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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1843 | Alfred W. Thomas v. Elizabeth B. Caruthers | Maury | Damages |
Amount of damages, $182.00. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | A. W. Howard, et al. v. City Grain & Feed Co. | Maury | Damages |
Reply brief for plaintiffs only. Additional Plaintiffs unknown. Plaintiffs seek a refund on purchases "lacking quality." |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 491 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | A. W. Howard & Co. et al. v. City Grain Feed Co. | Maury | Damages |
Origin of Damages: Breach of Contract. Appeal brief only, no other case documents included. Add. Plaintiffs: Quarles & Coleman. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 492 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | A. F. Sowell v. Louisville & Nashville Rail Road Company | Maury | Damages |
The plaintiff shipped a pacing horse on train car owned and operated by the defendant through their agent, B. S. Ozias. The train wrecked as it was on its route, seriously injuring the horse. Plaintiff is sued for $600.00 in damages. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 860 | 78 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | Barney B. Stephens & W. D. Davis v. Duck River S. W. N. Co. | Maury | Property Damage |
Stephens and Davis claim this company has erected a dam that has caused back up, flooding, and damage to their mills. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Bank of Tennessee v. Edward H. Chaffin, et al. | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional defendants: Richard C. Whiteside, B. Dufield, Henry J. Yeatman |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 250 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | B. H. Green v. Daniel Brown | Maury | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 297 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1852 | Charles D. Crawford v. John Williams | Maury | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 242 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1889 | Columbia Central Turnpike Company v. Z. R. Gillespie | Maury | Damages |
This suit consists of two consolidated cases for the forfeiture of five dollars for going around the the first toll gate and avoiding payment of toll. 2 folders |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 790 | 182 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1919 | Director General of Railroads, Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company v. J. M. Granberry& E. L. Armstrong | Maury | Damages |
Walter D. Hines, Director General of Railroads for the United States, substituted as defendant in the proceedings. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 139 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | D. W. Smith v. L. & N. R. R. Company | Maury | Damages |
Plaintiff is the administrator of C. C. Smith dec. and is sued for damages resulting from his death. C. C. Smith was employed as a brakeman for the defendant when the train car on which he was riding detached from the rest of the train and caused him to to be thrown to the ground and killed. Plaintiff claims the defendant has known for some time that the car which killed the defendant was defective. It is unclear if the plaintiff is related to the deceased. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 884 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | Duck River Valley Narrow Gauge Rail Road Company v. W. W. Cochran | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Cause of Action: unlawful ejectment from land |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 51 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | David Adcock by next friend v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Maury | Damages |
Damages for ejecting defendant without case |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 687 | 150 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1859 | Edwin H. Childress v. Andrew J. Polk et al. | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional Defendants: Lewis Polk and George Polk. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 289 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | F. A. Polk v. J. Foster et al. | Maury | Damages |
Additional defendants: C. H. McKay, J. S. Hill, Samuel Nichols, George Nichols, Jefferson McKay, Baker Massey, Thomas Caperton, J. W. Hunter Jr. Plaintiff is sued the defendants for $1000.00 damages for cutting down a home, stable, and timbers on land belonging to the plaintiff. Exhibit A on page 69 - map of land lay out. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 720 | 83 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1843 | George W. Martin v. James L. Guest et al. | Maury | Damages |
Martin is the surviving partner in the firm of Saunders and Martin - additional defendant - John Hill Amount of debt $993.95 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 211 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | George P. Webster v. Charles J. Cecil | Maury | Damages |
Charles J. Cecil sold a mule to George P. Webster, who later claimed the mule had a defective eye and sued Cecil for damages. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 56 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | George Knott v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Maury | Damages |
George Knott is sued the Louisville and Nashville R.R. Co. for $1000.00 in damages. George Knott bought a ticket from Thompson's Station to River Station but when he got on the train, they refused to go to River Station and dropped him off where there was no station at all. Defendant had to walk in the hot sun to River Station injured and in poor health. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 719 | 63 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1830 | Harvey Hodge v. Anderson G. Youngblood | Maury | Sale of Damaged/Misrepresented Goods |
Plaintiff's name also spelled Hoge in documents. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 191 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | Hightine Middleton v. George R. Long | Maury | Damages |
Property includes slaves. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | John J. Ormand v. John Moore et al. | Maury | Damages |
Additional Defendant Calvin H. Holt |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 201 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1852 | John H. Duvall et al. v. Richard C. Whiteside | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional Plaintiffs: Landen C. Duvall, Michael W. Rodgers |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 235 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | Joseph A. Walker & John B. Langford v. Noble D. Ellis & Christopher C. Moore | Maury | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 239 | 40 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1854 | James B. Wilder et al. v. James Walker et al. | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional plaintiffs - Oscar Wilder and Edward Wilder - additional defendants - James W. Walker and J. Knon Walker Amount of damages $700.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 256 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1856 | James Hodge v. Mayor& Aldermen of Columbia | Maury | Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 260 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1861 | John S. West et al. v. John S. Gregory | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional Plaintiff: J. H. Gregory. Case also involves a debt dispute. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1852 | John A. Rivier v. Robert H. Hill& Thomas Holcomb | Maury | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 421 | 15 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | J. T. Akin v. Louisville & Nashville & Great Southern Rail Road Co. | Maury | Damages |
Damages for personal injury. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 557 | 63 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | J. T. Aikin v. Louisville & Nashville Rail Road Co. | Maury | Damages |
The plaintiff sued the defendant for the accidental killing of a jersey cow. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 691 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | J. W. Wilson, admr. of W. M. Wilson, dec. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Maury | Damages |
Wilson sued the railroad company for damages when two of their trains collided between Nashville and Columbia. W.M. Wilson, a baggage master on the south bound train was crushed and killed. Wilson sued for $50,000. Court ruled in plaintiff's favor for $5000 damages. 2 folders. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 825 | 255 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | J. W. Holder, by next friend J. H. Holder v. Rockdale Mining & Manufacturing Company | Maury | Damages |
Pltf. was employed by dfnt company when he fell from a work scaffolding and was injured. Scaffolding was erected by dfnt company and made of substandard materials. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 950 | 92 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | John Moore Jr. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. | Maury | Damages |
This was a bill brought by the plaintiff to recover damages to his mare for injuries caused by the defendant. Plaintiff claims that his mare sustained said injuries after running in front of a train owned and by the defendant for several miles. Plaintiff complains that the defendant failed in its duty to stop the train and allow the mare to exit the tracks. Additional documents located in MT 980. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 949 | 222 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | Joseph H. Sheppard& William H. Gordon v. Arthur Ferguson& Thomas H. Treadway | Maury | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 240 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1891 | J. K. Farrell v. The Louisiana & Nashville R. R. Co. | Maury | Damages |
Plaintiff J.K. Farrell sued defendant for failure to ship and deliver a jack (horse), as well as for wrongful and negligent killing of the jack. Plaintiff was awarded $671.40 compensation for the death of the jack. Exhibit materials include a Live Stock shipping contract |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 843 | 143 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | J. M. Pope v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. | Maury | Damages |
Plaintiff, J. M. Pope sued defendant for damages in the amount of $500 for unlawfully converting to its use one trunk and its contents, the property of the plaintiff. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1047 | 31 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1859 | Lewis G. Lanier et al. v. James G. Voorhies | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional Plaintiff: James Colebrorn. Case also involves a charge of wrongful ejectment. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 289 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | L. Stravinsky v. S. B. Spurlock et al. | Maury | Damages |
Additional Defendants: W.W. Totten, J.B. Totten, John Orr, Robert Orr, William Orr, Bank of Columbia, E.H. Hathcer, and E.W. Gamble. This case was consolidated with L. Stravinsky v. Woodard, Moore, et al. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 692 | 87 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | L. F. Dickson v. Watson & Vaughn | Maury | Damages |
Defendant's horse kicked and killed Plaintiff's horse. Plaintiff seeks damages in the value of a colt. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 786 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Mrs. Elizabeth Kittrell v. O. C. Owen, et al. | Maury | Damages |
Defendants: O. C. and William Owen. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 48 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Mrs. S. L. Brooks, admr. v. Louisville & Nashville RR Co. | Maury | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Pltf. was the admr. of the estate of James D. Brooks. Decedent Brooks was a brakeman for the railway company. When uncoupling cars at the train yard in Franklin, the decedent was unexpectedly knocked from the top of a train car then crushed under its wheels as it rolled over him. Decedent did not die immediately, but lingered in pain for several hours before finally succumbing to his injuries and passing away. In 2 folders. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1040 | 237 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1893 | Martin Taylor v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. | Maury | Damages |
This was a suit by the plaintiff to recover damages for injuries received by being run over by a train in the yard of the defendant causing him to lose an arm. At the time of the accident the plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a car repairer. The plaintiff complains that the train engine was unsafe and unfit for use and built so that the engineer was unable to keep a lookout ahead. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 949 | 111 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | Nathaniel Nicholson v. S. H. Lanier et al. | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional Plaintiff: James Nicholson. Additional Defendants: William Phillips and H. C. Hendley. Case also involves a debt dispute. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1869 | Peay, Boyd & Williams v. Samuel Hardison | Maury | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 171 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1836 | Robert White v. William Aldridge | Maury | Damages |
Amount of damages $500.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1845 | Robert Patterson v. A. C. T. Nicholson | Maury | Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 217 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1887 | Robert Young v. Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Maury | Damages |
Plaintiff brought suit to recover damages of $20,000 for an incident that occurred on July 14, 1883 in Columbus, TN, at an intersection of Garden Street and the defendant railway. Plaintiff was driving a wagon along said street, when a train passed. Plaintiff claims that said train failed to blow the whistle or warn the public of passing, hence negligence. Said train passed 3 feet in front of his wagon, scaring his horse, causing plaintiff to be thrown, break his leg, and lose work. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 813 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1834 | Samuel Hays v. Charles Hardison | Maury | Contract Dispute and Damages |
This slavery case involves the sale (and non-delivery) of a Negro woman named Rachael and a two-year-old child named Jincy. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 194 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | Silas D. Thompson, et al. v. Absalom Thompson | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional plaintiffs: John Bridgeforth and wife Elizabeth, Joseph Smith, James Robertson and wife Harriett, Enos Crawford and wife Susan, Robert Crawford and wife. This case concerns a slave. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 240 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1843 | The Planter Bank of Tennessee v. John Philips et al. | Maury | Damages |
Additional Defendants: Richard F. Knott, James R. Plummer. Plaintiff seeks $3000 damages on an allegedly unhonored promissory note made to the bank by the Defendants. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1843 | The Bank of Tennessee v. Lemuel Philips et al. | Maury | Damages |
Additional Defendants: Alexander Mackay, Greg P. Webb, Pleasant Nelson, Joseph A. Walker, John B. Hays, Edward W. Morgan. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |