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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1882 | A. J. Winter& Co. v. Henry Ohlmacher | Warren | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 52 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1877 | Adams, Dixon & Pike v. R. C. Brinkley, et al. | Shelby | Payment for Services |
Plaintiffs are Charles M. Adams, L. V. Dixon, and L. H. Pike, DBA Adams, Dixon & Pike. Co-defendant is the Memphis & Little Rock Railway Company. Note: this case has the same docket no. as E. M. Hearn v. Samuel Mosby. The suit is for $5,300 plus interest for professional labor and services rendered at their request. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 88 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | A. D. Cabler et al. v. W. A. Hunter | Davidson | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic |
Additional Plaintiff: William Litterer of Litterer and Cabler. Debt due for services rendered. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 344 | 52 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | A. A. Swope v. B. F. C. Smith | Smith | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Plaintiff, A. A. Swope, sued defendant Smith for fees for services rendered as an attorney for the defendant in the Smith County court concerning a claim of Frank Denny against W. W. Cheek, administrator of the estate of Charles Denny, deceased. Defendant Smith had an interest in the Denny estate and enlisted the serves of A. A. Swope to represent them. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1065 | 63 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | A. M. Agelasto v. George Lunghe | Shelby | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 48 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1907 | A. M. Coleman v. Charles Lovejoy | Shelby | Payment for Services |
Lovejoy admitted to borrowing $15 from Coleman. Coleman went to Lovejoy for legal advice but thought he would not be charged because of their friendship & membership in same church. Coleman sought advice for matters that were serious, so Lovejoy spent time & effort to give proper counsel. Testimony: T. L. Bauguss, M. T. Swick, J. R. McCommons, J. E. Richards, F. L. Monteverde & J. W. Apperson. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1052 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1934 | Charles Wilburn et al. v. Karl Koch Erecting Company & A. W. Kutsche & Company | Knox | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Cause of action: Wage Dispute |
East | Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 931 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | D. D. Holman v. J. K. Johnson | Robertson | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 177 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1872 | D. Schloss & Co. & Shloss & Co. v. Duden, Freree, & Co. | Scott | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic | West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 26 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1828 | Daniel Dwyer v. Thomas Montgomery | Williamson | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Plaintiff sold defendant $500 worth of goods for which he never received payment. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 188 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Enoch Cunningham v. D. A. McGrady | Davidson | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic |
Case involves recovery of fees paid for services rendered; lien involved. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 328 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | E. M. Sims v. T. T. Levan | Grundy | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Elisha M. Sims, a physician, rendered services to defendant and his wife from 1882-1884, with a running bill of $32. Plaintiff brought suit to recover this non-payment of services. Circuit court found for defendant. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 734 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | F. W. Buttinghaus v. M. L. Bacon | Shelby | Payment for Services |
The plaintiff, an attorney, claims that the defendant consulted him about a legal matter, then retained another lawyer in the Chancery Court case concerning that matter. He is asking for payment for several consultations. Folder includes one brief. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 111 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1947 | F. W. Shepherd v. Coffey & West partnership | Scott | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Additional Cause of Action: Debt due by Lumber boughgt and not paid for. Receipts and timesheets included. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 112 | 218 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | Guild, Church & Co. v. Mrs. Mary A. McComb | Shelby | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service | West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 159 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1883 | Guadalupe Y Calvo Mining Co. v. W. T. Beaty | Shelby | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
In 1881 defendant sued to collect $5000 in pay for services rendered to the company. B. F. Fly & Robert F. Looney named as stockholders. Company based in Chihuahua, Republic of Mexico. Chartered in TN in 1878 by B. F. Fly, Robert F. Looney, Thomas P. Chambers, Robert F. Looney, Jr. & T. W. Brown. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 169 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | H. E. Carter v. Washington Life Insurance Co. | Hardeman | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic |
Incomplete case. Deposition and bill of exceptions; |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | Henry Brady v. James C. Harris | Lake | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Brady owned a saloon and grocery store in Tiptonville, TN with partner Samuel Fry, deceased. Took on Harris as partner in grocery store after Fry's death. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | H. S. Snyder v. Lookout Water Works Company | Hamilton | Payment for Services |
The dispute revolved around the amount paid to have water supplied. |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 787 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1930 | H. L. Woodard v. Haywood County | Haywood | Payment for Services |
H. L. Woodard entered into a contract with Haywood County to work the roads in the 11th Civil District of said county for the year 1928 for a sum of $1496.63 per year. Although Woodard performed his duties per the contract, the county did not pay him in full. The balance he was owned was $220.87. |
West | Range: 77 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 2037 | 72 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1859 | Henry G. Cooke v. The Masonic Education Association of Chattanooga | Hamilton | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Plaintiff filed the suit to recover $466.92 for services rendered without payment and $100 in damages for the defendant unjustly detaining this debt. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1173 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1918 | H.H. Baldwin v. H.C. Williamson, et al. | Shelby | Payment for Services |
Other defendant in case: H.C. Williamson, Jr. Cause of Action: Services refers to commissions owed to realtors for real estate sales. Exhibits: Supporting materials for depositions of H.C. Williamson, H.P. Grooms, List of Debits and Credits of land inventories of H.C. Williamson in accordance with H.H. Baldwin. Case divided into 2 folders |
West | Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1529 | 376 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | Isaac Happek v. John H. Hartley | Shelby | Payment for Services |
Filed in four folders. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 89 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1868 | James Round & Samuel Piper v. Thomas Foley, Michael Doyle | Shelby | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic | West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 3 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1875 | Jacob Weller v. George Schmalzreid | Shelby | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic |
Seeking to collect money due from provision of goods and services. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 48 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1869 | J. W. Sanders v. Wiley Fort & Mary Sullivan, admrs. of John Sullivan, dec. | Hardeman | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Plaintiff sued estate to recover $457 for goods, wares, merchandise and cotton sold to Sullivan in 1862. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 59 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | John Wynne & Co. v. W. A. Allen | Haywood | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Additional Plaintiffs: A. M. Sackett, Thomas Williams, and A. W. Pugh, all partners with Wynne under business name Wynne & Co. of Cincinnati, OH. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 67 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | James O. Pierce v. Memphis Water Co. | Shelby | Payment for Services |
Plaintiff, an attorney, brings suit against the Memphis Water Company for services rendered at the defendant's request in 1871 and still (Jan. 1876) unpaid. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 83 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | John Schimbler v. John Berhens | Davidson | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic |
payment due for services; debt; alternate spellings of Schimbler in case include Schimmler and Schimeler |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 320 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | J. C. Harte v. Jacob Barker | Maury | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Plaintiff, J. C. Harte, sued the defendant, Jacob Barker, for potatoes purchased from ___Bowles by the defendant and grown on the lands of plaintiff Harte, who had rented the lands to Bowles. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1067 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1856 | James T. Ruoff v. M. M. Gaines et al. | McMinn | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Case starts on page 5, missing earlier pages. Appears Ruoff sued Gaines et al. over defendants' failure to pay balance ($783.16) owed for corn. Defendants claim corn was slightly damaged, but Ruoff claims it was their fault for keeping corn so long in low, wet cellar. Gaines & Co. had shipped 245 sacks of the corn to Atlanta Mills who declined to received anymore due to corn's bad condition. Dispute over settling the account between Gaines and Ruoff. |
East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: Oversize Box 17 | 51 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1924 | John T. Fargason v. J. H. Jones | Shelby | Payment for Services |
Jones initially sued Fargason for non-payment on services rendered as real estate agent and broker. Jones conveyed the land to James I. Vance, W. T. Harris, and James Rennie, trustees for Memphis College, which had to be fully formed. Fargason appealed, appeal is included. 2 folders. Exhibits include oversize map, similar cases, letters, notes, etc. Map of the 100 acres offered for the Presbyterian University at Memphis located in WT OV 6. |
West | Range: 77 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1990 | 346 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | John M. Madden, et al., exe. of John Patterson, dec. v. Jesse Rogan | Sumner | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic |
Additional plaintiff: J. C. Patterson. Rogan was an African-American. Additional parties: Henry Jones, Jefferson Lewis, Henderson Tompkins, R. R. Bruce, S. F. Wilson, William Rogan, R. C. Parker, Frank Rogan, Charles Rogan, and J.R. Barsy. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 34 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | J. R. Jennings et al. v. H. C. Moore | Wilson | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic |
H. H. Delay; S. B. Grandstaff; William D. Grandstaff; J. E. S. Jennings |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 33 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | J. E. Saunders& Narcissa P. Saunders v. Granville C. Torbett | Davidson | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic |
debt for services rendered |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 320 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1922 | James R. Hedges v. William Crutchfield | Hamilton | Payment for Services |
The house in question was situated on Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 464 | 166 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1939 | J. R. Slayton v. P. E. Parker et al. | Washington | Payment for Services |
Plaintiff sued for payment for painting services rendered to Defendants. Add. Defendant: Mrs. P. E. Parker. |
East | Range: 6 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 437 | 130 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | J. M. Patton v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. | Davidson | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Plaintiff, J. M. Patton, sued the defendant for failure to pay wages of $36.85 he was due while working for the defendant as a life insurance solicitor. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 167 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1847 | James McNews v. Daniel Allen | Greene | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
$2000 for materials & wages to construct grist mill & house for defendant. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1120 | 68 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | J. J. Gill v. Victor Mills | Bedford | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Gill claims Mills purchased a large amount of wheat from him in the spring of 1886 and never paid the balance of the transaction. Mills denies ever purchasing or taking wheat from Gill. sued for the sum of $349. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 735 | 59 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1859 | John Archer v. Jonathan Murrell et al | Sullivan | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Add. defendants: Isaac O'Morrell & Jonathan Conles. Defendants are school commissioners who failed to pay the defendant for his service of teaching in a county school house. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1172 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | L. G. Martin v. W. R. Massey | Hamilton | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Debt for oxen and wagon. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 28 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1869 | L. F. Flowers v. George A. Hawkins | Obion | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic |
Payment due for cotton. Handwriting faded. L. F. Flowers for the use of A. R. Durvant. |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 3 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | Memphis City Rail Road Company, et al. v. William M. Farrington& The Memphis City Rail Road Company | Shelby | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Servic |
Farrington is sued for wages due from his four years serving as President of the Memphis City Rail Road Company. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 48 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | Michael Dea v. City of Memphis | Shelby | Payment for Services |
Dea claims payment due of $5,000 "for labor done at the request of the defendant on an account and also for twenty-three months wages due him for services at the rate of $100 per month, which remains due and unpaid." |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 88 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | Mrs. M. J. Brown, admr. v. W. L. Pryor | Henry | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Also named in case: Calvin Sweeney & D. S. Rapalge, who built the house of W. L. Pryor, Jesse A. Brown & John T. Biles. Disagreement between Brown & Pryor as to who was to pay for building a wall between their houses. Mrs. Mary J. Brown widow and admr. of Jesse A. Brown, deceased. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 158 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1847 | Mark Bacon v. The Mayor & Alderman of the Town of Jonesborough | Washington | Payment for Services |
Dispute involves $200 reward offered by Mayor & Alderman for the apprehension of Charles Smith, an 18-year old bricklayer who allegedly murdered George W. Ramsey. The ad said: "Stop the murderer! $200 Reward!!!" Bacon apprehended Smith in North Carolina & delivered him to Washington County. However, the Mayor & Alderman failed to pay Bacon the reward. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1121 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | M. C. Epperson et al. v. Shelby County | Shelby | Payment for Services |
Co-plaintiffs: R. H. Epperson and S. T. Epperson. A bad storm washed out a bridge on a busy road. At the request of a local justice the Eppersons rebuilt the bridge. The county claimed they had no contract to do so and did not pay them for their work. File includes two briefs. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 111 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | Pheelan & Goree v. R. G. Huston | Hamilton | Payment for Services |
Attorneys Pheland and Goree sought payment for services rendered. See also boxes ET 73, ET 86, ET 342. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 728 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | Polly Capshaw v. Alford B. Hathaway | DeKalb | Payment for Services |
Plaintiff demanding just and fair compensation for services she provided on the defendant's land and home, for which she was never paid. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 746 | 156 | Order A Copy |