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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1890 | Anna R. Francis v. James Oldham, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants: E. H. Oldham, A. H. Douglass, and L. B. McFarland. Disputed claims on various property in Francis' father's estate. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 489 | 86 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | A. Silberberg v. R. A. Lytle et al | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendant: R. A. Shields, partners in firm Lytle & Shields. Lytle, admr. for Sarah Morrison, dec.; defendants allege she deeded them a lot in Memphis as security for 823.85 debt. Her heirs sold A. Silberberg part of the land for $1600. Question as to whether Morrison had legal claim to land & whether heirs responsible for her debt. Heirs: Mattie A. Lighthart, husband John H. Lighthart, granddaughter Mattie A. Davis & son-in-law Harry Lighthart. |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 566 | 312 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | Chas Bakrow, et al. v. H. C. Hampson, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Louis Hanner estate. Additional plaintiffs: Lena Bakrow, Joseph E. Hays, Belle Hays, Lowwis E. Hays, Hester Hays, Flora Hanauer, Sarah Hanauer, Jacob Hanauer, W. K. Poston Additional defendants: Mary S. Hampson, W. W. Schoolfield, D. H. Poston, and Executors of L. Hanauer (Fanny Lowrance Harris, John W. Harris, James Hampson, Jacob Hampson, Susan Hampson) |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 521 | 158 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | E. H. Word v. D. J. Sharpe | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 572 | 246 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1890 | Elizabeth P. Dyer v. F. P. Poston & M. C. Pearce | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 564 | 133 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1890 | Georgia C. Severson et al. v. Iris C. Ryder et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Ellen James and husband - Charles B. James, Lucy Spalding and husband-George M. Spalding, James Pettit. Additional Defendants: Marie Swingley, Pauline Ryder, John James, Charles James, Charles Severson, Cooper Severson, Albert Brown, Charles Brown, Lula Higgins, Cotrine Williamson and her husband-Thomas Williamson, W. W. Bierce, Elizabeth A. Bierce, and Henry L. Guion. Estate of George P. Cooper. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 508 | 65 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | Gilbert Moyers v. G. W. McKinstry | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 521 | 20 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1890 | Gilbert D. Raine v. W. J. Smith | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 572 | 278 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1890 | George W. Holman v. M. Nealis et al. | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Dispute arose over ownership of land originally held by Judith A. Bonner (Mrs. Holman). |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 558 | 60 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | H. L. Craighead v. Fritz Vollmer | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Small hand-drawn plat map on page 9. |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 568 | 100 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | Julius Frost & wife v. Hartie & Schied | Shelby | Property Dispute |
Property consists of house goods (i.e.. Sink, tub, pipes, etc.) |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 570 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | J. H. Woniger, et al. v. Mrs. Matilda Howard, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Henry Woniger and John Woniger. Additional defendants: William Hoegel, Houston Wallace, and his wife Edmandy Wallace. Plaintiffs are heirs at law to A. E. Woniger, dec. and his first wife. Edmandy Wallace was the child of A. E. Woniger by his second wife. |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 572 | 97 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | James P. Winn v. L. W. Humes et al | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: W. B. Winn and D. H. Poston |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 564 | 242 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | Jennie Moore v. V. Bacigalupe[?] | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Defendant is deceased. |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 568 | 50 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | L. B. Eaton & L. G. Moore v. W. J. Chase | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 510 | 66 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1890 | M. A. Fitzsimmons, et al. v. John Johnson, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Estate of John W. Todd. Additional plaintiffs: James Fitzsimmons, Elizabeth Young, R. J. Black. Additional Defendants: J. F. Frank, Henry Craft, John R. Pepper, S. P. Read. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 508 | 410 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | Mrs. Sallie A. Menken v. L. B. Eaton et al | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendant: W. J. Smith Includes newspaper inserts. |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 562 | 117 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | Sarah H. Massey et al. v. Henry Mullins et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: L. D. Massey. Additional Defendants: Minnie Mullins and William Massey. |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 558 | 87 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | S. J. Rosenheim & wife v. Hartie & Schied | Shelby | Property Dispute |
Property consists of house goods (i.e.. Sink, tub, pipes, etc.) Brief included. |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 570 | 64 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | W. J. Chase v. Fannie H. Page, et al | Shelby | Property Dispute |
Additional defendants: Jesse W. Page, F. Louis Warner, trustee, James H. Malone, trustee, Edward F. Wills, Fannie Page (a minor), Sue Rose Page (a minor), Nannie P. Haynes, Otho B. Haynes, W. H. Gantt, George Gantt, Jr., Blanche Albon, and J. P. Albon. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 | 195 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | W. B. Glisson et al. v. M. J. Garvin | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: J. S. Drake. There are two copies |
West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 337 | 30 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | Wade Millington& George H. Millington v. German Insurance Company et al | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Defendants: German Insurance Company, a foreign company and James W. Thomas, Commissioner of Insurance at Nashville, Tennessee. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 491 | 746 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | William Black, et al. v. Meredith Yates | Shelby | Lease Dispute |
This case deals with a lease on a property that was owned by Meredith's Yates late father. The lease apparently exchanged hands between many renters and thus has ended up in the courts as there are questions as to who owes money to who. Additional plaintiff in this case is George Baymiller. |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 562 | 206 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | W. S. Macrae, exe. v. CT Mutual Life Insurance Co. | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Macrae executor of William P. Hume, dec. Clarksville, TN Feb. 1887, leaving widow by second marriage Augusta T. Hume & no children. First wife, Jenetta C. Hume, dec. 4 Jan. 1872. Children: William G. (dec. Louisville, KY 2 Feb. 1881), James W. (dec. 11 Sept. 1872) & Lena Hume, also dec. Grandchildren: Bryce Stewart Hume, W. G. Hume, Jr., Edith & Martha O. Hume, children of William G. Hume, Sr. Also, William H. Dortch, son of Lena (Hume) Dortch. Insurance policy worth $10,000. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 502 | 82 | Order A Copy |