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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1885 | A. W. Moss v. Atha Thomas | Williamson | Other |
Complainant sought to recover a judgment on a note plus interest and to have a lien or trust declared on a tract of land. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 599 | 116 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Alexander Moore, et al. v. Thomas Holt, et al. | Williamson | Deed, Fraudulent |
Additional Complainants: J. W. Hyde, W. A. Jordan, J. R. Carothers, R. A. Jordan. Additional Defendants: L. H. Holt, E.[?] T. Holt, Frank Wilson, Frank Wilson, exor. of James H. Wilson, dec., M. Oglesby. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 599 | 212 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | A. C. Farris v. T. J. Redman | Williamson | Debt |
Debt due by account for money had and received for the purpose of paying on interest on a note. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 602 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | A. C. Terrell v. J. H. Witt | Williamson | Injunction |
Complainant sought to enjoin defendant from prosecuting a writ of inquiry in a circuit court on a case of replevin and debt due by note. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 586 | 100 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Byrd Douglas v. John M. Critz et al. | Williamson | Notes |
Additional Defendant: Enoch Brown. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 695 | 64 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Charles A. Davis v. J. R. Stephens | Williamson | Debt |
Debt due by note. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 599 | 68 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Dr. Dan German v. T. C. Russell, admr. of A. M. Knight, dec. | Williamson | Debt |
Debt due by account. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 567 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Dr. James E. Hanner[?] v. Williamson County | Williamson | Debt |
Debt due by account. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 567 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | G. H. K. McConnico v. Martha E. McConnico | Williamson | Estate Settlement |
Additional Complainants: J. M. McConnico, J. P. Crutcher, Jennie Crutcher, W. H. Oliver, C. C. Oliver, Whitman Jones, Eliza Jones, J. F. Harwell, R. R. Owens, Priscilla Owens, James Farror, John Parker, George Parker. Additional Defendants: T. M. Smith, Susan E. Smith, Robert P. Moss, admr. of G. J.[?] McConnico, dec., Earnest Y.[?] McConnico. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 601 | 109 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | G. W. Hicks use & c v. B. B. Smith & Wife & G. W. Hicks use & c v. Y.M. Rizer & Wife | Williamson | Estate Dispute | Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 604 | 97 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1885 | Hicks, Houston & Company et al. v. John D. DeGraffenried et al. | Williamson | Debt |
Additional plaintiffs: B. H. Cook and Company, William Litlener and Company, Kinsey McLaughlin and Company, Kinkade, Handley and Company. Additional defendant: M. F. DeGraffeuried Jr. and T. D. DeGraffeuried. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 703 | 51 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | J. D. DeGraffenreid v. J. W. Jefferson | Williamson | Replevin |
Replevin for one horse. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 598 | 111 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | John B. Murray v. Lee Neal (col.) | Williamson | Replevin |
Replevin for wheat. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 598 | 94 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | J. P. McDowell v. J. P. McEwen. | Williamson | Damages | Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 602 | 29 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1885 | John W. Brown v. Anderson Bass (col.) | Williamson | Replevin |
Replevin for livestock. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 602 | 44 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | L. P. Hawkins v. David Daniels | Williamson | Replevin |
Replevin for a black sow and six pigs. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 599 | 65 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Mary O. Cator v. Moses E. Cator, exe. of Levin Cator, dec. | Williamson | Wills, Construction of | Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 594 | 237 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1885 | Nashville & Duck River Ridge Turnpike Company v. Franklin & Hillsboro Turnpike Company | Williamson | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
2 folders. Bill filed over the possible abandonment of land by the defendant and the plaintiff trying to take over the same land. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 757 | 317 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | R. A. Bigger, et al. v. L. H. McCall, exe. of Lycurgus McCall, dec., et al. | Williamson | Estate Settlement |
Additional Complainants: Virginia C. Benton, William S. Benton, Merinda M. Sampson, R. S. Sampson. Additional Defendants: Robert McCall, W. L. McCall, Rebecca Hargrove, William Mincey, John R. Bigger. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 597 | 43 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | R. E. Haynes v. Y. N. Rizer et al. | Williamson | Notes |
Additional Defendant: D.B. Cliffe. The case was consolidated with other cases: Samuel Henderson v. Y.N. Rizer; Farmers National Bank v. Y.N. Rizer; and J.G. Herbert et al. v. Y.N. Rizer |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 698 | 338 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Sallie E. Westerfield, et al. v. Constantine W. Davis, et al. | Williamson | Other |
Cause of Action: Complainant sought to attach a Certificate of Membership, and the benefit secured thereby, in the Presbyterian Mutual Assurance Fund and subject it to the payment of a promissory note. Additional Complainants: B. O. Westerfield, F. C. Elbick[?], as next friend. Additional Defendants: G. H. Russell, The Presbyterian Mutual Assurance Fund of Louisville, KY. Exhibit: Presbyterian Mutual Assurance Fund booklet. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 597 | 133 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Susan Pinkerton et al. v. D. B. Cliffe, exe. of C. A. Merrill, dec. | Williamson | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Rufus McCaul, Bettie McCaul, L.M. McCaul, and Jane McCaul. The case involved John S. Merrill, dec., who left a large estate the plaintiffs said was never inventoried properly by C.A. Merrill. Refer to the case of Charles A. Merritt v. R.H. Elam et al.. for further evidence used in this case. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 698 | 176 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Susan M. Vaughan v. Cyrus Broadwell, et al. | Williamson | Damages |
Additional Defendant: W. H. Broadwell. Plaintiff sought damages due to defendants wrongful possession of a certain tract of land, and the taking of timber from that land. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 567 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. Sam Garner | Williamson | Liquor Violation |
Giving away liquor on election day. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 584 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | T. G. Hulme, et al. v. S. H. Moran, et al. | Williamson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Complainant: F. E. Hulme. Additional Defendants: William Temple, admr. of B. T. Owen, dec., Andrew J. Owen, Maggie Owen, John B. Murray. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 600 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Thomas W. Turley v. Thomas H. Odeu et al. | Williamson | Debt Dispute |
Dispute relating to note originally executed by L.H. & Thomas Holt in favor of Turley, and to land made subject to said debt, 30 acres of which is land conveyed to Odeu. Odeu claims debt paid. Others involved: T.W. Davis, Thos S. Spencer. Add. Def: L. H. Holt. This case is specifically referred to in later case, in which Odeu tries to overturn the ruling in this case. When later case brought, Turley had died. That later case file is also found in MT Box 740. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 740 | 68 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | W. P. Newland, et al. v. L. H. Holt, et al. | Williamson | Deed Dispute |
Additional Defendants: L. H. Holt, admr. of Thomas Holt, dec., Paralee Newland, Thomas M. Steger. This bill was filed to reform a deed. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 598 | 264 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | William T. Allison, et al. v. The Farmington & Fayetteville Turnpike Co. | Williamson | Injury and Damages |
Additional Plaintiff: Mary W. Allison. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 567 | 80 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | W. F. Gray, et al. v. T. G. Hulme[?] | Williamson | Enforcement of Lien |
Additional Complainant: Susan C. Gray. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 585 | 126 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | William L. Fly, et al. v. W. W. Johnson, exe. of James H. Allen, dec. | Williamson | Estate Dispute |
Additional Complainant: Cynthia Fly. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 600 | 158 | Order A Copy |