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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1854 | (unknown) | Sevier | Lien |
Exhibit only. Assignment of land debt to Samuel Pickens from A. Lawson. Court of Origin: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 98 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | (unknown) | Tipton | Lien | West | Range: 76 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 2214 | 0 | Order A Copy | ||
View Entry | 1876 | A. S. Carpenter & S. J. Carpenter of A. S. Carpenter & Bro. v. John T. Pope | Haywood | Lien |
Also named in case: W. R. Tripp, house builder and contractor A. S. and J. S. Carpenter were plasterers by trade. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 71 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | A. B. Cannon et al. v. George W. South et al. | Hamblen | Enforcement of Lien |
Additional Plaintiffs: Thomas Walken. Additional Defendants: Mrs. George W. South, John Pallett, L. M. King, O. C. King. Brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 79 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Alanson Cannon v. E. C. Edmondson, alias | Rutherford | Lien Settlement |
Defendant also known as Catesby Edmondson. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 554 | 54 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | A. V. S. Lindsley, Jr. v. W. B. Simpson | Davidson | Lien | Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 575 | 34 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1895 | Angus McRae v. University of the South | Franklin | Lien |
This case is related to Riddle & Co. v. A. McRae et al, Monroe Mf'g. Co. v. The South Pittsburg Building and Construction Company et al, J. H. Fall & Co. v. The University of the South et al, and C. S. Clay v. A. McRae et al. A. McRae was a subcontractor for South Pittsburg Building & Cont. Co. which is defunct. The case involves McRae claiming entitlement to a lien on Walsh Memorial Hall, erected on property of U of South. INCOMPLETE CASE FILE. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1054 | 196 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | A. F. Broyles v. Mary Pierce et al. | Greene | Lien |
Additional defendants: Lafayette, William, Martha, Brown, Andrew, and Smith Pierce, and Janes and James House, all heirs of Stephen Pierce dec. Plaintiff complains that he sold a tract of land containing 150 acres to Stephen Pierce before his death and a portion of the debt remains unpaid. Plaintiff also states that Stephen Pierce was indebted to him in several other ways not related to the land sale. Plaintiff brings suit to enforce his vendor's lien. |
East | Range: 6 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 467 | 88 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | A. O. Johnson v. R. B. Stubbs & Alex Kerr | Dickson | Lien |
Johnson was some sort of mechanic, and had done work for Kerr. Kerr & Stubbs owned property together. Johnson sued to enforce a mechanic's lien in order to recover the money due him from work. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 7a | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | A. J. Simmons v. B. Worley [?]& wife | White | Lien |
Others mentioned: Emily A. Swofford, Mary E. Worley, Bluford Worley. Ware. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 500 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | A. W. Dodson v. Mrs. E. S. Shaver | Henry | Lien |
Lien for rent. |
West | Range: 81 Section: g Shelf: Box Number: 917 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | A. F. Whitman, admr. of William Sear, dec. v. John Jamison | Williamson | Enforcement of Lien |
Additional Complainant: Carolina Sear, E. S. Sear, A. D. Sear. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 598 | 75 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | A. G. Harris, admr. of Harriet W. Haughton v. M. J. Hassell | Sumner | Enforcement of Lien |
1885: Harris got judgment against Hassel on certain notes; if Hassel didn't pay by certain time, his land would be sold to satisfy same. He didn't pay, so land sold (130 acres, aka Strother Place) to J.T. & J.E. Strother who gave notes for same. Later proceeding (5 pgs added): Sale occurred 20 yrs ago but notes never cancelled; Hon. B.D. Bell gave affidavit that he was then atty for Haughton heirs & that notes were pd. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 602 | 59 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1893 | Bassett& Clapp v. Annie Bertorelli | Shelby | Lien |
Case to enforce a lien for materials furnished to a contractor to build a house |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 543 | 41 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | Brading Rhea Lumber Company v. Southern Furniture Manufacturing Company et al. | Carter | Lien Settlement |
Dispute over whether a tract of Southern Furniture-owned land in Elizabethton should be released from a lien held the First National Bank. Brading Rhea filed the original suit against the furniture company. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1105 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Blair, admr. v. Hartman | Lien Settlement |
County: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 35 | 1 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1928 | Barnes-Boring Hardware Co. v. Jenkins & Elliott Bros. | Carter | Lien |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | Butler P. Anderson v. Gertrude A. Leftwich et al. | Shelby | Lien |
Additional Defendants: Eugene Leftwich, Blanche Leftwich, Charles Leftwich, and Willie Leftwich. Defendant was the widow of John Leftwich. Anderson was Commissioner of Revenue for Shelby County. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 267 | 125 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | B. H. Boone, admr. v. A. M. Johnson et al. | Robertson | Lien |
Plaintiff, B. H. Boone, administrator for H. W. Wray, deceased, sued the defendants, A. M. Johnson and Farmers Saving & Loan and Building Association, for $300 debt Johnson owed on a lot that H. W Wray sold him. The plaintiff requested a lien be placed on the lot and the property sold to pay the defendant's debt with interest. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1067 | 135 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1926 | Consolidated Engineering Company, Inc. v. Wedow& Myers, Inc. et al. | Hamblen | Lien |
Additional Defendants: Southern Railway Company. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 68 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1893 | Cole Manufacturing Co. v. J. N. Beard, et al. | Shelby | Lien |
Lien owed on properties by previous owner, amount of $757.27. |
West | Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 391 | 52 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | Cato Davis v. John J. Wilson | Obion | Lien |
Cause of action: Landlord's lien for rent |
West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 397 | 41 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | C. T. Brecheen & Cora Brecheen v. Ugene Wyly | Benton | Lien |
Ugene Wyly has a lien on the deed of land owed by the Brecheens. He obtained the lien to secure payment on the note for the land. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 669 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Charles Barber, et al. v. Beecher Smith, et al. | Roane | Lien Settlement |
Additional complainants: Tildie Barber. Additional defendants: Ann Hammonds, Brewster Hammonds, S. H. Roberts, Harry Hammonds, Lillie H. Adkisson, Dollie Hensley, Dorothy Clark, Leonard Summers, Bernice Hammonds, Mack Hammonds. |
East | Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 536 | 45 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | C.C. Mauldin v. Tillman Taylor & Jim Isom | Lien |
This case was missing the first page. It appears to be a case from Crittenden County Arkansas. No Tennessee County is found anywhere in the case. The case appears to deal with a lien that was placed on Taylor and Isom by Mauldin for rent due on a tract of land in Crittenden County Arkansas. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 869 | 24 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1909 | Carrie Douglass v. A. E. Niemeyer et al. | Shelby | Lien |
Additional Defendants: E.H. Buck and Lamar Heiskell. The case focused on property originally purchased by E.H. Buck in 1906. |
West | Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1200 | 124 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | C. W. Nance et al. v. W. Crosswaite | Davidson | Lien |
Additional Plaintiffs: J. H. McDonald. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 301 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1937 | City of Bristol v. J. C. Gray et ux | Sullivan | Lien |
Lien for street assessment in amount of $600+. Wife is Hattie E. Gray. |
East | Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 999 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1868 | Charles Statham v. Joseph Hamilton& A. R. Edgar | Jefferson | Lien |
Statham sued defendants for redemption of land; Statham wanted the title divested from defendants and to himself and wanted an account taken of the rents and profits of the land taken and the defendant liable for the same. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1230 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | C. B. Rumbley v. John R. Dickey, et al. | Carter | Lien Settlement |
Rumbley and wife, Nannie, sold Dickey land for $3000 which Dickey had only paid $1000 in full. A title was issued, but with a lien. Although the bill was not paid, Dickey attempted to lease the land of $3600 a year as a quarry. Additionally, the defendant made a deed of right of way to the Watauga Power Company as well as a easement to another individual. 3 Folders. Oversize exhibit in M-17-17 |
East | Range: 10 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1498 | 427 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Daniel Linehan v. T. A. Murray, et al | Shelby | Lien |
Additional defendants: Patrick Kallaher, John Donnelly. Lein for unpaid balance of roof work and material. |
West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 607 | 390 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | D. V. Anderson v. J. T. Weaver, et al. | Maury | Lien |
Additional Defendants: J. H. Weaver, John Heldreth[?]. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 567 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | D. S. C. & I. Company Ltd. v. G. W. Morgan | Lien |
Order only. Date: Unknown. Court of Origin: Unknown. County: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 92 | 1 | Order A Copy | ||
View Entry | 1915 | Denison-Gholson Dry Goods Company v. Mrs. M. A. Hill | Gibson | Lien Settlement |
Defendant executed a note of $1,000 with 6% interest to Company, secured by a deed of trust or mortgage on a lien on a parcel of land. Company now trying to collect on lien. Includes appeals. |
West | Range: 79 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1391 | 180 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | Dominic Leber v. A. C. Dudley et al. | Davidson | Lien |
Plaintiff, D. Leber, filed suit to compel the defendants A. C. Dudley and his wife, Ida C. Dudley to pay their portion of taxes, insurance, assessments, and fines levied on a property to which the plaintiff and defendants hold joint ownership. Leber asked that a lien be placed on A. C. Dudley's portion of the property in the amount that Leber had paid over that of Dudley and if Dudley could not pay, have his property sold and the proceeds applied to the debt on his share of the property. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1052 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1919 | Dave Cockrill, et. al. v. Huntzinger & Hughes | Shelby | Lien Settlement |
Only contains part of the case file. Not a complete file. Additional plaintiff: Six Thirty Eight Tire & Vulcanizing Co. Plaintiffs sued to attempt to overturn a lien placed on a vehicle owned by Cockrill for repairs on the vehicle. Huntzinger & Hughes won an earlier judgment that placed their lien as the primary one. Cockrill owed money to both the co-plaintiff as well as the defendants for repair work and tires on his vehicle. |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1580 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | David Clayman v. Benjamin L. Yoakley | Sullivan | Lien |
The plaintiff owns a certain tract of land that he sold to the defendant for an undisclosed total amount. The defendant made some payments and executed a note to the plaintiff for the balance of the purchase money in 1866 for $553.56, which he failed to pay. The plaintiff filed this petition to decree an enforcement of his lien upon the land for the sum of purchase money. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1249 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1918 | Dyer County, USE, etc. v. W. P. Watson et al. | Dyer | Lien |
Additional defendants: A. H. Moody, Mrs. H. C. Porter, Gladys Porter, Robert L. Porter, O.P. Bishop. Defendants are owners of certain tracts of land within the Bogota Drainage District. The defendants owe taxes on the acreage they own within the drainage district. Their taxes are delinquent. Includes assessment roll Bogata Drainage District tract 59 and 57. |
West | Range: 78 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1627 | 75 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Drabelle & Gardner v. P. E. Parker | Henderson | Enforcement of Lien |
Drabelle & Gardner was a Louisville-based firm composed of S. Drabelle and J.T. Gardner. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 52 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | David Wertz v. Sarah A. Moore et al. | Shelby | Lien |
Additional Defendants: Jesse Moore, Ida Wright, Samuel J. Bolton, Ben May, The Workingmens Building & Loan Assoc., E. L. Wright |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 123 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1868 | E. A. York v. A. S. Hudsburg et al. | Knox | Lien |
Additional Defendants: W. E. Hedgecock, W. F. Seay, R. C. West, G. M. York. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 31 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1924 | E. W. Kyle v. Gladys Morrison | Roane | Lien |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | E. C. Dawson& wife v. Lansing Post & Jackson Brick Mfg. Company | Madison | Lien |
Cause of action: Vendor's lien and attachment |
West | Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 377 | 430 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1893 | Edmund Greenwood v. A. J. McLandon & G. W. Stark | Shelby | Lien |
Both defendants were sheriffs of Shelby County. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 542 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | Edmund Greenwood v. A. J. McLendon, et al | Shelby | Lien |
A. J. McLendon is sheriff. Additional defendant: C. W. Starkle. |
West | Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 993 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1937 | Ellen Belle Whittenburg, et al.v. D. C. Whitetenburg& Wife | Hamilton | Lien |
additional Plaintiff: Fannye Maude Moore. Lein on property with debt claiming bankruptcy. |
East | Range: 8 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1034 | 214 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1938 | E. G. Foster, et al. v. Horace E. Dodge, et al. | Scott | Lien |
Case in 2 folders. Other plaintiffs: Leon R. Jillison. Case docket only lists Dodge as defendant, but supplemental materials all say "Horace E. Dodge, et al." without naming codefendants. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1075 | 575 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1918 | Ellen C. Milam v. Robert C. Milam, et al. | Davidson | Lien Settlement |
Additional defendant: Kate L. Milam. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 114 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1882 | E. C. Kirk, Trustee v. Jane T. Williams | Shelby | Lien | West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 205 | 45 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1898 | Ed Greenwood v. A. J. McLendon | Shelby | Lien Settlement |
This is only a brief and appeal for a rehearing in this case. There are no case files in the folder. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 668 | 4 | Order A Copy |