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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1881 | A. W. Butler v. W. H. Robison, et al. | Lawrence | Default on Promissory Note |
Additional Defendant: W.W. Gordon. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 40 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | A. Crittendon v. J. D. Upton & Ewing Craddock | Obion | Promissory Note |
A. Crittendon was acting in capacity of Executor of the William Crittendon Estate. Promissory was made to be paid to William Crittendon. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 203 | 25 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | Gordon Brothers& Anderson v. Stitchford& Harris | Smith | Default on Promissory Note |
Defendants' full names: Burr Harris and William Stichford. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 57 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | Garland Snead v. David Bell | Carroll | Promissory Note | West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 166 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1881 | Isaac S. Enoch v. John H. Burton et al. | Carroll | Promissory Note |
Additional Defendant: William Johnson. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 166 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | Isaac May & Wife v. John W. Bayless & Wife | Washington | Default on Promissory Note |
Isaac and Martha A. May filed suit to recover debt for notes that John and Elizabeth R. Bayless executed to the plaintiffs. |
East | Range: 18 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 2024 | 96 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | J. B. Powell, Sr., dec. v. J. H. Brooks, et al. | Crockett | Land, Promissory Note |
Additional defendant: Ira Goodwin. Additional parties: W. A. Powell. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 107 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | James A. Anderson, admr. John M. Stewart et al. v. Robert N. Harrell et al. | Shelby | Default on Promissory Note |
Additional Plaintiffs: James D. Stewart & Paul M. Witherington. Additional Defendants: Mary E., Elizabeth, William, & Nannie Stewart, & ---Hammons & wife, Mattie Hammons, children James M. Stewart, dec. Additional Defendants: Samuel M. & Leonidas A. Stewart, & Jane (Stewart) Goal, wife of William Goal, siblings of John M. Stewart, dec. Defendants heirs of John M. Stewart, dec. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 163 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | J. M. Mayo v. William Winters et al. | Davidson | Default on Promissory Note |
Additional Defendant: B.G. Hampton. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 57 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | J. W. Slass v. J. T. S. Greenfield | Maury | Default on Promissory Note | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1881 | Jesse G. Wallace v. Edward Scruggs | Williamson | Default on Promissory Note | Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 64 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1881 | John M. Kirkwood v. Thomas S. Smith | Henry | Default on Promissory Note |
Defendant admr. For G. W. Miller, deceased. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 164 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | J. Julia Woodward et al. v. W. L. Vance et al. | Shelby | Promissory Note |
Additional Plaintiffs: Gilbert and Julia Raines, Sallie Woodward, William C. Woodward, Annette Lyle Woodward, Jesse Page Woodward, and Lizzie Hayes Woodward. Additional Defendant: W. Y. C. Humes. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 182 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | John W. Wilson, exor. v. David P. Pierce, et al. | Dyer | Promissory Note |
Additional Defendants: Sallie M. Pierce (wife of David P. Pierce) and Albert G. Pierce. Wilson was executor of P. E. Wilson, dec. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 182 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | Joseph Hendry v. Young Carter | Greene | Notes |
Opinion only. Additional Cause of Action: Breach of Contract. Court of Origin: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 94 | 50 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | Jessie Beasley v. William Duty et al. | Trousdale | Promissory Note |
Additional Defendant: Isham Beasley. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 671 | 180 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | Louis Hanauer v. James A. Anderson et al. | Shelby | Promissory Note |
Additional Defendant: C. F. Vance |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | L. Rosenhem Brothers & Company v. G. W. Hunt et al | Cheatham | Promissory Note |
Defendants purchased goods from the complainants for which they executed six promissory notes. They failed to pay, moved and became insolvent. Thereupon, the complained filed this suit to seize defendants' land. Defendants' deny there is land to seize. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 802 | 33 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | Russel Houston, admr. of A. V. Vanleer v. Seraphina Trigg et al. | Davidson | Default on Promissory Note |
Additional Defendants: Conally F. Trigg, Godfrey M. Fogg. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 67 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | R. F. Nailing v. R. A. Hewatt et al | Obion | Default on Promissory Note |
Additional Defendant: Mary F. Hewatt, wife of R. A. Hewatt, formerly Mary F. Blackley, widow & admr. M. S. Blackley, dec. M. S. Blackley died intestate March 1876. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 184 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | Sudenbach, Schwab & Co.& Anderson, Green & Co. v. Hubbs & Bloodworth | Weakley | Promissory Note |
Louis Sudenbach, Jacob Schwab, Leon Schwab, and Isaac Schwab were partners in the firm of Sudenbach, Schwab & Co.; Thompson Anderson, Frank W. Green, T. P. Bridges, and R. B. Buford were partners in the firm of Anderson, Green & Co. John T. Hubbs and John D. Bloodworth were partners in the firm of Hubbs & Bloodworth. All three firms were in the mercantile business. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 166 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | Tapp Leathers & Co. v. H. F. Davidson | Shelby | Notes | West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 177 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1881 | W. R. Cross et al. v. W. H. Goodlet et al. | Shelby | Notes |
Additional Plaintiff: B. J. Kimbrough. Additional Defendant: J. E. Goodlett. Cross and Kimbrough were partners in the mercantile firm of W. R. Cross & Company. The Goodlets were cotton brokers under the name of Goddlet & Company. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 299 | 270 | Order A Copy |