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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1880 | Augusta Manufacturing Co. v. W. M. Vertress | Davidson | Recovery of Land/Property | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 60 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1892 | A. M. Mason v. J. H. Flippin & Co. & W. S. Am. Security | Fayette | Recovery of Land/Property | West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 527 | 34 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1878 | A. C. Lee et al. v. Rufus W. Allen | Jackson | Recovery of Land/Property |
Plaintiffs seeks to recover land that was purchased by Defendant using confederate money, but whose value was not set until after said currency ceased to be of any value. Deceased: John Lee. Add. Plaintiffs: Adaline Lee Curry, Lee M. Allen, David Allen, Polly Allen, Columbus Allen, John W. Lee, Hessie Lee, W. R. Lee, Asa T. Lee. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 512 | 215 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | Andrew J. Binkley, et al. v. John Fuqua, et al. | Robertson | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional plaintiffs: Joanna Hale, B. W. Hale, Amanda Green, W. H. Green, Catherine Binkley, Joseph W. Binkley. Additional defendants: H. C. Frey, Matt Morris. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 508 | 200 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Alfred Sharp, et al. v. Oswald Sharp Heirs | Knox | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional plaintiffs: Riley Ramsey, David De Armond. Property lines in dispute from an early land grant. See related ejectment case, Oswald Sharp Heirs v Riley Ramsey in ET 1960. |
East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1049 | 287 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1868 | B. H. Boone v. J. G. Byrns, admr. of W. B. Porter, dec. | Robertson | Recovery of Land/Property |
Incomplete: briefs only. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 74 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | B. Lowenstein & Brothers v. Blum Brothers | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property |
Firm of B. Lowenstein & Bros.: A. L. Bernard; Elias Lowenstein. Firm of Blum Bros.: Isaac, Gabriel, & Ralph Blum. |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 636 | 153 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1945 | Brown Crinkley v. George W. Adkisson | Roane | Recovery of Land/Property | East | Range: 7 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 518 | 115 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1904 | Berta M. Garrett v. A. S. Teater & M. J. Futhey | Tipton | Recovery of Land/Property |
Case incomplete. Only an Opinion present. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 891 | 5 | 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 | 1940 | Clara Neidhardt Williamson v. Hamilton National Bank of Chattanooga, et al. | Hamilton | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional Defendants: Emelie N. Crabtree, Charlotte C. Reynolds, Dorothy Crabtree, Carl R. Neidhardt, Barbara Neidhardt. Exhibits: trust agreement, letters, memorandum of agreement, correspondence, trust agreement, copy of divorce bill. Cause of Action: Complainant filed bill to declare void and set aside a Trust agreement executed by her and to recover all of the property set out therein, on the ground of undue influence and fraud. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 612 | 523 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1925 | Citizens Bank v. Mercantile Bank & Trust Co., et al. | Dyer | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional defendants: A.W. Jones, W.T. Crisswell, J.E. Manley, and N.W. Calcutt. This case involved the repeated selling and shifting ownership of two mules. The Citizens Bank sued to claim ownership and immediate possession of the mules. Plaintiff claims it was the holder of the initial note and held title over the property, and any later titles created are and void. |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1786 | 91 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | David Macon, admr., of W. A. Macon v. T. J. Hudson | Hardeman | Recovery of Land/Property |
Attorney for the Plaintiff: A. M. Lambert, Jr. Attorneys for the Defendant: J. and F. Fentress. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 48 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | Diehl & Lord et al. v. E. Ottenville | Davidson | Recovery of Land/Property |
Dispute over the recovery of quantities of beer, bottles, and boxes. Both Plaintiff and Defendant produced beer in Nashville. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 496 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | D. F. Sawyer& wife v. T. C. Gordon | Dyer | Recovery of Land/Property |
Defendant's brief only. Issue involves the sheriff's sale of property to which complainants claim to have a life estate. They are asking that the land be returned to them as a homestead. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 997 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1946 | Doyle Gibson et al. v. Murphy Schular | Sevier | Recovery of Land/Property |
Plaintiffs seek to recover logs removed from their property by Defendant. Add. Plaintiff: Ruby Gibson. |
East | Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 545 | 287 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | David B. Harris, trustee, et al. v. H. M. Wade Manufacturing Company, et al | Sullivan | Recovery of Land/Property |
Plaintiff sold a property in trust, building that occupied property was used in a banking business to Union Securities Corporation. This case is regarding the ownership of banking fixtures that were in the property and sold by the plaintiff. Additional Plaintiffs: Tristram T. Hyde, Jr, State-Planters Bank and Trust Co. Additional Defendants: E. Thomas Sproles, Jr., H.C. Masengill, E. Hill Smith. Exhibits: Photographs of bank fixtures, trust deed, oversized map of bank. Map in ET Oversize 21. |
East | Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1548 | 258 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | E. G. Davidson v. Martha E. Green, exe. of M. L. Haley | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property |
Debts of the estate of M. L. Haley. |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 9 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1906 | E. P. Hays & wife, D. C. Hayes v. H. B. Stubblefield, et al. | Perry | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional defendants are not named in these documents. |
West | Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 987 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Elenora Ivie v. William D. Blakemon | Gibson | Recovery of Land/Property | West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 77 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1896 | First National Bank of Chattanooga v. Chattanooga Woodsplit Pulley Company | Hamilton | Recovery of Land/Property |
Case of misunderstanding the nature of collateral given. Mr. W.A. Willingham accepted a promissory note he thought was secured by machinery. Machinery was repossessed & possibly damaged, & resold. Case seeks to recover the machinery, & settle ownership. The third parties said they owned the machinery outright and were not part of any settlement or equity disputes. Additional brief in ET Box 1067. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 6a | 6 | 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 | 1873 | Frederick Pfunfert v. B. Rocco et al. | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional defendants: Nathan Brothers and Company |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 3 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1944 | Georgia Showcase Co. v. Max Friedman | Knox | Recovery of Land/Property |
Origin of recovery: unpaid promissory notes. Exhibits include blueprints, promissory notes & copies, case documents, correspondences, itemized order sheet. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 585 | 407 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | George W. Clement v. T. H. Lewis | Gibson | Recovery of Land/Property |
Case deals with claim against the United States government for property destroyed by the Federal forces during the Civil War. Property that was destroyed belonged to Caleb R. Clement, deceased. His daughter and heir Rebecca Clement, deceased, was married to defendant, T. H. Lewis. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 811 | 131 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | Griffin v. Haines | Recovery of Land/Property |
Opinion only. Griffin sued Haines to redeem a tract of land of his sold under execution and bought by Haines. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1224 | 7 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1878 | George W. Bramer v. M. Oglivie | Williamson | Recovery of Land/Property |
Witnesses included Joseph A. Mabry, W.H. Jackson, F.M. Woodall, Napoleon B. Cheatham, W.G. Harding. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 46 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1882 | George Wooldridge et al.v. A. M. Boyd | Obion | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional Plaintiffs: W. H., Joseph, Nannie R (or K), Sallie L. Woolbridge; Lou A. (Wooldridge) Reeds, wife E. C. Reeds; Bettie M. (Wooldridge) Thomas, wife G. W. Thomas; S. R. (Wooldridge) Burkliff, wife R. W. Burkliff. All plaintiffs children of W. F. Wooldridge, who died intestate In Fulton Co., KY in 1880. Plaintiffs residents of KY. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 190 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1869 | Harriet Horan v. Anton Schmidt | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property |
Writ of Error |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 7 | 0 | 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 | 1898 | Henry M. Turnage v. Thomas R. Kinton & N. B. McCormick | Tipton | Recovery of Land/Property |
Plaintiff Turnage clamed that the defendants had a tract of land surveyed and entered a deed in the Tipton County court house that was actually part of an 1873 acre tract already owned by the Plaintiff. Land was in the 5th Civil District. Housed in 2 folders. Condition of materials is very poor. Handle with extreme caution. Extensive water damage to pages. |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 652 | 500 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | H. W. Stockley v. W. A. Cissna et al. | Tipton | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional Defendants: R. Gibson (of Arkansas) and Muncie Pulp Company (of Indiana). Case involves two tracts of land in Tipton County owned by the plaintiff. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 934 | 282 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1947 | Hobert Sloan et al. v. A. H. Thompson et al. | Knox | Recovery of Land/Property |
Plaintiff trying to recover an automobile owned by him and possessed (and damaged) by Defendants. Exhibits include correspondences, repair bills, wiring schematic, bill of sale. Add. Plaintiff: Employers Fire Insurance Co. Add. Defendants: Charlie Thompson, Ben Thompson, Burlington Garage. |
East | Range: 7 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 571 | 279 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1913 | Henderson Wade Hampton et al. v. Ty Hulsa | Madison | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional plaintiffs: Mary Butler, John Butler, Fannie Butler, Dave Butler, Ellen Reid, and Charles Reid. Cause of action: recovery of sixty nine acres of land in the 8th civil district of Madison County. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1309 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1937 | Henry Fetzer, et al. v. Nashville Tie Company | Morgan | Recovery of Land/Property |
Action brought by Fetzer, Harold V. Joannes, John A. Jones, and S. H. Jones, to recover land and amount due for cut timber. Ex. A is hand-drawn map showing Canter land tracts, Sims tract, D. L. Cooper land, and timber cut line. Noted are Land Entries 1962, 1201, 2453, 2841, and 1933. Ex. B, Land Entry 1962/Grant 21881, highlights Mitchell Joannes & Fetzer tract. Oversize ET 16 |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1114 | 170 | 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 | 1869 | John D. James, et al. v. The Ocoee Bank, et al. | Davidson | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional plaintiff: R. A. Barnes, G. W. Hitchings. Additional defendants: William P. Crippen C. M. Donaldson. Crippen originally recovered a judgment from plaintiffs for $5080 concerning 250 acres of land in said county. Also mentions James' enslaved people. See also Ocoee Bank v. John D. James, Knox Co., 1861 (box ET 1193). |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 17a | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1817 | John D. Terrell v. Nathan F. Rogers et al. | Davidson | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional Defendants: Daniel Phillips, Samuel Hobbs. Complainant seeks to recover 261 barrels of salt, which the Defendants allegedly failed to deliver. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | J. S. Day & W. P. Proudfit v. W. P. Williams, admr. of C.H. Medlin, dec., et al. | Crockett | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional defendants: William Evans, M. W. and B. H. Medlin, and Doak Williams and wife, Adelaide Williams. B. H. Medlin, M. W. Medlin and Adelaide Williams heirs at law of C. H. Medlin who died 15 Dec. 1877. Case incomplete. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 114 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | J. B. Thomas et al. v. N. N. Northcrop et al. | Gibson | Recovery of Land/Property |
Other plaintiff: James S. F. Thomas. The Thomas's are brothers who were willed some land and later sold it to Northcrop, who subdivided it and sold it to a number of buyers (the other defendants). However, Northcrop was not able to pay the Thomas's because the people he sold the property to did not pay him. The brothers are seeking to have the land returned to them in lieu of some subsequent payment. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 157 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | Joseph E. Swass v. M. V. Parcell et al. | Hancock | Recovery of Land/Property |
Incomplete case. Brief of defendant only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1081 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1916 | J. R. Newbern et al.v. W. B. Booker et al | Haywood | Recovery of Land/Property |
tract of 219 acres belonging to Annie H. Newbern and establishing a boundary line; bill dismissed then appealed; additional defendants: J. W. Moses and wife, R. A. Kirby, Jim Kirby, W. B. Booker and wife |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1504 | 1278 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | J. H. Witt, Agent for C. P. Gordon v. H. P. Fowlkes | Williamson | Recovery of Land/Property | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 41 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1888 | J. W. Madden v. W. D. Cannon, W. S. W. Montgomery | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property |
See WT Box 354. Appeal, recovery of two bales of cotton by W. S. W. Montgomery. |
West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 405 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Jane Doss by next friend v. W. L. Doss and John Swaffer | McMinn | Recovery of Land/Property |
W. L. Doss owned a tract of land and conveyed land to Swaffer. Jane, Doss’s wife, would not sign the contract and it was never registered in the Register’s office. Doss moved the family to a poorer farm against Jane's wishes and she later filed suit to recover the land from Swaffer. Next friend Thomas L. Dixon. 90 pages in ET1940 |
East | Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1891 | 119 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1947 | Joseph Weaver v. Trula Stiner et al | Knox | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional Defendants: [?] Stiner, Herbert Barker and wife, Nell Barker. Exhibits include: Deed of Conveyance "J. H. Mynatt to B. Demarcus, J. Baley and Dr. W. Rogers," bills of conveyance, warranty deeds, plat maps. |
East | Range: 6 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 464 | 169 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | J. E. Powers et al.v. J. H. & W. T. Nunn | Crockett | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional defendants: L. H. Gibbons and wife Ida Gibbons, D. A. Harwell and wife Z. J. Harwell, J. T. Heath and wife H. W. Heath and Sallie Powers and infant who sues by her next friend , J. E. Powers, J. H. Kirby and wife Callie Kirby and Mrs. L. P. Galeher. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 938 | 200 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | J. G. M. Ramsey v. Thomas C. Brabson | Knox | Recovery of Land/Property |
[J. G. M. Ramsey] Regards recovery of a walnut tree and adjacent land used to operate a ferry across the Tennessee River. Margaret C. Brabson named as administratrix. See (79) additional pages in ET 1985. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 74 | 84 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | John P. Fuller, et al. v. Hamilton County | Hamilton | Recovery of Land/Property |
Defendants: John P. Fuller of Birmingham, Ala.; James H. Fuller, Simeon Fuller- both of Putnam Co., Georgia. All heirs of Simeon Fuller, Jr., decd. 1846, who partnered with Moses Presley in an earlier land deal with county. Seeking recovery of ½ interest of lots 42 & 44 on Walnut St., Chattanooga. Conveyance on properties made in 1839 by commissioners of Chattanooga for consideration of $1,170, by warranty deed, to Simeon Fuller, Jr. & Moses Presley jointly. |
East | Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1725 | 132 | Order A Copy |