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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1900 | Allan C. Johnson, admr., of estate of John J. Thomason, dec. v. First National Bank of Gatesville, Texas | Weakley | Debt Dispute |
Bank charged Thomason's estate with owing on a note of $642.00. The county court agreed & ordered the estate to pay the note with 10% interest. Case then appealed to Weakley Co. Circuit Court. Thomason countered saying the statute of limitations had run out. Substantial depositions given by A. R. Williams and H. B. Cardwell. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 679 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Adam J. Jett et al. v. J. S. Menken et al. | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: J. S. White. Additional defendants: Rachel H. Menken, John Claflin and Napoleon Hill. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 795 | 288 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Allen West Commission Company v. Carroll & McCallum | Chester | Contract Dispute and Damages |
J.W. Carroll, W.C. McCallum, defendants, applied for line of credit, $3,000 to $4,000, to be used if needed, with promise to ship cotton to complainant in case of failure to ship or pay commissions; agreement to ship cotton to complainant in St. Louis, MO Dispute over agreed compensation. Hon. Alvin G. Hawkins, Chancellor. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 788 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Amelia Battier v. Rosa Beurer, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants listed as George Beurer, William Beurer, Lewis P. Beurer, Samuel Hirsh, Louis Erb, the Memphis Building and Savings Association. Concerns the estate of Jacob Beurer. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 792 | 87 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Alice Woodfin v. L. Marks, et al | Madison | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 802 | 15 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1900 | A. E. Pearson v. John Colbert & Dan Shea | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 798 | 53 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1900 | Allen C. Johnson, admr. of John J. Thomason, dec. v. The First National Bank of Gatesville, Texas | Weakley | Debt Dispute |
Case involves 3 issues: payment of a note to the bank, suppression of a deposition, and attorney-client privilege. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 831 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | A. (Adeline) C. Brewton v. M. (Mai) E. Schiffley et al | Shelby | Deed Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Albert & William Prince; Mrs. Carrie Schiffley & husband, Frederick Schiffley. All defendants heirs at law of Sarah A. (Prince) Caskin , dec. July 1898; husband Robert W. Caskin, dec. Nov. 1886. Plaintiff sued to have her name placed as "grantee" on 2 warranty deeds to a lot in Memphis. One is the deed of Lucy C. & Thomas Maydwell to Sarah L. Clark, Sarah A. Prince & Robert Caskin; other deed from Sarah L. Clark & her husband to Sarah A. Prince. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 837 | 92 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Barnet C. Brown, et al. v. Will Wright, et al. | Morgan | Land and Title Dispute |
Case is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 88 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Belle Ellis et al. v. Mosie Pearson et al. | Haywood | Deed Dispute |
This is a suit to set aside a deed to 40 acres of land, to assign the property to the minor children of the decedent J. H. Pearson, and to sell other properties to pay the decedent's debts. Co-plaintiffs: Austin Ellis, Fannie May Leggett, L. M. Leggett, Sallie Taylor, D. H. Taylor, & Mary Pearson. Co-defendants: Lillie Pearson, Corrine Pearson, Willie Pearson, Carrie Pearson, & Roe Christmas. All but Christmas and the Ellises are minors. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 794 | 56 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | C. H. Conley v. Amanda L. Potts et al. | Crockett | Estate Dispute |
The widow of L.C. Potts, Amanda L. Potts, is in a dispute with his creditors over the right to his personal property. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 784 | 287 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Catherine Wilson et al. v. H. Schafer et al. | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Robert Wilson, Elizabeth G. Dunham, and others. Additional Defendants: Reuben Jones, Adam Smith, and others. Land title disputes based on family members who died intestate. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1355 | 300 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Charles Moses, exor. v. Fannie Grainger, et al. | Knox | Debt Dispute |
Additional defendants are unnamed. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 36 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Coal Creek Consolidated Coal Co., et al. v. East Tennessee Iron & Coal Co., et al. | Campbell | Land and Title Dispute |
Case file is incomplete; opinion & Decree only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 90 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Charles Moses, exe. v. Fannie Grainger, et al. | Debt Dispute |
Case is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 88 | 9 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1900 | Clifford Bruce, et al. v. Alice B. Byrd, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Other plaintiffs: Robert M. McLean, exor. of William S. Bruce, dec. Other defendants: Carrie M. McLean, Dr. E. A. Neely, Ida B. Neely, Bessie B. McLean, William S. Bruce Neely, Francis Sim Neely, Eugene Austin Neely, Elisabeth Alice Neely. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 790 | 82 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Clifford Bruce v. Alice B. Byrd, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants: Carrie M. McLean and Ida B. Neely. Includes oversize balance sheet for W. S. Bruce and Business, 1897. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 813 | 109 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Dangler Stove Manufacturing Company, et al. v. Woolridge Stove Company, et al. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Continental National Bank, contract dispute with the Woolridge Stove Co. over trust deed, bankruptcy. George M. Brasfield, president of Woolridge Stove Co. Hon. F. H. Heiskell, Chancellor, Chancery Court of Shelby County TN. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 788 | 225 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Dora Hendrick et al. v. V. O. Hendrick, exe. of S. J. Hendrick, dec.& L. M. Carter | Carroll | Estate Dispute |
Plaintiffs: Dora Hendrick and Cora Hendrick, minors and sue by their next friend, W. H. Eason. File incomplete: table of contents and page 1 missing. Also contains record of the case of Gray & Dudley Hardware Co. et al. v. V. O Hendrick et al. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 802 | 462 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Dayton Long v. Thomas C. Crow | Carter | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 728 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1900 | Dora& Cora Hendrick, by their next friend W. H. Eason v. V. C. Hendrick, et al. | Carroll | Estate Dispute |
Estate of S. J. Hendrick. Additional defendants could not be determined. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 670 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | E. A. Johnson, ex. of Leonard Johnson, dec. v. J. N. Johnson, et al. | Hardin | Estate Dispute |
Other defendants: Watt Hardin; Louisa Hardin; Hester Collie; J. B. Altom; C. C. Brandon; Nora Brandon; John Howard; Alley Howard; Joe Johnson; Kate Johnson; Mary Johnson; John Johnson |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 451 | 398 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Emily Clowney, by next friend v. Cothran & Company | Tipton | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 758 | 217 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1900 | E. B. McHenry, Clerk & Master, etc. v. M. B. Trezevant, Trustee, John M. Peters | Shelby | Property Dispute |
E.B. McHenry, late Clerk & Master, Chancery Ct., sues in capacities for the use of Otto Seyppel against defendants. re: plantation in Arkansas owned by Pearl Burgett, rent and taxes owed. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 800 | 61 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Fred R. Hunt, Jr. v. A. Kolsky | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 841 | 100 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1900 | Feder, Holzman & Co. v. W. H. Gass | Knox | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Case is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 88 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | F. M. Kennedy & Co. v. J. L. Pogue | Madison | Debt Dispute |
F. M. Kennedy & Co., a stave business, comprised of J. B., Charles & J. E. Kennedy & A. Stafford. Details of case not given. Pogue brought suit by warrant twice against plaintiffs on "a plea of debt due by account". Won first suit with judgment of $457.90 & costs against plaintiffs. F. M. Kennedy & Co. won second suit with judgment of $220.19 & costs against Pogue. Pogue dec. pending suit; W. H. Rogers admin. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 807 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | George A. Smith v. M. J. Hogan, exe. & admr. | Hawkins | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
Court orders a land sale, of property unknown, and that Bettie McMillan and her husband to be paid out of a land sale. Incomplete case. See also boxes ET5. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | George C. Kobbe v. Harriman Land Company, et al. | Morgan | Land and Title Dispute |
Harriman Land Co. made a fraudulent claim to Kobbe's land. They proceeded to cut valuable timber and collect rents on properties they had seized. Additional Defendants: John A. Jones, John Jones, John Kries, & the F. G. Oxley Stave Co. See add'l documentation in boxes ET 92, ET 34. Possibly related case in ET 2a named George C. Kobbe v. John D. Kries. Exhibits include 4 oversize maps of land in dispute. Maps located in ET Oversize Box 21. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 13a | 312 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Germania Building Co. v. Joseph Haines | Shelby | Property Dispute |
Regarding sewer line. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 804 | 125 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | George W. Strother et al. v. James Reilly et al | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Annie Kinniard Strother, James Kinniard and Austin Bull Kinnaird Additional defendants: M. Gavin, Trustee; Thomas Keely; Martin Kelly, Jesse Kit and Jackson Martin |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 831 | 125 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | H. P. Maxwell v. J. Fletch Woodard | Warren | Property Dispute |
Bill of Complaint and other miscellaneous documents. It looks like the cover to the case has been defaced with graffiti. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 37 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Henry G. Dent v. George G. Dent, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Defendants: George G. Dent, Annie C. Dent, Mrs. Sarah L. Dent, Susan D. Dent, Lee Baggett, Mary E. Baggett, William M. Randolph, Trustee; C.W. Frayser, W.A. Wheatley, Nolan Fontaine, Trustee; W.C. Sloan. Estate of Henry G. Dent, Sr. (dec.) Properties along DeSoto St., Beale St., Memphis. DeSoto Building & Loan Association. Case concerns sale of properties by Henry Jr. and dower/homestead of Sarah L. Dent. 2 folders. |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 730 | 457 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | H. C. Polk et al. v. A. Gunther et al | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: E. A. Burrow, A. G. Burrow, H. B. Chambers, A. T. Chambers, Amanda Shepherd, B. A. Shepherd, Aaron Polk, Lee Polk, John Polk and William Polk Additional Defendants: Laura O. Gunther and John A. Taylor |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 769 | 167 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Hugh Leslie v. P. B. Ballinger, et al. | Decatur | Property Dispute |
Estate of Aaron Ballinger, dec. 1898. Tract of land, 110 acres. G.W. Hollowell, Add.. defendant in this case, purchased 70 acres. Hannah J. Ballinger (half sister, defendant); Cheatham Ballinger, Aaron Ballinger, Alice Ballinger, Fannie Ballinger. Property in question was located in 8th Civil Dist., Decatur Co., TN. Original 200-acre tract of Moses Ballinger. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 800 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | James B. Riley v. James King | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Case file is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 69 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | J. C. Neely v. Sam Rembert | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 825 | 24 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1900 | J. W. Dickinson v. W. J. Abston | Shelby | Mortgage Dispute |
Interested parties: J. H. Ward, Lucy C. Ward, Louis Stubblefield, B. R. Miller, B. R. Dunn Cause of Action: Mortgage Fraud? |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 831 | 145 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | John S. Simmons v. Harriet A. Bailey & E. E. Bailey | Fayette | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 835 | 60 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1900 | J. W. Crudgington v. W. J. Hogan, et al. | Knox | Debt Dispute |
Incomplete case file. Short brief only. Suit seeks to establish the legality of garnishing accounts and income in order to recover a debt. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 7 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | John Baring, et al. v. Ike Jobe, et al. | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: H. H. Carr, E. C. Reeves, and J. L. Carty. Case file is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 69 | 3 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1900 | J. H. Whitaker et al. v. T. J. Whitaker et al. | Putnam | Land and Title Dispute |
Case concerns the ownership of coal rights and royalties due for a specific tract of land in Putnam Co. Add. Plaintiff: W. W. Cooper. Add. Defendants: Monterey Coal Co., Nashville Coal Co., Nashville & Knoxville Railroad Co., W. R. Jones, W. L. Danley, J. H. Ambrose, John S. Knox, J. R. Sneed. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 486 | 263 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | J. H. P. Westbrook v. M. B. Thompson, et al. | Lake | Estate Dispute |
Other defendants: R. M. Isler; Hany Isler; L. Donalson; May Donalson; Eloise Donalson; Jessie Isler; Meriweather Donalson; Westbrook Donalson; Tschudi Swayne; Norman Donalson. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 686 | 72 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | J. G. Thomas, et al. v. W. A. Minton, et al. | Gibson | Insurance Disputes |
Additional complainants: J.W. Howell, Wilson & Flowers Co., J.C. Tilghman, W.L. Howell, John Garrison, Deason & Rankin, R.Z. Taylor, the Kenton Bank, C. R. Wade, R.A. Turner. Defendants: J.C. Tilghman. $3 million life insurance policy with Central Benefit Life Association of Union City, TN. |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 730 | 63 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | John Earp et al. v. Jesse Edginton Special, admr. et al | Shelby | Estate Dispute | West | Range: 91 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 769 | 450 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1900 | James R. Tomlinson et al. v. S. H. Tomlinson et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Sallie A. Wiley and her husband James A. Wiley, Mary Buford and her husband H. C. Buford. Additional defendants: 17 additional defendants listed. Caroline D. Flaherty, deceased. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 793 | 220 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | James P. Wilson v. E. S. Tippett, et al. & E. S. Tippett, et al. v. J. P. Wilson | Land and Title Dispute |
Others involved: E. A. Tippett (wife) & Tom Clark, Edna Wilson (wife) & A. E. Hubbard. Bill alleged that Wilson was the owner of a tract of land & he was entitled to the fruits & profits of that land. Meanwhile the Tippetts were cutting & removing valuable timber from that land. This is a convoluted case. Could not identify county or court. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 803 | 10 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1900 | Joshua Boyd & Josephine Boyd v. Charles E. Jerman admr. et al | Crockett | Estate Dispute |
Josephine Boyd, formerly Josephine Sibley Estate under dispute: A J White and Thomas S Weaver Additional defendants: James Adams, Weno Adams, Sarah Turner, Elizabeth White, Thelitha White, Robert White, Sarah Johnson, A L Fisher, Roten, McCraw, et al No Docket Number Additional Defendants: R T Miller, Annie Miller, R R White, John C White, Samuel White, W P White, Zoarrah White, C E. Sibley, Mattie Sibley, Sallie Sibley, James Bastee, Joe Bastee, B F Simmons, Kate Simmons, H C Gregory, Kate Gregory |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 803 | 148 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | J. D. Sasser Jr. et al. v. The Mayor & Aldermen of Middleton | Hardeman | Taxation Disputes |
Other plaintiffs: M. Wilson, F. S. Simpson, T. J. Hudson, W. B. Shearin, Billy Shearin, J. W. Wilson, C. M. Wilson, J. S. Sasser, & J. E. Jenkins. Defendants include Mayor C. M. Lambeth and Councilmen C. L. Webb, J. H. Miller, Tom G. Moon, John Jenkins, A. T. Cox, T. P. Neely. The complaint is that the election of the town officers was irregularly conducted, and that taxation is unfair. The lengthy case files are in three folders. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 796 | 342 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | J. E. Mask, et al. v. Memphis Trust Company | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Estate of W. P. Dunavant. Additional plaintiffs: Dora Mask, B. F. Dunavant, W. A. Dunavant, Mrs. B. F. Dunavant, W. E. Brown, Ella Brown, Marguerite D. May, Harry May. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 796 | 163 | Order A Copy |