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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
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

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