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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1898 | Andrew Knott v. John Baxter | Knox | Damages |
Baxter sued Sam Miner and Andrew Knott for a debt of $500. Miner signed a promissory note at the previous trial but still has not paid. Baxter appeals and then sued for damages of $1000. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 3 | 11 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | A. A. Gordon et al. v. Ora Gordon et al. | Montgomery | Land, Sale of |
Defendants: Elma Gordon, Minnie Gordon, Charles Booth. Additional parties: James A. Gordon, dec., Josephine Gordon, Nannie B. Gordon, G. D. Hook, Laura Gordon, Aquila Harris. The plaintiffs requested the partition or sale of land in accordance with the will of James A. Gordon, dec. |
West | Range: 37 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1209 | 29 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Ann Eliza Yoe v. R. H. Sansom, admr. | Knox | Debt Dispute |
Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 88 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Absolom Finley v. Clementine Finley et al. | Shelby | Default on Promissory Note |
Other defendants: Verta Finley; Roy Branch Finley; Irby Young Finley. $3100 for sale of 200 acres of land. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 517 | 59 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Andrew J. Ward v. J. H. Alsup, County Trustee | Shelby | Taxation Disputes |
Andrew J. Ward does not agree with the amount he was taxed for his property in Shelby County |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 669 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | A. S. Brevard v. J. A. Black, et al. | Carroll | (unknown) |
Additional defendant: Jesse A. Carter |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 646 | 159 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Amanda F. Johnson v. Isadore Johnson, admr. for Ross Wood | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Dispute over the estate of Louisa J. Hardwick. |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 652 | 73 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Andrew J. Ward v. J. H. Alsup trustee & J. F. Robertson v. N. A. McMillan | Shelby | Other |
Two counties mentioned: Shelby and Crockett Other involved parties: Mr. Hill, Mr. Craig, Mr. C. S. Trimble John H. Alsup is Trustee for Shelby County cause of action: appeals involving objections to amici curae and possible legal fraud? |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 679 | 33 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Andrew J. Ward v. John H. Alsup and R. F. Robertson v. N. A. McMillan | Shelby | Unknown |
Case also heard in Crocket Law Docket. Incomplete case: Brief, Affidavits and Motion to Dismiss |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 689 | 22 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Annie R. Sneed v. R. A. Hurt, Clerk & Master et al. | Madison | Taxation Disputes |
Annie R. Sneed is asking the court to stop the county from selling the property that she owns with her husband in order to pay the taxes that they owe on it. She is asking for an injunction. |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 751 | 31 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | A. J. Carriger et al. v. D. W. Wills et al. | Johnson | Unknown |
Additional defendants: Fred Slimp, A. G. Grayson, F. M. Chapell, J. S. Jenkins, J. W. M. Grayson, G. S. Wilson, B. R. Brown, J. N. Wills, J. H. Wagner, R. C. Rhea admr. For Hiram Baker dec., J. H. Church, R. E. Barry and N. J. Wagner Additional plaintiffs: J. A. Pierce and R. E. Donnelly |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 816 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Ann Eliza Yoe v. R. H. Sansom | Knox | Debt Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 36 | 7 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1898 | Alf T. Hayden v. City of Memphis | Shelby | Other |
Cause of Action: Misuse of office. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 687 | 89 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Annie E. Brown v. A. S. Prosser et al. | Knox | Unknown |
Additional names: Annie E. DuRocher and husband A. A. DuRocher, John S. Brown, Lizzie B. Prosser, Margaret L. Montgomery, George Brown |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 816 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | A. C. Parrott et al. v. N. R. Manard et al. | Jefferson | Unknown |
Affirmation of court decree in favor of the plaintiff. It indicates that the school warrant mentioned in the case be declared and void. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 817 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | A. T. Bradley v. John H. Hathaway et al.. | Carter | Notes |
This is a case dealing with a dispute over a note |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 817 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Brennon & Co v. Hill & Ballentine | Giles | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 53 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1898 | B. Lowenstein & Bros. v. R. D. Jordan, et al | Shelby | Debt |
Jordan is guardian of Effie and Ernest Gleaves. Additional defendants: F. P. Poston, Mrs. F. L. Poston, W. K. Poston, Jr., Anna Rives Poston, David Poston R. D. Jordan purchased goods as guardian for the Gleaves children. He gave notes for the purchase of said goods. |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 660 | 45 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Butler Jack v. J. M. Harris | Shelby | Other |
Cause of Action: recovery of commissions on sale of real estate under $500 dollars |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 699 | 86 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | B. F. Murphy v. Little Rock & Memphis Railroad Company | Shelby | Loss of Property |
Plaintiff is sued for $350 reimbursement for property that was badly damaged during shipment on this railroad line and received by him under protest. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 668 | 64 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | B. Lowenstein & Brothers, et al. v. P. M. McCadden | Shelby | Attachment |
Additional plaintiffs are not specifically named. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 707 | 53 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | B. M. O'Daniel v. W. T. Corum et al | Obion | (unknown) |
Volume 2 of case. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 686 | 295 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Bamberger Bloom & Co. v. F. W. Davis, exe. | Shelby | Debt Settlement |
Davis is the executor of D. C. Barrow, deceased. The case involves the collection of $144.33 based on a promissory note dated July 1888. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 796 | 53 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Bruno Gernt et al.v. James Cusack et al. | Fentress | Replevin |
Additional defendants: M. G. Cusack , P. H. Smith, C. Beaty, H. C. Beaty, J. L. Reagan, James A. Alfred, s. H. Pile, and L. T. Smith Additional Plaintiff: A. J. Fry |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 816 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | B. H. Fulkerson v. State | Knox | Kidnapping |
Case involves allegations of abduction for the purpose of prostitution. Case is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 90 | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | B. Vaccaro, exe. v. P. Cicalla | Scott | Other |
Other parties: Delida Cicalla Cause of action: question of court sanction of a lease No Docket Number |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 681 | 21 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Bangler Stove Mfg. Co. et al. v. Wooldridge Stove Co. et al | Shelby | Debt |
Additional Plaintiffs; Iron Clad Manufactory; Foster Stove Co; Duffy Trobridge Stove Mfg. Co. Additional defs: L. E. Edwards; C. M. Brassfield; T. J. Laltham; Continental National Bank; E. A. Robinson; W. H. Wooldridge & George S. Fox. Plaintiffs allege Wooldrige Stove Co. purchased goods from them totaling $5868.73; suing to collect unpaid monies plus interest. Wooldridge Stove Co. insolvent, unable to pay its debts. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 685 | 688 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Bernheim Brothers, et al. v. Moses Sternberger, Henriette Sternberger- his wife. | Haywood | Debt on Account |
In 1864, Moses and Henriette Sternberger were married in Philadelphia, PA. They moved to Brownsville, TN in 1885, established a grocery and liquor business. Mrs. Sternberger later opened business under her own name. Sternberger sued by Bernheim Bros. for unpaid debt on account of $96.43, with interest. Lawsuit appealed to TN Supreme Court. |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 662 | 425 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Britt& Betts v. W. T. Watson | Henderson | Rent Dispute | West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 689 | 101 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1898 | B. O. Branch & Mary Branch v. William Stovall, exe. Of Mrs. Feraba A. Hall, et al | Shelby | Estate Settlement |
Additional defendants: Malinda Ann Sparks, J. H. Sparks, Mollie Johnson, Lizzie McCaughn, Hugh Martin, Sallie C. Martin, R. J. Cook, Walter Cotter, Minnie Cotter, Jerdie James, Adaline Maynard |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 725 | 174 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Betty S. Ensley et al. v. M. L. B. Ensley et al | Shelby | Wills, Construction of |
Additional plaintiffs: Laura S. Ensley, Martin Ensley Jr., and W. A. Wheatley, Trustee. Additional defendants: Mary L. B. Ensley, Enoch Ensley, Mary Ensley, Harriet E. Hodgson, John n Hodgson, Martin Ensley Sr., and Melville Williams. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 797 | 181 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Bank of Blount County v. William S. Smith& H. F. Stinnett v. J. H. Stinnett | Knox | Land |
First page identified as 120. Reversal & remand of an 1898 case. Regards ordering taxes be paid on administering the estate of J. H. Stinnett. Payment of $250 for administration of estate. Orders that case be remanded to Knox Co. Chancery Court. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 817 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Chattanooga Brewing Co. v. Jacob Leab | Washington | Taxation Disputes |
A privilege fee had been put in place for businesses who brewed or sold beer. The Chattanooga Brewing Co. had been charged these fees, but argued that they were overcharged, and that there charges were unconstitutional. They argued to recover the taxes charged. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 5 | 9 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | C. C. Norton & Company v. T. N. L. Cunningham | Rhea | Failure to Pay |
Plaintiffs sued to recover $44.06 from the partnership of Darwin, Allen & Company, a Evansville mercantile that originally owed $400. The firm was unaware that they still owed money. The suit sought to clarify whether or not a statue of limitations had been met on the debt, since a lengthy amount of time had passed since the debt was made. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 14a | 6 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Charles Bakrow& Company, et al. v. W. H. Winter, et al. | Madison | Debt |
Plaintiffs: Robert Howe; Dreyfuss and Weil; Goodman Brothers; Floher, Walter Candy Company; Progress Distilling Company; Schuh Drug Company; Loeb Brothers and Company; M. Kahn and Company; Klein Brothers; Scoggins, White and Company, Bluthenthal and Brother. |
West | Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 383 | 94 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | C. T. Brecheen & Cora Brecheen v. Ugene Wyly | Benton | Lien |
Ugene Wyly has a lien on the deed of land owed by the Brecheens. He obtained the lien to secure payment on the note for the land. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 669 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | C. M. Surdam, et al. v. I. E. Douglass, et al. | Shelby | Ejectment |
This folder contains two briefs only, no case files. |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 644 | 27 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | C. J. Neal v. New South Building & Loan Association | Shelby | Mortgage Dispute |
Neal wishes to cancel a mortgage on the grounds that it was overpaid when he was the borrower from New Orleans Loan, Building, and Savings Association. When that institution went into liquidation it transferred the mortgage to the defendant. The new loan was under the guise of a new loan. All payments to the original loan should be credited to this loan which has been dealt with. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 668 | 343 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Citizens Street Railroad Co. v. Lucia E. Robertson | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
Case arose from an electric streetcar incident in Memphis. The defendant was the only person on the car when the conductor had "to attend to an urgent call of nature." It was claimed that Robertson left the car for a few moments, returned, and was thrown to the ground before she alighted the car, injuring herself in the process. By the time the case got to the Supreme Ct., the rail car company was claiming that she had been awarded an excessive settlement. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 701 | 23 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Railway Co. v. J. S. Smith | Shelby | Damages |
Smith had sued the railway company for killing two of his colts. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 703 | 101 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | C. P. Black v. Alex Darnell, et al | Madison | Debt |
Additional defendants: Rush Darnell, Violet Darnell, Ed Woolfolk. Debt due by note on land purchase. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 782 | 117 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Carruthers Shoe Co. et al. v. J. D. Chambers & A. Jordon | Gibson | Debt on Account |
This is a case involving a debt of $177.80 that is due on an account for goods, wares and merchandise furnished to J.D. Chambers checks and account books are in the original exhibit envelope and are in the folder with the case checks and account books |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 803 | 160 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | C.C. Mauldin v. Tillman Taylor & Jim Isom | Lien |
This case was missing the first page. It appears to be a case from Crittenden County Arkansas. No Tennessee County is found anywhere in the case. The case appears to deal with a lien that was placed on Taylor and Isom by Mauldin for rent due on a tract of land in Crittenden County Arkansas. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 869 | 24 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1898 | Citizen Bank& Trust Company v. Mrs. Julie Bradt, et al. | Unknown |
Opinion only. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 730 | 4 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1898 | Chicago Sugar Refining Co., for use of H. M. Goins v. Jackson Brewing Co., et al. | Campbell | Unknown |
Opinion. Chancery Court of Appeals reversed the decision of the lower court. No mention of an appeal to the Supreme Court. Mentioned as defendants: J. C. Donnelly, W. H. Provins & John J. Graham. John B. Bobe, petitioner & assignee of the Jackson Brewing Co. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 816 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Citizens Railway Co. v. Mayor & Board of Alderman of Knoxville | Knox | Right of Way |
Incomplete case file. Defendant's brief only. Case sought to settle which body has the authority to decide the right of way- the railway company or the city government. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 6a | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | C. J. & A. B. Turley v. Dan Dickerson | Rhea | Unknown |
Incomplete case file; bill of costs only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 21 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Charles Turner v. State | Tipton | Theft |
Charles Turner is charged with stealing and selling bales of cotton. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 669 | 228 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | C. C. Burke v. Citizen's Street Railroad Company& Frank Smith | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
Damages for being struck by a horse and buggy used by the company to make repairs. |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 652 | 94 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Citizens Street Railroad Co. v. Mrs. Georgie E. Rogers | Shelby | Damages |
Mrs. Rogers originally sued by husband & next friend, Abner Rogers, for $5000 in damages. On 4 April 1897 she seriously injured her foot & ankle while disembarking from one of the railroad's cars. Track was being worked upon; the area nearest her stop was negligently piled high with rocks that she had to step on to leave the car, thus causing her fall. Mrs. Rogers resident of Collierville; she was visiting her father, Judge Eldridge, in Memphis. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 687 | 89 | Order A Copy |