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View Entry Buchman Bros. et al v. Henry Kruger Hamilton Debt on Account

Plaintiffs are merchants and partners who at various times between 1869 and 1870 loaned money and sold goods to defendant totaling $33,385.45. Plaintiffs allege that plaintiff has not fully paid balance on account. Additional Plaintiffs: Alexander Buchman, Joseph Buchman, Abraham Ackerland, Louis Yler, Lafayette Freeman, William R. Phillips, David O'Connell, Jos. Middleton, Joseph May, Abraham Myers, C. Bloom

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View Entry Betsey Gamble by next friend, John C. Gamble v. C. E. Shelton, et al Hamilton Fraud

Plaintiff alleged that she and her husband, defendant R.L. Gamble, were joint owners of land which defendant C.E. Shelton sought to foreclose on for payment on an unpaid note. Plaintiff alleged that note was fraudulent since she did not agree to use her house as collateral. Additional Defendant: R. L. Gamble.

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View Entry Charles Sandquist v. Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad Company, John C. Stanton, et al. Hamilton Debt

Incomplete case file. Additional defendants unknown. The plaintiff appears to be a creditor of the defendants. This bill is one of several filed concurrently by various plaintiffs against these defendants.

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View Entry H. F. R. A. Murdoch & Co., et al. v. H. L. Gaskill, exor. of James A. Whitesides, decd., et al. Hamilton Unknown

Incomplete case file. Additional parties unknown.

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View Entry J. W. Hardin, Superintendent of Public Schools, ex-parte Hamilton Incorporation

This case was a petition to incorporate Hamilton County Schools

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View Entry Jesse C. Roberson & wife v. Lewis Shepherd, et al. Hamilton Land, Sale of

Additional Defendants: Mary Carroll, Lewis Carroll. Additional documents located in ET 1229.

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View Entry J. C. Cosby v. R. P. Jones Hamilton Land, Sale of

Plaintiff filed suit to recover the residue from the sale of a tract of land sold under a previous decree of the chancery court

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View Entry Joseph W. Finley v. John Taylor, exor., et al. Hamilton Unknown

Incomplete case file. Bill of Review only. Additional parties not listed.

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View Entry J. J. Hunt v. California A. E. Hunt, et al Hamilton Estate Settlement

Defendants are heirs of Harvell C. Hunt, dec. against other heirs of Hunt to settle estate, which includes an 80 acre tract of land. Additional Defendants: Mahulda J. Hunt, William E. Hunt, Robert L. Weakley, Thos. J. Yarborough, M. L. Cartwright

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View Entry Moore & Marsh v. Mayor & Aldermen of Chattanooga Hamilton Taxation Disputes

Case related to Cause No. 831. The city government passed an ordinance that allowed them a tax of 2% for every $1 worth of taxable property. Complainants showed that the city government had not spent the taxes collected appropriately nor returned the taxes to the citizens. They further assert the city is indebted through a bond to them and refuse to pay.

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View Entry Mary A. Cooper et al. v. W. T. Cate Hamilton False Imprisonment

Additional Plaintiffs: Caroline Garrett, Nellie Williams, Jennie Ferrell, Susan Ferrell, Julia Barber, and Wat Copeland. Cooper et al. sued Cate, recorder of the City of Chattanooga for the illegally and oppressively transgressing the bounds of state laws by fining them each $7 per month or they'd be imprisoned in county jail on charge of being lewd women.

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View Entry Margaret Greenville et al. v. T. J. Carlile & wife et al. Hamilton Land, Confirmation of Ownership

This case was filed to determine the ownership of a lot of land. Plaintiff purchased land in trust through trustee J. E. McMurphy who died before deed for land was transferred to plaintiff. Plaintiff also alleged that defendant was in possession of land illegally. Additional plaintiffs: William C. McMurphy, next friend of Margaret Greenville. Additional defendants: Charles E. Greenville, and Mary, Charles, and Clara McMurphy. Additional materials located in ET 1601.

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View Entry Pique Mariner, & Hall, et al. v. Vulcan Works & Manufacturing Hamilton Debt

This is regarding the repayment of creditors by defendant. All defendant's creditors are mentioned in case. Plaintiffs are the stockholders in this case but have never received any payment Additional Plaintiffs: Unnamed stockholders. Exhibit: Handwritten account ledger.

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View Entry Perrin Kinsey for the use of & c. v. J. C. Stanton & others Hamilton Lien

Additional defendants: Alabama & Chattanooga Rail Road Co., and the executor of Ken Boyce, deceased. This case involves a mechanics lien upon the hotel and the land upon which is situated in Chattanooga knows as the Stanton House, built in 1871. The defendant is the owner of said hotel and the President of the Alabama & Chattanooga Rail Road. The original bill exhibits the contract under which the work was decreed.

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View Entry Stewart & Hart v. Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad Company, J. C. Stanton, et al. Hamilton Lien

Incomplete case file. Additional defendants unknown. This bill appears to involve a mechanic’s lien placed upon land located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is one of several filed concurrently by various plaintiffs against these defendants. Possibly related to Kinsey v. Stanton in ET 1598.

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View Entry Sidney A. P. Hodges v. W. B. Williams, et al. Hamilton Estate Dispute

Defendants: William B. Williams, C. W. Coker & wife; Charles F. Hodges, Sue Hodges, Jesse Hodges, Kate Hodges, May Hodges- all minors & without regular guardian, children of John P. Hodges, decd.; L. L. Thomasson, admr. of John P. Hodges, decd.; S. A. Key , David B. Ragsdale, P. A. McKinney- all of Hamilton Co. Land dispute, 100 acres, 16th Civil Dist., including "a fine orchard" near Walden's Ridge.

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View Entry Thomas Singleton v. T. G. Montague, et al. Hamilton Payment for Services

Additional Defendants: Xen Wheeler, W.P. Rathburn, Dudley Baldwin, and J.H. Town. Defendants hired Singleton to update and add-on to a hotel on their property in Chattanooga, formerly the Crutchfield House. Singleton sued to be paid the remainder of his contracted salary. Work began on the conversion in 1871. The defendants opened the Read House, currently(2015) a historic site in Chattanooga. Housed in 2 folders.

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View Entry V. A. Gaskill & wife Harriett, et al. v. J. P. Boyce, et al.; J. P. Boyce, et al. v. J. C. Stanton, et al.; J. P. McMillan v. J. P. Boyce, et al.; J. C. Stanton v. J. P. Boyce, et al. Hamilton Land

Additional plaintiffs and defendants listed in file. Before Harriett's marriage to Gaskill, she was made a widow and a settlement of the deceased's estate was made between Harriett and the children in 1865. An issue arose in the first case from children of V. A. Gaskill's first marriage (John B. Whiteside and others) for a large portion of real estate when a portion was conveyed to Harriett's children. Other cases are disputes over the rightful title holder to other property in conjunction with the first

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View Entry W. W. Anderson v. H. L. Whitesides, et al. Hamilton Land

Plaintiff is a merchant conducting business in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In order to secure a large debt to merchants located in Baltimore, Maryland, the plaintiff conveyed in trust to the defendant, a store of goods and a tract of land. Plaintiff complains that the conveyance was actually a mortgage and that he was entitled to any remaining money and unsold land after his debts were paid. Too many additional defendants to note, many appear to be heirs of H. L. Whiteside. Add. materials located in ET 1571.

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