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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. L. Butler v. W. H. Richardson | Tipton | Unlawful Detainer | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 287 | 24 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1885 | A. W. Hunt v. T. C. Britt, admr., of George Pegram, dec. | Perry | Debt on Account | Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 564 | 27 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1885 | A. W. Pyle, et al. v. M. M. Brien, Sr., et al. | Davidson | Petitions for Certiorari |
Additional Plaintiff: M. J. Pyle. Additional Defendant: Woodard of the firm Brien & Woodard. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 568 | 46 | 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. G. Schuab & Bros. & others v. J. W. Ruth | Lincoln | Replevin | Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 619 | 45 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1885 | Alcey McClain v. Mayor & Aldermen of Shelbyville | Bedford | Damages for Wrongful Death |
McClain is the widow of John McClain and has two minor children. She accuses the city fathers of permitting a cannon to be placed and fired within the city limits. The cannon subsequently exploded, driving a large piece of metal through the wall of a grocery store, killing her husband who was standing in the store. She sued for $8,000 damages. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 645 | 44 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | A. Stain et al. v. H. L. W. Mynutt, et al. | Knox | Debt Dispute |
Additional Parties are unknown; file incomplete. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 30 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Anthony Blair v. State | Shelby | Larceny, Grand |
Bartlett Circuit Court. Grand larceny, house breaking, theft of $300 of goods, chattels of Mr. John T. Ellis. Negro woman named "Lucy Taylor" was indicted along with Blair for same crime, but acquitted. Other defendants: Anthony Blair, Hense Blair, Bud Blair, Lou Taylor and Jim Bolen. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 288 | 78 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Albert Wettstein v. Edmund Tumley[?], et al. | Macon | Damages |
Additional Defendant: Cornelia Tumley[?]. Damages for faulty repair work. Exhibit: blue print of a house tenement. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 589 | 71 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | A. J. Armstrong v. Road Commissioners | Wilson | Damages |
The road commissioners oversaw the building of a new road that cuts across the plaintiff's property and cuts off about 15 acres of it. He wants the road not to be opened, or to receive damages for the cost and inconvenience to him. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 639 | 72 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | A. J. McKinnon v. Henry Everly | Giles | Other |
In 1885, Everly contracted with McKinnon to make a crop. Around 6/20/1885, McKinnon drove Everly off and refused to let him have any part of the crop. The judge ruled in favor of Everly for $180.00 damages. Case incomplete. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 723 | 47 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | A. W. Gray & Sons v. E. W. Talley, et al. | Rutherford | Breach of Contract |
Additional defendants: D. H. Talley, J. B. Murfree, A. Jetten. E. W. Talley and D. H. Talley are surviving partners of Talley & Co. The Talleys along with Murfree and Jetten are executors of P. C. Talley, deceased. Leonidas Gray and Alsup G. Gray are partners in A. W. Gray & Sons. The contract was to pay value plus interest of machinery after the sell of said machinery (two horse thresher). A. W. Gray & Sons is also listed as A. W. Gray's Sons in the case. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 748 | 95 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | B. T. Blackstock v. W. A. Thompson | Weakley | Replevin | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 282 | 21 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1885 | Brien & Woodard v. David Kuhn[?] | Davidson | Ejectment |
David Kulm is also spelled David Kughn and David Kulm. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 568 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Bettie Lusky v. Pesach Cohen | Davidson | Damages |
The plaintiff sues for $25,000.00 as damages for falsely and maliciously charging the plaintiff with larceny and theft. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 568 | 102 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | B. F. Eaton, et al. v. P. J. Halpin | Humphreys | Trespass and Damages |
Additional Plaintiff: William Clark. Plaintiffs instituted this suit for Trespass and Conversion for taking and converting to defendant's own use three cords of Heading timber, the property of plaintiffs to their damage. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 582 | 51 | 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 | B. F. Davidson v. D. S. Hendricks | Montgomery | Damages |
Plaintiff sued for damages for false and malicious accusations of larceny made by defendant. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 584 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Bamberger[?], Bloom & Co. v. Daniel Starbuck | Perry | Debt |
Debt due by note. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 602 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | B. F. Worrell v. E. T. Noel | Davidson | Damages |
Damages of $1500.00 for workplace injury. Exhibits include hand drawn diagram. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 694 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Block Brothers v. The Merchants Despatch Transportation Company | Davidson | Damages |
Damages of $500. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 696 | 102 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Bank of Charleston (SC) v. Sulzbacher Brothers | Davidson | Non-payment of Bank Note |
The note was for $2,000. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 701 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Caleb J. Ethridge et al. v. Susannah Ethridge et al. | Weakley | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Jasper Ethridge, Mary F. Ethridge, Kate E. Bray, Marion E. White. George Burras, Kate Gilman, Thomas E. Gilman, and John Gilman. Additional Defendants: William Hawkins and A. M. Boyd. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 282 | 310 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Railroad Company v. State | Lauderdale | Taxation Disputes | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 289 | 350 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1885 | Callie Sawric v. Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway Company | Wilson | Wrongful Death |
Wrongful death of Callie Sawric's husband, Richard E. Sawric. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 633 | 599 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Charles McKensie v. J. H. Hicks | Anderson | Fraud |
Incomplete file; Judgment only |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1084 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Chester County v. J. M. Truett | Chester | Land, Sale of |
alternate defendant name: Truntt |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 271 | 99 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Chesapeake, Ohio& Southwestern Railroad Company v. Ida B. Wells | Shelby | Damages |
This case has been microfilmed. TSLA Microfilm #1425. This case involves a challenge to segregation. Ida Bell Wells was born in Mississippi and was a early leader in the Civil Rights movement. She attended Fisk University and was a teacher in the Shelby County School System. Her lawyer, Thomas F. Cassels, was a former State Representative. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 275 | 113 | 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 | Dallas Moore (col.) v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Warren | Damages | Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 576 | 35 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1885 | Draper& Bell v. M. R. Teague | Decatur | Debt | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 104 | 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 | Daniel Hancock v. Thomas J. Cullom | Overton | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Defendant is accused of "cutting down and converting to his own use ten valuable trees on the land of the plaintiff." |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 611 | 162 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | David Belk, Sr. v. M. R. Millsaps | Fentress | Debt on Account |
Account was an open account for "feeding, and also for wintering cattle" |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 612 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | David Adcock by next friend v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Maury | Damages |
Damages for ejecting defendant without case |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 687 | 150 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | D. J. Metcalfe v. R. F. Crabtree, admr. | Montgomery | Replevin |
A roan mare aged 8 years old, valued at $100. Additional defendant: John F. Staten. Additional complainant: Mrs. R. R. Metcalfe. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 693 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Edward Williams v. R. M. Green, et al. | Maury | Debt for Rent |
Additional Defendant: P. P. Sellars, partners doing business as Green & Sellars. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 567 | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | E. L. Macon v. S. D. Rankin, et al. | Warren | Replevin |
Additional Defendant: W. V. Whitson. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 576 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | E. J. Bogard v. W. C. Biggs, Sheriff, et al. | Stewart | Other |
Additional Defendant: H. C. Davis. Cause of Action: Petition for Supersedeas. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 589 | 27 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Everett Blankenship v. Francis M. Willard | Cannon | Trespass and Damages |
Case concerns horse trading. Blankenship, the purchaser, claims the horse, represented to be sound, was in fact unsound, as was well known to Willard, the seller. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 628 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | E. F. Tucker v. W. G. McDonald | Wilson | Wills, Contested |
Over will of Samuel King McDonald, dec. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 637 | 62 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Eliza Corley v. Southern Pump Company | Davidson | Wrongful Death |
Wrongful death of plaintiff's husband: John Corley. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 699 | 41 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Evans, Fite, Porter & Company v. Virginia Bell, exe. of J. B. Bell, dec. | Robertson | Debt |
Debt due by note under $1,000.00. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 581 | 141 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | E. A. Pegram v. N. D. Northington et al. | Montgomery | Debt, Balance on |
Additional Defendants: N.L. Turner, S.H. Northington, A.S. Wood. N.D. Northington & Turner executed a $400 note to S.H. Northington & Wood. Note was then endorsed to Plaintiff. Plaintiff received a small payment on the note & sued for the balance. Def.. N.D. Northington & Turner were part of a firm (Northington & Turner), & Def.. S.H. Northington & Wood were part of a separate firm (Northington & Wood). Original purpose for the note was related to sale of furniture & fixtures of The Southern Hotel. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 794 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | F. C. Cornwell v. W. J. Burrow | Trousdale | Defamation |
Cornwell is sued Burrow for $10,000 for falsely accusing him of perjury in a previous case (a lawsuit for replevin). Lengthy case is stored in two folders. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 626 | 264 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | F. L. White v. Burus & Co. et al. | Wilson | Debt |
The company's name is sometimes spelled "Burrus" in the case notes. Its owners appear to be J. C. Lamies and P. C. Lamies. (difficult handwriting) |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 632 | 37 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Frank A. Dobson v. Knoxville Iron Company | Knox | Injury and Damages |
F. Dobson worked at a nail factory when he was 14. One of the machines malfunctioned and he sustained an eye injury that necessitated its removal. Jury assessed the damages at $2,500. 231 pages in ET1925 and is entitled Knoxville Iron Co. v. John A. Dobson, next friend of Frank A. Dobson. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 726 | 305 | 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 |