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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1883 | Allen Cranon v. William H. Johnson | Davidson | Unlawful Detainer |
Livery stable no. 122 S. Market Street Nashville, TN |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 663 | 51 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | A. C. Cobb v. John P. Oliver & Co., etals. | Davidson | Debt |
Additional defendants: McCulloch, Ritter. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 663 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | American Publishing Co. v. W. N. Thweatt | Davidson | Debt |
Debt due by account under $500. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 678 | 52 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | A. H. Hurley & Isaac Paul v. Heirs & Creditors of James M. Murrell, dec. | Davidson | Debt |
The plaintiffs were administrators of the estate of James M. Murrell, dec.; they were attempting to collect various debts. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 684 | 74 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | B. J. Farrar, et al. v. John M. McMullen, et al. | Davidson | Debt on Account |
Additional plaintiffs: R. H. Hamilton. Additional defendant: M. McMullen, wife of John. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 673 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | C. W. Nance v. Thomas Chadwell | Davidson | Damages |
Additional parties: W. O. Johnson, E. H. Childress, Lewis Jones |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 146 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Caleb Jones v. State | Davidson | Larceny |
Amount: $150; Additional names: Nelson Jones. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1124 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Ed Meadows v. State | Davidson | Gambling |
Case concerns illigal cock fighting and gambling. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 158 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Elizabeth Knight v. Mayor & City Council | Davidson | Damages |
Plaintiff was given a vaccine by Defendant which caused her to become sick and lose some of her vision. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 811 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Fels & Co. v. B. Levison & Bro. | Davidson | Debt on Account |
The Levison Company is owned by Bruno Levison and Bernard Levison. The debt owed is $158.30 for an unpaid order of scented soaps. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 645 | 72 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | F. E. Stewart, et al. v. William T. Briggs, et al. | Davidson | Other |
Additional complainants: F. E. Stewart, N. B. Stewart, Louisa Stewart, Arietta Burnett, G. W. Burnett, M. S. Stewart, Lillie Stewart, Angelina Stewart, and G. B. Stewart. Additional defendants: W. T. Briggs, Narcissa Horn, and William H. Blackman. Original bill was judgment against the estate of A. C. Stewart, dec. June 1878. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 653 | 112 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | First National Bank of Nashville v. John Wright, et al,& W. F. Overton v. W. L. Earthman, et al | Davidson | Other |
Cause of action: Petition for interpleader. Additional names associated with the case: James McGuinius, W. C. Shaw, J. W. McCullough, W. R. Maddox, W. Kirkpatrick, H. W. Buchanan, Cornelius Murphy. Case deals with a reward offered for the arrest of Bill Ryan. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 625 | 368 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | George. T. Burton v. John Gray, et al. | Davidson | Debt Settlement |
Defendants: John Kirkman, J. H. Fall. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 158 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Henry C. Cist v. Mattie J. Beck et al | Davidson | Debt |
Add. Defendants: John C. Hanover, Annie M. Hanover, Lawrence Cuighton. In 1879, one F. O. Walker sold and conveyed a tract of land to L. Cuighton, who then sold it to M. J. Beck for $700 in a note. The plaintiff was a security on the note, which was never paid by the defendant. The plaintiff is now suing for the value of the note as mortgage and the debt. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 834 | 116 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | J. W. Sweney v. Charles Plicque | Davidson | Debt |
Debt listed as $9.64. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 651 | 27 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | J. W. Pettus v. W. Nance, et al. | Davidson | Deed of Trust |
Additional defendant: Andrew Gregory. Deed of trust containing a power of sale. Exhibit materials include deed of trust, trustees sales. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 673 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | John B. Lang v. George F. Akers | Davidson | Debt |
Lang sued Akers for repayment of $200 debt for services rendered. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1108 | 52 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | John Dornan v. Tennessee Manufacturing Company | Davidson | Debt for Wages |
Amount of wages owed is noted as being $11.00. Includes 2 copies of a standard labor contract. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 607 | 78 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | J. H. Wright, et al. v. W. B. Bate, et al. | Davidson | Debt Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: A. J. Hudson, Thomas Pettyjohn, John Holland, J.J. Hudson. Additional defendants include P. P. Richard, A. Thomas. Railroad-owed public debt. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 673 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | J. C. Felts v. A J. Roper, admr. of P. Grinstead | Davidson | Estate Dispute | Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 694 | 80 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1883 | John Donnelly v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway | Davidson | Damages |
Damages of $10,000. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 696 | 105 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | John G. Cola v. J. B. Pickerel | Davidson | Debt |
$182 of goods and merchandise. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 696 | 31 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | L. Grief Brothers v. S. Goldner et al | Davidson | Debt |
Debt from dry goods. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 695 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Madeline Pfeiffer v. A. A. East | Davidson | Debt Dispute |
Origin of Debt: loan. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 494 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Mayor & City Council of Nashville v. Adams Expense Co. | Davidson | Other |
Cause of action: Doing business without obtaining a corporation privilege license. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 654 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Mayor and City Council of Nashville v. H. C. Link et al. | Davidson | Ordinance Violation |
Additional Defendants: Theo. Seifried, Fred Pfiter, and B. F. Moore. The City filed suit against the defendants for violating the "Sunday Ordinance," which was passed on Dec. 16, 1883, the day before their arrests. The ordinance forbid the sale of goods on the Sabbath Day. Link was accused of Seifried charged with selling a beer; Pfister accused of selling a newspaper after 8am; Link sold a drink of liquor; and Moore sold a cigar on Sunday. Two copies of reported case (1 has notes) and copy of ordinance. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1143 | 198 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Mayor and City Council v. Anderson Thompson | Davidson | Ordinance Violation |
Case brought against Thompson for violating a city ordinance for blasting. Thompson did not sufficiently prepare the blasting site when constructing a telephone pole. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1126 | 52 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Mrs. L. Garrett v. A. Hamilton | Davidson | Unlawful Detainer | Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 652 | 48 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1883 | P. H. Wade v. J. E. Ritter | Davidson | Property Dispute | Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 663 | 80 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1883 | Patterson & Carmichael v. J. I. Morrison | Davidson | Damages |
Damages to horses belonging to the plaintiff. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 686 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Patrick Cosgrove v. Lawrence Kahn, et al. | Davidson | Debt |
Additional defendants: A. J. Whitman. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 705 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Robert Thompson, exe. of J. P. Wiles v. William H. Wiles | Davidson | Wills, Contested |
Deceased: J. P. Wiles. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 690 | 174 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | R. S. McCormack & Company v. J. A. Cartwright, admr. of A. R. Brown, dec. | Davidson | Debt |
Debt from failure to sell and deliver. A lot of mess pork of $816.30 |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 696 | 113 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | State v. Jason Kuling | Davidson | Larceny | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 200 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1883 | State v. Riddick | Davidson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Jessie McLaller claimed that the defendant shoved her in the street and followed her into a store with a knife threatening to kill her and cut her ear off. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1124 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | State v. Reuburn Kizer | Davidson | Murder |
The state claimed that the defendant shot Simpson in the right side of the chest causing his death. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1124 | 80 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | State v. Wayne Uusury | Davidson | Other |
Uusury was on trial for vagrancy- “Having no apparent means of subsistence, did willfully neglect to apply himself to some honest calling.” |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1122 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | State ex rel W. Boyd, et al. v. E. M. Fuqua, et al. | Davidson | Mandamus |
Additional Plaintiffs: J. M. Evans, E. R. Zuccarello, John M. Fleming, D. D. Hamilton, E. C. Sloan, Albert Brent, W. P. Russell, W. S. Markham, S. B. Buchanon, E. C. Shelton, R. White, L. Walker, S. B. Brown, B. M. Smith, E. B. Graves, James McFarland. Additional Defendants: M. C. Whitworth, D. Stevenson, Directors of School District No. 2 in Davidson County. Involves the board's denial to open the McWhirtersville or Donelson School. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 565 | 37 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | State v. W. J. Alias Buck Brown | Davidson | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
W. J. Buck Brown unlawfully carried a pocket pistol. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1120 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Strouse& Brothers, et al. v. Henry Powers, et al. | Davidson | Debt |
Other plaintiffs: Michael Levinson; L. Levinson; Samuel Strouse; Isaac Strouse; Leopold Strouse; Benjamin Strouse. Other defendants: Morris Powers. For debt of $1,517.50. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 629 | 358 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Sallie Reese v. S. H. Bell et al | Davidson | Debt for Wages |
Approximately 300 receipts spanning the years 1881-1882, mostly to J.L. Reese. Additional defendants Stanley Bell, William Duncan, Russell Duncan. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 705 | 350 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | State v. William Powell | Davidson | Murder |
The State charged William R. Powell with the murder of John E. Sullivan in May 1883. The jury found him guilty and sentenced him to 15 years in the state penitentiary. Defendant avers that the grand jury that indicted him was elected and selected unlawfully. Majority of case (205 of 209 pages) in box MT 1123. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 998 | 209 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Thomas E. Crawley v. John Leonard et al. | Davidson | Petition for Mandamus |
Additional Defendants: C. Power, Wiliam Ferril |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 158 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Thomas L. Mann v. State | Davidson | Breach of Bond | Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 146 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1883 | Thomas Hightower, Agent v. Householders Mutual Benefit Association | Davidson | Debt, Balance on |
This case is "a plea of debt due by insurance loss" brought by the acting agent Hightower in the interest of A. N. McEwen, a client of Householders Mutual Benefit Association. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1124 | 83 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Underhill & Newsome v. Alexander & Stroud | Davidson | Debt on Account |
Amount of debt listed as $254.61. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 651 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | W. J. Kinsey v. State | Davidson | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | Middle | Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 158 | 0 | Order A Copy |