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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 | A. A. Laurence et al.v. F. S. Davis et al | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Additional Plaintiffs: J. T. & James Frost; Mrs. H. Frost; Julius A. Taylor & Thomas Barrett. Additional Defendants: R. F. Patterson; M. C. Pierce; L. B. Eaton; W. W. Thatcher; R. V. Vredenbergh; George Gilham; G. T. Vance, John K. Speed & Memphis City Railroad Co. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 232 | 132 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Asa Selby et al.v. Alphonso Desport et al | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Harriet Lanning; Charlotte Chambers & husband, Joseph H.; Elizabeth Sweet & husband E. S.; Thursey Keck & husband et al. Additional Defendants: Heloise Desport Jean Maire & husband, L. F. Jean Maire. Louis Selby, Sr. dec. June 1872; only son, Louis Selby, Jr. dec. intestate & childless May 1881. Asa Selby, Harriet Lanning & Charlotte Chambers brother & sisters of Louis Selby, Sr. Almost all parties residents of PA, IN, MO, WV or Muscatine, IA. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 235 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | A. J. White v. Thomas Day et al. | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Co-defendants: Charles W. Kealhofer; Brooks Neely & Co; Stewart Haley & Co; B. Zanoni & Co; G. A. Eckerly; C. A. Beeker; Cloth & Kettman; Banksmith Meacham & Co; Rootes & Co; Murray & Ridgely; R. G. Craig & Co; F. M. White & Co; J. S. Hatcher & Co; H. Wetter; Chas. N. Erich; Wheeler Pickens & Co; E. Urquhart; W. N. Wilkerson & Co; Allison Bros.; Lullman & Vienna; Spicer & Ryan; Wm. Moore & Co; Bryson & Camp; C. C. Ward & Bro; F. Pfemfert; Moler & Moler; Boyle & Chapman; Flash Lewis & Co; many others |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 226 | 286 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Bettie Wright v. Chaney Carr | Shelby | Property Dispute | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 231 | 19 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1883 | C. T. Inslee v. Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad Co. et al | Shelby | Bond Dispute |
Additional Defendant: Taxing District of Shelby Co., TN. Inslee citizen of New York |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 216 | 70 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | C. Refeld et al.v. W. C. Champion et al | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: M. Louise Refeld, D. Refeld Additional Defendants: A. E. Champion, Julius A. Taylor, and the last two composing the law firm of Taylor and Carroll, John A. Harbin, agent of Steamboat Maumelle, Ashford clerk, and the Bank of Commerce, a corporation of Memphis |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 221 | 410 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Cloth& Kettman v. M. C. Costello et al | Shelby | Debt |
Additional plaintiffs: George H. Herbers, I. C. Finche, of firm Cloth and Kettman; M. Garvice, John S. Sullivan and Maneus Clarke of firm M. Garvice & co; B. H. Carheny and Thomas Casey of the firm Carheny and Casey; D. P. Hadden and John M. Fanington More additional Plaintiffs: C. R. Ryan and F. L. Ryan of firm C. R. Ryan and Co. and John Reid Additional defendants: M. C. Costello and P. J. Daly |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 226 | 311 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | C. Dickman& Rosa Dickman v. Emma Woodward, et al | Shelby | Estate Settlement |
Defendants: Oliver Woodward Sallie Woodward |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 197 | 154 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | County of Shelby v. Andrew J. Harris, County Trustee | Shelby | County Issues |
Harris, Shelby County Trustee, maintained that he was entitled to a commission of $37.68 for collecting the School Fund. County declined to pay, saying that no such compensation was due. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 236 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | David H. Poston, admr. et al.v. Joseph R. Williams et al | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: W. E. Greenlaw, exor. W. B. Greenlaw. Poston admr. for J. O. Greenlaw. Additional Defendants: Henry T., Edward W., & Benjamin R. Williams & Mrs. Jane T. Williams, wife James R. Williams. Photo marked No. 2 between pp. 54 & 55 |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 474 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | David H. Evans et al.v. Imogene A. Beaumont, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: Julia D. Evans, wife of David H. Additional Defendants: Guila Brent & husband, William: Ernest & Effie Gleaves; R. D. Jordan; Thomas A. Deloach; Thomas H. Allen; E. M. Apperson; E. F. Adams, & Henry Cohn & Charles N. Grosvenor. Effie, Gulia & Thomas Allen Deloach children of Claiborne Deloach, dec. Claiborne Deloach left $5000 to Julia (Neely) Evans which defendants seek to reclaim. Effie (Deloach) Gleaves dec.; Ernest & Effie Gleaves her children. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 232 | 124 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Elizabeth M. Hayes et al. v. Daniel L. Ferguson et al | Shelby | Lease Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Samuel J. Hayes, James Walker Hayes. Additional defendants: H.C. Hampton (Hampson?), John M. Hayes. Plaintiffs owned plantation in Mississippi Co., Ark. called the Morgan Point place and adjoining land called the Perry place which was leased to defendants. Surname alternately spelled "Hays" and "Hayes" throughout. Eliz. M. Hayes was widow of A.J. Hayes. Samuel J. Hayes. Jas. W. Hayes and John M. Hayes were their children. A. J. Hayes died in Fall 1878. Map is oversize. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 153 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | E. M. Bateman, et al. v. Ila G. Broom, et al. | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Co-plaintiff is Forrest Bateman, a minor. Co-defendant is Nancy Broom, Ila's wife. Folder includes a number of legal briefs. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 222 | 219 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Emelia Michot v. John Gaston | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Additional parties: Ed L. Michot, dec., |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 105 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | E. R. Hart v. W. E. Butler | Shelby | Taxation, Assessment | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 232 | 30 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1883 | F. G. Connell et al.v. Anna McKenna et al. | Shelby | Estate Sale |
Estate that of Eppy White. Named in Case: Maud B. McKenna, heir at law of her mother Anna McKenna; Louise E. Connell, daughter of Eppy White; Fred G. Connell; William Connell, dec. 1874; Fannie R. Connell, husband T. P. Dawson; Susan Connell, dec., husband W. W. Mannigault; Josie E. Connell, husband J. D. Randall, and King P. Connell. King & Fred G. Connell, Mrs. Fannie R. Dawson & Mrs. Josie E. Randall heirs of Louise E. Connell. Mrs. Susan Mannigault had no surviving children. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 223 | 96 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Frank O. Bird & Sula Bird v. Isabella Rice | Shelby | Rent Dispute |
Complainants' surname also spelled "Byrd." Most of docket number is illegible but begins with 664- |
West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 402 | 369 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | George E. Fleece v. D. C. Trader et al. | Shelby | Debt |
Co-defendants: John A. Fleece; "Watson & Hill, Christian names unknown"; and James E. Frost. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 227 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | George Gilham v. Francis Sylva P. D'Arusmont | Shelby | Land, Sale of | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 230 | 392 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1883 | Harriett E. Smith, exe., v. George A. Smith et al. | Shelby | Property Dispute |
Complainant is the executrix of her first husband, John A. Nove. When Henry G. Smith, her second husband, died, his family members claimed the income from the sale of property that had originally belonged to Node. Complainant claims that the money should revert to her on the death of Smith, and that his family members have no right to it. Other defendants are F. W. Smith and Robert M. Heath. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 233 | 149 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Henry Loeb, assignee of Elehman& Co. v. Rindskoff Brothers& Co.& P. R. Athy, Sheriff | Shelby | Property Dispute |
Alternate name spelling: Ruidskoff, Esehman |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 236 | 83 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | John Jay Knox v. R. H. McCain, et al | Shelby | Lien |
Defendants: Mrs. R. H. McCain. Partial case. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 197 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | James F. Schabel, admr. V. R. Dudley Frayser et al. | Shelby | Unknown |
Schabel is the administrator of the estate of John Saffarans, deceased. Co-defendants: Mary E. Schabel, Henry J. Price, Caroline V. Price. Two issues: executor finds himself in conflict with the decedent's trustees; and there is some concern about equity because of various advancements -- i.e., funds and items given to various individuals by the decedent when he was still alive. Folder includes several legal briefs. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 217 | 150 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | J. H. Norton v. Memphis & Little Rock Railroad Company | Shelby | Damages |
Complainant was a resident of Texas travelling from Memphis, TN to Waco, TX. He alleged that the railroad lost his baggage. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 215 | 78 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Josephine G. Hays v. Robert B. Hays & J. J. Braswell | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Plaintiff wife of Robert B. Hays. Couple married 18 July 1866. Plaintiff's maiden name Gohlson; she is the grand-daughter of John C. McLemore, dec., from whom she inherited real estate. Prior to their marriage plaintiff and her future husband had entered into a contract by which he gave up all of his rights to any property that she already owned or might come to possess in the future. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 223 | 216 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | J. E. Warner v. E. R. Knight et al | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: P. D. Beecher & wife, Ellen; Ralph, Jefferson, Nellie & Mamie Hicks (Jefferson, Nellie, & Mamie minors), & Orville R. Early. Warren citizen of Norwich, CT. Knight citizen of Forrest City, AR. Early resident of MS. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 227 | 109 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | John Shoup v. P. R. Bohlen | Shelby | Recovery |
Shoup, a resident of PA, obtained a judgment of $1146.58 against Bohlen in a PA court on 1 April 1881. William Neely, also a resident of PA, is now added to the case, and might be named a defendant. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 233 | 86 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | J. W. Skinner et al.v. Tim Sullivan | Shelby | Debt |
Additional plaintiffs: W. Whitton |
West | Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 394 | 230 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Jason E. England v. W. H. Pearson, admr., et al., L. H. Cannon | Shelby | Estate Settlement | West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 215 | 90 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1883 | James Callahan v. Sarah A. Murrah | Shelby | Petition to Compel Payment for Goods | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 222 | 153 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1883 | Jno H. Fife v. Wm. W. Daughtry et al | Shelby | Debt |
Additional defendants: Jesse Miller and wife, Carrie E. Daughtry |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 223 | 158 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | John Loague, admr. v. The General National Bank of Memphis et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Loague is administrator of the estate of Henry Kempf Sr. Co-defendants are John G. Handwerker and John E. Randle. Kempf died intestate; Loague is contesting the claim of Kempf's widow, Mary, for the estate. Folder includes several legal briefs. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 226 | 310 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | J. A. Andrews& Lucrezia Andrews v. F. M. Apperson, exe. of Wade H. Balton, dec., et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Alternate spellings of plaintiff name: Loucasie, Lucassia, Loucasia. Additional defendants: L. A. Cannon, L. N. Cannon, Tom Holman, Chairman. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 227 | 456 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | John Loague, admr. of Daniel Horan, dec. v. M. C. Pearce et al. | Shelby | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Additional Defendant: T. C. Park. The defendants were partners in the firm of Pearce, Park, and Company. The deceased, Daniel Horan, was a bookkeeper in that firm which owed him wages earned. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 232 | 150 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | John McMahon v. John Walsh | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Partial record of a debt case which appears to be from the 1870s. County unknown. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 236 | 93 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Kate Green v. Michael O'Neal | Shelby | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Bridgett O'Neal, dec. 1879, was wife of Michael O'Neal. Plaintiff is her sister. Plaintiff maintains that as her sister's heir she is entitled to $800 in insurance money that defendant claimed after property belonging to her sister burned to the ground. Bridgett O'Neal's maiden name was McDonald. Her first husband was Jerry Leary. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 223 | 92 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | L. C. McCaughan et al.v. P. R. Athy, Sheriff et al | Shelby | Incorporation |
Additional Plaintiffs: W. A. & Joe McCaughan; J. C. Bynum; R. A. Harrell; Thomas Rives; H. D. Hunter; John Willie & President & Directors of Kerrville Academy. Additional Defendants: T. E. Cullins; J. W. Moore; W. C. Easley; John Blackwell & J. W. Fitzgerald. Questions as to whether Millington, TN meets legal qualifications for incorporation. Exhibit - Plat of Millington, TN, P. 15 |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Maria K. Smith v. J. H. Smith & wife Emily J. Smith, et al. | Shelby | Foreclosure |
Additional defendant: James L. Caldwell. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 194 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Maggie Brennan, et al.v. John Loagne, admr., et al | Shelby | Estate Settlement |
Additional Plaintiffs: Maggie A. Brennan, William Gavin, guardian of Sarah A. Dunn. Additional defendants: Mrs. E. M. Beasley, dec. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 312 | 557 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Malinda Flynn et al.v. J. A. Anderson et al | Shelby | Estate Settlement |
Complainants were widow and children of Peter Flynn, dec.; children were Nellie and Katie Flynn. Anderson was Public Administrator of Shelby County; additional defendants were C.F. France, F.M. White, and E.E. Clarke, his sureties. Peter Flynn died intestate in Arkansas on August 15th, 1876. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 203 | 31 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Menkin Brothers v. J. Goldsmith et al. | Shelby | Debt |
Plaintiffs: J. A. Menkin or Menken, J. S. Menkin, J. S. Andersons, William Horgan and G. E. Tate Additional defendant: H. Goldsmith |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212 | 637 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Memphis & Charleston Railroad Co. v. The Taxing District of Shelby Co. et al | Shelby | Bond Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Minor Meriwether; P. E. Bethel; Samuel Tate (of AR); E. W. Munford; John Overton; M. J. Wicks (of CA), & J. L. Goodloe, Exor. R. C. Brinkley, dec. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 235 | 316 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Martin W. Guy v. J. H. McClellan | Shelby | Mortgage Dispute | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 300 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1883 | Napoleon Hill v. J. T. Hillman et al. | Shelby | Promissory Note |
Additional Defendant: Mary H. Tillman (wife of J. T. Hillman). See WT120 for additional materials. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 232 | 58 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Nora B. Hart et al. v. Bianca Czapski et al. | Shelby | Petition for the Sale of Goods and Chattels |
Co-complainant: A. W. Hart. Co-defendants: Benny Czapski, Annie Czapski, Louis Czapski. Nora Hart is the guardian of Bianca Czapski and her sibling and asks that a guardian ad litem be appointed to sell some of the railroad bonds left them by their late father, the annual income from the bonds being insufficient for their education and support. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 237 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Province McCormick Jr., et al. v. Treadwell S. Ayres, et al. | Shelby | Debt |
Co-complainant: Marshall McCormick, co-exor. of Province McCormick Sr. Co-defendants: Catharine M. Ayres & Sam V. Walker, Trustee. Case concerns a mortgage debt owed to the senior P. McCormick. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 221 | 239 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | P. Graham, et al. v. P. R. Bohlen | Shelby | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Additional plaintiff: John Shoop, partners in P. Graham & Co., residents of Pennsylvania. Trying to recover a judgment of $1,108.98 against defendant. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 233 | 250 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | R. J. Black, Assignee v. J. S. Menken, et al. | Shelby | Debt Settlement |
Additional Defendants: Jules A. Menken, Joseph S. Andrews, William Horgan & Godfrey E. Tate, with J. S. Menken comprise firm of Menken Brothers; Importers & Traders Bank, NY; Albert Stone of Boston, MA., et al. Over 7 pages of defendants. Menken Brothers a large mercantile establishment in Memphis that became heavily indebted. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 217 | 427 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | R. B. Snowden et al.v. C. W. Weatherford, Agent of the Comptroller of the Treasury of TN | Shelby | Taxation Disputes |
Additional Plaintiffs: Annie B. Snowden, wife R. B. Snowden; John Overton, Jr., Trustee & James L. Goodloe, Exors. Of R. B. Brinkley, dec. Weatherford also collects back taxes. Seeking to collect $2000 plus interest in back taxes from estate of Brinkley. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 54 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Richard Lathers v. Mississippi& Tennessee Rail Road Co. et al | Shelby | Bond Dispute |
Additional defendant: Taxing District of Shelby County. Complainant was a citizen of the state of New York. Case concerns bonds purchased in 1855. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 215 | 74 | Order A Copy |