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View Entry 1905 Asa Holder et al. by next friend, J. W. Thompson v. Josephine Lawson Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: Ziegler Holder, and Ireka Holder. Defendants: Josephine Lawson. Writ states that deed dated 19 Dec 1901 is fraudulent. Orders land previously thought to belong to Lawson should be turned over to the Holders.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1a 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1905 Asa Holder, et al. by next friend v. Josephine Lawson Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: Ziegler Holder, Ireka Holder, and J. W. Thompson. See also Box 1a.

 East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 30 93 Order A Copy
View Entry 1890 Alice M. Watkins v. N. Deitzen, et al. Hamilton Land, Contract Dispute

Additional defendant: J. Deitzen. Dispute over the construction of adjoining buildings with shared walls on Market Street.

 East Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1828 71 Order A Copy
View Entry 1937 Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company v. Chattanooga Steam Laundry Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Dispute over the close proximity of the laundry company to the railroad tracks - the smoke stack of the laundry company interferes with shipping of certain types of freight

 East Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1064 111 Order A Copy
View Entry 1869 A. J. Greer v. John James, Daniel Hogan, & Lethe M. Wolfe Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Hogan and Wolfe in case over Daniel Crawley's estate won against Crawley's heirs to sell lands to pay debts. Greer thought he had bought 583 acres for $1250 when he only bought about 316 acres. Greer wants the judge to stop defendants from collecting money until title of land is made full and complete, and not pay the $2.14 an acre for 268 acres for which plaintiffs did not have title for.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1185 34 Order A Copy
View Entry 1872 Alexander D. Stone v. Wiley P. Huffaker & wife Melissa Angeline, et al Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

pla. sold to brother Daniel C (dec) 195-acre farm on which pla. then lived (Ocoee District) in exchg for notes (still unpd). pla. repurchased south half (97.5 acres), but Dan'l failed to convey deed before he died. Dan'l's admr (Wm Stone) dec. Suit for title to south half, for rest to be sold to pay notes. Melissa Angeline, Dan'l's widow, married Huffaker after suit filed. Add. Def.: Dan'l's children Sarah V. & Edward M. Stone, minors. C. C. Patton apptd admr & guardian. pla. (farmer) in Union army.

 East Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1245 203 Order A Copy
View Entry 1938 Angeline Kennemer, et al.v. Lester Hixon Maney, et al Hamilton Land, Sale of

Dispute re 70-acre tract in which Angeline (aka Evangeline) had life estate & her 5 minor children (Lester Hixon Maney; Leon Hixon; & Chloey, Virginia & Earl Kennemer) had remainder, all deeded to them by Angeline's dad John L. Clark (still living), w/ reversion to his descendants if Angeline had no heirs. Angeline & husband Alonzo (dad of the 5 minor children) sued for court's permission to sell remaining 30 acres of the tract (40 acres previously sold to TVA who condemned it to build Chickamauga Dam).

 East Range: 9 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1280 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1933 A. K. Davis v. Susan Rachel Davis et al. Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: P. J. Davis, Josephine Davis, and Kathleen Davis. Plaintiff and P. J. Davis are brothers. P. J. Davis was killed in an automobile accident in 1929. Before his death, P. J. Davis and the plaintiff bought several tracts of land together and registered several in P. J's name only. The plaintiff testified that after P. J. was killed, his widow Susan Rachel Davis, refused to discuss the property with him. Case file includes bank receipts, correspondence and deed information.

 East Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1404 286 Order A Copy
View Entry 1945 Bernice Smith et al. v. Sallie Reed Benton et al. Hamilton Land, Sale of

Additional Plaintiffs: Edna Barker. Additional Defendants: Fletcher R. Morgan. Additional Cause of Action: Fraud - land sold without Plaintiffs' knowledge of full terms of deal.

 East Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 136 195 Order A Copy
View Entry 1894 C. E. James v. Thomas King & William Washington Hamilton Possession of Land

Thomas B. Vanhorn sold some land to Missouri King dec. 1873. She was wife of Thomas King and mother of Mamie King dec. 1887. After Missouri’s death, Thomas abandoned the child and land. Mamie sold some of the land to Washington, who sold it to Napoleon Loder, who sold it to James. After Mamie died, Thomas returned to take possession of the land. James here filed for possession.

 East Range: 18 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 2046 108 Order A Copy
View Entry 1940 Clara Neidhardt Williamson v. Hamilton National Bank of Chattanooga, et al. Hamilton Recovery of Land/Property

Additional Defendants: Emelie N. Crabtree, Charlotte C. Reynolds, Dorothy Crabtree, Carl R. Neidhardt, Barbara Neidhardt. Exhibits: trust agreement, letters, memorandum of agreement, correspondence, trust agreement, copy of divorce bill. Cause of Action: Complainant filed bill to declare void and set aside a Trust agreement executed by her and to recover all of the property set out therein, on the ground of undue influence and fraud.

 East Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 612 523 Order A Copy
View Entry 1891 Crawford Lane, et al v. Charles E. Stanley, et al. Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plntff.: Richard Myrick & wife, Harriett, et al. Additional Deft.: Daniel Lane, brother of Crawford & Thomas Lane. T. Lane purchased Lot No. 2 in Chattanooga which, after his death, descended to his widow (who remarried), & after her death to his siblings (Lane had no children). Plntff. learned that the widow & her husband sold lot to Stanley who bought Daniel Lane's interest in the property. Plntff. ask court to issue a decree for their interests in the property & their share of the rents.

 East Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1775 184 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 Catherine B. Chandler, et al. v. Alexander Hunt, et al. Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Incomplete case file; reply only. Suit seeks to settle ownership claims for land on Lookout Mountain. Names involved include James Whiteside, John G. Glass, John Martin, & Spencer C. Rogers.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 6a 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1871 Charles Lundquist v. The A& C Railroad Company& J. C. Stanton et al. Hamilton Land

Additional Defendants: Seth Adams, Francis Dunn, John Demerett, Samuel R. Charleton, Lewis Rice, Robert Trent Payne Jr. Andrew C. Dupport, D. N. Stanton, J. P. Boyce. Unpaid debt for purchase of land.

 East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 48 102 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Cincinnati Investment Co. et al.v. Mayor& Aldermen of Chattanooga Hamilton Land, Sale of

Opinion only, case summary not included.

 East Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 749 13 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 D. N. Bell v. J. S. Gillespie, et al. Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: Penelope Gillespie. Dec. 1875, def. J.S. Gillespie made note payable to complainant for $818.58 due 12 months after date with interest at 10%. In Dec. 1876, J.S. Gillespie, siezed in fee of some real estate, conveyed land to R.M. Case file is incomplete; brief only. See also ET 1882 Gillespie, Trustee for his wife, Penelope. Complainant charges Gillespie conveyed deed without enough to pay his liabilities. Compl. Charges that Penelope Gillespie had no separate estate.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 73 63 Order A Copy
View Entry 1890 D. B. Carlin v. Thomas H. Calloway, et al. Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Defendants: Joseph Calloway, Luke L. Calloway, Benjamin Calloway, James Calloway, Anna B. Calloway, Margie Carson, J. B. Carson, John L. Calloway- who were all heirs of Thomas H. Calloway, decd. and W. H. McKamy. Carlin prayed the defendants to answer questions over a deed and title of a tract of land of 45 acres.

 East Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1828 268 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 Dabney Martin, admr. v. Joel Cross et al Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Additional material in ET 786. Plaintiff is the administrator of the estate of T. Martin (dec.). Add. defendants: F. A. James and the heirs at law of T. Martin (listed in full in file). T. Martin owned a tract of land containing 300 acres, on which he resided for 30 years. In 1865, he sold the land to J. Cross for $5,000, for which the defendant executed several notes but never paid in full. Plaintiff sued to determine the rightful title owner of the land against the heirs at law.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1235 211 Order A Copy
View Entry 1831 David Cunningham & Richmond Archer v. William Smith Hamilton Land and Title Dispute East Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 739 32 Order A Copy
View Entry 1868 D. C. Carr, Trustee etc. v. William H. T. Miller Hamilton Land, Promissory Note

Carr, Trustee for the use of Emanuel Soudheimer and Levi Weiskopf, issued an attachment suit against Miller for unpaid notes for a tract of land. Plaintiffs feared Miller would dispose of the property to defeat them in collecting on said notes.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1232 27 Order A Copy
View Entry 1948 Elizabeth M. Jones, et al. v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters& Joiners No. 74. Hamilton Land

Defendant and Plaintiff own adjoining properties, and Plaintiff seeks an in junction to prevent Def. from enclosing a driveway space used previously by both parties. Exhibits include 6 b&w photographs, survey map. Add. Plaintiff: Edgar D. Jones. Add. Defendants: W. W. Orr, George West, C. L. Harris.

 East Range: 6 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 447 183 Order A Copy
View Entry 1890 Elder & White v. M. A. Cooper, et al Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

L. M. Elder & George T. White bought houses and lots on Broad Street in Chattanooga from M. A. Cooper under the assumption that all information on the deeds and title were presented, however a very messy situation resulted. Additional defendants: E. M. Dodson, John A. Moon, R. J. Kirkwood, L. J. Sharp, H. C. Beck, W. S. Beck, H. J. Springfield, D. W. Hughes, W. C. Gardenhire, John W. Carter, J. S. Kepler.

 East Range: 19 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1807 170 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 Ellen O. Thomas, et. al. v. T. J. Jackson, et. al. Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiff: John M. Thomas. Only contains the report of the Referee. Seems to be a property dispute, but not enough detail in report to determine the full case.

 East Range: 19 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1907 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1896 First National Bank of Chattanooga v. Chattanooga Woodsplit Pulley Company Hamilton Recovery of Land/Property

Case of misunderstanding the nature of collateral given. Mr. W.A. Willingham accepted a promissory note he thought was secured by machinery. Machinery was repossessed & possibly damaged, & resold. Case seeks to recover the machinery, & settle ownership. The third parties said they owned the machinery outright and were not part of any settlement or equity disputes. Additional brief in ET Box 1067.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 6a 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1939 F. D. M. Bettis v. Joe & Pearl Bettis Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Exhibits include deed.

 East Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 615 99 Order A Copy
View Entry 1912 Frank Lawrence & wife Lucinda (col.) v. Silas Johnson, Walter C. King, R. P. Woodard, Trustee, & Eva M. Brown Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

In 1880s, Lucinda's dad Matthew Johnson bought 10-acre Ocoee District tract, on which she, mom Maria, siblings Silas & Granville worked. Fruits of labor used to pay for land; Silas was to deliver money & get deed, but had it made in his name only. Other sibs (Elijah, Paul, Peter) died. Granville died (smallpox) 1882, Matthew in 1886, Maria in 1904. Silas & Lucinda only remaining heirs; suit brought to resolve dispute over land ownership. Def. King ("white man of means" connected w/King Baxter Lumber Co.

 East Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1308 126 Order A Copy
View Entry 1891 F. A. Auger v. W. G. Smith, et al Hamilton Land, Fraud

On 27 July 1889 Auger sold to Smith 14 lots in Chattanooga for sum of $7000. In return Smith deeded to him 1335 acres in Jackson Co., MS for $4000. Deft. represented MS land as worth $3.00 per acre. Plntff. had not seen the land for himself at the time, but took deft. at his word. Upon visiting the land plntff. found it of poor quality & largely owned by other persons. He charged deft. with intentionally defrauding him of $3666.25, the difference between $4000 & land's true value (25 cents per acre).

 East Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1765 260 Order A Copy
View Entry 1943 Floyd D. Huckabee v. John Stewart et al. Hamilton Land, Partition of

Exhibits include warranty deed, plat maps, trust deed, survey maps, Add. Defendant: Lottie Stewart.

 East Range: 6 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 382 348 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Floyd Hicks et al. v. W. H. Dodd, Sr.et al. Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plaintiff: Mrs. M.J. Hicks (wife). Additional Defendant: Prudential Indurance Company of America.

 East Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 956 364 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 Granville Beeson, et al.v. The Dale Sand Company et al Hamilton Land, Contract Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: Sterl Beeson, Floyd Dugger, Florence Foster, Charles Foster, and Georgie Dugger. Additional Defendants: Chattanooga Sand & Supply Co.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 488 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1935 G. W. Goodner v. Goldie D. Adams Hamilton Land

Breach of Promise is part of the question.

 East Range: 8 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 864 196 Order A Copy
View Entry George T. White, admr. v. Sallie McMurray, et al. Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Case file is incomplete; opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 91 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1948 Grace Horne v. Laura Nelson et al. Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: Daniel B. Nelson. Includes bank receipts

 East Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 264 147 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 Grandview Coal & Timber Company v. G. O. Sanders et al. Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Plaintiff sued defendants for title to land and for a decree restraining defendants from entering in and upon said land, committing waste and trespassing thereon, from tearing down fences, destroying timber, cutting timber, or in any way interfering with said property. Lots of testimony. Exhibits include plat maps of the land in question. 6 folders. Note: heavily damaged pages are in Folder 1.

 East Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1398 881 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 H. K. White & Lizzie B. White v. Edward S. Nixon & Helen M. Nixon Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

White sought to purchase 12 acres of land from Joseph Rouhs. He then sold his interest in the 12 acres to Edward Nixon, who was supposed to settle the debt with Rouhs. Nixon didn't pay off debt, so Rouhs brought suit against White & won judgment against him. The land was sold at a court-ordered sale & Helen Nixon bought the land at the sale.

 East Range: 19 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1661 107 Order A Copy
View Entry 1947 Hamilton National Bank v. M. S. Woods et al. Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Judgment for plaintiff, overturned on appeal. Exhibits include sheriff's deed, plat map, 2 deeds, 1 bill of sale. Additional Defendant: Mary G. Woods.

 East Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 323 275 Order A Copy
View Entry 1890 H. H. Muller, et al v. S. D. Wester & Wife, et al Hamilton Land, Promissory Note

Add plaintiffs: S. G. Sullivan, Robert J. Jones, and Chas E. Evans. Add defendants: W. M. Nixon and wife. Case involves two outstanding notes on the purchase of sixteen lots in Paynes Subdivision in Hamilton Co.

 East Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1810 74 Order A Copy
View Entry 1868 Harriet L. Whiteside v. The Heirs of James A. Whiteside, dec. Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Harriet L. Whiteside, widow of James A. Whiteside, dec., Robert Cravens (an executor of James' estate) agreed that Cravens would sell and convey to Harriet 4 acres of land using funds from her husband who was a stockholder in East TN Iron Manufacturing. Settlement had no mention of her rights to 4 acres of land. Harriet does not blame heirs for omission but was due to her mistake and forgetfulness. Harriet in another case regarding estate but against George W. Rider & James R. Allison (ET 1190)

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1189 55 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 Henry Beeson, et al v. James H. Beeson, et al Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plntffs.: Joseph Beeson; Hannah & Sam Weaver; Peggy Neilly Pickett. Additional Defts. Margaret, John, Edward & Milo Beeson, et al. Pltffs. Siblings of Lydia Warner who died intestate in Hamilton Co. April 1864, possessed of Lot 54 in Chattanooga. Deft. Sims had lot attached & sold to pay $715.20 debt to him. Property sold & resold multiple times. Plaintiffs charge the sales are void as court never had jurisdiction in the matter & that the sales place a cloud on their title to the land

 East Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1652 340 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 Isaac Cooke v. Luis Williamson Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: E. D. Tade, A. L. Tade, Susie Williamson and Jane Williamson. Dispute over lots of land. Cooke is seeking from the court the right to sell the unclaimed lot and divide the money between parties. Williamson was seeking full rights of the lot.

 East Range: 19 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1680 55 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 Jesse C. Roberson & wife v. Lewis Shepherd, et al. Hamilton Land, Sale of

Additional Defendants: Mary Carroll, Lewis Carroll. Additional documents located in ET 1229.

 East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 35 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1939 John E. Whitley v. George O. White et al. Hamilton Land, Sale of

Additional Defendants: Myrna H. White, M. O. Allen - commissioner of highways. 3 Folders.

 East Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 240 507 Order A Copy
View Entry 1948 Joe V. Williams, Jr. v. Title Guaranty & Trust Co. et al. Hamilton Sale of Land/Property

Plaintiff seeks injunction against Guaranty & Trust Co. from selling H. Shuttles' property in escrow to S. Klaus, claiming property was previously sold to plaintiff. Additional Defendants: Sol Klaus, Harold Shuttles. Exhibits include various real estate receipts and certificates, telegrams, and contracts.

 East Range: 6 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 303 316 Order A Copy
View Entry 1857 Joseph W. Finley, Josiah Wilkins & John Lowe v. Samuel S. Finley Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Cumberland Presbyterian Church (CPC) members & others living in settlement near Chickamauga Depot were without good meeting & school house, & parties (all CPC members) were interested in "the advancement of religion and learning". Def. offered to donate 1 acre of 160 acres he owned near Depot if they employed him to build it, to which they agreed, building to be named Chickamauga Meeting & School House. Def. collected money but never finished building house, sued Pla., & sold his land.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1156 38 Order A Copy
View Entry 1842 John M. Bruce v. Samuel Williams Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Dispute over land in Ocoee District. Bruce had large farm, portion of which he had cleared as field. After land surveyed, survey line determined to run through that field, leaving Bruce's house in different quarter, & it's this quarter that is in dispute. Others mentioned: James Eaton, Lewis Ellis, Evins, James Nicholson, Scruggs, S. Finley. Jury ruled in favor of Williams. Land at issue: Southwest Quarter of Section 4, Fractional Township 6, Range 3, evidenced by Cert. of Entry No. 343.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1169 17 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 James M. Rawlings, et al. v. W. H. Withers, et al. Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Other plaintiffs: Penelope Rawlings. Other defendants: K. M. Withers (wife of W. H.). Plaintiffs owned lots in Chattanooga. They sold 1 lot to S. A. P. Hodges, who later sold it to defendants. Defendants were attempting to fence off an alley that wasn't part of their property.

 East Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1719 109 Order A Copy
View Entry 1868 Jesse C. Robinson v. Abraham Ragan Hamilton Land, Contract Dispute

Robinson, plaintiff, and Ragan, defendant, made a contracted that in which Ragan would give a tract of land consisting of 361 acres in exchange for Robinson paying $10,830--$7500 of which was paid with three slaves. Defendant gave Robinson bond for title and Robinson gave him a note and the slaves. Ragan owned only half interest on said land, yet promised complete title to Robinson, who asks the court to sell Ragan's interest in said land and proceeds used to satisfy sum he paid.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1189 65 Order A Copy
View Entry 1868 John Stringer v. M.D.& Pamelia Thompson Hamilton Land and Title Dispute

Land dispute regarding the estate of William Stringer dec.. John Stringer and Pamelia Thompson are both children of William Stringer.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1191 38 Order A Copy
View Entry 1933 J. L. McJunkin v. Chattanooga Garage Hamilton Petition to Recover Land/Property

This case is regarding the seizure of a Desoo Roadster, which was taken by Chattanooga Garage. However, the vehicle was owned by plaintiff and stored in the garage by a conditional purchaser who went bankrupt.

 East Range: 10 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1476 61 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 J. C. Cosby v. R. P. Jones Hamilton Land, Sale of

Plaintiff filed suit to recover the residue from the sale of a tract of land sold under a previous decree of the chancery court

 East Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1598 6 Order A Copy

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