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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1887 | E. R. Richardson, J. B. Richardson, & J. R. Mason, dba Richardson, Mason & Co. v. R. J. Owens, L. B. Bone, Leander Monroe Bone & A. W. Dodson | Perry | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Def Owens first dba Owen & Bone (Lobelville retail merchant) with father-in-law Def L.B. Bone; business dissolved because L.B. didn't like doing business on credit. Owen, on his own, bought goods on credit from pla. (Nashville wholesale merchant). Owen then sold his stock of goods back to L.B. & son Monroe dba L.B. Bone & Son. pla. says transaction fraudulent & also that Owens gave the Bones his book of accounts showing other debts owed to Owens, w/similar fraudulent intent. L.B.'s wife: Tyratia Bone. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 770 | 338 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | J. R. Bates v. J. H. Cooper et al | Perry | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Add. Defendants: Soloman Cooper, E.W. Easley, G.B. Price, James Warmack, and Nathan Grinsby and wife, Sarah. Bates purchased tract of land from Cooper and siblings that was willed to them by their father. Cooper & Price conveyed they could make a good deed for the land, but later filed a bill stating the deed excluded a title to Bates, making it invalid. The bill did not include Bates as holding interest in the land even though he executed payment notes to Cooper and Price. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 811 | 138 | Order A Copy |