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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1921 | A. Homoky, et al. v. Jerome Parker James, et al. | Shelby | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Other plaintiffs: Kate Homoky. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 427 | 2124 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | A. O. Odell v. William Gibbs | Knox | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Plaintiff refered to as William A. O. Odell. Case involves alleged fraud in the sale of a sorrel mare that Gibbs represented to be a good work mare, a representation Odell claims to be false. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 129 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Anna Scarborough v. Frank Pickens & J. P. Pickens | Polk | Fraudulent Conveyance | East | Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 538 | 135 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1907 | A. G. Craig et al.v. J. K. & John Farmer | Henry | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Additional Plaintiff: Agnes Craig, wife A. G. Craig. Agnes Craig only child & heir at law of Mrs. Elizabeth Barnes, dec. 5 Jan. 1906. Plaintiffs sued for return of Mrs. Barnes property, including valuable timber land & about $1500 cash. Charge defendants with taking advantage of Mrs. Barnes' feeble mental condition (morphine addiction suggested) to convince her to leave her daughter's home & live with them & to make out papers giving them title to the land. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1011 | 157 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | A. T. Hassell v. William H. Brown et al. | Wayne | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Add. Defs: W.H. Farris; T.J. Cypert; W.H. Brown & wife, Elizabeth, son William T. Brown, son-in-law Jessie H. Patterson; B.F. Arnett, admr. of J.M. Dickerson, dec., Sarah A. Dickerson (widow), Jane & Joseph Dickerson (heirs); R.J. Cypert; J.M. Copeland; D.C. Whitten, Jas. H. Martin. Hassell got judgment in Maury County case against A. Luther Farris, now dead, & his securities including W.H. Brown & J.M. Dickerson, dec. Case involves fraudulent conveyances by Brown & Dickerson to avoid paying Hassell. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 804 | 178 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | Brown & Murphy v. John C. Hamilton et al. and John C. Hamilton v. Brown & Murphy and J. M. Staggs & Co. v. John C. Hamilton et al. | Clay | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Additional Defendants: Jane M. Johnson, Mary J. Hamilton, J. B. Gore, and J. D. Masters. Suits were filed for the purpose of setting aside as fraudulent, certain conveyances made by John C. Hamilton and wife, and ones made by Mrs. Jane M. Johnson to Mary J. Hamilton, and subject the property conveyed to the payment of debts that John C. Hamilton allegedly owed to the complainants. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1053 | 1495 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | B. F. C. Smith, surviving partner v. Thomas J. Slaughter & others | Smith | Fraudulent Conveyance |
B.F.C. Smith, surviving partner of Smith & Paschal. Additional defendants: William Jones & wife Nannie Jones, John W. Squires & wife Martha Squires, Fed Squires, James Squires, Amelia Squires, & Dorse Squires, and James A. Barrett (Guardian of minors) |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 607 | 131 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | B. B. Uhles v. Thomas Fisher as Trustee of H. C. Vaden& W. W. Vaden, et al. | Smith | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Additional defendants listed as Louis Franklin, Samuel Allison, Harrison L. Lee, and D. C. Sanders. B. B. Uhles claimed that Thomas Fisher fraudulently sold a piece of property owned by Uhles to settle debts that Uhles claims he does not owe. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 607 | 272 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1927 | Cleveland National Bank, et al. v. D. A. Arnwine, et al. | Polk | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Suit was filed against D. A. Arwine, B. E. Biggs, S. B. & B. F. McClary in order to prove the fraudulent nature of a deed executed between the McClarys conveying farmland. S. B. was accused of selling the land to prevent it being taken & sold to pay off another debt. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 7 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | Cowan, McClung & Co. v. D. B. Childress, et al. AND Elizabeth Taylor by next friend v. D. B. Childress, et al. | Monroe | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Additional Defendants: E. A. Taylor, Thomas D. Taylor, Vastine Stickley, and Woodson Taylor. The plaintiff creditors of the defendants sued to have a conveyance of a tract of land from D. B. Childress to another declared fraudulent and for the purposes of avoiding repayment of debt to the plaintiffs. |
East | Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1855 | 201 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | Cone Shields & Co. v. J. R Sartin and Wife | Monroe | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Plaintiff company filed suit to set aside conveyance of a tract of land that A. P. Wells made to defendant N. C. Sartin, wife of co-defendant J. R. Sartin, and subject the land to payment of J. R. Sartin's debt to the plaintiff. The plaintiff claimed that the conveyance was made in the name of J. R. Sartin's wife to defraud his creditors, including the plaintiff. |
East | Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1773 | 64 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | C. J. St. John v. Martin Little, et al | Sullivan | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Additional Defts.: Eli, George W., James B. & William M. Little. Plntff. alleges Little owes him $100; he has learned that Little owned a 70-acre tract that he often used as security in obtaining loans, & which he conveyed to his father, Valentine Little, who conveyed it to Sarah Little for life, remainder to Martin & Sarah's children (named in case.) Plntff. believes conveyances were a ruse to foil debt collection, & asks that they be voided & the land sold to pay Little's debt. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1658 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | David Heifner v. John H. Carmichael, et al. | White | Fraudulent Conveyance |
David Heifner is executor of estate of James Simpson. Additional defendant: William M. Anderson. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 659 | 361 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1930 | Dean Paine & Co. v. H. Y . Britton Jr. | Shelby | Fraudulent Conveyance |
H.Y Britton Jr. and his brother, A. H. Britton entered into a written contract with J. H. Parnell to buy a certain property in the City of Memphis- 2241 Madison Ave., for $6750.00. Britton inspected the property shortly afterward and took Parnell upon his word regarding the property lines. He later found out that Parnell had misrepresented the property lines and had perpetrated a fraud. The suit was originally brought in the Chancery Court asking for a rescission and cancellation of the deed and mortgage. |
West | Range: 77 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 2049 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | D. Claiborne v. Joseph& Carroll Dillard | Sumner | Fraudulent Conveyance | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 301 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1850 | Eli F. Johns v. Julian F. Scott, et al. | Overton | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Other defendants: Russell Scott |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 258 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | Elizabeth Welland v. Ann Dillehunty et al. | Davidson | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Additional Defendants: Andrew Dillehunty (husband of Ann), Edward, Elijah Jr., Sam, Albert, and Ida Dillehunty, and any unknown heirs of Elijah Dillehunty. The plaintiff, widow of Thomas A. Welland, sued the defendants over a homestead that she said her husband had no right to convey to Elijah Dillehunty, deceased. She claimed she had equal ownership to the property and requested the conveyance be declared fraudulent and void. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1091 | 324 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1844 | Enoch Kincheloe, Jr. v. Kincheloe & Stout | Washington | Fraudulent Conveyance |
On 28 August 1836 plaintiff deeded a tract of land to Samuel G. Stout for $500, of which only $87 has been paid. Plaintiff sued to collect the balance & to alert everyone that Stout is a fraud. Stout resided in Randolph Co., NC, but gave plaintiff the impression that he intended to settle in Washington Co. on the land that he had purchased. Plaintiff later learned that he sold the land to Charles E. Kincheloe & believes the two to be involved in a plan to defraud Stout's creditors. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1128 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | E. R. Richardson, J. B. Richardson, & J. R. Mason, dba Richardson, Mason & Co. v. R. J. Owens, L. B. Bone, Leander Monroe Bone & A. W. Dodson | Perry | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Def Owens first dba Owen & Bone (Lobelville retail merchant) with father-in-law Def L.B. Bone; business dissolved because L.B. didn't like doing business on credit. Owen, on his own, bought goods on credit from pla. (Nashville wholesale merchant). Owen then sold his stock of goods back to L.B. & son Monroe dba L.B. Bone & Son. pla. says transaction fraudulent & also that Owens gave the Bones his book of accounts showing other debts owed to Owens, w/similar fraudulent intent. L.B.'s wife: Tyratia Bone. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 770 | 338 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | Empire Coal and Transportation Company v. Empire Coal and Mining Company et al. | Davidson | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Additional Defendants: James W. Manier, Thomas D. Fite, William Porter, J. Horton Fall and James F. Richardson as the administrators of William H. Evans, Nashville Trust Company as administrator of James A. Pique (deceased), and William T. Glasgow and A. W. Harris as trustees. Charges that the defendants entered into a conspiracy to defraud the plaintiff, a Kentucky based company, out of its property. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1049 | 177 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1854 | E. F. S. Colyar v. L. L. Matthews | Franklin | Fraudulent Conveyance | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 255 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1842 | Edward Boyd v. Elbert Bayliss, et al. | Montgomery | Fraudulent Conveyance |
other defendants: John Kirchival; William Kay. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 385 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Eliza E. Ray v. Stephen Ray, et al. | Meigs | Fraudulent Conveyance |
William Ray died intestate and possessed of 2 tracts of land, one in Meigs Co. and one in Roane Co. The Roane tract was assigned to Eliza as a dower. After William's death, their sons, Stephen & John, procured a deed to the Meigs Co. land by forgery; the sole purpose was to defraud their mother's right of dower and homestead. Additional documents located in ET 1722. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1726 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1844 | Enoch Kincheloe, Jr. v. Charles E. Kincheloe & Samuel G. Stout | Washington | Fraudulent Conveyance |
On 28 Aug. 1836 plaintiff deeded a tract of land in Washington Co. to Stout for $500, of which Stout has paid only $87. Plaintiff sued to collect the unpaid balance. At the time of the transaction Stout resided in Randolph Co., NC, but had given plaintiff the impression that he intended to settle on the land that he had purchased. Plaintiff later learned that Stout sold the land to Charles E. Kincheloe, & now believes that Kincheloe & Stout are involved in a plan to defraud Stout's creditors. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1128 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Edwin George v. C. B. Swift, et al. | Dickson | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Addtl dfnts: Joe & Mollie Brown. Pltf. asserted Brown conveyed his property to dfnt. Swift in order to delay the collection of his debt and keep his lands from the reach of his creditors. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1032 | 140 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Ewing & Gaines v. B. B. Jared et al. | Putnam | Fraudulent Conveyance |
O. Ewing and F.W. Gaines sued Jared, F.A. Brown, Newton Draper, and Newton Kuykendall. Ewing and Gaines had obtained judgment against Brown for $67.65, which was executed on a town lot. Plaintiffs bought the lot. Plaintiffs claimed that 2 years allowed by law to redeem said land had elapsed. Brown had sold his homestead rights to Jared. Plaintiffs charged defendants with fraudulently conveying a deed to said lot that they were entitled to. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 829 | 117 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | F. Gueble et al.v. Joseph H. Elliott et al. | Shelby | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Additional plaintiff: ---- Nippert. Additional defendants: Robert S. and S. E. Ridgely S. E. Ridgely father of Robert S. Ridgely. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 82 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | G. T. Adams, by next friend T. M. Adams v. James Reagan et al | Weakley | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Additional defendants: Smith and McClain |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 527 | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | G. P. Zirkle v. W. M. Brown, et al. | Roane | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Exhibits include photo static copies of deeds. Plaintiff as administrator of estate of S. H. Hart. Add. Defendants: Tom & Pauline Brown, W. F. & Mary Spivey Brown, Elizabeth Brown, Nashville Trust Co., Charles Nelson Jr., J. C. Brown, Federal Land Bank of Louisville, James B. Davis. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 591 | 615 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | G. N. Henson v. W. P. Crow, et al. | Hamilton | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Plaintiff Henson purchased the land contract between the defendants, W. P. Crow and his wife Sarah E. Crow, and E. Watkins for the purpose of buying the land in question through a deed of conveyance from W. P. Crow. However, Crow refused to convey the land to the plaintiff and instead conveyed and registered the land to C. D. Beebe. |
East | Range: 19 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1788 | 156 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | George L. Ogdin, receiver v. Lucy H. Matheney, et al. | Meigs | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Additional Defendants: W. A. Ewing, Lennie M. Ewing. Complainant filed bill to set aside as fraudulent a transfer of lands made by Ewing and wife to Lucy H. Matheney. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 746 | 189 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1893 | George & E. P. Weakley v. Isaac Stull, et al. | Davidson | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Weakley's are judgment creditors of Stull, filed this bill to set aside an alleged voluntary and fraudulent conveyance of a lot by dfnt and wife to their daughter, Lula Beaty. Addtl dfnts: Martha Stull and Lula Beaty (nee Stull). |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 957 | 81 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | G. R. Scott, admr. v. James T. Connell, et al. | Robertson | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Additional defendants: W. T. Gossett, T. H. Gardner. Additional parties: James Darden, exe., R. E. Hughes, dec., Berry Darden. Connell & Gossett were partners in mercantile business under the name of Gossett & Connell, executed note to Darden, exe. of Huges, dec. due for $747.91 and Scott became their security to note. Gossett claimed insolvency and his partnership had been dissolved. In 1858 Connell made a conveyance of his property for his creditors. Creditors believed this to be fraudulent. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 26 | 85 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | G. W. Moss v. S. H. Wilson | Haywood | Fraudulent Conveyance |
The case involved a trade of two mules for one horse. |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 653 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1899 | G. W. Robinson v. W. R. Owens& Jas. A. Veasey | Gibson | Fraudulent Conveyance | West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 755 | 28 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1872 | George S. Eckel, admr. of J.W.R. Franklin, dec. v. George W. Noe, et al. | Hamblen | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Additional defendants: John F. Noe Jr., John Murphy, A.A. Hutton, Robert S. Owen, and James P. Evans. Eckel had received judgment against Noe in Circuit Court of Jefferson County for $1,670.17 debt. Noe had deeded property to John F. Noe worth $2,500. Eckel charged that deed was fraudulent and was made to hinder or delay collection of debt. Eckel wants land set aside and sold to satisfy judgment. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1210 | 66 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Hiram Feiser v. John P. Walton and W. W. Walton | Scott | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Plaintiff owned a house in the town of Helenwood and a storage building with merchandise valued at $3,500, all of which he sold to the defendants for a 2/5ths interest in a 2,000 acre tract of land on Cove Creek in Campbell County entered by Samuel Walton in 1859 under a "special entry of grant no. 1403." Plaintiff saw there were prior entries that endanger the claim and that land the defendant showed him were not contained in the deal. Feiser charged them with fraud and misrepresentation. |
East | Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1890 | 221 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1901 | Hoshall & McDavitt v. Ruffin Supply & Lumber Co. | Tipton | Fraudulent Conveyance |
The remainder of this case is found in Box 778. |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 819 | 314 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | Horace A. Irish, et al. v. James Shields, et al. | Unicoi | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Plaintiff filed bill to rescind a conveyance made by Jonas Irish, deceased, to defendant James Shields for a large tract of land 5 miles from Knoxville on the Clinton Pike worth $5,000. Irish claimed that Shields' agent convinced Jonas, through fraud, to convey the land in exchange for a 24 acre tract of land 12 miles from Knoxville not worth more than $300, 200 acres of will stump land in Michigan not worth more that $600, and a $950 mortgage. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1819 | 463 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1901 | Hoshall & McDavitt v. Ruffin Supply & Lumber Co., et al. | Tipton | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Case begins on page 305. See WT 818 for pages 1-304. Included in 10 folders. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 778 | 804 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | Henry A. Farnsworth v. Joseph E. Bell, Benjamin T. Bell, John Davis, & James G. Reeves | Greene | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Farnsworth got Circuit Court judgment for slander against Joseph E. Bell, which remained unpaid, so Farnsworth brought this suit to recover same out of Bell's property, including 40 acres on Nolachucky River Bell "pretended" to convey to son Benjamin, who then conveyed to Davis & (via execution sale) to Reeves. Court ruled conveyance not fraudulent but, due to Bell's conduct prior to suit, ordered costs shared. Witnesses: Joseph A. Farnsworth, Caleb Harrison, Mary Harrison, Samuel L. Stephens, Smyth Atkin. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1163 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1938 | Hattie Frazier et al.v. Fuller Moore & wife Valie May Moore et al | Sullivan | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Add. Pla. too many to name, all nieces/nephews (or spouses/descendants of same) of James B. Moore, dec, old man who never married but had 3 brothers (Martin, Henry, John), 1 sister (Sallie Dishner), 1 half brother (George), all dec. Add. Defs: minor children of Fuller (son of Henry, dec): Effie, Buford, Junie, Tammie, Bennie, Margaret. Dispute re James' 160-acre farm w/in 2-3 miles of Bristol, which had valuable virgin timber & which, on his deathbed, James deeded to Fuller & kids. 5 folders. |
East | Range: 9 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1279 | 1247 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1882 | Isaac J. Battle et al. v. Park Street et al. | Davidson | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Printed brief only. Additional plaintiffs: Sarah Battle, Samuel Copeland, W. R. & Ella Ransom, Christopher C. & Fannie Ellis, W. D. and Laura C. Alexander, Joseph M. Virginia, James F. Brice and Mary Copeland. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 604 | 44 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | John Woodard et al.v. Louis Kahn et al. | Shelby | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Plaintiffs: William Moore. Defendants Jonas Joseph |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 144 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | James Holden, et al. V. Thompson Newby, et al. | DeKalb | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Additional plaintiffs: Martha E. Holden. Additional defendants: August Thompson Newby, Harden Williams, James Estridge. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 303 | 117 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | John Loague, admr. v. J. H. McClellan et al | Shelby | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Brief for Mrs. Louisa C. McClellan, appellant. Rest of case not found. |
West | Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | J. C. Long, next friend et al. v. Walden's Ridge Railroad Co., et al. | Anderson | Fraudulent Conveyance |
J. C. Long brought suit for the elderly Elisha Long who died before it was heard. Long requested damages for land taken by the railroad as right of way and for the court to set aside the deed of said tract of land that Elisha conveyed while non compes mentis. Exhibits: There is one small map of the "Thos. Long" tract that shows the railroad track running through it and one oversized map that shows the track in large scale in M-17-20. Majority of case is in box ET 1826. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 728 | 154 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | James M. Carroll et al.v. Erasmus Alley et al. | Marion | Fraudulent Conveyance |
The plaintiffs were heirs to Thompson Gardenhine, dec. Plaintiffs charge that the decree for the sale in the Supreme Court is void and that there was no fraud between Gardenhine and Carroll. They charge that Gardenhine paid for the land and according to the trust, the plaintiffs are entitled to the land. Plaintiffs seek injunction against clerk and defendants from selling the land. |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 786 | 37 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | James R. Sartain & wife Bettie D. Sartain v. C. B. Austell, John W. Sargeant & P. H. Countiss | Grundy | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Plaintiffs sued claiming defendants fraudulently forced them to sign a mortgage for a piece of property and then refused to accept payment as offered. Defendants had begun foreclosure proceedings on the property. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 612 | 161 | 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 |