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).

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Exhibits include deed.

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).

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.

Breach of Promise is part of the question.

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)

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.

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.

Incomplete case file: brief for plaintiffs only. Add'l defs: J. C. Stanton, John Swan, Fred Wolf, Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, P McGwinn, Thomas McMahon, Thomas Cerane, Dunbar, A. G. Adams, B. G. Thorne. Stanton purchased about 70 acres from Boyce, to be partitioned. Ownership and boundary of land questioned.

Additional Plaintiffs are unlisted.

Additional plaintiffs: Thomas Williams, Griselda Williams, and Dwight Ratcliff. Includes two maps of territory of New Soddy Coal Company in Soddy, Tennessee, 1902, and two maps of the Williams Tract of the Duram Coal and Iron Company in Chattanooga.

Plaintiff sued the defendants dispute of ownership of land. He paid defendants $5076.73 for ownership of a tract of land. Defendants attempted to sell this land, without paying plaintiff his due. Additional defendants: William Cummings, John Cummings

Lavinia S. Tibbs was the wife of J. A. E. C. Goins was the wife of O. C. O. C. and E. C. Goins were listed as residents of Georgia. Additional defendant: W. T. Rogers. Additional case materials in ET 1081 (Range 9, Section B, Shelf 4).