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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1886 | C. J. Campbell v. Illinois Central Railroad Company | Madison | Property Damage |
Illinois Central RR sued for killing a mule of the plaintiff. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 308 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | Francis Hayes v. S. H. Covington et al. | Madison | Assignment |
Opinion only. Additional Cause of Action: Debt. West TN case found in East TN boxes. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 19 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | Lewis Glidewell& James W. Williams v. State | Madison | Arson |
The conviction was for the malicious burning of a building containing a crib of corn and sorghum. The second count was on the burning of a barn. Sentenced to 3 years in prison. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 303 | 97 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | Nancy B. Lawrence et al.v. Eliza Brown et al | Madison | Estate Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: J. J. Perdue, Kitty Perdue, Laura Pace, John W. Pace, William Autry, Nancy Autry, Aquila Pace, Russ Pace, George Brown, Mary Lacy, G. T. Autry, Thomas Autry, Henry Dallum, James Mason, S. A. Mason, Joseph McIntosh. Additional defendants: George Brown, Thomas Brown, Saul D. Brown, Scott Brown, Mozell Brown, Ella S. Duvall, Sallie Brown, William Brown, A. T. Brown, M. L. Vesey, Robert Brown, Sarah Brown. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 310 | 75 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | R. A. Sneed, et al. v. William E. Butler, et al. | Madison | Debt Dispute |
Additional plaintiff: John A. Greer. Additional defendants: Sue P. Butler. Mary Butler, and William Edward Butler. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 308 | 57 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | Robert Brown et al. v. Eliza Brown et al. | Madison | (unknown) |
Other plaintiff: Sarah M. Brown. Other defendants: Thomas A. Brown, Samuel D. Brown, Scott Brown, M. Brown, Ellen S. Duvall, Gullie Brown, Sallie Brown, William Brown, A. T. Brown, M. L. Vesey. This is a dispute over the terms of a will; complainant says that the defendants have fraudulently claimed ownership of property that was not theirs. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 308 | 74 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | State v. J. D. Cook | Madison | Larceny, Grand | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 294 | 123 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1886 | Sam Collier v. Illinois Central Railroad Company | Madison | Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 295 | 80 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1886 | State v. Spencer Epperson | Madison | Larceny, Grand | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 304 | 97 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1886 | State v. M. V. B. Exum, et al. | Madison | Other |
Additional defendants: S. P. Moore and Gideon Hicks Funds were not being distributed equally to white and colored schools. Court ruled that any child--whatever color--of school age residing in the county should be entitled to equal funding for education. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 308 | 438 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | William A. Wood et al. v. R. H. Epperson et al. | Madison | Land and Title Dispute |
Complainants include Allen DeBerry, Eliza Meriwether, Rebecca F. Taylor, R.B. Hurt, Susan A. Hurt, Eliza A. Brown, James H. Wood, Josiah S. C. Powell, Allen B. Powell, Mary M. Powell, W. Powell, H.B. Keel, Elizabeth Keel. Charges: unpaid debt & fraud Defendants include Louis Epperson, Mary Epperson, Pharaoh Cole, Jack Wood, Bill Sowell, Frank Edlock, James Hunt alias Trust, Lang Mahon, Calum Epperson, Stewart Harrison, Bird Cole, Henry Cole, Wm. Lawrence, W.B. Richardson, Hornet Jenkins, Wm.T. Jenkins |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 37 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | William Holland v. C. M. Andrews& M. & O. Railroad Company | Madison | Attachment | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 295 | 36 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1886 | W. L. Faulkner v. R. W. Haynes& D. P. Haynes | Madison | Debt | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 298 | 43 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1886 | W. A. Wood et al. v. R. H. Epperson et al. | Madison | Unknown |
Cover page only. Incomplete case. |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 461 | 1 | Order A Copy |