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View Entry | Annie M. Slattery v. A. Lea | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | A. B. Hart, et al. v. Franklin Fire Insurance Co. | Lauderdale | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Addtl pltf: Lillian Hart. A tenant house owned by pltfs. near Halls, TN burned on Jan. 17, 1929. Despite having a valid and up-to-date policy, dfnts. refused to pay out insurance claim. Ex. mat: ins. policies, return receipts, telegrams, letters, etc. |
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View Entry | Alston Winbush v. John Conner, Jr. | Lauderdale | Contract for Labor and Materials | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | B. S. Duggan v. Phillip Kissell | Lauderdale | Contract for Labor and Materials |
Kissell a resident of Arkansas; made a contract with defendant to make a share crop on defendant's land in the 9th civil district; defendant would furnish land and supplies and board; defendant did not carry out contract and did not protect the crops |
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View Entry | Charles Hines et al. v. W. D. Ray, exe. et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: J. R. Lewis, W. F. Summers, W. W. Craig, as executor. Defendants: Will Howard; Citizens, Bank of Oseola, Arkansas, Minnie M. Long, W. D. Ray, individually and as executor. Case concerns J. H. Long, deceased. |
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View Entry | Corporation of Ripley v. Jim West | Lauderdale | Assault and Battery | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | E. A. Holmes & Co, et al. v. Home Insurance Company | Lauderdale | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Plaintiffs: E. A. Holmes & Co., a partnership comprised of E. A. Holmes and John A. Holmes; the Ripley Bank. |
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View Entry | F. M. Freeman& William D. Alexander v. P. N. Conner, admr. of J. L. Alston | Lauderdale | Contract Dispute and Damages | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | F. M. Watson v. Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans Railroad Company | Lauderdale | Injury and Damages | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | F. L. Aiken v. Chicago Mill & Lumber Co. | Lauderdale | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Plaintiff was under contract to sell logs to the defendant company. He says he delivered the logs as contracted and is sued for payment. |
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View Entry | G. W. Dillahunty v. John Connor Jr., et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Other defendants: William Moore; Jacob S. McFerren; C. H. Moore. |
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View Entry | G. E. Cates, et al. v. Fidelity-Phoenix Fire Insurance Co. | Lauderdale | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Addtl pltfs: R. J. Moore and Gates Banking & Trust Co. Pltf's store and goods were destroyed by an accidental fire, yet the insurance company refused to pay on policy. |
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View Entry | I. P. West, et. al. v. Aetna Insurance Co., et. al. | Lauderdale | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Additional plaintiffs: W. G. L. Rice, E. M. Rice. Additional defendants: F. A. Henry & Co., S. N. Anthony. Plaintiffs claimed they had purchased insurance to cover their hay, but after a fire occurred that destroyed their hay insurance would not pay for the loss. Amount of loss was $800. Hay was stored in a barn owned by the plaintiffs on a farm known as the McKinney Farm, located on the Jefferson Davis Highway just outside of Ripley, TN. Includes printed "Brief on Behalf of Aetna". 2 folders. |
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View Entry | Joshua T. Mitchell v. William A. Webb | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Mitchell sold Webb a tract of land on credit. Mitchell made a title bond, to be delivered upon completion of payment by Webb. Webb hasn't fully paid, so Mitchell still claims title to the land. Webb won't pay and Mitchell wants the rest of his money. 2 folders. |
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View Entry | James H. Thurman v. Robert F. Chambers et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Thomas R. , John W, Martha A. & Elizabeth Chambers, James T. Ward and wife Lucinda (Chambers) Ward, Martha J. (Chambers) Quinn, & Sarah J. Watson. Defendants children of James Henry Chambers, died April 7, 1875. Sarah J. Watson died 187(?). Exact year not given. |
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View Entry | John Conner Jr. v. the Hartford Fire Insurance Company | Lauderdale | Insurance Claims and Policies | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | James C. Marley v. W. H. Foster et ux. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Plaintiff claims to own half of undivided interest in a 416 acres track of land lying in the Mississippi River Bottom known as Ammons land. |
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View Entry | J. E. Pierson, admr. of R. M. Cousar, dec., et al. v. John Connor Sr. | Lauderdale | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Other plaintiffs: Heber J. May. |
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View Entry | J. Y. West, et al. v. Gaar, Scott, & Co. | Lauderdale | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Plaintiffs: J. Y. West, I. P. West, Jr. of Lauderdale Co. Defendants: Garr, Scott & Co., a corporation organized under laws of Indiana, Rufus Campbell, agent; J. W. Watkins, agent. Company retails engine, sawmill, and kindred machinery. Business dispute over three notes borrowed on account, also complaints that machinery failed to function properly. |
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View Entry | John Buckner v. State | Lauderdale | Assault and Battery |
Victim: Roy Buckner, the son of John Buckner. |
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View Entry | J. B. Lawrence, et al. v. Mrs. Kate Wilson, et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
2 folders. Additional plaintiffs: Mary D. Lawrence (wife of J. B.), Mrs. Sallie A. Lawrence (mother of J. B. and widow of J. L. Lawrence). Wilson has land adjoining land owned by the Lawrence's. She has placed a wire fence up and it encloses some of the Lawrence's' property in with hers. |
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View Entry | James Soward v. James Sawyer | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Plaintiff is noted as being "colored", a former slave, married, and having 13 children. Dispute was over language in original Title Bond when plaintiff purchased property from the defendant. |
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View Entry | J. I. Rainey v. Illinois Central Railroad Company | Lauderdale | Injury and Damages |
The plaintiff was a flagman for the IC RR injured on the job. |
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View Entry | J. C. Marley v. W. H. Foster et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendant: Loula Foster (wife of W.H. Foster). The case is contained in two folders. |
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View Entry | Jo C. Marley v. W. H. Foster et al | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Loula Foster, wife W. H. Foster & Rozelle Conner. Plaintiff won judgment giving him one half undivided interest in tract of land granted by State to Peter Ammen, dec. Ammen's will decreed that if his widow remarried his estate would be divided equally among his children. Ammen's widow, Mary A.; children Robert S. & D. C. Ammen; Mrs. Kate Seay. Ammen's widow remarried; Loula Foster purchased Seay's interest in land unaware of terms of will. |
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View Entry | J. B. Lee et al. v. J. J. McPherson et al | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Case concerns estate of T. F. Lee Sr., dec. Also see WT Box 1078. |
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View Entry | L. T. Hart v. F. V. Younger | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Defendant is actually named Virginia F. (V. F.) Younger. L. T. Hart is frequently referred to in the case as L. F. Hart. Complainants are identified in the text of the case as G. D. Bibb and Mrs. Hester Bibb. |
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View Entry | Lonnie A. Goad v. Dixie Life & Accident Insurance Company | Lauderdale | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Dixie Atlas Republic Insurance Company not named on cover, but identified as additional defendant. Ex. mat: insurance application, letters, OV insurance policy, etc. During shift as nightwatchman in Ripley, plaintiff fell and fractured a bone in his foot, rendering him unable to work. Defendant company refused to pay out on plaintiff's claim. Oversize insurance policy in WT OV 8. |
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View Entry | Matthew T. Campbell v. William M. Gaines | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
The disagreement concerns whether the purchaser should have entered the title to some land he purchased before the final payment came due. |
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View Entry | Minnie Long, et al. for use of W. F. Summers v. John Bell, et al | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiff: William V. Long. Additional defendants: Squire Dunn, S. A. Wilkinson, V. A. Cordes, C. M. Avent. The case is in three folders. |
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View Entry | Mrs. Loula Foster by next friend, W. R. Miller v. W. W. Craig, et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendant: W. H. Foster. The case has been placed in 3 folders. |
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View Entry | Presley Ward, et al.v. Thomas H. Alsup, admr. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Brice M. Garner |
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View Entry | Robert D. Chester v. William H. Foster, et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Lula Foster, Lucy A. Maclin, John E. Gray, Jo. H. Wardlaw, A. J. Fatts |
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View Entry | Samuel C. Love v. M. W. & L. P. Gudger | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Sarah L. Nearn v. William E. Campbell, et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: C. R. Parr (resident of Dyer Co.) and Sidney A. Pugh. Sarah widow of Jonathan W. Nearn who died Feb. 1873. |
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View Entry | State v. Walter Beard | Lauderdale | Assault and Battery |
Victim: Louverty Borum. |
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View Entry | William Turner v. Sarah E. Simpson, admr. & widow of Hugh Simpson, dec., et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: William W. Patton & wife Martha J. Patton, Mary F. Simpson, Julius G. Simpson, John Simpson and Ann E. Simpson. Four Simpsons and Martha J. Patton only children and heirs at law of Hugh Simpson. Hugh Simpson died ca. 7 October 1873. |
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View Entry | W. T. Nunn v. D. A. Nunn, et al | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: S. J. Stephens and wife, S. A. Stephens, S. C. Brandon and wife N. J. Brandon, T. F. Hall, J. L. Hall, John E. Massengale |
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View Entry | Wallace H. Carter v. Lauderdale County | Lauderdale | Contract for Labor and Materials |
Case involved contract work on a county road. |
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View Entry | W. D. Alexander v. B. F. Woodruff, et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
B. F. Woodruff's name is also listed in the case as Woodfork. Additional defendants could not be determined. Case involves dispute regarding boundaries of Arkansas and Tennessee in the Mississippi River, in particular the area around Flour Island. |
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