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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1830 | Albert Newell v. Petey N. Marr | Montgomery | Debt |
Newell was assignee of Samuel Wade. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 193 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1842 | A. D. Raney v. Benjamin E. & Griffin Organ | Montgomery | Notes | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 207 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1870 | A. J. Register v. State | Montgomery | Conversion of Property |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he appropriated two cows from W. J. Shearon. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1869 | A. B. Harrison v. B. H. Wisdom et al. | Montgomery | Damages |
Bryce Sturent, B. F. McKeago, Sarah A. Williams admr. Seeks payment for whiskey destroyed during Civil War. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 303 | 69 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1846 | A. Wallace et al. v. Jesse Lassiter | Montgomery | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 222 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1846 | Allen Carter et al. v. William Samuel Boughter | Montgomery | Failure to Return Execution |
Additional Plaintiffs: Allen Carter and wife, Carlotte, Samuel Lockhart and wife, Nancy, D.D. Murphy and wife, Sarah, Joseph Lockhart and wife, Polly, John Smith, James Smith, George Smith, Thomas Smith, William Smith, J. Hornberger, and others. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 222 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | A. J. Allen v. Jane Elliot | Montgomery | Marriage, Breach of Promise | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1880 | Addison Morrison v. Shelby, Scott,& Company | Montgomery | Insurance Disputes |
The plaintiff, Morrison, was an African-American tobacco grower in Montgomery County. The firm of Shelby, Scott & Co., who owned a tobacco warehouse, was headed by J.H. Shelby and D.W. Scott. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 173 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Andrew Ewing, admr. of Milam Parrish, dec. v. George Franklin, (col.) | Montgomery | Replevin | Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 561 | 22 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1893 | Abe & Pomp Thompkins v. State | Montgomery | Trespass |
The plaintiffs in error are accused of entering the property of S. B. Seat and tearing down fences and gates. The fence in controversy was built across "Old Seven Mile Ferry Road," which runs through Seat's property. Seat claims the road was no longer public but that is still occasionally used as a "shun," road to avoid a nearby toll-gate. Seat and the plaintiffs are neighbors. Plaintiffs claim the road is still public and the only way to travel from their homes. Exhibit materials include a small map. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 955 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1844 | Bank of Tennessee v. George D. Oldham | Montgomery | Debt |
Additional defendant Bailey C. Oldham Amount of debt - $502.35 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 213 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1845 | Bank of Tennessee v. William White | Montgomery | Trespass and Damages |
Amount of damages $1500.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 218 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Blauche L. Stalker v. The Louisville & Starkville Rail Road Company | Montgomery | Negligence |
The plaintiff brings suit against the defendant for negligence. The plaintiff was thrown violently from the train and was injured so badly that he was forced to give up his business and died from the injuries. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 809 | 143 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Bryce Stewart v. City of Clarksville | Montgomery | Damages |
Stewart sued the City of Clarksville for $5000 damages for taking a tract of land belonging to him and converting it to their own use by building a street. Files includes map showing where street runs through plaintiff's property. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 833 | 94 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1843 | Benjamin P. Williamson v. George P. Hopson et al. | Montgomery | Debt |
Additional defendant Phillip F. Norfleet Amount of debt $415.58 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 211 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1859 | Bank of America et al.v. Bank of Louisville | Montgomery | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Monies had originally been paid by W.E. Newell and Co. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 262 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | Buck Day v. Wyatt Johnson | Montgomery | Replevin |
Both men are listed as "colored." Day claimed that Johnson had detained from him unjustly a colt and a mule. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 29 | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Benjamin King v. Eliza Jenkins by her guardian Joshua P. Vaughan | Montgomery | Debt | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 374 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1845 | Benjamin P. Persons v. Polly Persons | Montgomery | Divorce |
Petition against divorce, as his wife Polly had filed for divorce in Clarksville. He claims she is abusive and violent and threatened to pour melted lead in his ear while he sleeps. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 387 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | B. F. Davidson v. D. S. Hendricks | Montgomery | Damages |
Plaintiff sued for damages for false and malicious accusations of larceny made by defendant. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 584 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | B. W. Ussery v. the City of Clarksville | Montgomery | Damages |
Plaintiff brings suit against def. for $10,000 in damages incurred from an incident which took place on April 14, 1885. Plaintiff was hit by large rock debris from a rock quarry blast while travelling along the streets of Clarksville, which broke his leg and caused a fall from his horse, much pain and suffering, and the loss of income due to confinement to bed. Plaintiff cites negligence & failure to provide safe roads, Def. claims quarry outside their jusrisdiction, and charter only covers obstructions - |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 799 | 65 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Ben Leavell v. State | Montgomery | Rape |
Plaintiff in error was accused of rape and having intercourse with a female under the age of sixteen. Plaintiff admitted to a relationship with Mary Moore but stated the intercourse was consensual. Casefile notes Moore lived with her mother and father in district 3 of Montgomery County. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1030 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | Blanche S. Stacker v. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Montgomery | Negligence |
Stacker seeks to recover damages for death of husband caused by the Railroad company's negligence; for not giving George Stacker enough time to leave the train after collecting his pay before the train departed. Question as to how much was negligence on Stacker's part vs. the Railroad Company. Court's verdict: Railroad Company owes Stacker's widow $7,000 for damages. Case contained in two folders. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 763 | 367 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1893 | Bruce L. Rice, admr. of William Newbern, dec. v. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. | Montgomery | Damages |
In 1892 William Newbern, an employee of the defendant, was struck by a train in the town of Clarksville. He died from the resulting injuries, leaving a widow and six children. Plaintiff brought suit for damages as the administrator of Newbern's estate. The defendant claimed Newbern was intoxicated at the time of the accident. Newbern earned $25 per month cleaning the defendant's "Princeton," train. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 972 | 47 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | Charles Bailey v. Eli Lockert et al. | Montgomery | Breach of Official Duty |
Defendant, a tax collector, used tax monies collected toward payment of his own debt. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Charles O'Neal v. Joshua Cobb | Montgomery | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 254 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1875 | C. L. Wilcox v. Nathaniel Parham | Montgomery | Petition on Promissory Note |
Parham issued a note to Wilcox in 1861. Wilcox left the neighborhood and gave the note to his son John L. Wilcox, cashier of the bank of Clarksville. Parham claimed he paid the note to C. B. Wilcox. The note itself was lost or mislaid. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1166 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | City of Clarksville v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Montgomery | Breach of Contract |
Charles G. Smith. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 44 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1916 | City of Clarksville v. A. Green& Mrs. Rose Green | Montgomery | Other |
Other: Installing street light |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 89 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Chris Hickman v. State | Montgomery | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Selling whiskey on a Sunday. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 353 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Caldwell & Shelton v. W. C. Harris, admr. of Sampson Harris, dec. | Montgomery | Debt | Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 561 | 11 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1888 | C. W. Staton v. Montgomery County | Montgomery | County Issues |
Staton was elected sheriff with all of the rights and privileges of the office but was denied control of some of the jails by the county jailer. Related to Staton v. William M. Rollow (14990) in MT 755. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 746 | 64 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Cornelius H. Willard v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company | Montgomery | Injury |
Plaintiff, Cornelious Wilard, sued for $1975 for personal injury to his hip and ribs resulting from a train's cross beam striking him as he atttempted to jump of the tracks to escape the oncoming train within the city limits of Clarksville. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1047 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1842 | Charles Bailey et al. v. Thomas S. Booth et al. | Montgomery | Land, Sale of |
Additional plaintiffs - George Pegram and his wife Mary Pegram formerly Mary C. Andrews heir of Baker Andrews - additional defendants - Mary C. Booth wife of Thomas S. Booth formerly Mary P. Andrews widow of Baker Andrews Amount in dispute - $1115.55 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1852 | C. L. Wilcox v. S. W. Atkinson | Montgomery | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 234 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1855 | C. H. Smith, et al. v. E. Marian Barker | Montgomery | Damages |
Amount of damages, $14,000.00. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 252 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1815 | Clement McDaniel v. Montgomery Bell et al. | Montgomery | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional Defendant: Morgan Brown. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212A | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | C. D. Bailey v. H. T. and Wesley Drane, exe. of Walter H. Drane et al. | Montgomery | Tax Collection |
Additional Defendants: Wesley Drane, Mrs. Bettie W. Drane, Miss Rosa F. Drane, William M. Drane, Walter D. Martin, Fidelity Trust and Safety Vault Co., Louisville Trust Co., Woody Keesee, Mrs. Eliza K. Woodridge,and Ed Drane. Plaintiff sued the defendants for a proper accounting of the estate of Walter H. Drane, deceased and payment of the taxes due on estate. Bailey, as a clerk of the state, requested a lien be enforced if necessary. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1097 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Clarksville & Russellville Turnpike Co. v. T. N. Randle | Montgomery | Debt |
Pltfs. charged dfnt. with not paying tolls. Six times the dfnt. passed the second gate on the Red River Pike owned by the pltf. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1043 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | D. W. Greer v. J. O. Langford | Montgomery | Debt Dispute |
Action began when the defendant executed a note to the plaintiff for a mule sold to him. The defendant failed to pay the note by the due date, but kept the mule. The plaintiff filed the motion and won judgment for the amount of the note and interest. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 761 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | D. H. Duncan v. A. J. Lyle | Montgomery | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 311 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1871 | Drew Johnson v. State | Montgomery | Larceny |
Larceny against M. J. Hornberger |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 320A | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | D. J. Metcalfe v. R. F. Crabtree, admr. | Montgomery | Replevin |
A roan mare aged 8 years old, valued at $100. Additional defendant: John F. Staten. Additional complainant: Mrs. R. R. Metcalfe. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 693 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Dorrell Suitor v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. | Montgomery | Damages |
Suitor sued railroad co. for killing 1 mule and injuring another to his damage less than $500. Court ruled in favor of plaintiff. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 781 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1845 | E. Marion Barker v. Aquilla Wheeless | Montgomery | Trespass | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 218 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | Emily C. Swift, et al. v. J. D. Smith, et al. | Montgomery | Replevin |
Additional Plaintiff: T. J. Swift. Additional Defendant: W. T. Grigsby. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 580 | 51 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | Eugenia Collins, et al. v. Adolph Robert | Montgomery | Ejectment |
Additional plaintiffs: Susannah Collins, William M. Murray and wife Ann, George Collins, Henry G. Collins and James H. Collins. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 264 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | E. A. Pegram v. N. D. Northington et al. | Montgomery | Debt, Balance on |
Additional Defendants: N.L. Turner, S.H. Northington, A.S. Wood. N.D. Northington & Turner executed a $400 note to S.H. Northington & Wood. Note was then endorsed to Plaintiff. Plaintiff received a small payment on the note & sued for the balance. Def.. N.D. Northington & Turner were part of a firm (Northington & Turner), & Def.. S.H. Northington & Wood were part of a separate firm (Northington & Wood). Original purpose for the note was related to sale of furniture & fixtures of The Southern Hotel. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 794 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1846 | F. G. Roche, exe., et al. v. Thomas Washington, et al. | Montgomery | Estate Settlement |
Additional plaintiffs: Edward B. Roche, dec. Additional parties: Mary R. Vance, S. H. Beston. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 221 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1842 | Franklin Etharly v. Littleton J. Purdue | Montgomery | Debt | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 387 | 22 | Order A Copy |