Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
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| Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | PDFs | Actions |
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| 1903 | State v. John Winter, et al. | Montgomery | Murder | John Winters was charged with the murder of Torrence Wooten. Additional defendant Will Winters was charged with aiding and abetting John, as he allegedly encouraged and assisted John in the murder of Wooten. Winters shot Wooten because he allegedly believed Wooten was going shoot him, even after Wooten told Winters he was not after him. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1556 |
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| 1903 | State v. Homer D. Ward | Montgomery | Violation of Age of Consent | Homer D. Ward was indicted for violating the age of consent while in charge of an orphanage. Ward was improperly intimate with at least one young girl at the orphanage. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1609 |
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| 1903 | S. B. Powers v. The Electric Street Railway Company of Clarksville, Tennessee | Montgomery | Personal Injuries | S. B. Powers sued the Electric Street Railway Company of Clarksville, Tennessee for $2000 in damages after being injured when falling off one of their streetcars. He claimed to have lingering injuries to his arm after the incident. The defendant company claimed that they were not liable. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1425 |
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| 1903 | P. T. Buckingham v. Robert Steele | Montgomery | Land | P. T. Buckingham bought land from Robert Steele for $1,600 to be paid in four years. Buckingham was to pay $100 per year for rent for the farm in case he failed to pay the amount he owed. Buckingham used the land for four years, but only ever paid around $400. Steele agreed to take back the land after Buckingham asked, but Buckingham brought this suit to recover what he had paid for the land, and for the improvements made to the land while it was in his possession. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1601 |
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| 1903 | Mrs. E. D. Mabry, admx. T. L. Mabry v. T. V. Cooper, County Trustee | Montgomery | Taxation, Assessment | Mrs. E. D. Mabry sued T. V. Cooper, county trustee of Montgomery County, over a tax assessment that she claimed was unjust. See also related case T. L. Mabry v. Montgomery County in box MT 1374. This case was filed by Mrs. Mabry's husband in 1901 over the same issue and was revived by Mrs. Mabry as administratrix of her husband's estate in 1903. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1426 |
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| 1903 | Lem Stewart [Lew Stewart], in error v. State | Montgomery | Assault | Lem Stewart was charged with assault on James Randolph with a loaded shot gun. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1568 |
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| 1903 | J. S. Hutchinson v. C. D. Bailey, County Court Clerk | Montgomery | Debt on Account | J. S. Hutchinson sued C. D. Bailey to recover the money for a privilege license to sell liquor that he alleged was paid under protest, as Hutchinson was already a licensed seller of alcohol. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1537 |
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| 1903 | J. J. Smith v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Montgomery | Damages | J. J. Smith sued the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company for $500 in damages for injuring his mule in an insufficient cattle guard. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1539 |
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| 1903 | J. H. Pace v. Clarksville Trust & Banking Company, et al. | Montgomery | Injunction | J. H. Pace asking that an injunction issue restraining C. B. Lyle from interfering with Pace in his possession of a tract of land and from selling the title to the property. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1567 |
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| 1903 | J. E. Tigart, admr. of Wm. R. Tigart v. E. M. Thomason | Montgomery | Damages for Wrongful Death | J. E. Tigart, father and administrator for Wm. R. Tigart, commenced a $20,000 suit against E. M. Thomason for allegedly shooting Wm. R. Tigart with a pistol. Thomason shot Tigart over a fight that started over Tigart leaving a gate open on their property. Related case in MT 1584. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1560 |
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| 1903 | J. E. Bailey and wife et al. v. Bruce L. Rice et al. | Montgomery | Other | Additional plaintiffs: Lillian B. Bailey, James E. Bailey as next friend of James E. Bailey, Jr., Lillian B. Bailey, Jr., and Elizabeth M. Bailey (children). Additional defendant: H. N. Leech. The plaintiffs sued to have defendant Bruce L. Rice removed as the trustee of the trust created by the will of Mrs. Mattie C. Beaumont, the mother of Lillian B. Bailey. The plaintiffs argued that Rice had moved out of state to New York and they wanted a new local trustee appointed. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1533 |
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| 1903 | Isadora Pardue v. Oscar Johnson | Montgomery | Damages | Isadora Pardue filed this suit to collect $10,000 in damages from Oscar Johnson for allegedly seducing her against her will and leaving her with child and no financial support. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1576 |
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| 1903 | Henry Suiter v. City of Clarksville | Montgomery | Damages | Suiter sued for $1,000 in damages for injuries sustained on a defective sidewalk in Clarksville. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1566 |
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| 1903 | G. L. Pitt, admr., v. W. J. Ely et al. | Montgomery | Debt | Additional defendant: H. C. Merritt. G. L. Pitt, administrator for the estate of Mrs. M. J. Flinn, dec., sued W. J. Ely for $4,000 that he allegedly owed the estate. Merritt was a trustee for a mortgage Ely took out on real estate to secure the money for the estate. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1442 |
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| 1903 | D. Y. Winston v. H. N. Leech | Montgomery | Debt on Account | D. Y. Winston was a surgeon and treated H. N. Leech and his family for years. Winston claimed that Leech had never paid his bill, and filed this bill to collect the $582.95 he owed him. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1591 |
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| 1903 | C. E. Sempkins v. Fred L. Smith & Sons | Montgomery | Damages | C. E. Sempkins brought this suit to recover $1000.00 in damages for injuries inflicted by overflowing the lot of defendant. Sempkins was the owner of a dwelling house and claimed Fred L. Smith & Sons filled their lot, which was next to hers, with dirt and she was damaged by surface water being thrown on her lot and her personal property and real estate were damaged. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1588 |
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| 1903 | Abe Marsh, et al. v. Electric Street Railway Company | Montgomery | Injury and Damages | Abe Marsh and his wife, Alice Marsh, sued the Electric Street Railway Co. for $2,000 in damages for injuries sustained while exiting a train car. Alice Marsh was getting off a train car owned by defendant when it continued to move with her still on it halfway, causing her to fall and be injured. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1566 |
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| 1903 | A. R. Gholson, et al. v. Rebecca Janie Griffey | Montgomery | Land and Title Dispute | This bill was filed by A. R. Gholson and C. B. Lyle to remove a cloud from their title to a tract of land. It involved the construction of a deed executed by William Griffey (dec.) to his grand-children to convey the land to them and all other children of his son, M. Griffey. Rebecca Janie Griffey, the daughter of M. Griffey, was claiming one-half interest on the property according to the deed. This case was to remove her claim as a cloud on plaintiff's title. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1587 |
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| 1902 | Tennessee Hospital for the Insane v. Mrs. Lizzie McReynolds, admx. of John W. Hanner, dec. | Montgomery | Debt | Hospital claimed that Mrs. McReynolds owed $1560 for expenses incurred during her stay. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: C Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1374 |
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| 1902 | State v. Robert Edwards | Montgomery | Carrying an Illegal Weapon | Robert Edwards was charged with illegally carrying a pistol. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1556 |
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| 1902 | State v. Ike Evans | Montgomery | Murder | Ike Evans shot Will Warfield when an argument they were having that allegedly started over a game of craps escalated. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1557 |
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| 1902 | State v. E. M. Thomason, in error. | Montgomery | Murder, 1st degree | E. M. Thomason was charged with murder in the first degree of Will Tigart. Thomason shot Tigart with a pistol three times. Related case in MT 1560. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1584 |
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| 1902 | Robert Edwards v. State | Montgomery | Theft | Robert Edwards was arrested on a charge of theft, for allegedly stealing a pistol. See related case in MT 1377. | Middle |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 1556 |
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| 1902 | O. L. Davis, et al. v. M. McCarty, et al. | Montgomery | Estate Dispute | Additional plaintiff: R. L. Black. Additional defendants: David, John, Ed., Bailey, and Sidney Davis, children of Hezekiah Davis, Jr., dec., and Mrs. Tempe Davis, widow of same. Exhibit A: Hand-drawn map of the property under dispute. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: C Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1374 |
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| 1902 | Mrs. Mollie Hadley v. The Queen City Camp #27, Woodmen of the World, et al. | Montgomery | Insurance Claims and Policies | Additional defendant: Daniel W. Cory. Mollie Hadley was the widow of B. F. Hadley, who died in 1899 with a life insurance policy with the Woodman of the World. B. F. took the policy before he was married and never changed the policy to make his wife the beneficiary. Instead, his brother-in-law, Daniel Cory, received the $3,000 benefit and Mollie sued for the money. Exhibits include newspapers and Woodmen of the World book. 138 pages of case in MT 1375. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: B Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1335 |
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| 1902 | John Smith v. Polk Prince | Montgomery | Debt | J. J. Smith was a well digger. He accused of Mr. Prince not paying him the price agreed upon for attempting to dig a well for him. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: D Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1389 |
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| 1901 | Wyatt Marshall v. W. P. Gilmour and Company | Montgomery | Debt Settlement | Plaintiff sued because he delivered tobacco to defendant who refused to settle the account. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: C Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1377 |
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| 1901 | W. J. McCormick [MacCormack] and wife v. Ann Ratcliff [Radcliffe] | Montgomery | Deed Dispute | The McCormicks purchased a tract of land from Ratcliff, only later to discover the deed conveyed to them did not include all the land that was originally agreed to be sold to them. This suit was filed to perfect the deed to meet the original agreement. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: B Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1343 |
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| 1901 | T. L. Mabry v. Montgomery County | Montgomery | Taxation, Assessment | Plaintiff sued to recover the amount he paid in taxes stating that the road law enacted in 1899 was in violation of the Constitution and therefore not a proper tax. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: C Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1374 |
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| 1901 | State v. John Winters | Montgomery | Manslaughter, Voluntary | Victim: Torrence Wooten. Winters came to Wooten to repossess some mules for Duncan Marr. Wooten was very angry that he had to give the mules up. He bragged to others that he was going to kill Winters. Winters ended up killing him because he was afraid Wooten was going to kill him. Hand-drawn map of the field where the incident occurred, Wooten's house, the road, and the path leading to Wooten's mother's house. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: D Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1398 |
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| 1901 | State v. E. D. [Dale] Neblett | Montgomery | Fraud | Defendant pretended to own a mule, which he sold to J. J. Garrott for $70. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: D Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1402 |
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| 1901 | Robert Edwards v. Montgomery County | Montgomery | Extortion | Plaintiff claimed he was illegally extorted for payment after being arrested for allegedly stealing a pistol. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: C Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1377 |
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| 1901 | R. L. Black et al. v. Montgomery County | Montgomery | Payment for Services | Add plf: C. W. Staton, W. J. Thorne, J. T. Staton, J. W. Rineheart, M. McFall, Mrs. Thomas Webb, G. L. Welcker, P. D. Marable, J. T. Shelby, W. C. Willis. Plaintiffs were all deputy sheriffs under J. L. Collier, sheriff from 1892-1896, claiming compensation for services rendered in waiting on the courts. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: A Shelf: 7 Box Number: 1318 |
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| 1901 | R. B. Williams v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Montgomery | Recovery | Williams sued the defendant railroad company after he argued he contracted with it to deliver wire worth $131, which was never delivered. The company argued the wire was destroyed in a warehouse fire, which was not its fault and not its liability. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: C Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1355 |
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| 1901 | Mrs. Ora J. Pearce, by next friend v. M. Savage | Montgomery | Unlawful Conversion | Pearce owned and operated a mercantile business in Clarksville and filed this suit for damages for wrongful conversion after she alleged M. Savage took a stock of goods belonging to her. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: B Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1342 |
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| 1901 | McGehee Brothers v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Montgomery | Damages | The plaintiff company sued the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company for $750 damages for failure to deliver merchandise. The defendant argued it was no liable for failure to deliver because the goods were destroyed in a warehouse fire for which they were neither responsible nor liable for losses. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: C Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1360 |
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| 1901 | Mandy Scott v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Montgomery | Damages | Seeking damages of $1999.99. Defendant was the sole support "for her family of six infant children" and was unable to work after being thrown from the platform by a train. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: C Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1356 |
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| 1901 | Julius Kamsler v. M. Savage, Assignee | Montgomery | Debt | Savage was the assignee for L. Lowenthal and his wife, Anna Lowenthal. The Lowenthals owned a dry goods store, were deeply in debt, and failed to make payments on their debt. Kamsler argued he was owed $565 and filed this suit to force payment. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: B Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1341 |
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| 1901 | J. L. Atkins v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Montgomery | Recovery | Atkins sued the defendant railroad company after he argued he contracted with it to deliver $85 worth of goods, which were never delivered. The company argued the goods were destroyed in a warehouse fire, which was not its fault and not its liability. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: C Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1355 |
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| 1901 | J. H. Gerhart v. Robert Brown | Montgomery | Damages | Hogs destroyed corn crop. Damages under $500. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: C Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1374 |
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| 1901 | J. D. Randle v. Walthal and Booth | Montgomery | Damages | Plaintiff sued for damages to crops claiming the defendants neglected to maintain their property fence. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: C Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1377 |
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| 1901 | I. B. Jackson, et al. v. A. R. Gholson, et al. | Montgomery | Land, Fraud | Additional plaintiffs: H. C. Waller, H. M. Childs, Ruth Childs, N. G. Tutt, B. B. Burchett, Neppie Burchett, Isaah Carneal, Huldah Carneal, Will Drake, John Drake. Additional defendants: C. B. Lyle, R. D. Mosley, Horace Hancock, Luther Neal Hancock. Gholson and Lyle filed the original bill to partition and sell 188 acres of land inherited from the estate of M. J. Jackson. Gholson bought the land for a total of $150 and this suit was brought alleging fraud and inadequacy of price of the sale. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: A Shelf: 7 Box Number: 1317 |
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| 1901 | Henry Tyler v. J. R. Cunningham & Co. | Montgomery | Failure to Pay | Plaintiff raised a crop of tobacco on the farm of J. H. Ferguson. Ferguson contracted with the defendant for the sale of the crop, though plaintiff did not authorize him to sell. Agreeing with the price, though, plaintiff accepted the contract and delivered the tobacco, notifying defendant that they must pay him his half. They paid his half to Ferguson instead. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: C Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1376 |
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| 1901 | Henry Sebree v. Red River Iron Company | Montgomery | Damages | Sebree sued for damages from injuries he alleged he received while working at the furnace of defendant company. He was trapped between an elevator and elevator shaft. He sued for $5,000 in damages. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: B Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1338 |
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| 1901 | Emiline Read v. F. G. Gilbert | Montgomery | Petition for Mandamus | In a previous case, Read won a judgment against Gilbert for $48 and argued he had evidence to void the ruling. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: C Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1375 |
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| 1901 | Doc [Dock] Martin v. State | Montgomery | Murder, 1st degree | Victim: Lena Martin, plaintiff's wife. Plaintiff got Lena pregnant, was arrested on bastardy charges, and married her while under arrest. He and Lena lived together for one month; then he moved in with Laura Bush, and Lena and the baby moved in with her parents. On the morning of the killing, Lena left home to go tend to her husband's stepmother, who was sick. Her body was later found in a gulley with gunshot wounds in the head. Her baby was found the next morning at her brother's gate. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: D Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1400 |
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| 1901 | D. W. Reeves v. Harvey Brockman | Montgomery | Recovery of Land/Property | Reeves purchased two tax deeds for a house and lot in Clarksville that he purchased at a tax sale and filed this suit seeking to recover the land from Brockman. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: B Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1341 |
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| 1901 | City of Clarksville v. Montgomery County | Montgomery | Taxation Disputes | The City of Clarksville constructed a waterworks plant in 1893 and paid $1,055 in property taxes to the county for the plant property. The city argued it should be refunded taxes paid on the property because properties used strictly for municipal purposes were supposedly exempt from county taxation. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: B Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1341 |
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| 1901 | Ben Childs and wife v. E. F. Dennis | Montgomery | Deed Dispute | Dennis, a "colored" preacher, lived with Childs and his wife, Lizzie Childs, for a number of months while preaching in their area. Childs was having a difficult time making ends meet, and Dennis agreed to pay off the mortgage on their home. The deed was executed to Dennis and legally in his name, while Childs would pay him back over time. Dennis decided to keep the property for himself and Childs sued to have the deed declared a mortgage and reclaim his property. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: B Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1335 |
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| 1901 | Baker Rayburn v. Clarksville Ice and Coal Company | Montgomery | Injury and Damages | Baker Rayburn, a minor, sued by his next friend, his father, George Rayburn. Baker was employed with the defendant company, when the mule he was riding ran away out of control and sent him careening down a ravine. Rayburn sued for $2000 damages. | Middle |
Range: 38 Section: B Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1341 |
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