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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| 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 | 1878 | F. H. Saltsman et al. v. Godfrey S. Newsom | Davidson | Bill of Sale |
additional plaintiff - C. W. Nance |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 56 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | George Ford v. State | Anderson | Obstructing a Public Road/Road/Right of Way |
The plaintiff in error was accused of obstructing travel by building a fence across a public road. Exhibit materials include a hand-drawn plat map depicting the properties of the plaintiff, George Taylor, and P. and L. Hatmaker. Said lands lie near the Clinch River. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1645 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | George W. Bramer v. M. Oglivie | Williamson | Recovery of Land/Property |
Witnesses included Joseph A. Mabry, W.H. Jackson, F.M. Woodall, Napoleon B. Cheatham, W.G. Harding. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 46 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | H. L. Elam v. John McClain | Cannon | Sale of Goods |
Witnesses: M.C. Neeley, Joseph Knose, Alice Wilson, William Moss, James Guy, William Peeler, and Jonathan Craft. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 31 | 42 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | J. S. Day & W. P. Proudfit v. W. P. Williams, admr. of C.H. Medlin, dec., et al. | Crockett | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional defendants: William Evans, M. W. and B. H. Medlin, and Doak Williams and wife, Adelaide Williams. B. H. Medlin, M. W. Medlin and Adelaide Williams heirs at law of C. H. Medlin who died 15 Dec. 1877. Case incomplete. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 114 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | J. J. Coulter v. The Weed Sewing Machine Co. | Hamilton | Breach of Warranty |
J.J. Coulter claims that the Weed Sewing Machine Co. has not carried out their contract or warranty of the machine sold to him and the machine is worthless to him. |
East | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1593 | 92 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | John D. Gatti et al.v. John A. Rousch et al. | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Additional plaintiffs: James P. Gatti. Additional defendants: Patrick Cunningham. Additional parties: Steve Delacella. Rousch & Cunningham refused to pay their apprentice, Gatti the agreed amount. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 113 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | President& Trustees of Dresden High School v. John J. Drewry | Weakley | Breach of Contract |
The defendant supposedly made a commitment to work on a tin roof for the high school in lieu of a monetary subscription. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 118 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | R. F. Patterson v. Thomas A. Rayner | Haywood | Breach of Bond |
Plaintiffs: W. T. Swannick & Co. Defendants: G. C. Porter, B. P. Body |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 117 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Rosa L. Graves, by Next Friend Abraham Graves v. Harrison Roy | Monroe | Breach of Contract |
Pltf. suing the deft. For $1000 damages for breach of promise. Ca. 1 July 1875 the plntff. & deft. made a marriage contract to wed in the future, but did not set a date. Pltf. was still unmarried. Ca. 1 Jan. 1876 she asked the deft. to marry her, but he refused. Plntff. has travelled with the deft., posing as his wife, and has had a child by him. See also: Rosa Graves, By Next Friend v. Harrison Roy, ET, Box 105. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1641 | 48 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | State v. D. S. Monday | Davidson | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Additional parties: A. J. Woods and J. T. Bell. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Shelbyville Savings Bank v. B. G. Fields et al. | Bedford | Bills of Exchange |
Additional Defendants: L. P. Fields and J. B. Feeling. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 45 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | State, for the use of Royal Jennings v. G. B. Mitchell, et al. | Grainger | Breach of Contract |
Other defendants: Z. T. Godwin. Defendants were sureties of Thomas Lathim, admr. of J. F. M. Barton, dec. Barton's estate owed the estate of Prior Jennings, dec., $126.04 (Royal Jennings was admr. of estate). Lathim did not settle the debt before he died, so the state brought suit against his sureties in Royal Jennings' name. |
East | Range: 19 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1660 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | State v. Ezekiel Hembree | Scott | Obstructing a Public Road/Road/Right of Way |
Defendant was charged with obstructing the road. The fence at the edge of defendant's property hung one and a half feet over the road and went down the road for four miles. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1642 | 27 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | State v. Emery Phillips | Cannon | Disturbance of Public Worship |
Phillips was charged with disturbing Ausments Chapel Church in Cannon County with noise, profane discourse, rude and indecent behavior. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 35a | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | State v. John H. Henry | Sumner | Guardianship of Minors |
Additional parties: Mary E. Rickman, Mary E. Browning, |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | S. L. Waller et al. v. R. B. McLean | Davidson | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Additional Complainant is listed only as "Mrs. S. L. Walker." |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 45 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | State v. William Howard | Morgan | Confirmation of Land Ownership |
Confirmation of office of County Trustee. Incomplete file. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 742 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | State v. James O. Senter | Hamilton | Breach of Trust |
Senter, an attorney and agent for Abraham Miller, accused of appropriating for his own use $900 of a $1,018.40 U. S. Treasury certificate payable to Miller. The money was bounty & back pay due Miller as the father of Samuel S. Miller, a U. S. soldier, 2d Lieutenant in Co. K of the 9th Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers. Senter charged with "fraudulent breach of trust". |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1659 | 79 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | W. N. Mason v. H. H. Brumbach | Rutherford | Land, Confirmation of Ownership | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 47 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1878 | William S. Johnson et al. v. F. M. Price et al. | Jackson | Stay of Execution |
Additional parties: J. J. Price |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 158 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | William T. Morgan et al. v. Schmidlapp Brothers | Tipton | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional plaintiffs: Gardner J. Dickey, George W. Smith & Alexander A. Montgomery. Additional defendants: Charles & J. G. Schmidlapp, Ike Rice and S. Jacobs, partners in firm called Schmidlapp Brothers. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 114 | 0 | Order A Copy |