries received from a car accident. |
East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 153 | 392 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1936 | Dr. S. N. Anderson v. J. A. Lankester | Marion | Damages |
Damages of $1,500 for injuries related to an automobile accident. |
East | Range: 8 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 889 | 96 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Daniel Riggles et al. v. D. B. Ladd | Marion | Unlawful Detainer |
Related documents may be found in ET 1068. Additional Plaintiffs: James Riggles, Calvin Riggles and Y. G. Heiskell. Ladd is accused of entering onto and detaining from the plaintiffs, a tract of land belonging to said plaintiffs. The land in question lies on the south side of the Tennessee River in Marion County. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1240 | 81 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | D. H. Hall v. J. Bounon | Marion | Debt |
Bounon also spelled Bonin. Bounon entered into an agreement with Hall to provide the money for the purchase of hogs which Hall would then slaughter and cure. Bounon brought suit claiming Hall failed ship the agreed upon number of hogs, and that much of the meat that was shipped was rotten. Casefile notes that Bounon lives at 426 Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA and Hall in Jasper, TN. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1648 | 62 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | D. A. Tate v. Tennessee Coal& Iron Railroad Company | Marion | Damages |
This was a suit to recover damages claimed to have been accrued from the alleged wrongful issuance of an injunction. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 526 | 104 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | D. H. Baldwin and Co. v. S. L. Pryor | Marion | Debt |
Plaintiff was seeking money owed for a debt on corn. |
East | Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1741 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | Dicey Turner v. Leroy Ross | Marion | Estate Dispute |
File incomplete. Memo only. See: Dicey Turner v. Leroy Ross, Administrator., ET, Box 1639. |
East | Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1695 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | D. B. Rankin v. W. White | Marion | Debt |
Incomplete case file. Plaintiff in error was originally sued by White for debt due by note under $500. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1240 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | Dr. J. L. Raulston v. S. N Anderson, et al. | Marion | Injunction |
S. N. Anderson was elected county physician. Raulston wished an injunction to be filed preventing Anderson from acting as county physician, and from being paid for that position. Raulston claimed that under Ch 462 of Private Acts of TN for 1921 he was the County Dr. But Anderson claimed that under other bills and acts he is legally the County Dr. Raulston claims these were created to legally oust him from his position. |
East | Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1559 | 65 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | D. M. Harris v. Nancy Parlee Rice | Marion | Damages |
Plaintiff in error owns the Crescent Creamery Company. Defendant in error complains that on August 26, 1933 she was walking along a highway between the towns of Sequatchie and Jasper when the plaintiff’s truck collided with a car and wagon being driven by Ernest Bible. This collision caused the plaintiff's truck to strike the defendant and inflict several wounds including broken bones and lacerations. Defendant is seeking $15,000 as damages for negligence. |
East | Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1566 | 232 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Dicey Turner v. Leroy Ross, admr. | Marion | Estate Dispute |
Plaintiff's sister, Mary Ross, dec., owned a tract of land at the time she died. Defendant was the step-son of the deceased, plaintiff alleged that he misrepresented himself and letters from the deceased in order to become admr of the estate in order to defraud heirs. Plaintiff filed this case to have defendant removed as admr and herself added. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1639 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | Erasmus Alley v. E. Haines Agnew, et al. | Marion | Failure to Pay |
Agnews and Hasleton owed Alley money. He placed a lien on land they owned to satisfy the debt. The Supreme Court advertised and sold the land to pay the debt. Def's: J. Haines Agnew, J.C. Hasleton, & Saul I. Agnew. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 9 | 39 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1939 | Ed Morrison et al. v. Sunshine Coal Co., et al | Marion | Damages |
Origin of damages: traffic accident. Add. Plaintiff: J. D. Ellis. Add. Defendant: J. D. Ellis. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 703 | 158 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | Ernest B. Merriman v. National Life& Accident Insurance Co., et al. | Marion | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Additional defendants: Sam Crumbles. Tom C. Kelly, admr. of Robert E. Knight. Exhibits include insurance policy for Robert E. Knight. |
East | Range: 8 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 862 | 94 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | E. G. Moore v. Miss Eula Shadwick& E. G. Moore v. Miss Goldie Knox | Marion | Personal Injuries | East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 895 | 387 | Order A Copy |