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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1886 | B. A. Hollenberg, et al.v. Miss A. J. Kerr | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: M. L. Meacham, L. B. McFarland, Dr. G. B. Thornton, J. W. Cochran, Peoples Insurance Co. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 301 | 933 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | Casimiro Buchignani et al. v. Ricardo Buchignani et al. | Shelby | Property Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: Mary Buchignani. Additional Defendants: Virginia Buchignani, Joseph Montidenico, Annie Montidenico, Emma Bacigalupo, Ida Bacigalupo, Bertha Bacigalupo, Vincent Bacigalupo, Lee Bacigalupo, Anthony Bacigalupo, and James Brizzalara. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 293 | 314 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | Eleanor Rossell v. Meredith Yates | Shelby | Lease Dispute | West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 308 | 42 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1886 | E.A. Clark v. J. S. Wilkins et al | Shelby | Deed Dispute |
Dispute over a deed of assignment made by J.S. Wilkins Also includes deeds. |
West | Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 395 | 22 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | Factors Mutual Insurance Co. v. Stewart, Gwynne& Co. | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Andrew Stewart and Andrew Gwynne were partners in the firm of Stewart, Gwynne, and Company. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 300 | 308 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | George Murgitroyde, et al. v. James E. Cleary | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Martha Hufford, Catherine Murgitroyde, Mary Adams, Samuel Adams, Ann Murgitroyde, and Elizabeth Murgitroyde. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 308 | 121 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | J. D. H. Meyer v. Goyer Cold Storage Co. | Shelby | Debt Dispute | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 302 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1886 | J. B. Lake Jr. v. Home Insurance Company | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
File is incomplete. Some testimony, depositions, inventory of property, etc., are present in pages 239-428 |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 304 | 290 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | Malcolm McNeill et al.v. J. C. Mills& R. A. Young, exe. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
In four folders. Additional complainants: Flora Caruthers and Jno. P. Caruthers, Thomas H. McNeill, Benjamin F. McNeill, Rivers McNeill, Ellen M. Candup and Jno. B. Candup, nephews and nieces of Sarah E. Atkinson, dec.. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 278 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | Memphis Grain& Package Elevator Co., et al. v. Memphis& Charleston R. R. Co. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional plaintiffs: J. C. Neely, L. Hannauer, S. C. Toof, W. H. Bates, C. P. Hunt, Thomas J. Hunt, A. S. McGee, S. H. Pepper, A. D. Allen, A. W. Robinson, Jacob Thompson, S. H. Brooks, John K. Speed, W. J. Chase, B. F. Wilson, E. W. Cole, John Bradley, R. T. Wilson & Co., A. Iselin & Co., E. Norton, Jas. P. House, John Swann, W. T. Walters, R. H. Richards, J. P. Logan, Leela A. Thornton, and C. M. McGhee. Interesting insight into 19th century railroad operation. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 297 | 283 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | Martin Glancy et al. v. Joseph Schaefer et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Agnes Theresa Glancy and Thomas Joseph Glancy (both miners). Additional Defendants: Jacob Clausen and the Desoto Building & Loan Association. The estate in dispute belonged to John Glancy, dec. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 300 | 328 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | State v. W. E. Butler, et al. | Shelby | Taxation Disputes |
Additional defendants: Bank of Commerce, W. C. McClure, B. Richmond, and J. J. Murphy Other names mentioned: M. J. Wicks, W. R. Cunningham, Sam Fate, and W. B. Greenlaw |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 307 | 212 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | T. H. Hartmus et al.v. T. B. Sims | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: G. L. Castner and R. Z. Rucker |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 297 | 97 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | William S. W. Montgomery et al. v. Charles W. Kealhofer et al. | Shelby | Deed Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: John C. Montgomery. Additional Defendants: Alice S. Kealhofer and Amos Woodruff. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 300 | 156 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | Williams, Black & Co. v. F. A. James, admr. of Reuben James, dec. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional parties: F. W. Williams, R. P. Williams, A. G. Black |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 306 | 61 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | William H. Stovall et al.v. J. A. Austin Jr. et al | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Rosa Fowler and L. A. Austin Additional defendants: Louise I. Austin, Willis Fowler Austin, and John W. Stovall |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 297 | 141 | Order A Copy |