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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1907 | A. C. Craig & wife v. W. W. Cole | Henry | Land and Title Dispute |
Mrs. S.E. Barnes, mother of complainant Mrs. Agnes Craig; dispute over land in Henry Co., deeded 2 Feb. 1901. Mrs. S.E. Barnes dec. 5 Jan. 1906, died intestate. Properties located in 7th Civil Dist., Henry Co. deeded to defendant Cole, 1901. Complainants claim this deed of conveyance and void. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 925 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | Charles J. Haase v. Thomas J. Taylor | Shelby | Land, Sale of |
Cause of action: enforce a specific performance of a contract to sale land owned by the plaintiff to the defendant. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 961 | 111 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | County of Shelby v. Annie B. Snowden& R. B. Snowden | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 943 | 67 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1907 | C. G. Giles v. G.W. Townsend | Carroll | Land |
The two parties in this case are in disagreement over who is the rightful owner of a tract of land located in Carroll County. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1056 | 49 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | D. F. Odum v. J. G. Grathwell et al | Henry | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: B. J. Hampton & G. W. Wisehart. Plaintiff sued for deed to tract of land in Benton Co. That he had purchased from Thomas Walker & wife, Martha, agreeing to assume payment of their notes. Walkers had purchased land from Wisehart. Grathwell, Wisehart's agent, agreed to have Wisehart make a deed directly to plaintiff as the Walkers' deed had never been registered. Instead had Wisehart deed entire tract of land to Hampton. Plaintiff arges Hampton has no legal right to the property. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1042 | 125 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | Fannie Dancey v. Tom Tucker et al. | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Clarence Tucker, Emmett Tucker, Helen Tucker, W. E. Graves, A. L. Cross, trustee. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1065 | 295 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | Ida M. Stewart, et al. v. Bluff City Insurance Co. | Shelby | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Additional plaintiffs: Martha Stewart, Ida M. Stewart II, William Meacham Stewart, Kenneth A. Stewart |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 956 | 98 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | Julius W. Scheibler v. E. E. Winslow, et al. | Shelby | Land |
Other defendant: Robert B. Goodwin. Scheibler put up earnest money for Winslow's Memphis property, but Winslow refused to carry out the terms of sale. Two brads could not be removed. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 946 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | J. B. Murfree, et al.v. L. B. Powell, et al | Lake | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Henry Murfree, Mrs. Esther L. Jetton, Mrs. Fannie D. Hancock, B. R. Abernathy, William M. Abernathy. Additional defendants: J. H. Powell, T. C. Powell Jr., Mrs. Ada Harland, Mrs. Rosa Powell, Mrs. T. C. Powell Sr., Ira B. Powell, Van L. Powell, Alma B. Powell, Hattie S. Powell, R. C. Powell, Rosa A. Powell, James Alford. Plaintiffs are heirs of Thomas R. Murfree. All defendants, except James Alford and Mrs. Rosa Powell, are heirs of T. C. Powell Sr. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1007 | 122 | 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 | 1907 | J. K. Martin v. T. J. & Mary Ann Davis | Decatur | Land and Title Dispute |
The defendants were married to each other. They sold land to plaintiff, but there was a dispute about the ownership of one of the tracts. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1050 | 49 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | J. T. Wilkinson & wife v. Joseph Moore | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1065 | 108 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1907 | Martha A. Harris v. J. D. Mason | Madison | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 947 | 503 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1907 | M. A. Chase et al. v. City of Memphis et al | Shelby | Land |
Additional Plaintiff: John Colbert Additional Defendants: J. J. Williams, D. P. Hadden, Hugh L. Brinkley, J. T. Walsh, E. J. Carrington, Ben R. Henderson Sr., Alf T. Hayden, William LaCriox, Gilbert D. Raine, Thomas Clark and P. J, Moran … Additional Defendants: Choctaw and Memphis Railroad Company and the Memphis Grain and Package Elevator Company |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1008 | 269 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | Mengal Box Company v. L. M. Mitchell et al | Dyer | Land, Contract Dispute |
Additional defendants: Rob H. Chester, C. G. Bond, and Robert I. Chester who are sued as individuals and as executors of Robert I. Chester, deceased. Cause of action: land, contract dispute concerning guarantees contained therein. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1037 | 140 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | Mobile& Ohio Railroad Company v. Church Buck et al | Gibson | Land |
Cause of action: Land in the form of an purported railway easement. Additional defendants: Irene Johnson Buck, R. B. McDaniel, Cordell Brady, Virginia Jones. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 963 | 98 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | Mariah Powell et al. v. J. M. Glenn & J. M. Glenn v. Mariah Powell et al | Madison | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Additional Defendants/Plaintiffs with Mariah Powell: Dan Powell, the son of Mariah Powell. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1041 | 97 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | T. I. Skinner v. W. R. Canada& T. J. Hays | Gibson | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 957 | 192 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1907 | Union Railway Company v. Mrs. E. M. Hunton | Shelby | Land |
Cause of action: Plaintiff is wanting to occupy land owned by the defendant and has attempted negotiation but states that the demands are exorbitant and excessive and is unwillingly to meet her demands. Exhibit - Blueprint of land in dispute is located on page 342. 2 folders |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1014 | 390 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | W. Y. White, et al.v. Barton Brothers& Ward | Gibson | Land |
Additional plaintiff: Mrs. C. Pyland. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 953 | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | William Hicks, et al.v. Gus Hicks, et al | Madison | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Joe Hicks, Bob Hicks, Leroy Hicks, Hattie Booker, John Booker, Bertha Hicks, Lillie Hicks. Additional defendants: Alice Hicks Involves the estate of Sam Hicks. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 949 | 124 | 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 |