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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1889 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Incomplete file; exhibits only--receipts (dated 1889) for merchandise purchased by J. M. Eatherly or B. M. Eatherly, White Bluff, TN, from various Nashville merchants, including Philips Bailey & Co (grocer), Cassetty Oil Co, The Hall-McLester Co (shoes). Receipts found in same box as exhibits in another MT case (H. D. Leneane v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway), & 1 receipt suggests possible connection to that case: Railway expense bill with B.M. Eatherly's name on it. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 758 | 44 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1889 | Annie D. Robinson v. John B. Robinson et al. | Shelby | Injunction |
Additional defendants: John Beverly Robinson and Nellie Robinson |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 154 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Annie McEwen v. Mary A. Boyd | Shelby | Debt |
See additional part of case in WT 600. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 321 | 183 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Annie E. Smith v. John Brewer | Grainger | Damages |
Ms. Smith sued the defendant for $500 in damages for hauling off her carding machine and fixtures. |
East | Range: 19 Section: c Shelf: Box Number: 1840 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A.W. Raht et als v. James M. Meek | Polk | Estate Dispute |
This case involved a dispute between the surviving heirs of Julias E. Rahl, deceased and creditors of one John Caldwell who sold their father his land which became part of his estate. Others mentioned in case F.A. Raht, Louisa Raht, August Raht, and Matilda Raht. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1829 | 105 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. J. Sivells v. Anthony, Williamson,& Company | Tipton | Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 436 | 194 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1889 | A. M. Boyd v. B. T. Blackstock, et al. | Weakley | Injunction |
Additional defendants: Agner Ethridge, Thomas A. Etheridge, John J. Underwood, G. W. Dent. Dispute over land ownership. |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 438 | 438 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. S. McGhee, Trustee v. W. H. Taylor, Deputy Sheriff | Shelby | Unlawful Detainer |
Plaintiff says that Taylor, without cause, seized and detained his property, "One Dark Bay horse about 9 years old and about 15 1/2 hands high," valued at $80. |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 440 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Alston Boyd et al. v. T. B. Sims et al. | Shelby | Fraud |
Plaintiffs are stockholders of the Arlington Insurance Co. The Citizens Insurance Co. was organized in June 1886(?) by five of the directors of the Arlington Insurance Co. & used fraudulent business practices to destroy Arlington Insurance Co. |
West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 422 | 27 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Andrew Harman et al. v. Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railroad Company | Shelby | Nuisance |
Other plaintiff: Annie Harman. Folder includes a brief as long as the case file. Plaintiffs dramatically describe how the construction of the railroad near their home has destroyed their quality of life and lowered the value of their property. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 504 | 106 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Amelia B. Battier, et al. v. W. N. Wilkerson & Co., et al. | Shelby | Replevin |
Co-defendant is J. E. Frost. The plaintiff, sued for herself and her children, seeks to regain a fully-stocked drugstore from Frost, who, she says, possesses it illegally. Folder contains two legal briefs. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 504 | 59 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. J. Wisdom, et al v. J. M. Turney, et al | Hamilton | Notes |
Add pltf: Lew Owens, partner with Wisdom in Wisdom & Owens livery stable. Add dfnts: Dora Tarney, wife of J. M. and Lewis Shepherd. Dispute over a note for three mules. |
East | Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1857 | 68 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. P. Little, et al. v. T. C. Hart, et al. | Washington | Debt |
Additional Complainant: M. A. Little. Assignment of Errors only. More of case in ET 1919. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 728 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Adams, Gill & Co. v. E. Wilson & Wife | Montgomery | Debt |
John Adams, B.F. Gill, and R.D. Moseley partners under firm name Adams, Gill & Co. Additional defendants: Fannie E.K. Wilson and the First National Bank. Adams, Gill & Co. were a tobacco warehouse firm and had received judgment against E. Wilson & Co. for $957.45. Plaintiffs wants defendants' $1000 of stock in the First National Bank to be levied and sold to pay for defendants' debt. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 779 | 73 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. Gwaltney v. Nashville & Knoxville Rail Road Company | Smith | Damages |
Issue of the defendant ruining land belonging to the plaintiff with their railroad. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 818 | 127 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Ambrose Talliaferro v. Robert Bigbee et al | Montgomery | Land, Sale of |
Add. defendants: D. B. Smith, W. D. Meriweather, R. Lester, & John Lockert. In 1884, the parties entered into a contract for the purchase of a tract of land for $2,200. The plaintiff paid in cash $933 and executed notes to pay the balance over two years. The defendant convinced the plaintiff to give him one of the notes for $300 early and in return he would execute a note of sale for another part of the land and give credit for the funds towards his balance, but he failed to produce the deed. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 818 | 64 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. L. Baucum admr. for Nicholas Baucum dec. v. J. G. Houston | Humphreys | Debt |
The debt is for $135, Houston is requesting garnishment. aliases: A. L. Bawcom |
West | Range: 79 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1603 | 87 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. T. Hassell, et al. v. E. D. McGamory, admr. Of J. M. Morrow, dec. et al. | Rutherford | Debt |
Additional plaintiffs: W.W. McDean, E.M. Burue, C. Bushman, W.L. Bromley and R.C. Martin, partners under Bromley and Martin. Too many additional defendants to name. McGamory's administration was still pending in County Court of Wayne County; Hassell et al, creditors, suing for unpaid debts amounting to $1000. Plaintiffs wanted deceased's lands to be sold to satisfy said debt. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 823 | 59 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Asa Teal & Wife v. J.P. Walker | Coffee | Land and Title Dispute |
Asa and Eliza Teal had owned a tract of land for 7 years when Walker came one day claiming he bought the land and had a deed to it. Walker pressured Teal to sign a paper making him a tenant on the threat of being thrown out of his house. In pending case, Walker sued for unlawful detainer and to collect rents. Teal suing for injunction against Walker's suit and clear title to said land. This files contains many misc. deeds, notes, conveyances, etc. dating back to at least 1827. 2 folders. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 829 | 284 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. C. Williams v. John Simmons et al. | Franklin | Debt |
Related documents located in MT 557. Additional defendant: Sarah Metcalf exe. of Louis Metcalf dec. Louis Metcalf and John Simmons were partners in the practice of law and represented the plaintiff in the case of Brown v. Brown et al. Plaintiff claims he was awarded a judgment of $170 in that case but has not received any part of it from the defendants and is seeking payment. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 831 | 136 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. Gannon v. John Parker | Sumner | Debt |
Plaintiff in error, a potato buyer living in Pittsburg, is appealing a suit brought by Jno. Parker, a potato farmer, for debt. Parker claims Gannon guaranteed $0.10 more per pound of potatoes than any other buyer. After selling the potatoes to Gannon, Parker claims that Gannon refused to honor the contract. Gannon denies the claim that he guaranteed $0.10 more per pound of potatoes and says that he did not have an interest in the potatoes but shipped them at Parker's request. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 866 | 73 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Alexander Wolf v. J. S. Tedder | Roane | Fraud |
Wolf, a poor man, was employed as a miner when he decided to try farming. He made enough money to buy a horse, & went to buy Tedder's mare. The mare had a white speck in her eye that Tedder said was caused by hay getting in her eye. After purchase, the mare was blind within 6 weeks. Tedder had tried to sell the mare before, & she was always returned because of her eyes. Wolf sued for fraud. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 8a | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. B. Jewell v. Louisville New Orleans& Texas Rail Road Company et al | Shelby | Damages |
Additional Defendant: Mississippi and Tennessee Rail Road Company |
West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 406 | 841 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. H. Gillingham v. Margaret Juestine et als | Morgan | Land |
seeking to recover tract of land known as Morgan County entry no. 2078; claims land was seized and possessed unlawfully and seeking recovery and $1000 from accrued interest and taxes; includes assignment of errors; several defendants minors Ex A: map of tract of land in ET OV 15. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1834 | 224 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. N. Lovelace v. C. A. Warters and wife M. J. Warters | Knox | Habeas Corpus |
The petitioner claimed that the defendants wrongfully detained from Lovelace his minor child. The petitioner asked the court to grant writ of habeas corpus that the said child may be released from the custody of said Warters. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1833 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. J. Wilson v. John A. Baird et al. | Johnson | Petition for Compensation |
Additional Defendants: Alice and Augenie Baird, Sarah White, Mary A. Stout, James and Elen Davis, G. W. Wilson, Jack C. Wilson and wife Elen Wilson, and William A. Lipford admr., of Andrew Wilson, dec. The plaintiff sued the defendants for a $3,000 payment from the estate of Andrew Wilson for the years of care that the plaintiff and heir provided for his parents Andrew and Elizabeth who both lived with him and he cared for prior to their deaths. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1831 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Anna T. Richards et al. v. Joel M. Hamby et al. | Morgan | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Ivory Hamby, Thomas Carter, S. W. Ely, Joseph Sagebeer, and Edmund Baxter. Anna and her husband Henry B. Richards of Newark, New Jersey, sued the defendants to claim title and regain possession of a tract of land in Morgan County. The Richards claimed the defendants wrongfully claimed ownership and proceeded to take timber and otherwise disturb the tract for their own gain. Exhibit is an oversized map of land tracts in question. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1831 | 779 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Alston Boyd et al. v. Thomas B. Sims et al. | Shelby | Lease Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Irby Boyd, W.H. Berry, J.H. Malone, D.F. Goodyear, Louis LaGrill, George Hook, and others. Additional Defendants: W.H. Kennedy, Arlington Insurance Co., Citizens Insurance Co., John Armistead, George Arnold, J.W. Richardson, others. First few pages missing. |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 432 | 730 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. S. Johnson v. George W. Gray et al. | Greene | Petition for Land Recovery |
Johnson sued George and Mary Jane Gray and John Gagley to have a receiver take repossession of land he claimed is his and remove the defendants from said property. |
Middle | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1830 | 110 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. S. McGhee, trustee v. J. E. Edwards& Company | Shelby | Property Dispute | West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 442 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1889 | A. J. Myers [J. A. Myers], Admr.. of the estate of Alex Keller, dec. v. Memory Anderson, Benjamin Anderson & wife | Greene | Promissory Note |
Myers complained that Memory Anderson, Benjamin Anderson, and Malinda Anderson owed the Keller estate on two promissory notes (totaling $900) made in 1886-1887. Myers asked that portions of the Andersons' land be confiscated for payment on note. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1824 | 69 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. Kohlbry & Co. v. H. G. Hollenberg et al. | Shelby | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Additional Defendants: Amelia C. Hollenburg, wife H. G. Hollenberg & H. G. Hollenberg, Trustee. A. Kohlbry & Co. comprised of A. Kohlbry & A. Silverberg. Mrs. Hollenberg purchased $77.75 worth of goods at A. Kohlbry & Co., paying with a note due 1 Jan. 1888. Note still unpaid. She also signed her husband's initials to the note as if they were her own. Exhibit includes Postcard with message concerning case. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 486 | 61 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Abia Crittenden, et al. v. M. M. Thomason | Obion | Estate Settlement |
Additional plaintiffs: W. C., Matilda, J. M., G. W., S. P., W. C., S. B., R. L., Mamie, Mary Crittenden, and Mary Burnett. Estate of William Crittenden. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 490 | 198 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Amelia Erck et al. v. Robert R. Church | Shelby | Property Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Laura Burkle, Henry N. Burkle, Minnie Erck, Frank Erck and Charles Erck, the last three being minors |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 494 | 115 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. H. Douglas, et al. v. John T. Joiner& wife | Fayette | Estate Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: H. L. Douglas, N. H. Robinson, Jno. B. Robinson, Alstin Boyd and wife Lula Boyd, Mrs. M. E. Curtis, L. B. McFarland, Jno. E. Douglas, F. A. McFarland Estate of Burchett Douglas |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 500 | 248 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Arch Lindsay v. State | Campbell | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Lindsay was charged with unlawfully carrying a pistol. |
East | Range: 19 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1804 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Atta Haury v. State | Davidson | Tippling |
Plaintiff in error is accused of Tippling on a Sunday. Plaintiff was found guilty and is seeking a new trial. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 768 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. J. Harris et al. v. John L. Dismukes et al | Davidson | Land, Fraud |
Case related to the early 1887 real estate "boom" ("feverish speculation in lands … chiefly in unimproved suburban lands") in West Nashville: 2 real estate syndicates decided to combine to subdivide & sell 2 land tracts: 10-acre "Sallie Ann Gordon" place w/negro schoolhouse (not on plat) & nearly 10-acre "Baker place." Pla. alleged fraud by Def. selling subscriptions. Add. Pla. & Def. too many to name. Exhibit: oversized plat showing Belle Monte Place, Vanderbilt University, surrounding area. 2 fldrs |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 774 | 326 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A.L. Landis& Co. v. T. E. Jennings et al. | Davidson | Breach of Contract |
Additional defendant: T.E. Jennings. A.L. Landis and Co. is comprised of A.L. Landis sr., A.L. Landis jr., and John T. Landis. Plaintiff entered into a contract with the defendant to purchase shares of the Fourth National Bank of Nashville with Stock from the Nashville Warehouse and Elevator Co. Plaintiffs claim defendant is violating their contract by now refusing to sell. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 780 | 104 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Agnes P. Kittrell v. H.G. Kittrell, exe. of Seth Kittrell dec. | Maury | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Plaintiff is a widow of Hunter Kittrell, the son of Seth Kittrell. After her husband died, plaintiff alleges that she made a contract with Seth Kittrell to remain and work in his home with her children and in return, Seth Kittrell would compensate her. Upon the death of Seth Kittrell, plaintiff found that he had left her only $1,000 thus violating their agreement. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 780 | 181 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. C. Moon v. Dr. J. M. Leonard | Giles | Malpractice |
Plaintiff hired defendant to treat his injured leg and knee. Plaintiff claims that defendant failed to treat him in a skillful manner, worsened his pain and delayed his recovery. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 782 | 91 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. B. Payne v. Susan Ankeny | Dickson | Land, Promissory Note |
Other defendants listed: T.C. Ankeny and J.L. Ankeny. Payne had sold the defendants a tract of land for $702.25 in 5 promissory notes, which were to be a lien on the land for the purchase money. Payne sued for unpaid notes. 2 folders. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 817 | 325 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. Reynolds v. T. P. Daves | DeKalb | Breach of Contract |
The plaintiff made a contract with the defendant in 1888 to cultivate his land and he was to furnish the land and a mare. Each party was to bear half of the labor and the plaintiff was to feed the mare used to work the fields. After two months and before the work was done, the defendant took back the mare, halting any yield from the crops. The defendant was damaged $50 for feed provided and a breach of contract. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 819 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. J. Woodard et al. v. George W. Stegall | Coffee | Debt Dispute |
Add. plaintiff: J. A. Woodland. The defendant was the owner of a steam saw-mill worth $2,000 and certain timber worth $720 on the land of C. H. Bean. Defendant was negotiating a sale of the mill and timber to Haslett & Co, but later sold it to the plain- tiffs under their firm. The defendant failed to inform them during negotiation that per an original contract, one T. Ashby held a lien on the mill and the defendant actually had no legal title to it, despite the plaintiffs paying a $720 note to Haslett. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 819 | 301 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Asa Grant & wife L. E. Grant v. John Morehead et al | Franklin | Land, Partition of |
168-acre tract descended to parties as heirs of ancestor Jane E. Wiseman (widow of C.M. Wiseman), now dec. Suit to partition/sell land, but parties then agreed land couldn't be partitioned so court ordered sale. Meantime, some parties bought out others so no sale necessary. Dispute over whether fee for services of atty W. Scott Davis is lien on land. Heirs: Laura (m. John Morehead), Lucy (m. Mac Ervin), Wm W. Wiseman, G. M. Wiseman, L. E. (m. Asa Grant). |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 832 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. K. Edmonson v. State | Lincoln | Carrying an Illegal Weapon |
Defendant, a school teacher, is accused of carrying a pistol in public. According to witnesses, the defendant was in a heated exchange with a person named Brock who was a tenant on the defendants property. The defendant believed he was owed rent from Brock and had an attachment placed in the hands of Forrest Patrick who was deputized as a special officer. Patrick brought Brock to the home of Edmonson where the exchange occurred. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 832 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Alex Winebaum v. Cohen & Company et al | Davidson | Replevin |
Add. Defendants: Cook & Valentine, Bischoff & Robatz, & Hanmer & Company. Plaintiff filed bill to recover certain horses, a barouche wagon, and gear being held in Hanmer & Company's Livery Stable. Defendant claims to have purchased the items from Hirsch Brothers, but they were not theirs to sell. The other defendants were creditors of Hirsch Brothers. Plaintiff's name also spelled "Alex Weinbaum". |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 835 | 103 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | A. J. Vantrease v. J. D. McKinley et al. | Jackson | Debt |
Additional Defendants: S. McKinley wife of J. D., M. G. Butler, W. H. Ragland, Thos. McKinley, and C. F. Burton. Plaintiff is seeking the payment of two debts due by previous judgments. Plaintiff believes Def. J. D. McKinley has fraudulently conveyed his property to other parties in order to appear insolvent and avoid creditors. Case file notes that G. B. Thompson, a brother-in-law of J. D. McKinley and a Stayor on a judgment, was declared insane by his wife. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 848 | 131 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Board of Mayor and Alderman of Knoxville v. Standard Oil Company | Knox | Tax Collection |
Case was filed so the city could collect a $100 Privilege Tax they claimed they were due. The tax was based on an ordinance adopted July 17, 1888 and amended July 20, 1888. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1837 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | B. White v. J. Baxter& Company | Shelby | Debt | West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 413 | 11 | Order A Copy |