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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1885 | Anderson Taylor v. B. R. Page | DeKalb | Injunction | Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 574 | 179 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1885 | B. M. Cantrell v. A. M. Beatty, et al. | DeKalb | Debt |
Additional defendant: M. Lancaster. Debt for legal services rendered. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 597 | 81 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | Benjamin Anderson v. E. J. Bratton, et al | DeKalb | Foreclosure |
Additional defendant: G. W. Turney. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 634 | 120 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | David Smith v. John T. Stokes, et al. | DeKalb | Other |
Additional defendants: John Mason, G. R. West, admr. of P. L. Berry, dec. Cause of Action: Petition for writ of possession. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 575 | 97 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | F. M. Williams v. W. G. Crowley | DeKalb | Replevin |
Replevin for tools taken under an execution in favor of Crowley. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 596 | 28 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | F. P. Saunders v. A. G. Holmes | DeKalb | Damages |
Damages for defendant fraudulently and falsely representing himself as a teacher of medicine. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 596 | 96 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | George Hildrith v. William Sellers & Sons | DeKalb | Failure to Pay |
Plaintiff Hildrith sold a mule to defendant William Sellers Jr., who claimed he was partners with his father, defendant Williams Sellers Sr., and they would pay the following week. Sellers Jr. turned out to be insolvent and Hildrith sued to retrieve payment from the defendants for the mule. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1066 | 44 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | G. W. Cardwell v. C. S. Frazier, Sheriff | DeKalb | Other |
Cause of Action: Frazier, Sheriff of DeKalb County, collected a judgment in favor of Cardwell and failed to pay the money over. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 596 | 18 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | J. B. Frazier v. M. A. Crowley, et al. | DeKalb | Debt |
Debt due by note and damages. Additional Defendants: W. G. Crowley, A. E. Frazier. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 575 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | J. L. Calvert, et al. v. John Cantrell | DeKalb | Land, Partition of |
Additional complainants: S. D. Blankinship, B. M. Cantrell, John H. Savage. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 578 | 88 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | J. J. Ford v. H. B. Smith, et al. | DeKalb | Attachment |
Additional defendants: John B. Robinson, T. W. Wade, James Foutch, M. A. Wood, M. M. Brien. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 578 | 66 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | J. M. Loring, et al. v. John Martin, admr. of William C. Martin, dec., et al. | DeKalb | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional complainants: Harriet Loring, E. W. Webb, Elizabeth Webb, William Webb, Daniel Webb, Nancy Ann Webb, Julious Webb, Evan W. Webb, E. H. Webb, George P. Martin, Jones Pearson, Mary Peason, W. P Martin, Hurley A. Edge, Martha A. Webb. Complainants: Sarah B. Webb, Ida J. Webb, Evan Webb. Additional defendants: B. C. Wilkinson, T. B. Potter. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 592 | 384 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | J. A. Rhody v. T. S. McClellan | DeKalb | Replevin |
Replevin for a brown mule. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 596 | 34 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | J. S. Dunlap v. Charles Robinson | DeKalb | Replevin |
Action of replevin for one iron safe. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 596 | 38 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | John. D. Bone, admr. v. John Ramsey | DeKalb | Embezzlement |
Additional Cause of Action: "Wrongful unfairness" & Fraud. Jno. Bone, admr. & Joseph Clarke for Alfred Bone (deceased), & J. B. M. McConnell. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 606 | 382 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | John W. Campbell v. William Sellars et al | DeKalb | Debt, Balance on |
Defendant is the administrator of D. Smith (dec.) and executioner of the will of Mathew Sellars (dec.). Add. defendants: Leray Smith aka Leif Smith, Jesse T. Hallis (Judge), & R. N. Cathcart. The plaintiff was granted judgment in a past case for $220 from the defendants for medical services rendered as a physician to the deceased, but has a note that went past due. He has requested payment from the defendant as administrator, but never received payment for the debt. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 819 | 106 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | J. L. Calvert, admr. of T. N. Christian, dec. v. L. D. Robinson | DeKalb | Replevin |
Case may be related to "J. L. Calvert, admr. v. Jno. B. Robinson," located in MT 969. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 575 | 24 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | Joseph Blackburn v. John Watson | DeKalb | Contract Dispute and Damages | Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 574 | 17 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1885 | N. M. Foutch v. James Truitt | DeKalb | Slander | Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 596 | 60 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1885 | R. E. Simpson, et al. v. M. M. Brien, Jr., exe. of James Tubb, dec., et al. | DeKalb | Estate Dispute |
Complainant sought a general account and settlement with the executors and to prevent M. M. Brien, Sr., and other purchasers of land from paying the purchase money to the executors. Additional Complainants: Elizabeth Simpson, Frank Simpson, Minnie Simpson, W. M. Simpson, Rufus Simpson, Joseph Simpson, John Simpson, E. Simpson. Additional Defendants: M. M. Brien, Sr., Eliol Tubb, Caroline Fite, James P. Tubb, Monroe Tubb, others. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 597 | 221 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | R. E. Simpson v. Peter L. Reynolds | DeKalb | Damages | Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 575 | 16 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1885 | State v. Campbell Smith, et al. | DeKalb | Assault and Battery |
Additional defendant: George Smith. Victim: L. R. Lucas. Transcript and Bill of Cost housed in MT Box 690 |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 521 | 53 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | State v. James B. Harrison | DeKalb | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 564 | 27 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1885 | T. J. White v. Samuel Wauford | DeKalb | Damages |
Damages for falsely, maliciously and wickedly publishing and procuring other names to a petition. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 596 | 22 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | William Maynard v. John B. Robinson, et al. | DeKalb | Injunction |
Additional defendants: T. C. Harper, Deputy Sheriff. Robinson is former Clerk & Master of DeKalb County. Complainant sought to enjoin a sale of land. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 575 | 59 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | William Williams v. C. W. L. Hale | DeKalb | Petitions for Certiorari |
Williams filed his petition for certiorari and Supersedeas to have an execution levied upon him by Hale quashed. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 575 | 23 | Order A Copy |