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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1883 | Andrew McRoberts v. J. M. Copeland & wife | McMinn | Foreclosure |
Complainant filed this bill to foreclose a mortgage on a deed in trust. Brief Only. See related suit brought by his son David McRoberts v. J. M. Copeland et ux. for repayment on the same mortgage, box ET 1863. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 728 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | Adams Gill and Company v. J. D. Webster et al. | Foreclosure |
Opinion only. Plaintiffs are not entitled to have the mortgage foreclosed as the note used to secure the mortgage was paid off. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 998 | 1 | Order A Copy | ||
View Entry | 1929 | Amy Watson v. J. A. Simmons, et al. | Shelby | Foreclosure |
Other defendants not specifically named. Folder only contains brief. |
West | Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1138 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | A. W. Walker, et al. v. E. S. Rising Sr., et al. | Greene | Foreclosure |
Case was filed to foreclose two deeds of trust on a corner lot in Greenville. Additional defendant: George M. McGangley. Additional plaintiff: Elizabeth Rising, E. S. Rising Jr., Alice Rising, Arthur Rising, Thomas Rising, William Rising, George B. Park, Robert M. Mc Kee. |
East | Range: 20 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1602 | 74 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1862 | Aaron Armstrong v. Hannah Bell et al. | Foreclosure |
Brief only. Court of Origin: Unknown. County: Unknown. Additional Defendants: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 81 | 9 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | A. C. Robeson & Company, et al. v. William Scarbrough, et al. | McMinn | Foreclosure |
John Scarbrough died intestate in September 1872, leaving a widow, Catherine, who died not too long afterwards. Upon her death, their children became heirs: Elizabeth, Minerva, Mary, William, John, Ellen and Lexie. J. B. Reed became administrator, but he found estate hopelessly insolvent. Complainants found no evidence that he ever made a schedule of assets. Old Scarbrough mortgaged his property to J. H. Scarbrough, but left much debt at his death. Inventory of purchases highlights material culture. |
East | Range: 19 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1683 | 164 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | A. E. McLin, et al. v. Claiborne, Flenniken, Lothrop, et al. | Knox | Foreclosure |
Additional Plaintiff: Naomi Schoenfeldt. Additional Defendants: D. B. Sanderson with wife Willie Mae Sanderson, and Robert S. Stroud wit wife Therdo Docia Stroud. McLin's property was foreclosed upon in what he believes is a violation of a contract agreed upon by he and the Claiborne, Flenniken and Lothrop company. Sanderson and Stroud are the purchasers after foreclosure. Case file notes McLin is a Knoxville policeman. Exhibits includes trustee sale, receipts, correspondence, telegraph, etc. |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1432 | 140 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | Benjamin R. Thomas et. al. v. Gilbert Moyers & W.W. Dedrick. | Shelby | Foreclosure |
Moyers is listed as being from Shelby County, Tennessee, while Dedrick is listed as a citizen of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Case deals with mortgage on a piece of property in Memphis. Additional plaintiffs are Thomas R. Roach and Bettie Willis. Are listed as being from Vicksburg, Mississippi and are listed as partners in Vicksburg Bank. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 44 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Benjamin Anderson v. E. J. Bratton, et al | DeKalb | Foreclosure |
Additional defendant: G. W. Turney. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 634 | 120 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | C. H. Rogers v. G. W. Van Dyke et al. | Claiborne | Foreclosure |
This is one of three cases brought in Shelby County by C.H. Rogers as Receiver of the New South National Building and Loan Association of Cumberland Gap |
West | Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 371 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | D. A. Carpenter et al. v. Lucy B. Richardson et al. | Shelby | Foreclosure |
Cover is missing. Plaintiffs D. A. Carpenter & John W. Conner are receivers of the Southern Building & Loan Association. Co-defendant is Lucy Richardson's husband, R. B. Richardson. The Richardson's had fallen behind on their loan payments, and the plaintiffs are asking for foreclosure of the Richardson's deed of trust. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 668 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1936 | D. A. Broyles v. N. A. Hawkins, et al. | Greene | Foreclosure |
Additional Defendants: Mae Hawkins, W. E. Fuller, Receiver of the Citizens National Bank of Greenville. Foreclosure of a Trust Deed. |
East | Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 922 | 293 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Don C. Taylor, et al. v. L. E. Rooks | Gibson | Foreclosure |
Additional plaintiffs: Hillman Taylor. The complainants sold a tract of land and a "lot of personal property. The defendant executed 3 promissory notes for the purchase. "The bill filed in this cause was filed to foreclose a lien to secure the payment of deferred purchase money notes amounting to, principal and interest, $8067.66." |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1758 | 62 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | Elizabeth A. Meriwether v. Thomas M. Meriwether, Thomas S. Vincent, Amos W. Jones | Madison | Foreclosure |
Hon. Henry J. Livingston, Chancellor, Madison County. William B. Meriwether, Gaither Tyson |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 40 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1938 | Frank Fox, trustee, et al. v. River Heights, Inc., et al. | Knox | Foreclosure | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 36 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1904 | G. S. Lannom & Wife v. Trenton Building & Loan Association, et al | Gibson | Foreclosure | West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 892 | 13 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | Gideon Gifford v. J. R. Barry, Clerk & Master, et al. | Trousdale | Foreclosure |
This case concerns a rent dispute, which also involves an ongoing litigation in Sumner County. Gifford, who owes unpaid rent, is sued the Clerk & Master, the sheriff, and others involved in the foreclosure on a deed of trust. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 626 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | H. L. Carter et al. v. Lindley Stewart & wife | Humphreys | Foreclosure |
Plaintiff sought to foreclose on home of Lindley Stewart, who was deceased at the time of the case. Property to be foreclosed on was two tracts of land and was due to lack of payment on promissory note issued to defendants. Additional Plaintiffs: H.M. McAdams and R.J. Shannon |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 843 | 109 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1914 | I. J. Blount v. E. D. Bradford, et al. | Carroll | Foreclosure |
Original bill filed 22 Sept. 1911, foreclose a deed of trust which defendant had given Farmer's Bank at Parsons, TN 10 Nov. 1909 to secure an indebtedness of $374.00 by note to said bank. Deed of trust covering a tract of 331 acres of land, 8th Dist., Decatur Co., and 14th Dist., Carroll Co. Defendants: E. D. Bradford, John F. Huston of Decatur Co., the Farmer's Bank Corp., Parsons, TN. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1337 | 72 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | Julia M. Mell, et al. v. Sudderth Coal Co., et al | Knox | Foreclosure |
Defendant attempted to foreclose on Plaintiff's property due to a defaulted loan. Additional Plaintiffs: J.L. Mell, Laura Easter day. Additional Defendants: J.H. Sudderth and Louis Francis Exhibit: Deed, Deposit receipts, Loan documents |
East | Range: 10 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1480 | 154 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | James McDonald v. Unknown Heirs of Jeremiah Woodsworth | Shelby | Foreclosure |
Bertha B. Woodworth is identified as an heir. Case concerns foreclosure of a mortgage on a lot in Memphis co-owned by the plaintiff and Jeremiah Woodsworth, deceased. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 600 | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1897 | John S. Thomas, Trustee, et al. v. Jacob Thomas, et al. | Sullivan | Foreclosure |
Additional Complainants: First National Bank of Jonesboro, The National Bank of Bristol, G. W. St. John. Additional Defendants: M. L. Thomas, others unknown. Complainants sought to foreclose on a deed of trust on the property to the Thomas brothers, real and personal, in Sullivan County. Brief Only. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 728 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | Joseph H. Thompson, exe. of Felix R. Rains, dec. v. Robert M. Patterson, as heir & as admr. of James T. Patterson, dec, et al. | Davidson | Foreclosure |
Add. Defs: James' widow Maria; children Leonidas & minors Evander, Hugh, Maider, Annie E., Besse & Daisy (age order), Michael Vaughan guardian ad litem. Before he died, James got Felix to be accommodation endorser on $2,000 note, secured by 32+ acres on Nolensville Pike, which was part of a larger 111+ acre tract James deeded to Maria before he died. Lawsuit is over debt owed to Rains. Transcript also describes other Patterson land called Flat Rock property. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 770 | 112 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1899 | Law Guarantee & Trust Society, Limited of London, England, et al. v. Hobson F. Jones, et al. | Haywood | Foreclosure |
Additional defendants: wife Ellen Jones and the children of H. F. Jones and J. W. Jones, which children were minors. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 722 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Maria K. Smith v. J. H. Smith & wife Emily J. Smith, et al. | Shelby | Foreclosure |
Additional defendant: James L. Caldwell. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 194 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | Mercantile Co-Operative Bank of New York v. G. D. Massengill & Wife | Foreclosure |
The document is a brief for the complainant, which insisted that the Massengills repay a $4,000 loan. The Massengills' case seems to rest upon an interpretation of the Act of 1891, which regulated the in-state business of foreign corporations. The Massengills claimed that the appellant still owed them half of the loan amount, and they demanded the money. The bank stated that G. D. was "wholly destitute of principle, and that integrity is foreign to his nature." He lacked "all manly principles." |
East | Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1757 | 14 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1902 | Mary Ann Wallace, et al. v. H. E. Goodlett, et al. | Shelby | Foreclosure |
Additional plaintiff: William P. Wallace. Additional defendant: Mary E. Goodlett. Foreclosure for unpaid mortgage on land in the City of Memphis. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 818 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1918 | Mollie Quirk et al.v. Charles Loridans Building Company et al | Shelby | Foreclosure |
Additional plaintiff: Marshall Isilsley Bank, a corporation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Additional defendant: Bank of Commerce and Trust Company, a Tennessee Corporation, Trustee. |
West | Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1132 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | Mary Cullom v. John A. Cooper et al. | Davidson | Foreclosure |
Additional Defendants: E.H. Cooper and Wade Cullom. The plaintiff sued by next friend, Ann Goff. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 708 | 116 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | P. Hughes & N. G. Rives dba Hughes & Rives v. Columbia Lodge No. 31, F. & A.M., & George Childress & Thomas W. Turpin, Trustees | Maury | Foreclosure |
Pla. were carpenters & builders who contracted with Lodge to build temple (masonic hall) on the Lodge's property. To finance building, Lodge issued bonds & executed mortgage on their land (lot in Columbia at intersection of 7th & Garden Sts). Childress & Turpin were trustees of the mortgage. Pla. completed their work on the building & filed this suit to collect balance due them for said work, claiming Lodge was insolvent & asking that mortgage be foreclosed to pay debt. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 816 | 200 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Pioneer Savings & Loan Company v. Henry E. Cannon & Susie Cannon | Shelby | Foreclosure |
Cover sheet and page 1 of Index missing. Foreclosure on property owned by defendants located in Shelby County on Otey Road , noted as lots 5 & 6 of Burke's Subdivision of the lands of P. C. Bethell. |
West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 608 | 167 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1916 | P. H. Clay v. Mrs. Minnie Graves, guardian,& E. A. Bryant, Clerk & Master Chancery Court of Huntingdon, Tennessee | Carroll | Foreclosure | West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1119 | 22 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1877 | Robert Ewing, Clerk & Master v. N. E. Alloway, et al. | Davidson | Foreclosure |
Additional parties: Gertrude Bolling, Charles Bosley, Horace Scales, N. E. Alloway, Godfrey M. Fogg, Trustee. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 36 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | Robert Houssels v. J. W. Tanner et al. | Perry | Foreclosure |
Additional Defendants: Tobe (?)and Cassandra Wilson. Plaintiff was a partner in business with Henry Young. Tanner issued a note for $143 dollars to said partnership. Tanner also executed a deed of trust to secure said payment. In 1877, Tanner left his wife, Cassandra Wilson, and moved to Kansas. Cassandra married Tobe Wilson and lives on the land listed in said deed of trust. The note secured by said deed remains unpaid. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 856 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | State v. Thomas Gartland | Davidson | Foreclosure | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 56 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1878 | S. H. Cummingham v. M. A. Herod& Herod v. Cummingham | Jackson | Foreclosure |
Cummingham lent money to Herod to buy farm supplies. They settled their account by executing a promissory note with a mortgage on her land to secure the note. The note was not paid and Cummingham foreclosed. Herod claims that she was deceived into executing the mortgage. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 810 | 500 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Samuel Henderson, et al. v. H. G. W. Mayberry, et al. | Williamson | Foreclosure |
Additional Complainant: John H. Henderson. Defendants: R. A. Bailey, Lenora Bailey, H. H. Mayberry. Additional Case: Fulton A. Mayberry, et al. v. H. G. W. Mayberry, et al. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 598 | 273 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Theelbert Wilkinson v. Casey Young et al. | Shelby | Foreclosure |
"This bill was filed for the purpose of foreclosing on a trust-deed and to enforce a lien reserved in a deed to secure a part of the purchase money." Additional Defendants: H.C. Pickett, James M. Coleman, Galbreath Bros., et al. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 833 | 247 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | T. D. Arnold & R. Arnold v. Harrison Self & David Sevier | Greene | Foreclosure |
Case involving dispute over decision by clerk & master, David Sevier, to order the resale of the land at issue in this case, to foreclose the mortgage on said land. T. D. Arnold was only a nominal party, with R. Arnold as the owner of the claims secured by the mortgage. Land involved: 95 acres on Lick Creek. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1222 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | T. J. Wyrick et al. v. Cumberland Trust Co. | Knox | Foreclosure |
The cause of action is listed as "a suit instituted by the defendant against the complainants to enforce payment of a deficiency arising out of the foreclosure by the defendant of a mortgage on property owned by complainants. The case is two folders in ET Box 1461 |
East | Range: 10 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1461 | 248 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | W. G. Horton v. P. H. George et al. | McMinn | Foreclosure |
Additional Defendants: Caroline George, W. S. McGaughey and wife Sarah McGaughey, W. S. Gaston, Mary (Tippie) Howard, Belle Howard, Horace Slover, Lula Slover, and too many more to list. W. H. Howard conveyed land to John F. Slover to secure a debt due the plaintiff, W. G. Horton and deed of trust was registered. W. H. Howard died in 1880, leaving his estate to his widow Eliza who died in 1886. The plaintiff sued the heirs for default on the debt and to foreclose the trust. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1818 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | W. C. McCallum & Company et al. v. W. H. Sherrill & Mary L. Sherrill | Chester | Foreclosure |
Additional plaintiffs: W. C. McCallum, J. M. McCallum, E. L. McCallum as late partners of W. C. McCallum and Company and A. A. Anderson, Trustee. |
West | Range: 82 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 559 | 49 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | W. D. McGinley trustee et al. v. Henry H. Stephens et al. | Blount | Foreclosure |
Additional defendants: David Chandler and John Brown. Additional plaintiffs unknown. Stephens executed a trust deed to the plaintiff conveying a tract of land in the 11th District of Blount County containing 62 acres. Said deed was made to secure payment of a notes made by Stephens to David Chandler and John Brown. Pursuant to the terms of said trust deed, plaintiff attempted to sell the tract of land but without success. Plaintiff is now seeking foreclosure of the trust deed. |
East | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1583 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | William E. Winstead v. Beverly B. Toon, et al. | Williamson | Foreclosure |
Additional Defendants: Robert A. Toon, Emma a. Toon, A. Thomas. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 598 | 167 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | W. T. Epperson, et al. v. Roy Alexander, et al. | Grainger | Foreclosure |
W. T. and Bertie Epperson failed to pay mortgage on 3 parcels of property (3 owners) near Joppa, and were foreclosed on. Alexander's lawyer gave the Eppersons 2 weeks to vacate after the property was sold to J. B. Bullock and wife Alice. Documents are exhibits only, and include several increasingly stern letters of warning from Alexander's attorney, B. C. Ogle, to Epperson. Others involved: J. H. & Ida Hammer, Joe Maples, and Joe & Lula Bates. |
East | Range: 8 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 888 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | William Glenn & Sons v. H. W. Snyder, et al. | Hamilton | Foreclosure |
Plaintiffs alleged that defendants leased property under a written contract. Defendants eventually purchased property but defaulted on mortgage. Plaintiffs in this case sought to foreclose on home. Additional defendant: Sallie Snyder. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1631 | 134 | Order A Copy |