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.

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.

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.

Additional defendant: Kate L. Milam.

Developing from the case Asberry Brooks v. Jesse Brooks, William Sizemore, and others, in which Reeve was the solicitor for Jesse Brooks. That case was about a tract of land in which dfnt. Brooks secured a sheriff's deed to the tract. The case was abated and the estate of Reeve taxed for the costs and lien placed on the land. Reeve brought this case to enforce the lien for his repayment.

Additional Defendants: Duncan Lowry, Lance, Meredith. Additional Plaintiffs: S. Coggins. Case concerns a vendor lien for mis-paid purchase money for land in White county alleged to have been sold to C. W. Gibbs to the Rodgers in 1851 and bond given for little. Two of said notes for $1000.00 each were due January 1, 1856 & 1857. These notes were transferred by Gibbs to G. M. Fogg, the admr. Of Henry Dickenson, dec.

Additional Defendants: Carroll Chambers, Dora Chambers, Barnie Riggs, Walter Watson, Polky Watson, William F. Watson, Josiah Watson, Jeremiah Watson, and Hubert Watson.

Additional parties: Mary C. Kercheval, B. J. Farrar, Trustee; James Q. Moore.

Case sought to clarify whether taxes imposed on a property during one ownership transfer to the property when sold to a new owner. Court contended that taxes become a personal debt of the owner that are secured by liens against the land itself.

Others mentioned in case: W. F. Ashley, John H. Ashley, T. W. & Leona J. Laurence, J. L. & Kate Martin, William Ashley, and minor children Martha, Lydia, & Robert L. Ashley.

Additional Defendants: W. E. Foust, R. Healey.

The plaintiffs were initially sued for remaining debt on a rental property. The BBP Co. was organized under the laws of TN, yet the land in question is in Crittenden County, AR. One of the documents notes this is a unique case. "The question for decision is whether or not a foreign landlord having statutory lien for rent, can recover here of a purchaser into whose hands the crop has come with notice."

Other complainants: 80 others. Defendants: W. C. Webb, W. W. Wall & J. M. Kittrell. Ruston, et al., were lumber company day laborers who wanted to collect their pay. The lumber company claimed it went out of business before the time complainants were asking compensation for. Named complainants: W. C. Pope, J. E. Paul, J. R. Pope, George G. Evans, S. A. Tate, A. H. Barnet & J. S. Coleman.

Defendant Neill stated that he purchased from Russell a tract of land in December 1862. Neill executed his promissory note to Russell for payment of which a lien on the land was existing. In 1865 Morris filed his attachment & injunction bill. Other names mentioned: Sarah L. Williams, Thomas E. Russell, Joel H. Morris, & Joel A. Morris. Two witnesses in this case testified that they served with General Nathan Bedford Forrest at Selma in the State of Alabama.

Addtl pltf.: John Lellyett. Malone was guardian for W. J. Thomas. Addtl dfnt.: T. W. Wrenne, clerk & master. Thomas had a lien placed on a tract of land while a minor, the lien was transferred, and he was still owed half of the interest due to him.

Roger Murray was appointed substitute trustee of property in the 4th Ward of Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee. There was a tax lien on the property, but Murray sold the property to Ola Mai Bryant Cuntiff in July 1929 for $4700. Cuntiff argued that Murray's duty was to pay the taxes due on the land, and that he did not. Cuntiff stated that Murray failed and refused to pay the said taxes, so she had to pay $149.50 in taxes.

Addtl dfnts: T. H. Everett, A. J. Marlin & Ella May Marlin. Pltfs. acting as agent of Mrs. Martha M. Read. Pltfs. filed this as a general creditors' bill on behalf of themselves and other holders of liens on Lot 31 in B. F. Brown's subdivision of Lot 68 in Boyd's Cockrill Spring tract. Due to defaulted note payments, another court case (Freyer v. Smythe), and the ownership of 126 notes for the purchase of the lot, the pltfs. came to hold lien against dfnts. for payments on said property.

Allman, in 1861 filed a bill of complaint against the def's in order to enforce a lien on a tract of land in Montgomery County. Allman alleged that he purchased the land at a sheriff's sale, that it had belonged to Burrell Hancock, then sold the land to Corban with flour mill machinery. Corban gave notes for the sale, but never paid the notes, and Allman sued to enforce the lien.

This is a brief for the defendant. No other case files are included. There is no useful information about the site of the original lawsuit, but a mention of Paris, TN, suggests that it was in Henry County. See also "James Sweeney, Clerk, v. J. T. Gatlin et al.," in this box - cases are related.

In 1870, the plaintiff bargained with the defendant and sold to him several lots of land in his possession for which the defendant was to pay $2,000. The defendant executed four notes for $500 each, but failed to pay any of the notes on the designated day The plaintiff is reserving his right to a vendor's lien for the agreement and filed the bill to enforce the same against the defendant until the notes are paid.