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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1885 | A. W. Gray & Sons v. E. W. Talley, et al. | Rutherford | Breach of Contract |
Additional defendants: D. H. Talley, J. B. Murfree, A. Jetten. E. W. Talley and D. H. Talley are surviving partners of Talley & Co. The Talleys along with Murfree and Jetten are executors of P. C. Talley, deceased. Leonidas Gray and Alsup G. Gray are partners in A. W. Gray & Sons. The contract was to pay value plus interest of machinery after the sell of said machinery (two horse thresher). A. W. Gray & Sons is also listed as A. W. Gray's Sons in the case. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 748 | 95 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1888 | J. H. Strickland & wife Corinne v. Horace Ready et al | Rutherford | Breach of Contract |
2 folders. Add. defendants: Andrew P. Martin & Leland Jordan, executors of Charles Ready (dec.), and F.R. Burrns, surviving partner of th firm Ready & Burrns. The plaintiffs previously employed C. Ready to persecute a suit for Corinne to inherit $12,000 from her deceased father. C. Ready verbally agreed to represent the plaintiffs for $250, but claimed more work was done than expected and charged an additional $250. Plaintiffs claim he failed to credit their account for sums paid, totaling $700. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 769 | 296 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1833 | Thomas Bedford v. Josiah Farris, Sr. | Rutherford | Breach of Contract |
William Ledbetter, Circuit Ct. Clerk of Rutherford. In 1819, John R. Bedford sold Farris, def.., 289 acres of land including water rights held by Bedford and his mother, Mrs. Ann Bedford. Farris refused access to water well on this land. Farris responds he did not allow access to chain/rope for use at certain water well. Bedford having left the state- question before court is the court costs. Hon. James C. Mitchell, 11th Judicial Circuit. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 0 | Order A Copy |