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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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