Polk County Circuit Court Records Collection,
1835-1900
Box 38
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| Box | Folder |
Names (Plaintiff listed first) |
Cause of Action |
Summary |
Term Year |
| 38 | 1 | State v Absalom Baker et al | Assault | Attachment on Coonrad Baker as witness | 1848 |
| 38 | 2 | John W. Wilson and Brother v Alfred Murphy | Debt, note | $198.62; Lunceford signed note with defendant | 1862 |
| 38 | 3 | State v Samuel Taylor | Destroying finger board | Pulled down finger board on public road; Henry Taylor and Henry C. Fisher, accomplices | 1870 |
| 38 | 4 | State v O. R. Kinney et al | Selling liquor without license | Change of venue requested | 1872 |
| 38 | 5 | Waldo P. Johnson v Aaron Gage | Ejectment | Seeking $1,000 damages and rent; appealed to Supreme Court | 1871 |
| 38 | 6 | John L. McCracken et al v Joseph C. McCracken | Ejectment | Re: pretermitted heirs of Thomas McCracken, deceased; appealed to Supreme Court | 1872 |
| 38 | 7 | State v R. C. Robert et al | Selling liquor without oat and bond | 1872 | |
| 38 | 8 | State v Barney Pitts Jr. | Felonious assault | Change of venue from Hickory County | 1872 |
| 38 | 9 | A. A. Underwood et al v George C. McCoy | Set aside deed | 1872 | |
| 38 | 10 | Thomas J. Poage, admin of P. B. Larimore v Pleasant M. Box et al | Debt, note | $118 | 1874 |
| 38 | 11 | State v W. H. Jenkins | Grand larceny | Stole 2 hogs; verdict for defendant | 1873 |
| 38 | 12 | State v W. H. Jenkins | Shooting a mule | Verdict for defendant | 1873 |
| 38 | 13 | State v Solomon Perkins et al | Felonious assault | With a hoe; preliminary hearing before justice of peace | 1872 |
| 38 | 14 | State v Jasper Lunsford et al | Theft | Of two bee gums, bees and honey | 1873 |
| 38 | 15 | State v Mary Scroggins | Adultery | Not guilty verdict | 1873 |
| 38 | 16 | State v William Ashlock | Disturbing the peace of person | 1873 | |
| 38 | 17 | State ex rel W. A. Wilcox v Robert Greer et al | Action on sheriff's bond | $500 for failure to discharge duties in W. A. Wilcox v H. R. Milliken re: two mules; dismissed by plaintiff | 1873 |
| 38 | 18 | William Patterson v Joseph A. Pendergrass et al | Attachment on administrator's bond | Defendant Pendergrass former administrator of Self's estate | 1873 |
| 38 | 19 | Allen Brim v Samuel Dysart | Debt, note | $23 | 1873 |
| 38 | 20 | State v R. C. Roberts et al | Selling liquor without oath and bond | 1872 | |
| 38 | 21 | State v Lee Gray | Assault with intent to kill | 1873 | |
| 38 | 22 | Evan Stewart v Margaret A. Ingles et al | Damages | For fraud in hindering payment to creditors to avoid execution on note owed to plaintiff; Leforce involved in conveying land to defendants | 1873 |
| 38 | 23 | State v Emma Stokes et al | Larceny | Stole clothing and bedding worth $10 | 1873 |
| 38 | 24 | State v William Nelson et al | Grand larceny | Took clothing and household; William Nelson found guilty, sentenced to penitentiary | 1873 |
| 38 | 25 | State v James C. Box | Disturbing peace of religious worship | 1873 | |
| 38 | 26 | State v Jacob Loughridge | Disturbing the peace of person | 1873 | |
| 38 | 27 | State v Israel Wood | Grand larceny | Took three wether sheep | 1873 |
| 38 | 28 | State v William Swicegood et al | Gross lewdness | Defendants cohabiting together; change of venue from Hickory County | 1873 |
| 38 | 29 | State v William Nelson et al | Grand larceny | 1873 | |
| 38 | 30 | State v John Lee | Grand larceny | Took clothing and jewelry | 1873 |
| 38 | 31 | State v William H. Price | Obtaining goods under false pretense | Re: set of harnesses valued at $25; preliminary hearing before justice of peace | 1873 |
| 38 | 32 | Joseph Lee v James Phegley et al | Damages | Seeking $500 damages for falsely representing land sold | 1874 |
| 38 | 33 | Joseph C. Stockton, admin of David D. Stockton v A. C. Mitchell et al | Debt, note | $299.42 | 1874 |
| 38 | 34 | J. C. Nelson, exec of M. W. Nelson v J. H. Derossett et al | Replevin | Of one kiln of brick of about 75,000 bricks worth about $500; seeking $300 damages | 1874 |
| 38 | 35 | Thomas J. Poage et al v Ruth Moore et al | Partition | 1874 | |
| 38 | 36 | Merchants Bank of St. Louis v Peter Hoyle | Debt, note | $1,000; change of venue from Dade County | 1873 |
| 38 | 37 | Jane Beckley v Henry J. Gardner et al | Replevin | Of livestock; Watson and Rechow added as plaintiffs in April 1875 since they bought livestock from defendant Gardner | 1874 |
| 38 | 38 | Inhabitants of Bolivar v Benjamin R. Evans | Appeal | From justice of peace for selling liquor without license and $100 fine | 1874 |
| 38 | 39 | J. C. Wilson v Henry Glover | Cutting timber | Cut timber from plaintiff's land for 5 years beginning in 1868; seeking $1,000 damages | 1874 |
| 38 | 40 | Polk County ex rel School Fund v William J. Crabtree et al | Debt, school fund bond | $176.86 | 1874 |
| 38 | 41 | Thompson and Nichols v James Caldwell | Appeal | From justice of peace on account of $34.92 for merchandise | 1874 |
| 38 | 42 | James Patterson v Amos S. Smith | Debt, account | Judgment of $87.96 rendered previously in Hickory County re: James Patterson v A. B. McFarland on contract | 1874 |
| 38 | 43 | Asa Kirby, public admin of Andrew Rountree v Jacob Beem et al | Foreclosure | 1875 | |
| 38 | 44 | George W. Hamilton et al v Thomas Cossins et al | Partition | Drawing of property included | 1874 |
| 38 | 45 | Joshua Davis, exec of William Davis v Charles McCulloch et al | Debt, note | $410 | 1874 |
| 38 | 46 | John E. Rains v William H. Henderson | Foreclosure | 1874 | |
| 38 | 47 | Abraham Shaffer v Joseph M. Grove | Debt, note | $430.50 for purchase of mill and machinery in Taney County; dismissed 1876 | 1875 |
| 38 | 48 | John H. Davidson, curator of William Hall et al v Amos S. Smith | Debt, account | $150 for settlement of Hiram Hall v Davidson in Hickory County for ejectment | 1874 |
| 38 | 49 | Mary Ratcliff v W. M. Delaplain et al | Debt, note | $256.69 | 1874 |
| 38 | 50 | William A. Snodgrass et al v Rufus B. Gunn et al | Debt, note | $170 | 1874 |
| 38 | 51 | W. H. Canary et al v Township Board of Benton Township | Appeal | From order of township in order to halt creation of public highway | 1875 |
| 38 | 52 | Joseph C. Stockton, admin of David D. Stockton v Hardin Hadlock et al | Debt, note | $300 | 1875 |
| 38 | 53 | B. and J. F. Slevin and Co. v W. O. Wilcoxen | Debt, account | $241.60 for clothing, including cavalry overcoats (possibly Civil War debt) | 1875 |
| 38 | 54 | Alexander Milliken v John W. Ross, admin of R. E. Acock | Appeal | From probate court on $59 claim against estate | 1874 |
| 38 | 55 | Ethan Paxton v Amos S. Smith | Attachment for damages | $5,000 for being shot by defendant on 16 Mar 1874; change of venue from Hickory County; case dismissed at cost of plaintiff | 1874 |
| 38 | 56 | Christian Fender v Charles W. Sherman et al | Foreclosure | 1875 | |
| 38 | 57 | E. G. Lunceford v Joseph B. Upton | Debt, account | $33.40 | 1875 |
| 38 | 58 | Ezekial Flint v Jabez Starkey et al | Attachment on note | $570 | 1876 |
| 38 | 59 | Polk County ex rel School Fund v L. B. Human et al | Debt, school fund bond | $600 | 1875 |
| 38 | 60 | H. R. Allen et al v James Dumars et al | Foreclosure | 1875 | |
| 38 | 61 | Creditors of the Jehu Steel estate v Alexander Milliken, admin | Appeal | From probate court; execution | 1875 |
| 38 | 62 | W. F. Freeman ex rel W. M. Hill et al v J. M. Fender et al | Execution | Execution and sheriff's report of sale only | 1881 |
| 38 | 63 | State ex rel Calvin B. Davison v W. H. Branham et al | Action on attachment bond | In W. H. Branham v Calvin B. Davison 1873; $250 for past garnishments, $300 for traveling from Texas to attend trial, $200 for counsel, $200 damages | 1876 |
| 38 | 64 | Lorenzo D. Williams v George Mitchell | Debt, note | $97.25 for property; plaintiff in Douglas County, Illinois, defendant from Kansas | 1875 |
| 38 | 65 | William F. Burns et al v William E. Lawrence et al | Attachment on note | $232 for threshing machine | 1875 |
| 38 | 66 | Connaway Bristow v Wilhite Connaway | Debt, account | $86 for work and labor | 1875 |
| 38 | 67 | Mary E. Nash et al v James M. Covington | Debt, note | $370.18 | 1875 |
| 38 | 68 | Joseph M. Grove v Abraham Shafer | Damages | $4,000 for assaulting and abusing plaintiff's wife; plaintiff was deprived of her services for almost 3 years; incident occurred in Christian County, Missouri | 1875 |
| 38 | 69 | James W. Rains | Application to practice law | 1875 | |
| 38 | 70 | Joseph P. Landes v John W. Hapgood | Ejectment | 1876 | |
| 38 | 71 | H. Shellenbarger | Application to practice law | 1876 | |
| 38 | 72 | R. B. Viles v Peter Clark | Debt, note | $4.95 | 1875 |
| 38 | 73 | W. H. Anderson v Isaac M. Crew | Debt, note | $150 | 1876 |
| 38 | 74 | Joseph Carter v George Greer et al | Attachment for damages | $150 for setting fire to stable, sheds, haystacks, fodder and corn | 1876 |
| 38 | 75 | State v Elliott Lawson | Murder | 1880 | |
| 38 | 76 | State v Elliott Lawson | Murder | 1881 | |
| 38 | 77 | State v Elliott Lawson | Public indecency | 1880 | |
| 38 | 78 | J. W. Burns et al v Elias Walts, admin of John Askren | Foreclosure | Plaintiffs are trustees of Polk Lodge No. 243, Independent Order of Odd Fellows | 1884 |
| 38 | 79 | State v William D. Bewley | Murder | 1889 | |
| 38 | 80 | State v James T. Brown | Murder | Crime committed on 31 Aug 1892 | 1892 |
| 38 | 83 | State v Virgil Johnson et al | Murder | Preliminary hearing before justice of peace; defendants bound over to circuit court | 1893 |
| 38 | 84 | State v Virgil Johnson et al | Murder | Testimony and jury instructions only | 1893 |
| 38 | 85 | State v Thomas J. Shaw | Murder | 1894 | |
| 38 | 86 | Anheuser Busch Brewing Assn. v Art Overton et al | Debt, account | $157 | 1896 |
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