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View Entry 1909 A. J. Walpool v. S. G. Mullins Davidson Debt

Origin of debt: Dissolution of Partnership.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 518 466 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Automatic Weighing Machine Co. v. Memphis Cotton Oil Co. Shelby Lease Dispute

Additional Causes of Action: Property Damage, Breach of Contract

 West Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1151 48 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Busch Grace Produce Co. v. McHenry & Bryan, et al. Shelby Damages West Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1140 103 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Brownsville Cotton Oil Co., et al. v. Lorenzo Dow Taylor Haywood Negligence

Additional plaintiffs: J. L. Windrow, Dode Johnson

 West Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 944 106 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. v. L. Ginnochio Shelby Contract for Labor and Materials

The defendant was accused of failing to pay for over $1500 of goods, wares, merchandise, fixtures, and labor furnished by the plaintiff

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1206 204 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Carrie L. Wilson v. John T. Wilson, et al. Davidson Divorce

Also names as defendants are James M. Wilson and Richard Hill. Complainant also prayed for writs of attachment and injunction.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 523 540 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 C. G. Stevenson v. T. M. Stevenson, Road Commissioners Giles Petition for Injunction

Additional Complainants: G. G. Stevenson, J. N. Young, J. W. Guffey. Bill filed for purpose of having a decree of the County Judge, directing Commissioner to open a new road, declared and void.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 526 54 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 C. C. Ogilvie et al.v. James Brett Jr. et al. Shelby Election Dispute

Additional defendants: A. B. Carter, T. O. Vinton, O. I. Kruger, G. B. Malone, C. J. Haase, P. H. Pehlan, W. C. Edmondson. A. B. Carter, T. O. Vinton and James Brett Jr. constitute the Board of Election Commissioners of Shelby County, Tennessee. Additional Plaintiffs: E. A. Neeley and J. M. Steen (included upon amendment). Suit concerns the election for members of the Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools.

 West Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1146 186 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Carrie Douglass v. A. E. Niemeyer et al. Shelby Lien

Additional Defendants: E.H. Buck and Lamar Heiskell. The case focused on property originally purchased by E.H. Buck in 1906.

 West Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1200 124 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 C. L. Ficklen v. G. W. Macrae Shelby Other

Cause of action: Ficklen was advised by G. W. Macrae to buy stocks when Ficklen was not fully aware of the financial situation

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1202 46 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Charles Brewer v. American Chewing Gum Co. Shelby Debt on Account

The plaintiff owned the Star Chewing Gum Company who sued for debt due by the defendant for goods, wares, and merchandise totaling $1350.

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1206 118 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 City of Memphis v. Southern Railway Co. Shelby Ordinance Violation

The defendant constructed a railway across busy intersection in Memphis. Exhibits include blueprints. Cost Bond stored in WT 1275.

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1206 319 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Crescent Forge & Shovel Co. v. F. D. Craig Shelby Debt on Account

The defendant owed over $800 to the plaintiff for goods, wares, and merchandise sold by the plaintiff. Exhibits include catalogue.

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1206 310 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 C. S. Carney v. Wisconsin Chair Company et al. Lauderdale Damages

The plaintiff sued for damages for cutting and removing timber from the lands of his wards, the children of Jason H. Thompson of Lauderdale County.

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1218 136 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 C. W. Raymond Co. v. J. R. Lyle et al. Washington Debt

Origin of Debt: purchase of heavy machinery. Exhibits include rotary cutter flyer. Add. Defendant: City National Bank.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 494 143 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 C. F. Dodson v. Penn. Casualty Co. McMinn Insurance Claims and Policies

This was a suit on an accident insurance policy to recover $2500 for the loss of a hand. Opinion only.

 East Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 777 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Carson Heirs v. Mengel Box Company Dyer Other

Cause of action: enjoin the defendant from cutting and removing timber. Carson heirs are S. Sampson Carson, G. F. Carson, May Carson, Lou Carson, and Cleo K. Carson. They are the children and heirs of Sarah B. and S. B. Carson.

 West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1075 724 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Churchill & Alden Co. v. Hubbard Brothers Dyer Debt on Account

Account was for shoes ordered through a traveling salesman: the order was given a guarantee of good quality, & if not, could be money back-returned.

 West Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1169 87 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 David Soltz v. Abraham Glassman & Abraham Glassman v. Y. & M. V. R.R. Co. et al Shelby Other

The cause of action in this case appears to be a dispute about the shipment and delivery of goods to Abraham Glassman by the railroad company.

 West Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1047 65 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 D. M. Cooper et al. v. John Roper Dyer Replevin

Additional Plaintiffs: T.W. Horner and A.H. Grigsby. The plaintiffs tried to recover over 3,500 cypress cross-ties.

 West Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1212 292 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Eleanor Skipwith v. Charles M. Skipwith Davidson Divorce Middle Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 525 114 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 E. C. Jones v. German Fire Ins. Co. And J.A. Jones v. German Fire Ins. Co. Shelby Insurance Claims and Policies

Insurance Policy By-Laws included.

 West Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1150 253 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Ella R. Willis, exe. v. the Volunteer State Life Insurance Company Lauderdale Insurance Disputes

Estate of John Benjamin Willis of Haywood County, TN; Willis died intestate fl. 17 February 1907.

 West Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1167 202 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 E. D. Robertson v. J. H. Ellis Chester Breach of Contract

Dispute concerns a contract for the sale of standing timbers.

 West Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1171 84 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Edward H. Crump v. James H. Malone et al. Shelby Election Dispute

Defendant James H. Malone is mayor of Memphis and former member Legislative Council. Additional defendants: John T. Walsh, E. G. Henning, H.T. Bruce. Crump served as mayor of Memphis 3 two year terms. Influential in politics for nearly fifty years. Edward Crump was officially elected Mayor of Memphis in Nov. 1909. He beat out J. J. Williams who went to the Legislative Council and contested the election of Crump. Crump charging that Legis. council. has no authority to determine outcome of election.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 715 288 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 F.F. Byrne v. J.P. Coyne, et al. Shelby Debt

Additional defendant(s): F.L. Monteverde

 West Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1150 80 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Jackson, et al. v. John Y. Keith, et al. Madison Property Dispute

Other plaintiffs: J. H. Johnson; W. E. Dunaway; D. T. Turner; W. H. Hawkins; J. L. Pearson; G. E. Allen; C. E. Griffin; R. A. Bland; S. S. Bond; J. B. Bateman; J. A. White; A. E. Barnett; T. C. Martin; B. F. Partridge. Other defendants: S. A. Mitchell; J. T. Rushing; M. B. Harris; J. C. Blackert; R. E. Howard; Irwin Reiney; George H. McNeil; Roy Brown; Oliver Benton. Dispute between factions of the congregation.

 West Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1168 214 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Frank V. Steele v. Memphis Savings Bank Shelby Bank Note

Steele sued claiming the bank was holding $365 in proceeds from a note settlement and refused to pay the funds to Steele. Includes published Statement of Case, Assignment of Errors Brief and Argument for defendant.

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1203 140 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 George O. Friedel v. Southern Railway Company Shelby Other

Includes published copy of the "Statement of the Case, Assignments of Error, Brief and Argument" filed by Southern Railway Company as well as a published "Brief for Appellee" filed by Southern Railway Company. George Frielde operated a lumber company in Memphis known as Geo. O. Friedel Lumber & Manufacturing Company. Friedel claimed that Southern Railway stopped operating a railroad switching operation for his company after he refused to pay demurrage fees.

 West Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1146 454 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 George H. Glascock, Trustee v. Lucy A. Balton, et al. Shelby Taxation Disputes

County taxation dispute involving taxes for years 1895-1899; in the Jesse M. Tate subdivision of Memphis. Properties of Lucy A. Tate, dec. Exhibits located in WT 1169.

 West Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1149 250 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Homer W. Johnson et al. v. Georgia Home Insurance Company Dyer Insurance Claims and Policies

Additional plaintiffs: H. H. Johnson; J. D. Klyce; W. O. Christie, administrator of R. E. Johnson, deceased; J. W. Johnson for the use and benefit of H. H. Johnson, T. B. Finney, Mrs. Celia Finney.

 West Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 942 350 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Harry Smith v. Isaac Wolf, et. al. Shelby Notes

Additional defendants: Louise Wolf; John H. Leslie, Trustee; W. S. Jacobs. Amount of note due listed as $500 used to purchase Lot 28 in Minter Parker's new subdivision at the corner of LaRose Street and Lucy Avenue in Memphis.

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1203 120 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Hugh L. McClung, admr. v. C. S. C. Hodges, et al. Knox Estate Dispute/ Settlement

McClung was the admr. of Robert McBee who died in 1907. Heirs disputed which of the estate's funds taxes should be paid from. The documents outline the legacy, heirs, and amount of inheritance given in basic terms. Does not outline all of the details contained within the will. Incomplete case.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 4 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Harry N. Pharr v. Charles L. Stevens, et al. Shelby Debt

Additional defendant: W. S. Biles. Debt due on a promissory note of $500.

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1235 248 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Harkless Mitchell et al.v. R. P. Haberling et al Shelby Debt

Exhibit D: Shelby County Regulation Trust Deed, Exhibit 1: note from W. E. Cogdell, Exhibit 3: check from Haberling, Exhibit 4: bill from The Commercial Appeal, Exhibits 19-22: notes from W. E. Cogdell, Exhibits 3-75: book of checks signed by Mitchell Exhibits 101-110: checks signed by Haberling, Exhibits 112-113: payment books by Haberling, Exhibits 114-115: Statements of water rates additional defendants: W. E. Cogdell, W. H. Cox and John Thompson. 3 folders.

 West Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1209 732 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Humphreys Godwin & Company v. W. J. Booker, et al. Shelby Breach of Contract

Humphreys Godwin & Company is composed of Hugh Humphreys and Herbert Godwin. Additional defendants: The Peacock Cotton Seed Meal Company, Peoria Commission Company, The Imperial Cotton Milling Company, The Missouri Cotton Oil Co.

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1234 293 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Ivie Harrison et al. v. William Edward Watson et al. Gibson Property Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: Eugene Harrison, K. O. Harrison, Pearl Troutman, John Troutman. Additional defendants: Ira Harrison, Mary Jane Morris, Morgan Morris, Francis Eugenia Mosley, B. F. Moseley.

 West Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1211 70 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 J. B. Lee et al. v. J. J. McPherson et al Lauderdale Land and Title Dispute

Case concerns estate of T. F. Lee Sr., dec. Also see WT Box 1078.

 West Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1060 450 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 J. N. Samuel v. Louis Gregory, Demps Allen, Prince Gregory,& W. S. Hutcheson Lauderdale Debt

Concerns debt for land purchased by defendants along the Mississippi River in Lauderdale County.

 West Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1117 347 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 John Hinderson et al.v. C. H. Hottum Shelby Lease Dispute

Plaintiffs: John Hinderson and R. L. Andris composing the firm of Hinderson & Andris.

 West Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1141 225 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 J.A. Omberg v. Barnes & Miller Hardware Co. et al. Shelby Equity

Additional Defendants: W.E. Barnes, H.R. Miller, W.G. Thomas, Caruthers Ewing Bill of Interpleader, Conflicting rights to a certified check

 West Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1145 302 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 James A. Murray v. Alice T. Jones Shelby Recovery

Recovery of $493.20, being the amount due for recording 475 deeds. Alice T. Jones is the Executrix of James C. Jones, deceased. James C. Jones, deceased, was the Register of Deeds for Shelby County at the time of his death. James A. Murray is the Deputy Register.

 West Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1148 122 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 James Murphy v. William Frasier Shelby Deed Dispute West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1202 22 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 J. E. Henderson v. M. W. Bescherer Shelby Fraudulent Conveyance West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1208 105 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 J. N. Bradshaw et al. v. John Hancock et al Henry Debt

Additional Plaintiff: Mary N. Bradshaw Additional Defendant: Henry Dagget County: conflicting location: Obion County and Paris TN

 West Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1045 100 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 J. W. Caldwell v. Anne Black et al Haywood Estate Dispute

Additional Defendants: Andrew Black, husband d of Anne Black; Ora Smith & husband, William; Ware, Mattie Sue, James, Mildred, Bessie, William, & Payne Caldwell, et al. Plaintiff nephew of Nancy Caldwell, dec. 10 Nov. 1908; her will gives him land that had been left to her by late husband, Robert Caldwell. Plaintiff asks to be vested in fee simple with title to the land. Defendants are children of James F. & Frederick T. Caldwell, both deceased, who also claim title to land.

 West Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1049 66 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 J. W. Smith et al. v. R. B. Burl Shelby Injunction

Additional plaintiffs: P. W. Billinger, Russell Frayser, Jack Harris, and H. Jenkins, Trustees

 West Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1051 214 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 J. Applewhite v. William F. Houche et al. Shelby Property Dispute

Co-defendant: Henry C. Houck. Plaintiff claims that he bought a property that was smaller than the sellers (defendants) claimed and is asking for reimbursement for the missing acreage.

 West Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1142 181 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Joliet Bridge& Iron Co. v. Memphis St. Railway Co. Shelby Contract for Labor and Materials

Contract for manufacturing and furnishing materials for steel work in power station Exhibit J and K: telegrams from Ford, Bacon and Davis Engineers. 2 folders.

 West Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1198 847 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 J. A. Dugar& wife v. Knights of the Maccabees of the World Shelby Recovery

The plaintiff's wife, Jennie Edith Dugar (formerly Jennie Edith Greer) attempted to recover a sum of money based on the death of her former husband, Archibald A. Greer, a member of the Knights of the Maccabees

 West Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1200 84 Order A Copy

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