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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1855 | Allen Jones v. Hannah Jones, et al. | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Jasper Anderson and Joseph Healdenfield. File also includes a contested will. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1857 | A. Morrisson v. W. P. Roberts | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Roberts claims that Morrisson intentionally misrepresented his position as superintendent. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 253 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Alfred C.W. White, admr. of Archibald White, dec. v. Wesley Burge | Giles | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 277 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1856 | Alpha Young v. Adam Butler et al. | Warren | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: John James and A. Wheless. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 265 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1859 | Alfred Bone & R. A. Youngblood v. J. G. Parris& Isaac Gunter | Cannon | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 271 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1858 | Andrew J. Polk et al. v. Thomas E. Wilson | Maury | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Lucing Polk, John Frierson, and Lionel Hawking. Plaintiffs are appealing the charge. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 285 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1861 | Andrew J. McCord v. Adam G. Adams et al. | Maury | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Felix Abbey, Thomas Gibson, and Robert Throne. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1861 | A. Kline v. Elisha Long | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1861 | Abbey Gibson& Co. v. Andrew J. McCord | Maury | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Adam Adam, Felix Abbey, and Thomas Gibson. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1861 | Arkey Y. Partee et al. v. Union Bank | Maury | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: Thomas Witherspoon. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1859 | Alexander Fall & George W. Cunningham v. Zachfield Martin& John Y. Roper | Macon | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 289 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1859 | Asa L. Stamps et al. v. Willis W. Wilhoite | Bedford | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: John McGhee and Hugh Jones. Plaintiffs are appealing the charge. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 289 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1860 | Alexander Lowe et al. v. John Thompson | Cheatham | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: W. J. Gant, R. J. Gant, and J. G. Gant. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 297 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1859 | Absolom Masley et al. v. Hugh Douglass et al. | Bedford | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Benjamin Masley and Robert Masley. Additional Defendant: Byrd Douglass |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 289 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Alfred M. Harrison v. J. W. Moore | Maury | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 285 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1860 | Allen Wallace v. B. Featherston, et al. | Bedford | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Farwick Frazier, John Norville, John Newbill, and Richard Cardwell. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1866 | Alexander M. Dougal & wife v. Julius C. Wade et al. | Rutherford | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Eleanor Dougal. Additional Defendants: Ozius H. Wade, William Wade, Charles R. Wade, Elizabeth C. Wade, John Wade, William B. Hollowell, Sarah Hollowell, Joseph B. Jonhs, Margaret Johns, Sarah C. Wade, Lewis Wade, James Williamson, Robert Williamson, S. A. C. Williamson. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 317 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1866 | Andrew M. Wilson v. John Cox& R. W. Pillow | Giles | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1866 | A. C. Cobbs v. Elizabeth C. Cobbs et al. | Giles | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Andrew Alernatly, John Woldridge, Jesse Cobbs, Margaret Cobbs, Alison Cobbs, William Lainer, and Meredith Connelly. Case also includes a contested will. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 38 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1846 | Asaph Allsup v. Charles Dement & Hiram A. Drennen | Rutherford | Debt Dispute |
The parties bet and waggerd over the Presidential elections on October 31, 1844, between James K. Polk and Henry Clay. The plaintiff bet and waggered a gray mare. There appeared to be a dispute over who won the election depending on the electoral votes. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: Oversize 1 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1812 | A. L. Campbell v. John Seahorn | Jefferson | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 49 | 19 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1820 | Adam Meek v. J. Perriman | Jefferson | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 36 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1819 | Augustine Jenkins v. Elizabeth Gilliand | Cocke | Land and Title Dispute |
Deposition only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 61 | 6 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1849 | A. E. Jackson v. C. H. Gillespie, et al. | Carter | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendant: N. G. Taylor. Others involved: E. E. C. Gillespie, C. R. Gillespie, and [?] G. Taylor Case file is incomplete. Index included. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 67 | 253 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1833 | Abraham Demoss v. John Hamilton | Humphreys | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 | 31 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1841 | Archibald Hatchett v. George A. Sublett | Rutherford | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 380 | 6 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1860 | A. G. Peace, et al. v. Methodist Episcopal Church South, et al. | Monroe | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: J. H. Bruner and Carroll Long. Additional Defendants: J. Q. Wright and A. H. King. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 75 | 35 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1922 | American National Bank v. E. H. Murray, et al. | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Although case was collected with the Eastern Division, it lists a Middle Tennessee County of origin. Case file is incomplete; brief only. Possibly related to case file in MT 442. Also included in ET OV 4 is an oversize account ledger dating 1909-1912. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1947 | A. C. Jenkins Motor Co. v. J. C. Franks by next friend J. T. Franks | Blount | Property Dispute |
Dispute involves the title to a car. |
East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 155 | 154 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1891 | Alston Boyd v. Vanderbilt Mutual Insurance Company | Shelby | Insurance Disputes | West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 326 | 91 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1892 | A. J. Tays exe. et al.v. R. A. Tays et al | McNairy | Estate Dispute |
Additional parties: Calvin Tays dec., Mary E. Coputon, James Coputon, Margurite M. Attins, J. E. Attins, J. P. Tays, Martha C. Blair, John Blair, J. C. Tays, |
West | Range: 83 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 340 | 324 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1888 | A. P. Thompson, admr. v. Widow, Heirs, and Creditors of George W. Sexton, dec. | Hamilton | Estate Dispute |
Case involved a dispute over the estate of one George W. Sexton, deceased. Parties mentioned: Maggie Steith, George's widow, J.C. Steith, her new husband, Caroline Camp (Sexton's sister), and Alonzo Pickard (Sexton's half brother) |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1836 | 82 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1888 | A. H. Stratmann v. H. E. Andrews | Shelby | Deed Dispute |
Several pages are missing. |
West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 414 | 71 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1889 | A. S. McGhee, trustee v. J. E. Edwards& Company | Shelby | Property Dispute | West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 442 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1896 | Alston Boyd & L. B. Eaton v. J. L. McCauley for use of Planters Oil Mill Company | Shelby | Taxation Disputes | West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 470 | 20 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1897 | A. C. Flanigan & J. W. Flanigan v. Oliver-Finnie Grocery Co. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
The case began as Debt due on Account; the issue concerns whether a wife's separate estate can be billed for a debt. Folder includes two legal briefs. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 524 | 29 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1898 | Amanda F. Johnson v. Isadore Johnson, admr. for Ross Wood | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Dispute over the estate of Louisa J. Hardwick. |
West | Range: 82 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 652 | 73 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1900 | Allan C. Johnson, admr., of estate of John J. Thomason, dec. v. First National Bank of Gatesville, Texas | Weakley | Debt Dispute |
Bank charged Thomason's estate with owing on a note of $642.00. The county court agreed & ordered the estate to pay the note with 10% interest. Case then appealed to Weakley Co. Circuit Court. Thomason countered saying the statute of limitations had run out. Substantial depositions given by A. R. Williams and H. B. Cardwell. |
West | Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 679 | 57 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1899 | Annie G. Steele v. Endowment Bank Knights of Pythias | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Includes medical examiners certificate concluding J. K. Steel, deceased and plaintiff's husband in good health and therefore recommending membership to the order. J. K. Steel had $3,000.00 insurance policy through defendant. Upon his death widow would receive policy if he was in good standing. Also see WT Box 810 |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 806 | 129 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1902 | Annie G. Steele v. Endowment Rank Knights of Pythias | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Two briefs only - no case file. Claimant is asking that her late husband's death benefits be paid to her as his survivor; the defendant claims that Mr. Steele violated the terms of the policy, which says it will not pay if death is caused by drugs, alcohol, or suicide. Also see WT Box 806 |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 810 | 47 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1938 | Alice Houston v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association | Cumberland | Insurance Disputes |
Deceased: Marschel H. Houston. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 721 | 201 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1902 | A. W. Dodson v. P. J. Drake, et al. | Perry | Deed Dispute |
Additional defendant: Daniel Starbuck. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 861 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1827 | Arthur L. Campbell v. John Wallens | Claiborne | Lease Dispute | East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 684 | 55 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1935 | Aetna Life Insurance Company v. J. Clarence Willis | Monroe | Insurance Disputes |
Willis worked for American Textile Woolen Co. and was insured by Aetna under a group policy. He became permanently injured in April 1932. Aetna refused to pay for his disability. Willis's original policy was submitted as evidence & is filed with case. |
East | Range: 8 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 850 | 71 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | Anderson Green & Company v. Z. T. Belew & W. T. Buslz | Lawrence | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: R. H. Rose and B. M. Grimmelt. Plaintiff stated they were unpaid for services rendered to the defendants. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 789 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1859 | Alfred King v. Samuel S. Finley | Hamilton | Debt Dispute |
Includes appeal. An 1857 suit, King v. Finley, saw a judgment against defendant for $257. Defendant claimed that he was only the security of James Rojers, while plaintiff questions that he was a principal on the note in question, co-owner of the debt. Note: 1857 suit was Alfred King v. James Rogers, S.S. Finley & A.W. Moore |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1141 | 47 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1860 | Allen McCoy v. Christian Heffner | Union | Debt Dispute |
Plaintiff filed suit against defendant who won an earlier judgment against him for the sum of $35. The parties are sued over payment of a note, and the Circuit Court found for the plaintiff, as the delivery of a note by payee does not assign liability. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1139 | 33 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1869 | A. A. Hyde v. A. J. Trewhitt | Hamilton | Election Dispute |
The plaintiff is contesting the election of the defendant to District Attorney. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1191 | 27 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1916 | Arkansas & Memphis Railway Bridge & Terminal Company v. North America Realty Company of Milwaukee, Wis, et al | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Add. defendants: Erwin C. Uihlein, individually & Erwin C. Uihlein, Trustee. |
West | Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1534 | 192 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1864 | Alex Stuart v. Joseph Hill | Cocke | Debt Dispute |
The plaintiff claims that the defendant owes him money and that this money must be of the "currency of the country" and not in confederate notes. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1203 | 14 | Order A Copy |