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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1899 | Annie Thomas, et al. v M. Nealis | Shelby | Sale of Land/Property |
Additional defendants: Annie Thomas' children, all minors. Case heard in the Supreme Court of Tennessee. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 759 | 27 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | B. F. Murphy v. Little Rock & Memphis Railroad Company | Shelby | Loss of Property |
Plaintiff is sued for $350 reimbursement for property that was badly damaged during shipment on this railroad line and received by him under protest. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 668 | 64 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1895 | Cole Manufacturing Co. v. W. A. Collier, et al. | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional defendant: Alice T. Collier, his wife. |
West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 630 | 647 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | Edward H. Coats & Co. v. Merchants Cotton Press & Storage Co. | Shelby | Loss of Property |
The plaintiff was a firm operating out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who ordered 100 bales of cotton from the defendant, but fire destroyed it before delivery. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 314 | 264 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1890 | E. H. Coated & Co. v. Merchants Cotton Press & Storage Co. | Shelby | Loss of Property |
E.H. Coated & Co. was a firm of cotton buyers and brokers out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They were sued to recover losses involving 100 bales of cotton burned in a compress owned by the defendants, located in Memphis, Tennessee. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 512 | 32 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1913 | Edward. W. Walthall v. Mississippi Realty Co. | Shelby | Sale of Land/Property |
complainant seeking $1375 in commission for sale of land Ex A: prices of various lots in subdivision |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1322 | 116 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1889 | Eleanor Rossell v. M. Yates | Shelby | Lease of Property |
Complainant's name also spelled "Rozzell." Court ruled that complainant had no right to demand the renewal of a lease that expired in 1883. Defendant was also awarded any damages resulting from the suit. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 492 | 73 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1892 | Flora Caruthers v. G. H. Denison & wife | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property | West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 351 | 110 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1910 | Fred DeJan v. Robert E. Wood | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property |
The defendant was step-son to the plaintiff, who inherited property from his mother, Elizabeth Wood. |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1201 | 245 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1897 | George H. Glascock & Co., a firm composed of George H. Glascock& H. W. Bryson v. P. P. Van Vleet | Shelby | Sale of Land/Property |
Real estate agents Glascock & Bryson accused defendant of reneging on a spoken agreement to purchase a piece of Memphis property. They further accused Van Vleet of agreeing to purchase the property through another agency for a lower price, depriving the complainants of their sale commission. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 582 | 311 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1895 | Henry Shepard& wife Susan Shepard v. James Carlin, et al. | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional defendants: Jonas Cole, Samuel Harvey, Rosa Lee, Wesley Green and wife Harriet Green. Recovery of costs also. |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 460 | 106 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1915 | Ike Danheiser v. Germania Savings Bank& Trust Co. | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property |
Ike Danheiser is attempting to recover money and property that was left to him in a will by his wife, Lena Danheiser. |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1459 | 88 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1912 | J. E. Ingram v. St. Louis& San Francisco Railroad Company | Shelby | Loss of Property |
Loss of furniture. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 908 | 55 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1918 | J. A. Taylor et al. v. Taylor Nightingale | Shelby | Obstruction of Property |
Additional complainants: Wyatt Pope, H. C. Chun, Trustees Taylor Nightingale has by force prevented the use of the Beale Avenue Baptist Church as a school and a Baptist Church. Under such conditions the property is liable to revert to the donors, The American Missionary Society of New York. |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1574 | 28 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1908 | Kansas City, Memphis,& Birmingham Railroad Company v. Tupelo Compress Company, et al | Shelby | Loss of Property |
The parties dispute who is liable and responsible for the loss of cotton. |
West | Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 969 | 152 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1903 | Leonora W. Shelley et al. v. Mrs. Florence Ruth Williamson et al | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional plaintiffs: Wm. Francis Shelley, Wm. Williamson Shelley, Irene Francis Shelley, Dolly Shelley who brings suit by Wm. Francis Shelley as next friend. Additional defendants: James Monroe Williamson, Florence Ruth Williamson. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 876 | 55 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1903 | Milburn Wagon Company v. Woods-Chickasaw Manufacturing Company, et al. | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property |
Other defendants: T. B. Caldwell. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 885 | 132 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1868 | Mary L. Vanderville, admr. of J. T. Persons, dec. v. Francis M. Cash, admr. of J. L. Bolton, dec. | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property | West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 4 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1879 | Michael Cooney et al. v. Francis Baird | Shelby | Sale of Land/Property |
Additional Plaintiff: Bridget Cooney (wife). The defendant was executor of Joseph Wright, dec. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 135 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Meredith Yates v. Parker C. Evans | Shelby | Lease of Property | West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 24 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1884 | Michael Cooney et al. v. City of Memphis | Shelby | Lease of Property |
Additional Plaintiff: Bridget Cooney (wife of Michael). |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 250 | 187 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1877 | Pierre Duprey v. John Gorman et al. | Shelby | Sale of Land/Property |
Additional Defendants: James Nolen and Hannah Norton |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 106 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1901 | P. M. Winters, et al. v. Mary J. Hainer, et al. | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional plaintiffs: minor children of P. M. Winters. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 768 | 25 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | Robert Sumpter Ryther, et al. v. George W. Blackwell, et al. | Shelby | Sale of Land/Property |
Other plaintiffs: George Edward Ryther; Lady May Ryther; Newton Dempsey Ryther. Other defendants: R. W. Mitchell; R. B. Maury; W. E. Hoshall; G. H. McDavitt; George B. Malone; S. E McLure; L. D. Langley; L. B. Eaton. Case date 1903, but briefs with case dated 1904. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 885 | 212 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1891 | R. B. Jones v. First National Bank | Shelby | Conversion of Property | West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 321 | 77 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1897 | Rebecca Davis, admr., of M. Davis, dec. v. M. Lewis | Shelby | Loss of Property | West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 515 | 124 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1879 | Sarah A. Williams v. Martha D. Whitmore | Shelby | Sale of Land/Property |
The plaintiff was administratrix to Joseph P. Williams, dec.; the firm of Harris & Pillow was also involved in these transactions (former Confederate general Gideon J. Pillow being one of the partners). |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 135 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | State National Bank of Memphis v. Henry L. Douglass et al | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional defendants: B. B. Barnes, W. J. Chase, B. F. Haskins, Mrs. Lucy A. Douglass, John E. Douglass, J. D. Robinson, James H. Malone, Jake Butler, [blank] Henderson, and Mrs. Carrie Little. Complainant sues to recover property including a steam engine and boiler, a grist mill, a gin stand, and two mules. Briefs housed in separate folder from case file. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 214 | 409 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1884 | Sylvia D'Arusmant v. L. B. Coghill | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 253 | 61 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1908 | S. Lebovitz v. W. B. Rogers | Shelby | Lease of Property |
The property in question was on Jefferson Street in Memphis. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 931 | 76 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1902 | Thomas Hicks v. W. D. Dunn | Shelby | Sale of Land/Property | West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 912 | 70 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1883 | W. A. Wheatley v. The Taxing District of Shelby County | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 231 | 79 | Order A Copy |