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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1835 | Presley Ward, et al.v. Thomas H. Alsup, admr. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Brice M. Garner |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 198 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | Robert D. Chester v. William H. Foster, et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Lula Foster, Lucy A. Maclin, John E. Gray, Jo. H. Wardlaw, A. J. Fatts |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 436 | 95 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | Sarah L. Nearn v. William E. Campbell, et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: C. R. Parr (resident of Dyer Co.) and Sidney A. Pugh. Sarah widow of Jonathan W. Nearn who died Feb. 1873. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 81 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1873 | Samuel C. Love v. M. W. & L. P. Gudger | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 66 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1907 | W. T. Nunn v. D. A. Nunn, et al | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: S. J. Stephens and wife, S. A. Stephens, S. C. Brandon and wife N. J. Brandon, T. F. Hall, J. L. Hall, John E. Massengale |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 963 | 132 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1911 | W. D. Alexander v. B. F. Woodruff, et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
B. F. Woodruff's name is also listed in the case as Woodfork. Additional defendants could not be determined. Case involves dispute regarding boundaries of Arkansas and Tennessee in the Mississippi River, in particular the area around Flour Island. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1290 | 7 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | William Turner v. Sarah E. Simpson, admr. & widow of Hugh Simpson, dec., et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: William W. Patton & wife Martha J. Patton, Mary F. Simpson, Julius G. Simpson, John Simpson and Ann E. Simpson. Four Simpsons and Martha J. Patton only children and heirs at law of Hugh Simpson. Hugh Simpson died ca. 7 October 1873. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 77 | 0 | Order A Copy |