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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1872 | A. Lea & J. L. Lea v. Anderson & Watson | Lauderdale | Debt Dispute |
Additional parties: A. Lea, J. L. Lea, F. M. Sinclair, David Anderson, John T. Watson |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 40 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | A. B. White& wife v. Joe C. Marley et al. | Lauderdale | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants: R. F. Gaines and W. A. Williams. Estate of Imri S. Kellar. |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 463 | 389 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | A. Nedderhut v. W. W. Wheeler & Co. | Lauderdale | Debt Dispute | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 43 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1872 | Anderson McGuire v. David Wagster | Lauderdale | Debt Dispute |
Additional parties: O. T. Hendren |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 40 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | Annie M. Slattery v. A. Lea | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 45 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1882 | A. W. Posey v. Lucy A. Price& J. R. Hazard | Lauderdale | Debt Dispute | West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 202 | 190 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1875 | Brown & Norton v. H. S. Brodie | Lauderdale | Debt Dispute |
Joshua Brown & Nathaniel Norton were partners in firm Brown & Norton. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 44 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Railroad Company v. State | Lauderdale | Taxation Disputes | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 289 | 350 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1883 | Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Railroad Co. v. State of TN & Lauderdale Co. et al | Lauderdale | Taxation Disputes |
Additional Defendant: J. M. Jenkins, Trustee of Lauderdale Co., TN. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 236 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1901 | Coleman Hafford, et al. v. Bella Hascall, et al. | Lauderdale | Estate Dispute |
Estate of H.C. Hascall, dec. 13 Nov. 1899 in Lauderdale Co. TN. Acreage in Haywood Co. TN among his estate. Property dispute on land in 7th Dist., Lauderdale and debt owed. Additional defendants: Gertrude Bliss, Jennie V. Stewart, Carlton Hascall, Nannie Hascall, H.G. Hascall- only children and heirs. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 810 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1902 | C. C. Adams, admr. v. Daris M. Jackson | Lauderdale | Estate Dispute |
T. S. Jackson, deceased and defendant's father. Cover page missing. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 820 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1906 | Charles Hines et al. v. W. D. Ray, exe. et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: J. R. Lewis, W. F. Summers, W. W. Craig, as executor. Defendants: Will Howard; Citizens, Bank of Oseola, Arkansas, Minnie M. Long, W. D. Ray, individually and as executor. Case concerns J. H. Long, deceased. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 924 | 71 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | Calvin Conner, et a ux., et al. v. Chisholm Sporting Club, et al. | Lauderdale | Deed Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Wanda Boyd, Mrs. Mary Jane Boyd, John E. Boyd, James Boyd, Luther Boyd, Atlee Boyd and Irvin Boyd. Additional defendants: Blair Pierson, W. C. Dupree, N. W. Barbour, H. C. Pugh, G. M. Partee, C. P. McKinney, R. D. Jenkins, T. Bun Carson, J. E. Palmer, M. F. Givin, S. P. Pugh, W. K. Lackey, George W. Hutcherson, F. A. Henry, R. W. Burks. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1000 | 76 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1904 | D. M. Jackson v. C. C. Adams | Lauderdale | Estate Dispute |
Estate of T. S. Jackson, Sr. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 690 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1906 | David Dewalt v. Jo C. Marley | Lauderdale | Land, Contract Dispute |
Incomplete case. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1057 | 11 | 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 | 1908 | F. L. Aiken v. Chicago Mill & Lumber Co. | Lauderdale | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Plaintiff was under contract to sell logs to the defendant company. He says he delivered the logs as contracted and is sued for payment. |
West | Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1171 | 66 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | F. M. Freeman& William D. Alexander v. P. N. Conner, admr. of J. L. Alston | Lauderdale | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 92 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1906 | Frank White v. Belle White et al. | Lauderdale | Deed Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Ed White and Nannie White. |
West | Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 988 | 44 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | G. D. & Hester Bibb v. J. D. Younger, et al. | Lauderdale | Debt Dispute |
Assignment of Errors document. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1253 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | G. L. Moore, et al. v. T. A. McMahon, et al. | Lauderdale | Estate Dispute |
Plaintiffs: G. L. Moore, Mrs. Delia Vaden of Crockett Co., Albert G. Smith, Joseph I. Smith-both of Arkansas; John C. Smith, Ruth Ammer Smith- minors, residents of Arkansas. Defendants: T. A. McMahon and wife, Annie F.; E. M. Best and wife, Minnie; William F. Moore of Hardeman; J. B. Moore of Shelby, Edgar Webb of Miss.; William L. Smith of Ark.; William Shoemaker of Missouri. Estate of George E. Moore, dec. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1299 | 412 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1908 | G.L. Moore et al. v. T.A. McMahan et al. | Lauderdale | Estate Dispute |
This case revolves around a dispute in the estate of the late George E. Moore. The complainants are the children and grandchildren of George E. Moore. |
West | Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 974 | 81 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | G. W. Dillahunty v. John Connor Jr., et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Other defendants: William Moore; Jacob S. McFerren; C. H. Moore. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1003 | 372 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | James A. Lackey et al. v. J. W. Jarratt, A. W. Thompson, et al. | Lauderdale | Debt Dispute |
Other plaintiff: R. G. Jenkins, admr. Of William A. Wood and B. A. Sinclair. Other defendants: J. B. Campbell; P. T. Glass; H. D. Glass; B. F. Lackey; A. H. Young. Jarratt is accused of having removed notes from the estate and "threaten[ing] to use them in some settlement for his own debts." |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 141 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | James Soward v. James Sawyer | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Plaintiff is noted as being "colored", a former slave, married, and having 13 children. Dispute was over language in original Title Bond when plaintiff purchased property from the defendant. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 298 | 174 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1906 | J. C. Marley v. W. H. Foster et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendant: Loula Foster (wife of W.H. Foster). The case is contained in two folders. |
West | Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 986 | 571 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | Jo C. Marley v. W. H. Foster et al | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Loula Foster, wife W. H. Foster & Rozelle Conner. Plaintiff won judgment giving him one half undivided interest in tract of land granted by State to Peter Ammen, dec. Ammen's will decreed that if his widow remarried his estate would be divided equally among his children. Ammen's widow, Mary A.; children Robert S. & D. C. Ammen; Mrs. Kate Seay. Ammen's widow remarried; Loula Foster purchased Seay's interest in land unaware of terms of will. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1011 | 223 | 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 | 1931 | J. T. Mann, et al. v. United States Fire Insurance Co., et al. | Lauderdale | Insurance Disputes |
Addtl pltf: J. D. McLeod. Addtl dfnts: The New York Underwriters Ins. Co., The Westner Assurance Co., and The St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. The pltfs. owned and operated The Peoples Store in Ripley. On Aug. 31, 1927. The building, fixtures, and merch. were greatly damaged by fire. Pltfs. enacted their ins. policies, were denied, then accused by ins. companies of arson. McLeod was arrested, tried twice, and acquitted twice. Pltfs. say dfnts. still refuse to pay on policies. Oversize map in WT OV 7. |
West | Range: 77 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 2050 | 417 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | Joshua T. Mitchell v. William A. Webb | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Mitchell sold Webb a tract of land on credit. Mitchell made a title bond, to be delivered upon completion of payment by Webb. Webb hasn't fully paid, so Mitchell still claims title to the land. Webb won't pay and Mitchell wants the rest of his money. 2 folders. |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 20 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | J. W. Clark & Co. et. al. v. John H. Bradford & Victoria A. Bradford | Lauderdale | Bond Dispute |
Case deals with failure of defendant John H. Bradford to pay on a bond owed to complainants from a prior case. Also includes allegations that John Bradford transferred property to wife Victoria Bradford to keep from paying on bond. Plaintiffs are listed as J.W. Clark, A.A. Clark, J.A. Dance of Haywood County, Tennessee. Defendants are from Lauderdale County. Docket number and date are not available,. But case was resolved in Lauderdale County in 1875. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 43 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | James H. Thurman v. Robert F. Chambers et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Thomas R. , John W, Martha A. & Elizabeth Chambers, James T. Ward and wife Lucinda (Chambers) Ward, Martha J. (Chambers) Quinn, & Sarah J. Watson. Defendants children of James Henry Chambers, died April 7, 1875. Sarah J. Watson died 187(?). Exact year not given. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 94 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1899 | James C. Marley v. W. H. Foster et ux. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Plaintiff claims to own half of undivided interest in a 416 acres track of land lying in the Mississippi River Bottom known as Ammons land. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 703 | 201 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | J. E. Pierson, admr. of R. M. Cousar, dec., et al. v. John Connor Sr. | Lauderdale | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Other plaintiffs: Heber J. May. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 959 | 173 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | J. B. Lee, et al. v. J. J. McPherson, et al | Lauderdale | Estate Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: C.C. Lee, Maggie Lee, T.A. Lee (admr. Of T.F. Lee), R.W. Lee, J.B. Lee Jr., J.H. Martin, Emma Ada Martin, Ethel Martin, Addie Martin, May Martin, Kate Martin, J.H. Martin Jr., Luna Martin, O'Neil Martin, Inez Martin, Alice Martin, Sallie Martin, Katie Pierson, J. W. Pierson, Carl Pierson, Eva Pierson, Lonnie Pierson, Mrs. S.G. Lee, A.S. Lee, A.S. Lee Jr., T.F. Lee. Additional defendants: Rubie McPherson, Carrie McPherson, H.L. McPherson. Estate of Thos. F. Lee. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1085 | 451 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | J. Y. West, et al. v. Gaar, Scott, & Co. | Lauderdale | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Plaintiffs: J. Y. West, I. P. West, Jr. of Lauderdale Co. Defendants: Garr, Scott & Co., a corporation organized under laws of Indiana, Rufus Campbell, agent; J. W. Watkins, agent. Company retails engine, sawmill, and kindred machinery. Business dispute over three notes borrowed on account, also complaints that machinery failed to function properly. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1282 | 389 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | J. B. Lawrence, et al. v. Mrs. Kate Wilson, et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
2 folders. Additional plaintiffs: Mary D. Lawrence (wife of J. B.), Mrs. Sallie A. Lawrence (mother of J. B. and widow of J. L. Lawrence). Wilson has land adjoining land owned by the Lawrence's. She has placed a wire fence up and it encloses some of the Lawrence's' property in with hers. |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1667 | 338 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | Latta & Richardson et al.v. Sarah E. Sumeson admr. Of Jessie M. Sumeson et al | Lauderdale | Debt Dispute |
Possible plaintiff: James W. Enochs. Case style taken from the first two pages which seem to be a petition to send the transcript of a case to the supreme court at Jackson. The transcript's case style is "James M. Enochs v. Jesse M Sumeson" first heard in the Chancery court of Dyer county. Missing cover sheet. |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 37 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | L. T. Hart v. F. V. Younger | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Defendant is actually named Virginia F. (V. F.) Younger. L. T. Hart is frequently referred to in the case as L. F. Hart. Complainants are identified in the text of the case as G. D. Bibb and Mrs. Hester Bibb. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1066 | 47 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Lucinda Gamble, et al. v. Clara Rucker, et al. | Lauderdale | Estate Dispute |
Plaintiffs: Lucinda Gamble and husband, Andrew; Jim Gray, Hadena Gray; Mary Scott and husband, Will; Alley McCoy and husband, Amos; Robert Lewis; Bell Woodson and husband, Dock; Mallie Frierson and husband, Ben; Lovey Fields and husband Henry; Allen Rucker. Complainants: Clara Rucker, Holly Rucker, Dolly Rucker, Charley Rucker, Dixie Rucker. Samuel Rucker, dec. 1906, intestate. Property dispute, lands in 8th Civil Dist., Lauderdale Co. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1253 | 352 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Morris Richardson v. Jennie Brodie, et al | Lauderdale | Estate Dispute |
Additional Defendants: John W. Carson; R. G. Jenkins, admr. John Richardson, dec.; Drusilla Richardson; Isaac Jones & wife, Eadie. Morris & Drusilla children of John Richardson, a former slave, who belonged to Mrs. M. E. Richardson. John Richardson died ca. 10 Feb. 1880. Married Eadie Golding ca. 1853 & they lived together till 1861 or 1862 when her owner, Thomas Golding, sent her & their children to TX. Jennie Brodie maintains that she is half-sister to John Richardson. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 217 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1910 | Mary Jane Pugh v. S. B. Carson et al. | Lauderdale | Estate Dispute |
The plaintiff sued by her next friend, S.P. Pugh, over the estate of George D. Carson, dec. Additional Defendants: Sarah S. Carson (wife of S.B. Carson), Theresa Byrn, and Patrick H. Pugh. Case is filed in two folders. |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1213 | 354 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1914 | Mrs. Loula Foster by next friend, W. R. Miller v. W. W. Craig, et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendant: W. H. Foster. The case has been placed in 3 folders. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1331 | 518 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Matthew T. Campbell v. William M. Gaines | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
The disagreement concerns whether the purchaser should have entered the title to some land he purchased before the final payment came due. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 111 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | Mrs. Lilly Partee, et al. v. S. B. Shelton, et al. | Lauderdale | Estate Dispute |
Defendant is sued in her own right and as next friend of Tennessee L. Partee. Other defendants include Laura E. Read, Hiram D. Glass, Alfred Thomas Read. Tennessee L. Partee, a minor, seems to be both plaintiff and defendant. The dispute is over who should receive rent from the willed property. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 137 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1908 | Minnie Long, et al. for use of W. F. Summers v. John Bell, et al | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiff: William V. Long. Additional defendants: Squire Dunn, S. A. Wilkinson, V. A. Cordes, C. M. Avent. The case is in three folders. |
West | Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1172 | 799 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1927 | Mattie Blackwell, et al. v. Nathan Anderson, et al. | Lauderdale | Estate Dispute |
Addtl pltf: Roberta Wardlaw. Addtl dfnts: George, Andrew, John, James, and William Anderson, Ida Owen, James Lewis Barlow, Sam Anderson, Gordon Moore, William Tucker & Co. (Wm. Tucker Jr. and John Tucker), A. J. and C. R. Barbee, The Berg & Shafer Co., and C. C. Partee Co. The suit is about claiming portions of the estate of Buford Anderson. Pltfs are granddaughters of decedent and received no part of his estate after his demise. Housed in 2 folders. |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1961 | 258 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | Mrs. Margaret Barfield v. Interstate Life& Casualty Company | Lauderdale | Insurance Disputes |
Issue over the insurance policy on the life of Palmer Barfield worth $1,000. Ex A: copy of Eureka Disability Policy coverage for Palmer Barfield |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1661 | 299 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | Nettie C. Walker v. Josiah B. Campbell | Lauderdale | Bond Dispute |
Nettie C. Walker sued by her next friend James P. Walker, both of Stoddard County, Missouri. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 153 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | Partee Trucker & Co. v. W. H. Mitchell, et al. | Lauderdale | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: W. H. Jackson, Martin Kelley, Thomas Coyne, A. J. Wardlaw |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 29 | 0 | Order A Copy |