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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1855 | Alexander V. Phelps v. P. Perkins, et al. | Davidson | Bills of Exchange |
Additional defendants: Constantine Perkins and Thomas Clack. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 252 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1869 | Bank of Tennessee v. L. J. Mumford et al. | Hamilton | Bills of Exchange |
Brief for defendant. The brief mentions 1866 and 1869. Not clear what the true timing is. Incomplete case file. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1156 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1847 | Bank of Tennessee v. William R. D. Phipps | Wilson | Bills of Exchange |
amount of damages $1200.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 224 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1872 | Benjamin W. Bedford v. R. C. Brinkley | Shelby | Bills of Exchange |
Case involves the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad whose construction was supervised by ex-Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest's name is mentioned several times in the transcript. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 43 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1873 | Dempsey Weaver v. C. J. Selden et al. | Shelby | Bills of Exchange |
Additional Defendants: W.A.S. Ventress and Ernest Mix. Dempsey Weaver was the receiver at the Planters Bank of Tennessee. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 57 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1877 | Hugh Douglas & Co. v. R. C. Gardner, et al. | Lincoln | Bills of Exchange |
Additional plaintiffs: W. L. Pain, L. T. Armstrong, W. C. Dibrell, and A. W. Sonthworth, partners under Hugh Douglas & Company sued defendants Gardner, R. Bright, and D. C. Hall for $1000. Plaintiffs claimed the same was due then on two bills of exchange drawn by Bright in 1873 upon Gardner. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 32 | 104 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1875 | H. C. McNeill et al. v. David Bell et al. | Carroll | Bills of Exchange |
Additional plaintiffs - W. H. Wright and H. V. Sauders additional defendant - H. V. Swayne |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 44 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1845 | James A. Frierson v. Samuel B. Lee | Maury | Bills of Exchange |
Amount in dispute, $2,400.00. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 218 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1846 | Jesse Cage v. Montfort Wells et al. | Sumner | Bills of Exchange |
Additional defendants: Thomas J. Wells. Additional parties: T. Watson |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 221 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1875 | Jack Haslstead v. T. L. Bishop | Shelby | Bills of Exchange | West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 28 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1877 | James S. Hatcher et al. v. R. M. Myers & Co. | Shelby | Bills of Exchange |
Additional Plaintiff: Thomas H. Cocke (with James S. Hatcher, partners in J. S. Hatcher & Co.). |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1820 | Kirkman, Jackson, & Erwin v. Jenkins Whiteside, et al. | Davidson | Bills of Exchange |
Plaintiff is mercantile company comprised of Thomas Kirkman, Washington Jackson, & James Erwin. Defendant Jenkins Whiteside was U.S. Senator from 1809-1811. Other defendants: Thomas Yateman, Donald Fraser. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1877 | L. Levering et al. v. L. C. Norvell et al. | Shelby | Bills of Exchange |
Additional Plaintiffs: Elbridge G. Durall, William H. Keighler, William J. Boyd, John S. Wright, Ephraim P. Whitman, and Eben Wright. Additional Defendants: D. C. Boone, Margaret H. McKeon, Mary H. McKeon, John McKeon, and Mathew McKeon. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 96 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1889 | M. G. Moore, for use of State of Alabama v. Sam Tate, et al. | Shelby | Bills of Exchange |
Additional defendants: Sam Tate & Associates, including: M. J. Wicks, W. B. Greenland, J. W. Sloss of Athens, AL, M. B. Prichard of Montgomery, AL, Campbell Wallace of Atlanta, GA. |
West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 403 | 33 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1841 | Peter W. Martin v. James S. Ewing et al.. | Sumner | Bills of Exchange |
Additional defendants - George Pollard and Branham McNeill |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 206 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1847 | Planters Bank of Tennessee v. William R. D. Phipps | Wilson | Bills of Exchange |
Bill of exchange, $2,500, dated 1844. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 331 | 16 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Shelbyville Savings Bank v. B. G. Fields et al. | Bedford | Bills of Exchange |
Additional Defendants: L. P. Fields and J. B. Feeling. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 45 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | The First National Bank of Memphis v. A. S. Oldham, J. T. Fargason & R. A. Parker | Lauderdale | Bills of Exchange | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 31 | 21 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1843 | Union Bank v. Henry Newman et al. | Montgomery | Bills of Exchange |
Additional defendants - Andrew Newman, A. D. Bowan and A. J. Campion Amount 100.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 211 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1855 | Union Bank v. Thomas Clack et al. | Davidson | Bills of Exchange |
Amount of debt $3500.00 Additional defendants P. Perkins and Thomas Jones |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 252 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1843 | William Lowry, et al. v. E. R. Anderson, et al. | Sumner | Bills of Exchange |
Additional plaintiff: Hilton Humphrey. Additional defendants: Evelina A. B. Anderson, Joseph H. Peyton and George W. Parker. Amount owed: $2,475.00. |
Middle | Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1889 | W. H. Timmons v. T.W. Wrenne | Davidson | Bills of Exchange |
Wrenne was the clerk & master and receiver of the Bank of Tennessee, an insolvent corporation that left a large number of unpaid notes, bills, etc. that were worthless and uncollectible. To forbear further expense, they were sold at public auction. Timmons bought claims against Lewis & McNairy in 2 bills of exchange of $7000 and $3000. William Smith, deputy clerk, offered to buy said claims and under contract acted as middleman between both parties. Pla. Suing for title to claims and dividends. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 837 | 99 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1843 | William K. Turner v. Henry Newman | Montgomery | Bills of Exchange |
Amount due, $1,400.00. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 211 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1872 | W. O. N. Perkins, et al.v. W. S. Campbell | Williamson | Bills of Exchange |
Plaintiffs: Nicholas E. Perkins. Additional parties: R. G. Ellis |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 237 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | William L. Brown et al.v. James L. Schoolfield et al | Hamilton | Bills of Exchange |
Add. plaintiff: John Johnson. Add. defendants: Joseph Patton, John Tollett, James H. Whiteside, R. B. Brabson, J. H. Hamton, Samuel Ayers, & Philip Hutcheson. J.L. Schoolfield drew the plaintiff a bill of exchange for $2,700, but previously sued for never paying maturity on it, even though it was perceived as an informal agreement. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1180 | 100 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1877 | William P. Blair v. William M. & J. A. Gammon | Washington | Bills of Exchange |
There was a dispute regarding a bill of exchange that was executed between the two parties for $500. |
East | Range: 20 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1604 | 29 | Order A Copy |