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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 1879 A. Thomas & L. H. Holt v. Andrew G. Irvin et al. Williamson Default on Promissory Note

Additional Defendants: F. Carter, Carrie L. Carter, P. Owen.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 45 0 Order A Copy
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 1872 Anthony Zanone et al. v. Joseph Galina et al. Shelby Default on Promissory Note

Additional plaintiffs: John H. Zanone, Joseph A. Zanone (firm of A. Zanone & Sons). Additional defendants: Mary Galino and Felix Galino. Case includes receipted tax bills and a Writ of Possession

 West Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 56 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1882 Alfred Gardner v. James D. Jones, et al. Obion Default on Promissory Note

Additional Defendants: Sallie V. Jones, wife James D. Jones; Billie R., W. D., Sally J. and James D. Jones, children of James D. and Sallie V. Jones. James D. Jones admr.- S. Burrus, dec. S. Burrus died intestate 15 Sept. 1875 in Obion Co.

 West Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 A. J. Wisdom, exe. of Lewis Owen, dec. v. H. Whiteside Hamilton Default on Promissory Note

Wisdom filed suit against Whiteside to recover $1640.33 due to him as executor for a promissory note executed to the deceased.

 East Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1852 15 Order A Copy
View Entry 1898 Absolom Finley v. Clementine Finley et al. Shelby Default on Promissory Note

Other defendants: Verta Finley; Roy Branch Finley; Irby Young Finley. $3100 for sale of 200 acres of land.

 West Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 517 59 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 A.M. Boyd & Sons v. H. Y. Marley Shelby Default on Promissory Note

A. M. Boyd & Sons comprised of A. M., Alston & Irby Boyd. Plaintiffs sued to collect about $914.10 from defendant. Pages 1 & 2 missing from first brief.

 West Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 253 105 Order A Copy
View Entry 1896 American National Bank v. William Morrow and S. B. Luttrell Davidson Default on Promissory Note

The plaintiff bank sued the defendant Morrow, principal and Luttrell, surety for failure to repay a promissory note of $11,500 and interest.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1078 98 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 A. Federbicht & Sons v. S. M. Glass and Wife Hamilton Default on Promissory Note

Plaintiff sued for repayment of debt due by note.

 East Range: 18 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1937 119 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 A. J. Crawford et al. v. J. L. Garnett Warren Default on Promissory Note

Additional Defendants: George P. Sallie, J. P. Haley, R. A. Johnson, E. M. Porch, J. L. Waddle, George Wait, J. M. Richardson, and too many more to list. Additional Plaintiffs: Harriet H. Garnett, William White, A. H. Waddle, James K. Wesley, F. M. Smith, D. F. Wallace, Arabella Smith, Frank Spurlock. Plaintiffs were the securities on a note that two of the defendants executed to other defendants and became liable for. Plaintiffs petitioned for payment of debt.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1068 133 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 A. N. Shoun, admr. of Sarah M. Hawkins, dec. v. R. A. Hawkins Greene Default on Promissory Note

Defendant R. A. Hawkins is the sister of Sarah, the deceased. In 1869, Sarah conveyed a tract of land to the defendant for $400. The plaintiff, as administrator of her estate, claimed that $300 in promissory notes remain unpaid and are owed to her estate. Majority of case (72 of 75 pages) in ET 1891.

 East Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 749 75 Order A Copy
View Entry 1918 Alice M. Byrd v. W. B. Byrd Shelby Default on Promissory Note

the defendant wrote 6 promissory notes to the complainant for her stake in the Byrd Furniture Company. The defendant did not pay the complainant the amount of these promissory notes

 West Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1529 416 Order A Copy
View Entry 1890 Buss Machine Works v. Shepard, Mann Johnson Knox Default on Promissory Note

Buss Machine Works sued for payment of notes for woodworking machinery known as a "tenon" and sander. Exhibits include a promissory note to the plaintiff, bill of lading for the equipment, telegrams requesting delivery, and receipts of delivery.

 East Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1818 160 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 Bank of Maryville v. James S. Warren et al. Blount Default on Promissory Note

Additional Defendants: Georgia Warren, Octavia Warren, W. W. Lawrence, Phoebe J. Porter, R. W. Wood. R. A. Sterling, and John S. Lawrence. The bank sued defendants for repayment of a promissory note. They requested that Warren's property be subject to sale for repayment.

 East Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1865 129 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 Bryce Stewart v. C. W. Greenfield, et al. Montgomery Petition on Promissory Note

Additional Defendant: Nannie Greenfield.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 595 276 Order A Copy
View Entry 1853 Bank of Tennessee v. Alexander Barnes, et al. Sumner Default on Promissory Note

Other defendants: John Hampton; William Hampton; William E. Dunlap; William Soloman.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 239 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1882 B. W. Herring et al.v. James A. Moore et al Obion Default on Promissory Note

Additional Plaintiff: Pope Herring. Additional Defendant: Charles N. Gibbs.

 West Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 190 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 C. L. Wilcox v. Nathaniel Parham Montgomery Petition on Promissory Note

Parham issued a note to Wilcox in 1861. Wilcox left the neighborhood and gave the note to his son John L. Wilcox, cashier of the bank of Clarksville. Parham claimed he paid the note to C. B. Wilcox. The note itself was lost or mislaid.

 Middle Range: 37 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1166 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 Clemens Embusch v. B. F. Manlove et al. Davidson Default on Promissory Note

Additional Defendants: M. D. Sumpkins, J. H. Jordan, and G. W. Anderson.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 47 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 Childress & Martin and Samuel J. DeArmond v. J. M. Farmer et al. Roane Default on Promissory Note

Additional defendants were "presently unknown." The plaintiffs claimed the defendant was indebted to them for the sum of the value of several promissory notes. They requested that 500 acres of land owned by the defendant be subject to sale for repayment.

 East Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1847 104 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 C. Aultman & Co. v. E. D. Willis et al. Grundy Default on Promissory Note

Plaintiff, C. Aultman & Co., sued the defendants, E. D. and R. L. Willis, for payment on a note for the purchase of a thresher from the plaintiff.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1069 43 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 Cowden McCord v. Emily M. Record, et al. Marshall Petition on Promissory Note

Additional Defendants: I.[?] H. Hill, individually and as trustee of Emily M. Record, John R. Hill, John T. Hill.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 571 407 Order A Copy
View Entry 1896 C. F. and P. A. Shelton in error v. R. W. Turner, agent Davidson Default on Promissory Note

R. W Turner, agent of Mrs. A. C. Parrish, sued the plaintiffs in error for payment on 10 notes of $60 each executed to the Sheltons who were renting a stable from the defendant in error.

 Middle Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1097 21 Order A Copy
View Entry 1882 D. G. Perdue v. J. M. Rainford et al. Sumner Default on Promissory Note

Additional Defendants: Adeline Rainford and Giles R. Perdue.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1024 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 David Hassell et al.v. W. F. Blakemore et al Gibson Default on Promissory Note

Additional Plaintiffs: George Hassell, N. L. McRee & D. E. Jetton of Gibson Co. Additional Defendants: Sallie, William & James L. Blakemore, minor heirs of J. G. Blakemore, dec., all of Gibson Co.

 West Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 159 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 D. C. Haskins v. W. H. Hammond et ux. AND J. D. Varnell. exe. v. W. H. Hammond et ux. McMinn Default on Promissory Note

Plaintiff Haskins sued the defendant as his security for a $800 note executed to Joseph McCulley for money loaned to Hammond. Haskins and Varnell charged that Hammond, after accumulating many liabilities and creditors, conveyed his lands to his wife Mary to avoid his real estate being subject to liability for his debt. Plaintiff requested the court declare the conveyance fraudulent and subject the defendants property to sale for repayment of debts.

 East Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1846 255 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 Dr. R. M. Pate v. I. N. Snowden Shelby Default on Promissory Note

Dr. Pate trustee of brother Charles E. Pate, dec. Oct. or Nov. 1886. Their father dec. Oct. 1886. Constitution & laws of Knights of Honor is included.

 West Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 372 92 Order A Copy
View Entry 1872 E. W. Randolph v. John Burke Shelby Default on Promissory Note

Promissory note is overdue and payable; plaintiff is asking for full payment plus interest.

 West Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 55 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 Edith C. Whitaker v. B. F. Laird Shelby Default on Promissory Note

Defendant originally sued Whitaker on 28 Nov. 1883, trying to collect on a note in the sum of $350, given for her board & washing for 14 months. Edith Whitaker first cousin of Dr. B. F. Laird & Esther Laird. B. F. & Esther Laird children of Cordelia Laird, who is Esther Whitaker's aunt & her father's sister.

 West Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 400 101 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 Elias J. Armstrong v. Hunter Nicholson et al. Maury Default on Promissory Note

Additional Defendants: W. J. Bale and A.O.P. Nicholson.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1022 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 Ellen C. Glenn et al.v. Lucie A. Jamison, admr. of David Jamison et al. Shelby Default on Promissory Note

Additional plaintiff: R. C. Jamison. Additional defendant: Robert Jamison, son of David & Lucie Jamison. R. C. Jamison may be Robert C. Jamison, resident of Christian Co., KY. Unclear whether he is also Robert Jamison. David Jamison died 1868. Ellen C. Glenn widow of Phillip B. Glenn.

 West Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 140 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 E. E. Miller v. W. H. McMurrey, trustee, et al. Dickson Default on Promissory Note

Add. Defs: S. W. Hopkins and W. W. Craft. Plaintiff sued to recover debt on notes totaling over $1,000 that the defendants issued as Hopkins & Craft Stave Co.

 Middle Range: 37 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1219 66 Order A Copy
View Entry 1940 E. A. Wright et al. v. W. O. Couch et al. Hamilton Default on Promissory Note

Deceased: R. T. Wright. Plaintiffs seek to collect on a promissory note owed by Defendants to deceased as part of an estate settlement. Exhibits include promissory note, canceled check. Add. Plaintiffs: Ava L. Wright, S. I. Wright, E. W. Chamberlain, Helen W. Gregg, R. T. Wright, Jr., exes. of estate of R. T. Wright, dec. Add. Defendants: Zack H. Taylor, C. A. Snodgrass, Ira F. Templeton.

 East Range: 6 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 443 65 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 First National Bank of Jonesboro v. Lucinda S. Hoss, et al. Washington Default on Promissory Note

Charges include alleged usury, alleged deed irregularities, alleged survey irregularities. Hoss owned the Hoss or Greenwood Hotel in Johnson City. She secured a loan using the land around the hotel for collateral. However, she did not mean that the hotel or the land it directly sat upon was included as security. 6 folders.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1a 251 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 Fischel & Bro., et al. v. W. A. Childress, et al.& B. Beasley v. W. A. Childress, et al. Perry Default on Promissory Note

Complainant is a business firm, comprised of Morris Fischel and Julius Fischel. Additional complainants: William H. Evans, Thomas D. Fite, William Porter, J. G. Wilson. Additional defendants: W. G. Webb, John Childress, W. S. Dobbs, Milton Dobbs

 Middle Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 70 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 F. Furman et al. v. James S. McMillian et al. Giles Default on Promissory Note

Additional Complainants: F.B. McWherter, James A. Jennings, Ed Gilliam. Additional Defendants: Ann McMillian, Laurie McMillian

 Middle Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 45 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 First National Bank of South Pittsburg v. M. M. Kline et al. Marion Default on Promissory Note

Add. Defs: P. M. Cruzen (of Kline & Cruzen), and James E. Caldwell. Bank sought repayment for notes the defendants executed in 1892 for $2,500.

 East Range: 18 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 2033 15 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 First National Bank of South Pittsburg v. M. M. Kline et al. Marion Default on Promissory Note

Add. Defs: P. M. Cruzen (of Kline & Cruzen), and James E. Caldwell. Bank sought repayment for notes the defendants executed in 1892 for $2,500.

 East Range: 18 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 2033 15 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 1895 George A. & J. F. Lillie v. Park Marshall, Trustee of J. H. Allen Williamson Default on Promissory Note

Park Marshall sued the Lillies for repayment of two promissory note in the amount of $66.66 each they had defaulted on. The circuit court ruled that the Lillies repay Marshall, as trustee for Allen, $155.29 and court cost.

 Middle Range: 37 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1099 35 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 George W. St. John v. J. M. Hoss et al. Washington Default on Promissory Note

Additional Defendant: J. M. Hoss, J. H. Hoss, J. H Dosser, S. J. Kirkpatrick, W. H. Correll, C. E. Dosser, Bruff Maddox & Falker, Hustzler Bros., and Tucker, Smith & Co. The plaintiff claimed that J. M. Hoss was indebted to him for two promissory notes executed by him and J. M. Johnson in 1883 for $831 each. St. John requested that all parties provide a full accounting of the properties liable for repayment and that a levy of attachment be placed on all effects in the control of the defendant trustees.

 East Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1843 344 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 Gideon Lee et al. v. S. W. Grymes et al. Dickson Default on Promissory Note

Additional Complainants: William Gray, P. A. Lilly, J. L. Daniel, J.C. Daniel. Additional Defendants: George Lang, James Grymes.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 61 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 G. W. Robinson et al. v. J. W. Gilliland et al Gibson Default on Promissory Note

Additional Plaintiff: G. P. McAlilly. Additional Defendant: L. W. Lowry.

 West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 114 Order A Copy
View Entry 1926 George P. Fitz et al. v. J. M. Davis et al. Morgan Default on Promissory Note

Original case summary only, no additional briefs, motions, or appeals included. Add. Plaintiff: Mrs. E. P. Avent, Jr. Add. Defendants: Amy C. Davis, J. Albert Robbins.

 East Range: 6 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 403 91 Order A Copy
View Entry 1872 H. C. Cantrell et al. v. D. H. Hoover et al. Sumner Default on Promissory Note

Additional Plaintiffs: N.D. Sanders, John M. Cantrell, H.R. Roude, Paul Dismukes. Additional Defendants: Abel Hoover, C. R. Allen

 Middle Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 41 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 Hugh McCrea et al. v. Willis Dean et al. Smith Default on Promissory Note

Additional Complainants: W. H. Harris, S. M. Fite, J. A. Fite. Additional Defendants: Samuel C. Kirby, Augustus S. Locke, Jane M. Locke, Julia G. Kirby, Sophia K. Kirby.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 61 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 1882 John C. Hughes v. J. J. Lane Warren Default on Promissory Note Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 52 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1815 James Roberts v. William Sullivan et al. Smith Default on Promissory Note

Additional Defendant: William Calhoun.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 0 Order A Copy

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