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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1903 | Arbuckle Brothers v. J. N. McCutcheon et al. | Hamilton | Taxation Disputes |
Plaintiffs: John Arbuckle, V. R. Smith, James N. Jarvie, William A. Jamison d/b/a Arbuckle Brothers. Additional Defendants: County of Hamilton. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 49 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Anderson Green & Co., et al. v. Jack P. Martin, et al. | Gibson | Debt Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Halls, Ordway & Mitchell. Additional defendants unknown. Debt dispute over "certain goods." |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 842 | 52 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | American Steel & Wire Co v. Robert A. Speed, Clerk of the County Court | Shelby | Taxation Disputes |
See U.S. Supreme Court Case: AMERICAN STEEL & WIRE COMPANY, , v. R. A. SPEED, Clerk of the County Court of Shelby County. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 875 | 144 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Bessie H. Shipp, exe. v. Florence Witherspoon, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional Appellees: John W. Shipp, Mrs. Bond and Mrs. Stovall. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 826 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Bluff City Insurance Co. v. City of Memphis | Shelby | Taxation Disputes |
This is a dispute between the Bluff City Insurance Co. and the City of Memphis over the amount of tax due on its stock. A copy of the Insurance Co. By-Laws are included. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 859 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Elizabeth J. Joyner v. J. E. Goodlett | Shelby | Mortgage Dispute | West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 851 | 233 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1903 | Frank M. Reed v. Mallalieu & True | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Mallalieu and True is a firm composed of Howard Mallalieu, H. E. True, and Mrs. Lizzie Estes |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 852 | 83 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | F. S. Harvey & wife v. W. A. Weddington et. al. | Gibson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendant Lenora Pate. Lawsuit concerns a land and title dispute concerning land that was part of the Estate of Parmelia Gibbs and John Gibbs. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 860 | 69 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Grant Johnson, et al. v. H. C. Jamison | Madison | Property Dispute |
Other complainant: Alice Johnson. The Johnson's say that they are the nearest surviving relatives of Noah McMorris, deceased, and believe they should inherit his property because they took care of him during his final illness. Jamison is in possession of the property, having purchased it from Dr. J. T. Barbee, one of McMorris's creditors, who had seized it in payment of the debts owed him by McMorris. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 848 | 71 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Henry C. Dobbins v. Thomas E. Whitehead, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Lizzie Whitehead, wife of Thomas; Henry Borsje & wife, Emma Whitehead Borsje et al. Plaintiff argues that he is the son of Georgiana & W. P. Dobbins by common law marriage & entitled to share of W. P. Dobbins' estate. Georgiana Dobbins (dec. July 1901) willed estate inherited from husband to defendants, her children by first marriage to Thomas L. Whitehead (divorced May, 1870). Defendants maintain plaintiff illegitimate with no right to inherit. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 849 | 306 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | H. E. Goodlett Jr. v. John Reid | Shelby | Deed Dispute |
The case involved a disputed piece of property in Memphis sold for taxes. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 936 | 155 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | H. H. Dorris, et al. v. Araminda Hagar, et al. | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Complainants: Robert Dorris, J. H. Oliver, Annie H. Oliver, Lemuel H. Hagar. Additional Defendant: Minerva Hagar. Complainants also sought and Injunction and to appoint a guardian ad litem for Minerva Hagar, a minor. Case involved land that belonged to the estate of G. W. Hagar, dec'd. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 551 | 43 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | H. L. Bedford, et al. v. William H. Bedford, Whyte Bedford | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
This cause was filed for purpose of obtaining a construction of the will of Benjamin W. Bedford, dec. October 1883. Two surviving executors of the will. Additional plaintiffs: Ben W. Bedford, Huella B. Glover, Rosa McDonald and her husband, J.M. McDonald; Ellen Turbeville and husband, R.E. Turbeville; Lilla A. Jones and husband, Burt Jones; Julian Bedford, William C. McLean. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 818 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Henrietta Taylor v. W. F. Goessling, et al. | Shelby | Property Dispute |
Other defendant: W. H. Grimes. Taylor's property was sold at auction after she inadvertently failed to pay a small amount of taxes. She had regularly paid the taxes except the one time she overlooked them. Circuit court clerk sold the property to Goessling. Depositions by H. D. Minor & L. E. Boswell. The 3-page decree of affirmation is badly damaged at bottom. Three brads on brief could not be removed. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 846 | 85 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | J. F. Chumbley, C. & M. v. John W. Conner, et al. | Knox | Debt Dispute |
Case file incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 69 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | J. C. J. Williams v. Reuben Cates | Knox | Election Dispute |
Case is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 88 | 37 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | John W. Hastings v. Vachel C. Rushing et al | Henry | Property Dispute |
Additional Defendants: John Mitchell & Walter H. Rushing. Plaintiff states that on 26 July 1900 he purchased a tract of land with a mill house on it from defendants. Due to oversight mill house not included in the deed. Hastings in possession of house but Mitchell attempting to claim it. Plaintiff wants the Rushings to correct deed so that it includes the mill house or to legally convey it to him; Rushings refuse to do so. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 840 | 76 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | J. N. Jones v. Godfrey Frank & Company | Scott | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Abe A. Frank and Samuel Kahn Doing |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 857 | 337 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | John C. Webb v. Henry Overton, alias Webb & Lucinda Webb | Scott | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
John C. Webb brother of G.W. Webb inherited part of the land and purchased the balance from bros and sisters: Sarah, Elizabeth Angel, Nancy Eades, and Rosetta Davis. G.W Webb, died without issue. G.W Web died in 1890, 13 years later Overton claimed to have been the adopted child of G.W. He claimed the right to G. W.'s lands. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | John Bradford, Jr. v. John Bradford, Sr., et al. | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Henry Bradford, Maggie Bradford, Robert Bradford, and James Bradford. Case involves a contested will and the heirs of former slaves. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 45 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | J. B. Wilkins v. Poe Coldwell et al | Perry | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 861 | 55 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1903 | J. H. Sires, et al. v. Mary Sires, et al | Gibson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: J. D. Sires, Ellen Beal. Additional defendants: Sadie Sires, E. C. Foster |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 877 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | L. D. Dearmond v. R. A. Johnson | Knox | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 65 | 112 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1903 | Lorean S. Best, et al. v. Joseph Specht, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Estate of Joseph Specht, deceased, presumably the father of the defendant. Full list of remaining plaintiffs and defendants not clearly identified, though other members of potential inheritors are, and several individuals are cross-examined. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 868 | 172 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | L. Swoope v. W. A. Gage, et al. | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Other defendants not specifically named but possibly: Sanders B. Swoope; W. C. McNutt. For several notes totaling ca. $2000. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 885 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Millie Wilson v. Ida Chitwood et al., and, William& Ida Chitwood v. Millie Wilson et al. | Gibson | Estate Dispute |
Estate of Jerry (Jerre) Wilson. Additional defendants: William Chitwood, Dora Maclin, Sam Maclin, Sam Wilson, Corrilla Wilson, and Jerry Wilson. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 825 | 151 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Maria L. Johnson v. Dan'l McPhelie & others | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants: Tom McPhelie, Lizzie and Wheatland Weaver, Mrs. O' Mallie, George McPhelie, Robert Keys. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 996 | 110 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Mabel Bradford v. T. H. Hayes, admr. of Polly Rudisill et al | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Includes probate court records for Polly Rudisill. Additional defendant: unknown heirs of Polly Rudisill. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 850 | 81 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Mrs. I. N. Patton, et al. v. the Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Co. | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Insurance policy in sum of $1,600 on stock of groceries, wines, bar fixtures, household & kitchen furniture, wearing apparel, pictures, etc.- building situated at No. 2 Front St., Memphis "which the assured was occupying as a grocery, saloon and dwelling." Fire occurring 31 Oct. 1900 on premises, destroyed all properties. Insurance failure to pay claim. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 862 | 271 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Martha H. Patton v. C. W. Ledbetter & Wife | Perry | Estate Dispute |
This is an estate dispute involving the heirs of A. Patry, deceased. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 872 | 39 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Ned Whittaker& John Cunningham v. W. R. Harrell | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Whittaker and Cunningham were accused of enticing away Jim Mackey, who was in the employ of Harvell, who then refused to pay Mackey's due wages because of breach of contract. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 936 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Phoenix Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn. v. W. N. Whittlesey | Carroll | Insurance Disputes |
Phoenix, which had just sold a fire insurance policy to Whittlesey, claimed that the fire which soon burned the defendant's house and saloon was caused willfully or negligently by the defendant. They are refusing to pay. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 812 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Percy Galbreath v. Francis D. Dupont et al.. | Shelby | Deed Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Henry A. Dupont and Alfred I. Dupont, traders for the firm of E.I. Dupont Denemours & Co. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 898 | 150 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | P. L. Tipton& wife v. Lee Ann Light et al. | Dyer | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants: Brack Light, Moses Light, Nathaniel Light, Reuben Light, Susan Wynne and her husband, Wash Wynne, Nobe Jordan and her husband Kelly Jordan, Margret Light, Jim Ruff, Johnette Smith, Mattie Ruff, Sue Alice Sawyer and her husband John Sawyer. Case concerns a debt on the estate of Gip Light, an African American, for a judgment of $106.75 and court costs. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 924 | 67 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Pittsburgh Steel Company v. J. P. Gentry Co. et al. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional Defendants: C. Q. Moore, Memphis National Bank, Southern Warehouse, J. N. Oliver, J. P. Finnie, and George C. Mason. The case involved the sale of cotton ties. File is contained in three fiolders. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1329 | 535 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Rhoda Bowman et al. v. W. S. Bowman et al. | Claiborne | Deed Dispute |
Final Decree only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 92 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | R. W. Atkins, et al. v. J. W. Trobaugh, et al. | Tipton | Property Dispute |
Since the first 313 pp. are missing, one can only glean from the depositions that the case involves sale of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church parsonage to Trobaugh. Depositions by J. W. Corbitt, H. W. Brooks, D. M. Witherington, J. W. Starnes, W. C. Glover, S. H. Bass, G. B. Sale, Ira Corbitt, J. F. Appleberry & W. F. Billings. The other complainants & defendants were too numerous to mention. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 869 | 333 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | R. W. Adkins et al. v. J. W. Trobaugh et al | Tipton | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: S. H. Bass, J. W. Corbett, J. R. McCormick, J. L. Jamison, J. F. Appleberry and E. E. Turner, trustees of the personal property of the Mt. Zion M. E. Church South, J. S. Dickason, J. F. Wooten, John Harris, H. Adkins, Henry Hunter… Additional defendants: H. C. Crigger, J. L. Turnage and G. B. Sale, H. M. Turnage, G. M. Fagan, J. L. Adams |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 720 | 1288 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Sarah A. Christian v. Catherine John, et al. | Knox | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
Agatha Christian died in 1886. Her heir, Catherine John & husband took possession of one of her properties, leasing it, & keeping the profits for themselves. Christian sued to distribute the estate properly. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 17a | 108 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Swift & Company v. Joseph N. McCutcheon | Hamilton | Taxation Disputes |
For many years J. H. Allison & Co. purchased wholesale meat from Swift & Company to sell in Chattanooga. McCutcheon, a representative of the County sued Swift to recover three years of taxes they County thought was due. However, because Swift was a wholesaler rather than a retailer, they did not think they were liable to be taxed. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 13 | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Samuel Howard, et al. v. the Town of Lexington, et al. | Henderson | Election Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: L. A. Stanford, J. L. Murray, A. W. Harmon, J. H. Howard, D. T. White, B. B. Still, C. C. Still, J. O. Carlton, J. W. Whitfield, William Lowry, W. L. Stegall, J. W. Belew, J. M. Lancaster, F. H. Wadley, J. T. Connally, R. H. Davidson, I. N. Cunningham, F. M. Darden, Jass Darden, A. A. Stanford, A. H. Shaefer, W. A. Brown, G. H. Griggs, J. F. Reed, J. F. Daws, W. H. Lancaster, and Tom Malone. Additional defendants: Mayor C. L. Bray. E. E. Muse, Len Laws, et al. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 852 | 98 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | S. P. Read et al. v. Memphis Gas Light Company et al | Madison | Debt Dispute |
Other interested parties: Thomas Emery's sons, Judge McDowell, J. J. Emery, Mr. Riddick, Mr. Hirsh, Hunt Brothers and Mary Rawlings Case incomplete. Court of Origin unknown |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 859 | 27 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | S. T. Jones v. A. M. Braid | Carroll | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 878 | 153 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1903 | Sam Williams v. James Walt, et al. | Tipton | Land and Title Dispute |
Volume 1 only. Other defendants: Mary Walt; Nannie Walt; Maggie Walt Lemmon; R. W. Lemmon; Jesse P. Walt. Volume 2 in box WT 810. Also see WT Box 810 |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 752 | 302 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | State v. Frank Moore & John Morgan et al. | Madison | Taxation Disputes |
34 additional defendants. Includes tax receipts. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 842 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | S. P. Read, trustee v. Citizens Street Rail Road Company | Shelby | Debt Dispute | West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 859 | 5 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1903 | S. P. Read, Jr. v. the Memphis Gas Light Company, et al. | Shelby | Bond Dispute | West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 862 | 227 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1903 | T. G. Witherspoon, et al. v. Bessie H. Shipp, et al. | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: Florence Witherspoon. Additional Defendants: S. Ella Stovall, George Stovall and Maggie T. Bond. Debt of John W. Shipp, dec. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 902 | 168 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Union & Planters Bank v. City of Memphis | Shelby | Taxation Disputes | West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 859 | 21 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1903 | Union Railway Co. v. Chickasaw Cooperage Co. | Shelby | Lease Dispute | West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1001 | 363 | Order A Copy |