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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1878 | A. W. Wills v. J. E. Goodwin et al. | Davidson | Default on Promissory Note |
Additional Defendants: G. B. Goodwin and George M. Goodwin |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 45 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Alex McLin v. J. A. Brakebill & Co., et al | Blount | Notes |
Plaintiff filed this case to recover a debt from defendants in the form of an unpaid note. Additional Defendants: A. H. Hodge, Peter Brakebill |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1642 | 31 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Bruff Faulkner & Co. v. George W. Nelson | Washington | Notes |
Plaintiff filed this case to recover a debt from defendant, which was in the form of an unpaid note. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1642 | 33 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Enos Keezle v. Charles W. Lucas, et al. | Washington | Land, Promissory Note |
Add. Def. Eva(lina) M. Lucas, S. H. W. Lucas, & C. G. Lucas. Keezle sold a tract of land to the Lucases on promissory notes that have come due (with interest), and remain unpaid. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1642 | 56 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | E. A. Yost v. A. S. Hudinburg | Knox | Notes |
Plaintiff alleged that he received a judgment against defendant in 1865 for $829.35 for an unpaid note. This case was filed to enforce the previous judgment. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1630 | 60 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | F. M. Medling v. C. C. Thomas et. Al. | Gibson | Notes |
Additional defendants are B. King and Wm. Colby. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 171 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | G. Gugginheim v. A. G. Rosenfield & Sam Landsberger | Rutherford | Promissory Note |
Gugginheim owned a store in Murfreesboro. He sued the defendant claiming the defendant sold items to customers by use of credit without his authorization and that the defendants now owe the debt for those items sold. See also Rosenfield v. Gugginheim, Docket 6810. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 31 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | George W. Roberson, admr. for F. G. Goodman v. J. T. Thompson& A. V. Johns | Gibson | Notes | West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 153 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1878 | George R. McClellan v. Joseph R. Anderson | Sullivan | Notes |
McClellan owing on a thousand-dollar note. |
East | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1593 | 40 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Heslin Helton v. A. G. Watkins, et al | Jefferson | Promissory Note |
Plaintiff alleged that defendants were indebted to him for $1,602.05 from an unpaid note. Additional Defendants: George S. Eckil, admr of I. W. R. Franklin, dec., Caroline E. Montgomery, John M. Boyd, Jane J. Boyd, R. H. Armstrong, F. W. Taylor, admr. Of L. D. Franklin, dec. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1642 | 36 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | John T. Fargason & Co. v. James A. Falls et al | Lauderdale | Default on Promissory Note |
Additional plaintiffs: Charles C. Hein & James A. Hunt of J. T. Fargason & Co. Additional defendants: Albert Lea, Charles E. Butler, Joel L. Lea & Malachi(?) M. Lindsley. Also named in case: Rosa Lea, wife of Albert Lea; Annie C. Lea, wife of J. L. Lea; Mary L. Butler, wife of C. E. Butler, & Fronica J. Lindsley, wife of M. M. Lindsley. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 111 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | John W. Blevens v. A. B. Rowden, et al | Meigs | Notes |
Plaintiff alleged that defendant was indebted to him for $530.00 for an unpaid promissory note. Additional Defendant: Louisa Rowden |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1631 | 53 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | J. J. Pulliam et al. exe. of J. O. Pulliam v. Stephen K. Watkins | Fayette | Notes |
Additional plaintiffs: W.B. Dortch and J.O. Lane. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 153 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | James Comfort v. M. L. Patterson | Knox | Promissory Note |
Comfort was court-appointed trustee of the Commercial Bank, which became insolvent in April 1877. The bank held a promissory note from Patterson for $1,000 & his accounts at the bank were insufficient to cover full payment of note. Patterson was also clerk of the chancery court. |
East | Range: 19 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1661 | 21 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | J. B. Turley v. W. J. Hornsby, et al | Knox | Notes |
Plaintiff filed this claim for damages against defendants resulting from an unpaid note. Additional Defendants: W. B. Love, W. S. Geen, E. F. Wiley |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1633 | 19 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Lee H. Cole v. E. C. Slater | Madison | Promissory Note | West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 118 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1878 | L. J. Sharp v. J. F. Gallaher et al. AND L. J. Sharp v. Chattanooga Discount and Deposit Bank et al. | Hamilton | Promissory Note |
Add. Def: W. S. Gillespie. Case concerns an unpaid promissory note. Parties were partners in a grocery business. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 31 | 89 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Owens, Saul & Dyer Machine Co., et al. v. J. H. W. Jones, et al. | Obion | Promissory Note |
Additional Defendant: J. A. Fuzzle. Owens, Saul & Dyer sold machinery to saw mills and grist mills. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Rosina Kuhn v. Mat Spellacy, et al. | Hamilton | Notes |
Rosina [also Rosana] Kuhn, of Morgan Co., complained that Spellacy owed her $1487+ on a note executed in 1871, none of which had been paid. Kuhn wished to attach Spellacy's Rocky Creek property: mules, carts, derricks, and stock in certain merchandise. Other defendants: McMahan & McNamara. [McMahan & McNamara subcontracted Spellacy on a part of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad.] |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1641 | 332 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Rebecca M. Beckman v. J. A. McLean et al. | Coffee | Default on Promissory Note |
Additional Defendant: Nathan L. Miller. John H. Beckman, dec., and A. R. Robertson were joint owners of the "Walker Mill" tract of land that they sold for notes. Prior to the notes repayment, John's widow Rebecca inherited the notes. McLean and Miller then purchased interest in the land from the party that owed payment on the notes. Rebecca filed suit to recover payment for the lost notes and enforce a vendor's lien on the land to do so. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1149 | 278 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Samuel Newsom v. A. N. Edmonds | Shelby | Default on Promissory Note | West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 111 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1878 | The Fourth National Bank of Nashville, Tenn. v. Noble D. Ellis | Davidson | Promissory Note |
Additional parties: A. M. Tennison, |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 47 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | William Gay & Company v. R. J. Selvidge et. Al. | Gibson | Notes |
Plaintiffs are listed as Wm. Gay of Tennessee, A.T. Gay of Texas, and C.E. Gay of Mississippi, Wm. Gay & Company. Additional defendants listed as G.A. Coon and Wm. T. Banks, citizens of Tennessee. Slevidge is listed as being from Texas. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 171 | 0 | Order A Copy |