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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1894 | (?) v. H. F. Smith | Greene | Child Custody |
Brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 98 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Armistead Bros. & Co. v. C. W. Graves, et al. | Shelby | Fraud |
Armistead Bros. is a firm composed of T. B. Armistead and K. R. Armistead. Defendant is accused of making false statements about his state of indebtedness when borrowing money from the plaintiffs and arranging repayment of same. Folder includes several briefs. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 588 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Alice M. Partee v. Sarah Covington, J. W. Nelson, & C. C. Partee | Shelby | Land, Sale of |
Alice M. Partee was the owner of two tracts of land in Shelby Co. She states that her husband C.C. Partee sold the land without her knowledge in order to cover the cost of taxes due on the land. She claims that she knew nothing about any of this. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 577 | 123 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | American Advent Mission Society v. Jacob Bradshaw, et al. | Shelby | Deed |
American Advent Mission Society was the owner of a lot of land in Memphis under a warranty deed and in 1871 conveyed the same by title bond to the defendant. Notes were given for the balance. Defendant has unpaid notes and therefore the land will be sold |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 577 | 113 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Alex N. Moore v. W. H. Caldwell | Obion | Election Dispute |
Both Moore and Caldwell were candidates for County Judge in an August 1894 election. Caldwell received more votes than Moore. Moore argues that the ballots that were used for Caldwell were not valid and should not be counted. The ballots that are in question have been presented as evidence in this case. They were with the case in a separate bag. The bag and the said ballots are in their own folder in Box 595 and have been labeled as such. Case files are in multiple folders. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 595 | 523 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | American Fire Insurance Company v. W. L. Parker, et al | Shelby | Debt |
Additional defendant: Robert A. Parker. Debt was in the amount of $4737.34, with at least $829.27 in question as indebtedness. |
West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 608 | 269 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | A. T. Maxwell v. Wiseman Herrin | Putnam | Trespass and Damages |
Dispute over ownership of a tract of land in Putnam county. Plaintiff alleged that defendant wrongfully cut, removed, and sold valuable timber from the Plaintiff's land. The Sally Cronk Spring Branch is the disputed boundary. Plaintiff argued that the land was once owned by Marvel Marcum. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1059 | 239 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | A. N. Akin, Trustee & Co. v. John T. Williamson, Receiver & Co. | Maury | Debt on Account |
Plaintiff is the Trustee of the Bank of Columbia, which failed on October 17th 1891 and "executed a general assignment for the benefit of creditors." Defendant is the Receiver of the Second National Bank of Columbia, which became insolvent in 1893. Dispute related to account settlements between the two banks. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1059 | 43 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Anna Dobbs v. William Cotter admr., et al | Hamilton | Dower |
Additional defendants Jon. Dobbs dec. and Alex Dobbs. The plaintiff was the widow of the dec. She was seeking the court to decree that she was entitled to the homestead and dower. The defendant charged that the dec. did file for divorce. However, the plaintiff stated the divorce was void. |
East | Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1720 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | A. M. Gross (A. M. Grass) by next friend v. Rufus Disney et al. | Campbell | Land |
Add plf: Adaline M. Gross, sued by M. K. Gross (unsure if last name is Grass or Gross). Add def: David Raines, Horace Raines. Adaline here sued for the possession of a tract of land which defendants had been using and collecting the rents from |
East | Range: 18 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 2027 | 139 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Austin Hewitt v. Mayor & Aldermen of Pulaski, et al. | Giles | Injunction |
B. F. McGrew owned two lots in Pulaski, and sued the Mayor and Aldermen of Pulaski to prevent them from selling Commons land adjacent to his lots. After the first suit, McGrew sold the lots to Hewitt who sued for the same. Add dfnt: Stone, Porter, & White In 2 folders. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1041 | 189 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | A. J. Hill et al v. Johnson Hill | Franklin | Wills, Contested |
Additional plaintiffs John Gipson, Mary Gipson, Martha Sanson, R. Walls, Margaret Jerry Hill, Geo. Hill, William Hill, Jas. Brinkley, Susan Brinkley, J. D. Tucker, Sarah Tucker, Bailey Hill and William Hill dec. The Plaintiff was asking the court to sell all of the dec. property and divide it all up equally. The plaintiff also asked that what ever the dec. owed to others would be paid and then divided up. The defendant claimed all rights to the land. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1023 | 80 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | A. T. Maxwell v. Nashville & Knoxville Railroad Company | Putnam | Damages |
Pltf. sued to recover damages incurred when the dfnt. company entered upon the pltfs. land without his permission to construct a roadbed on his property. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 999 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | A. A. Burleson v. John B. Leach | Shelby | Usury | West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 571 | 145 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1894 | Annie & Thomas Randolph v. G. W. Williams | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
cover missing |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 575 | 218 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | A. H. Stratmann v. Germania Insurance Company, et al. | Shelby | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Additional Defendant: The Home Insurance Company |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 575 | 532 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Andrew J. Collinsworth v. J. R. McDonald, admr. | Crockett | Wills, Contested |
McDonald administrator of B. F. Collinsworth, deceased. |
West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 610 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | A. G. Rhodes & Co., et al. v. H. B. Wood, et al. | Hamilton | Debt |
Add plf: J. W. Gillespie, F. F. Wallace, Neil W. Carothers. Add def: Isaac L. Gleaves, Alice J. Wood. In a previous ruling, Wood became indebted to plaintiff. In order to avoid his debts, Wood conveyed his property to his wife Alice. |
East | Range: 18 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1992 | 44 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Amanda Campbell, et al. v. Albert Campbell | Davidson | Deed Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Sandy, Asa, Jordan, Eddie, Laura and George Campbell. This bill was brought to recover or have set aside a deed made to Albert Campbell by his father Asa Campbell Sr. Said deed was to a property situated on the corner of Hayes Street and Douglas Ave. in Nashville, Tennessee. Asa Campbell Sr. was described as insane and incapable of attending to his business. 2 folders. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1024 | 519 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | A. M. Wilson v. Isaac Estill, et al. | Franklin | Debt |
Additional defendants: Musadore Estill, and Wallis Estill. Plaintiff sold to the defendant a hotel property in Winchester, Tennessee known as the Ballard House and located on the northwest corner of the public square. Defendant issued several notes, all of which fell past due. Plaintiff brought suit seeking the sale of said property to satisfy the debt. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 988 | 41 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Bank of Shelby v. Charles B. James& Ellen C. James | Shelby | Debt |
Debt for a bank loan of $10,000. |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 561 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | B. G. Henning v. Memphis City Bank & Security Bank of Memphis | Shelby | Debt |
Debt due from the estate of R. Dudley Frayser, dec.. Trustees of the defendants: R. A. Parker and Thomas Scruggs. Executrix of the estate of R. Dudley, dec.: Mary L. Frayser. |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 571 | 257 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Baker Chain& Wagon Iron Manufacturing Company v. Browne White& Company et al. | Henry | Debt |
Debt of $150.00. Additional defendants: A. B. White, George H. Browne, and W. J. Wrartin. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 605 | 70 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | B. D. Brabson v. Riverside Improvement Company | Knox | Fraud |
Incomplete case includes six-page reply brief for defendant. It denied charges it committed fraud and misrepresentations to induce the purchase of two lots. Lilly Avenue in Knoxville was to be graded and an electric car line built down Yale Avenue by May 1, 1890. Brabson swore in support of his bill, but said W. K. McClure and W. H. Simonds made the misrepresentations. Oddly, a memo that Brabson put into evidence did not even refer to an electric car line. Brabson's claim of fraud was not proven. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1088 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Buffalo Forge Co. v. Greer Machinery Co. | Knox | Unknown |
File incomplete. Opinion only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1084 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Bettie Burke (col.) v. State Building and Savings Association | Davidson | Deed Dispute |
This bill was filed for the purpose of setting aside certain deeds, on the grounds of fraud, ignorance, and mistake, through which Goldberg and Rich obtained title to plaintiff's homestead and land. Said property was located on Jackson Street in Nashville, Tennessee. Plaintiff was described as "an ignorant and very ingenuous colored woman." Additional defendants: Goldberg and Rich, Felix O. Beazley, R. H. Woodfin, and S. A. McElwee (col.). |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1037 | 213 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | C. E. James v. Thomas King & William Washington | Hamilton | Possession of Land |
Thomas B. Vanhorn sold some land to Missouri King dec. 1873. She was wife of Thomas King and mother of Mamie King dec. 1887. After Missouri’s death, Thomas abandoned the child and land. Mamie sold some of the land to Washington, who sold it to Napoleon Loder, who sold it to James. After Mamie died, Thomas returned to take possession of the land. James here filed for possession. |
East | Range: 18 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 2046 | 108 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Charles M. Cawood & wife v. C. R Love & wife | Knox | Estate Settlement |
Opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 92 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | C. H. Rogers v. R. M. Bostwick & Fannie G. Bostwick | Shelby | Partnership Settlement |
Cover is missing. Rogers is the receiver of the New South Building & Loan Association, which went out of business. The defendants are shareholders, and the suit was filed to collect their portion of the remaining assets of the company. |
West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 340 | 167 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Charles E. Hellier v. R. T. White et al. | Shelby | Attachment |
First page says "Attachment and Injunction Bill." Defendants: Reynolds T. White, H. K. Richards, and the Livermore Foundry & Machine Co., said to be indebted to the claimant by judgment. Folder includes briefs and petitions for appeal. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 588 | 85 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | C. Aultman & Co. v. W. T. Sparks et al | Carroll | Breach of Warranty |
Additional Defendant: H. J. Haynes. File consists only of briefs. Plaintiffs appear to be sued for $320 on an unpaid note for a threshing machine purchased from them. Also question as to whether the terms of machines' warranty were honored as thresher was damaged while standing in field belonging to R. W. Haynes. Haynes father of H. J. Haynes & father-in-law of Sparks. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 579 | 70 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Charles N. Grosvenor, et al. v. W. D Bethell, et al. | Shelby | Mortgage Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Noland Fontaine. Additional defendants: the Grand Opera House Company, Continental National Bank, William M. Randolph, George Arnold, J..S. Menken, James Reese, Alvis Sneed, admr. Of William M. Sneed Grand Opera House, located S.W. corner, Main & Beale St. Hon. W.D. Beard, Chancellor, Chancery Court of Shelby Co. |
West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 616 | 336 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Chattanooga Elevator Manufacturing Co. v. Charles Grimm, et al. | Hamilton | Debt, Execution on |
Case in 2 folders. 24 named co-defendants. Defendants all purchased stock in plaintiff company & paid either none or only a portion of what was due. |
East | Range: 18 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 2061 | 169 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Crescentia Schmid v. Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Company | Knox | Insurance Disputes | East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1080 | 9 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1894 | Cowan, McClung & Co. v. A. H. Gallahar, et al. | Knox | Attachment |
Add pls: Perez Dickinson, J. D. Cowan, F. H. McClung, Matt McClung, R. M. Rhea, Jacob L. Thomas. Add def: H. M. McCroskey, R. N. Hudson, W. S. McCauley, Vastine Strickley, W. G. Lenoir, J. B. Whitman, W. F. Hudson. Plaintiffs previously received judgement against defendants and it was still unpaid. H. M. McCroskey fraudulently transferred land to Strickley to avoid debt. Plaintiffs here filed an attachment to have that land sold. |
East | Range: 19 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1907 | 116 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | C. D. Gracy v. J. T. Quarles, et al. | White | Partnership Settlement |
Add def: J. L. Quarles. Pla. was a partner with the defendants in a mercantile business known as J. T. Quarles and Co., located in Sparta, Tennessee. Pla. complained that the defendants failed to account for and pay over his share of the firm's profits. Casefile contains and extensive accounting of the goods held and sold by J. T. Quarles and Co. 7 folders. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1028 | 849 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | C. W. Gray v. Lewis Shepard | Hamilton | Debt Settlement |
The defendant was indebted to the plaintiff for around two thousand dollars for real estate. Plaintiff charged that the defendant refused to settle the debt. Plaintiff seeking the money from the debt. |
East | Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1717 | 71 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | C. Schepflin and Co. v. W. Goldstein, et al. | Rutherford | Debt |
Additional defendants: P. P. Mason and The Stone River National Bank. This was one of several related suits brought against W. Goldstein in 1894 for the collection of debt. This was probably the same W. Goldstein well known in Rutherford County for establishing Goldstein's Department Store. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 990 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | C. M. Cawood & wife v. C. R. Love & wife | Knox | Fraud |
Additional Defendants: Fannie R. Love. Case involves a contested will, land, and a dower. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 36 | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Carey Lombard Lumber Co. v. Flora L. Thomas, et al. | Shelby | Debt Settlement |
Lombard Lumber Co. wanted to remove all materials it had installed in the construction of Thomas's house. This was to satisfy a debt. |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 547 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Chris Hettinger v. Memphis Appeal Company et al | Shelby | Debt |
Additional Defendants: Robert J. Morgan and Andrew D. Gwynne as trustees, Casey Young, Holmes Lummiux, W. J. Chase, James Haniex, John F. McCallum, L. B. McFarland, W. T. Taylor, the Union and Planter Bank of Memphis, State National Bank… Additional defendants: Bank of Commerce, Security Bank of Memphis, the Memphis City Bank to the Honorable W. D. Beard, Chancellor. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 588 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Carey Lombard Lumber Company v. Flora L. Thomas, et al. | Shelby | Debt, Execution on |
Other defendants: E. R. Thomas. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 604 | 119 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | C. W. Edmonds v. Robert Hagerty & wife Honora Hagerty | Shelby | Debt |
Debt from land purchase (Mike Burke estate) |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 628 | 163 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | C. R. Baird & Co. v. O'Connell & Hadley et al. AND John E. Conner v. O'Connell & Hadley et al. | Hamilton | Recovery |
Add. Defs: George D. Lancaster, trustee, and W. J. Stuart. The consolidated cases of plaintiff against O'Connell & Hadley sought to recover judgments against the defendants for debt. They asserted that they fraudulently conveyed property to co-defendants for the purpose of avoiding the payment of sad judgements. |
East | Range: 18 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 2062 | 117 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Central Savings Bank, et al. v. J. P. Carpenter, et al. | Knox | Debt |
Add pls: J. W. Fox. Add def: L. Rivers, L. McClain, F. S. Adkins, S. W. Jarnagin. The bank held a promissory note executed by Carpenter to Jarnagin. Fox was the endorser on the note. Note was in hands of C. T. Cates Jr. rec.. Rivers & McClain conveyed to Carpenter furniture & jewelry to secure an indebtedness. These objects were sold to Rivers & McClain by Adkins & he claimed he still held a deed. The bank here tried to secure their debt. Makes mention of Rivers and McClain working at a bawdy house. |
East | Range: 18 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 2003 | 190 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Cincinnati, New Orleans, & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. S. A. Voyles | Morgan | Injury and Damages |
Incomplete case file--Assignment of Errors only. The case originated with Voyles's injury at the rail yard. Horace Goldston lured Voyles away from his job shoveling coal to work as a railcar coupler. Voyles took the switcher job, as Goldston told him the wages were better. Voyles mashed his finger while coupling without a lantern (Goldston told him he wouldn't need one), so he sued. |
East | Range: 8 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 874 | 77 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Citizens Bank & Trust Company v. E. T. Lane, et al. | Knox | Notes |
Case involved debt due by note. Subject of case is not identified. |
East | Range: 18 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1975 | 96 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | C. B. Baker, et al. v. Mans Paston, et al. | White | Fraud |
Additional plaintiff: Genelta [?] Baker wife of C. B. Baker. Additional defendants: Jas Martin, Jess Paston, and Henry Paston. Defendants purchased a tract of land from C. B. Baker. Plaintiffs claimed that at the time of the conveyance Baker was insane and unable to make the transaction. Plaintiffs sued for relief. C. B. Baker was noted to be in his "right mind," at the time of the trial. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1021 | 126 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Christina Moerlein Brewing Company v. W. M. Vetter | Hamilton | Fraud |
Plaintiff charged that the defendant told the plaintiff that to ship the beer to Chattanooga the railroad company would charge 34 cents per keg. The plaintiff stated that they had since learned that it was only 25 cents per keg. Plaintiff stated that the defendant was committing fraud by taking the 9 cents. The defendant refused to refund the money. There is also a cross bill filed stating that the Brewing company was indebted to the Vetter. |
East | Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1710 | 124 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Charles Cohn v. T. H. Everett, et al. | Davidson | Debt on Account |
Pltf was a lumber dealer, and struck a deal Dfnt. Everett to supply lumber for building homes/businesses on Everett's plot of land. Everett has defaulted on the payment of notes, and Pltfs seek a lien placed on the plot of land until repayment is completed. Currently occupied by Goldberg & Rich. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 966 | 148 | Order A Copy |