Polk County Circuit Court Records Collection,
1835-1900
Box 53
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Names (Plaintiff listed first) |
Cause of Action | Case Summary | Term Year |
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53 | 1 | Mary J. Martin v James L. Martin | Divorce | Married Jan 1859 Marshal County, Iowa; defendant accused of abusing wife and causing miscarriage; dismissed by plaintiff | 1875 |
53 | 2 | Tennessee M. Stratton v Mosely Stratton | Divorce | Married 8 Sept 1859 Polk County; defendant accused of habitual drunkenness; dismissed by plaintiff Nov 1874 | 1874 |
53 | 3 | Martha Chandler by next friend B. J. Emerson v Houston Chandler | Divorce | Married 1872 Polk County; defendant abandoned wife and moved to California July 1873; dismissed by plaintiff | 1875 |
53 | 4 | Robert Mitchell v Ann Mitchell | Divorce | Married Mar 1869 Polk County | 1875 |
53 | 5 | William J. Gordon v Melvina Gordon | Divorce | Married Feb 1867 Polk County | 1875 |
53 | 6 | Rebecca Kilmer v Louis Kilmer | Divorce | 1875 | |
53 | 7 | Sophia S. Ramsour v Michael Ramsour | Divorce | 1874 | |
53 | 8 | William H. Watson v Sarah J. Watson | Divorce | Married Mar 1866 Adair County; defendant accused of adultery | 1874 |
53 | 9 | Margaret P. Jenkins v James S. Jenkins | Divorce | 1874 | |
53 | 10 | Isaac Peters v Amanda L. Peters | Divorce | Married July 1866 Pettis County | 1874 |
53 | 11 | George W. Williams v Sarah R. Williams | Divorce | Married Nov 1865; dismissed by plaintiff | 1874 |
53 | 12 | Mary A. Burns v Elihu D. Burns et al | Divorce | Plaintiff wants divorce and to set aside deed conveying property to Holt; married 1852; 1862 during Civil War defendant joined Union Army then moved to Arkansas 1868; defendant cohabited with Tabitha Burns; defendant says he divorced plaintiff in Izard County Arkansas 1869, he is not father of her child | 1873 |
53 | 13 | Mary Hardesty v F. M. Hardesty | Divorce | Married Aug 1875; one son | 1877 |
53 | 14 | Christian Brant v Mary J. Brant | Divorce | Married 25 Dec 1859 Benton County, Missouri; dismissed by plaintiff May 1877 | 1876 |
53 | 15 | Melvina Edwards v Zenis Edwards | Divorce | Married 26 July 1870 Hickory County, Missouri | 1876 |
53 | 16 | Isadora Jones v Thomas W. Jones | Divorce | Married 30 Oct 1867 Clermont County, Ohio; defendant accused of abuse, 3 children | 1877 |
53 | 17 | John W. Spencer v Sallie Spencer | Divorce | Married 18 Jan 1851 Allen County, Kentucky; defendant abandoned plaintiff Aug 1873; dismissed by plaintiff April 1878 | 1876 |
53 | 18 | Mary E. Spencer v John W. Spencer | Divorce | Married Sept 1873 Polk County | 1876 |
53 | 19 | Mary A. Pitt v William Pitt | Divorce | Married Feb. 1852 Cairo, Illinois; defendant arrested for larceny, disappeared after release; 4 children | 1876 |
53 | 20 | Elizabeth A. Dunaway v John Dunaway | Divorce | 1875 | |
53 | 59 | J. W. Pelts for Lillas A. Fender | Appeal | Appeal from probate court of final settlement of Patterson, guardian and curator of Fender estate | 1883 |
53 | 60 | John S. Beckley v R. P. Apperson | Ejectment | 1882 | |
53 | 61 | Meyer, Bannerman and Co. v John Carson et al | Debt, account | $163.04 | 1882 |
53 | 62 | J. T. Keet et al v R. H. Fox | Attachment on account | $382.36; letterhead from Metropolitan Hotel in Springfield | 1883 |
53 | 63 | State v George Cowan | Obtaining money under false pretenses | 1883 | |
53 | 64 | J. B. Upton v William N. Mitchell et al | Set aside conveyances | Action to set aside conveyances, declare a trust and ejectment; defendants in business buying and selling livestock | 1882 |
53 | 65 | State ex rel J. A. Miller v Charles Brown et al | Action on constable's bond | 1883 | |
53 | 66 | James Jones v Farmer Moore | Slander | 1882 | |
53 | 67 | Sarah Smith v Robert G. Smith | Divorce | Married 4 Aug 1881 Polk County; defendant accused of being drunken and abusive | 1882 |
53 | 68 | William Green | Declaration of intention | For citizenship; originally British citizen | 1883 |
53 | 69 | A. S. Cavin v L. W. Henley | Attachment on notes | $141.22 | 1883 |
53 | 70 | Luther D. Bailey v V. W. Hume | Ejectment | 1883 | |
53 | 71 | Luther Bailey v E. H. Tillery | Ejectment | 1883 | |
53 | 72 | Thomas H. Price v Jackson Warren | Vendor's lien | $1,500 | 1883 |
53 | 73 | William R. Patterson v Emma L. M. Patterson et al | Partition | 1883 | |
53 | 74 | W. C. Caldwell v L. W. Henley | Attachment on note | $134.63 | 1883 |
53 | 75 | H. A. Sharp v William C. Tate | False arrest | Seeking $3,000 damages | 1883 |
53 | 76 | John Jump Jr. v J. P. Brashears et al | Damages | Seeking $200 for trampling crops and stealing 500 bushels of corn | 1883 |
53 | 77 | William Cary et al v John R. Lawrence | Attachment on account | $90.90 for goods | 1883 |
53 | 78 | John Carson et al v William C. Campbell | Debt, note | $44.46 | 1883 |
53 | 79 | S. C. Mitchell v J. L. Yount | Debt, note | $91.50 | 1883 |
53 | 80 | Jacob W. Johnson v Olly A. Poe | To enforce specific performance | On deed | 1883 |
53 | 81 | Jacob W. Johnson v Julia Kelly | To enforce specific performance | On deed | 1880 |
53 | 82 | James H. Eidson v Samuel M. Coleman | Appeal | From justice of peace on action for unlawful detainer | 1880 |
53 | 83 | W. D. Lovelace v J. S. Ammerman | Debt, note | $46.05 | 1883 |
53 | 84 | Inquest over the body of James Warren | Inquest | 1883 | |
53 | 85 | State ex rel Thomas Greer v James Dalton | Back taxes | $12.05 | 1883 |
53 | 86 | State ex rel Thomas Greer v T. F. Neal | Back taxes | $3.95 | 1883 |
53 | 87 | State ex rel Thomas Greer v William A. Gordon | Back taxes | $8.91 | 1883 |
53 | 88 | State ex rel Thomas Greer v Joel B. Morehead | Back taxes | $2.80 | 1883 |
53 | 89 | State ex rel Thomas Greer v John N. Hoffman | Back taxes | $5.34 | 1883 |
53 | 90 | State ex rel Thomas Greer v Isaac A. Ingram | Back taxes | $1.98 | 1883 |
53 | 91 | David Hendrickson, admin of Dennis Ratcliff estate v J. N. Sperry et al | Title | 1882 | |
53 | 92 | R. B. Viles et al v John R. Lawrence | Attachment on note and account | $72.50 note and $96.50 account | 1883 |
53 | 93 | State ex rel Joseph W. Davies v James W. Rains | Mandamus | Petition for writ of mandamus to require defendant, county clerk, to certify election return for County Commissioner of Public Schools, which plaintiff won | 1883 |
53 | 94 | G. W. Maize v William R. Hudson | Unknown | Change of venue to Douglas County; defendant recovered costs from plaintiff and Rechow, the security on plaintiff's appeal bond | 1882 |
53 | 95 | J. W. Raney v Josephus Ammerman | Debt, account | $17.38 for rental of house | 1883 |
53 | 96 | John Drake v George F. Kenower et al | Attachment on account | $133 contract for Drake to build cellar on dairy farm; dismissed | 1883 |
53 | 97 | State ex rel Joseph W. Davies v W. A. Wilson | Quo warranto | Wilson took office as County Commission of Public Schools after plaintiff Davies elected | 1883 |
53 | 98 | Eliza W. Clark et al | Partition | 1883 | |
53 | 99 | William C. Tate v H. A. Sharp | Appeal | On action for unlawful detainer | 1883 |
53 | 100 | T. H. B. Dunnegan v Mary A. Davison et al | Partition | 1883 | |
53 | 101 | H. A. Sharp v John W. Crow | Damages | Seeking $1,000; plaintiff alleges defendant, a justice of peace, maliciously ruled against him in William C. Tate v H. A. Sharp | 1883 |
53 | 102 | State ex rel Redin Clymore v John S. Burnes et al | Action on sheriff's bond | Burnes elected sheriff Nov 1880; change of venue from Dallas County; dismissed April 1883 | 1883 |
53 | 103 | State ex rel Thomas Greer v John W. Hapgood et al | Back taxes | $177.77 | 1883 |
53 | 104 | C. H. McCormick et al v S. T. White et al | Appeal | From justice of peace on $146.21 note as payment for McCormack Harvester reaper and mower | 1883 |
53 | 105 | A. C. Lemmon v Henry G. Fellers | Debt, account | $61.20 | 1883 |
53 | 106 | Joseph McBroom v W. N. Mitchell et al | Debt, account | $1,000 paid as surety on note to Ratcliff | 1882 |
53 | 107 | John W. Ross v Clarinda Randolph | Debt, account | $25 attorney fees | 1883 |
53 | 108 | Altman, Miller and Co. v Joseph W. Storment | Debt, note | $80 | 1884 |
53 | 109 | Samuel Hale v Elias Waltz, admin of Jackson Smith | Appeal | From probate court on claim for debt | 1883 |
53 | 110 | James H. Haden v Fannie Haden | Divorce | Married Aug 1877 Polk County; defendant accused of adultery with Wright; divorce granted and defendant files motion to remove disabilities | 1878 |
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