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RG 21 - U.S. District Courts, Circuit Court Case Files - Augusta, Georgia


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Circuit Court Case Files, 1887-1911

National Archives Identifier 3668871

National Archives Identifier 3931218

National Archives Identifier 4477490

National Archives Identifier 4576727

The Law Case Files series (3668871) contains papers filed in civil proceedings which may include petitions, bills of complaint, transcripts of testimony and of record, writs, answers, depositions, exhibits, motions, court orders, judgments or decrees, findings of fact and conclusions of law, cross-petitions, affidavits, decisions, writs of error, notices, summonses, mandates, pleas, praecipes, subpoenas, and other related papers. Information and papers relating to any appeal of a case to a higher court might be also found in the case file.

The Equity Case Files series (3931218) consists of equity case files, usually involving disputes over property rights. The cases consist of matters where a party was seeking injunctive relief and relied on the court to determine what was fair and equitable. Many of the cases were filed to resolve patent or copyright infringements. Equity cases also include legal matters not covered by statute or requiring proceedings before a jury, such as filings of assignees and trustees, who were seeking to recover certain properties from defendants' bankruptcy cases. The case files may include the following types of records: bills in equity, supplemental bills, bills of complaint, affidavits, agreements, answers, amended answers, bonds, decrees, demurrers, depositions, exhibits, injunctions, joinders, motions for injunctions, motions for extensions of time, motions to dismiss complaints, notices of appeals and motions, opinions, orders including orders of referral, orders on motions and petitions, and orders overruling demurrers; petitions to distribute assets, petitions to produce documents and petitions to stay proceedings; praecipes, proofs of service, replications, reports of special masters, rules for attachment, stipulations, subpoenas, testimony, warrants and writs of certiorari.

The Law and Equity Case Files series (4477490) may contain papers filed in civil proceedings which may include petitions, bills of complaint, transcripts of testimony and of record, writs, answers, depositions, exhibits, motions, court orders, judgments or decrees, findings of fact and conclusions of law, cross-petitions, affidavits, decisions, writs of error, notices, summonses, mandates, pleas, praecipes, subpoenas, and other related papers. Information and papers relating to any appeal of a case to a higher court might be also found in law case files. The equity case files in this series usually involve disputes over property rights. The cases consist of matters where a party was seeking injunctive relief and relied on the court to determine what was fair and equitable. Many of the cases were filed to resolve patent or copyright infringements. Equity cases also include legal matters not covered by statute or requiring proceedings before a jury, such as filings of assignees and trustees, who were seeking to recover certain properties from defendants' bankruptcy cases. These case files may include the following types of records: bills in equity, supplemental bills, bills of complaint, affidavits, agreements, answers, amended answers, bonds, decrees, demurrers, depositions, exhibits, injunctions, joinders, motions for injunctions, motions for extensions of time, motions to dismiss complaints, notices of appeals and motions, opinions, orders including orders of referral, orders on motions and petitions, and orders overruling demurrers; petitions including petitions for restraining order, petitions for rules to show cause, petitions to distribute assets, petitions to produce documents and petitions to stay proceedings, praecipes, proofs of service, replications, reports of special masters, rules for attachment, stipulations, subpoenas, testimony, warrants and writs of certiorari.

The Criminal Case Files series (4576727) typically include the indictment or criminal information, pleas of the defendant, warrants and subpoenas, proceedings before U.S. commissioners, recognizances or bonds for appearance, the judgment and commitment, depositions of witnesses, nolle prosequis, motions, orders, and other papers filed in criminal actions. Transcripts of testimony are also sometimes included. Criminal cases include charges of crimes committed on federal property, conspiracy to violate a person's civil rights, making liquor or tobacco products without paying the correct government tax, cutting timber on public lands, various crimes involving the mail or U.S. post offices, shooting protected migratory birds, failure to register for the draft, forgery, counterfeiting, election fraud, internal revenue violations, and other federal crimes.

Series Case Number Complainants Defendants Date Complaint Box
Criminal 0 United States of America William Luther Asbell 1901 Defaulting Witness 1
Criminal 0 United States of America Alfred Baker, JR. 1891 Embezzlement 1
Criminal 0 United States of America Robert O'Keeffe, et al 1891 Conspiracy & Prevent by force & Intimidation 1
Criminal 0 United States of America Frank Barrett & Charles D. Reid 1911 Contempt of Court 1
Criminal 2 United States of America Henry Adam Scott 1901 Conspiracy to Murder & Resisting Arrest 1
Criminal 3 United States of America Willie Jones 1901 Altering & Passing Altered Money 1
Criminal 4 United States of America Colley Blackwell 1901 Working in a Distillery 1
Criminal 6 United States of America Ezra Wiseman Banks 1901 Illicit Distilling 1
Criminal 7 United States of America William L. Sales 1901 Illicit Distilling 1
Criminal 8 United States of America Alex Norman 1901 Illicit Distilling 1
Criminal 9 United States of America John R. Mathews 1901 Illicit Distilling 1
Criminal 12 United States of America George R. Dillon 1901 Using Mails to Defraud 1
Criminal 13 United States of America George R. Dillon 1901 Using Mails to Defraud 1
Criminal 14 United States of America Jules Heyman 1901 Failure to Efface Stams & Brands 1
Criminal 15 United States of America Arch Wright 1901 Working In a Distillery 1
Criminal 16 United States of America Lewis Jenkins 1901 Illicit Distilling 1
Criminal 17 United States of America Edward C. Brown & Malvern H. Brown 1901 Illicit Distilling 1
Criminal 19 United States of America George F. Wymann 1904 Forging money order 1
Criminal 20 United States of America Aaron Williams 1904 Illicit Distilling 1
Criminal 21 United States of America George Mapp 1904 Stealing Mail 1
Criminal 22 United States of America Davis Brown 1905 Larceny of property on U.S. Lands 1
Criminal 24 United States of America Lillie Bell Johnson 1905 Mailing Obscene material 1
Criminal 25 United States of America George J. Scott 1905 Officer Permitting others to violate law. 1
Criminal 26 United States of America Oscar P. McCarthy 1905 Retailing Liquor 1
Criminal 27 United States of America Peter G. Ware 1905 Illicit Distilling 1
Criminal 28 United States of America Stephen Ware 1905 Working in a Distillery 1
Criminal 29 United States of America Turner Mercier 1905 Illicit Distilling 1
Criminal 30 United States of America Walter Robinson, Eugene King & Alex Isrebell 1905 Illicit Distilling 2
Criminal 31 United States of America Adam Hearnsberger 1905 Illicit Distilling 2
Criminal 32 United States of America Charles W. Stalnaker 1905 Assault & Bribery on PO property 2
Criminal 32 United States of America Joe Dennis 1905 Illicit Distilling 2
Criminal 33 United States of America Samuel Hadden 1909 Illicit Distilling 2
Criminal 34 United States of America Edward D. Smyth 1905 Opprobrious Words & Abusive Language 2
Criminal 35 United States of America W. C. Sellars & Ben C. Sellars 1909 Illicit Distilling 2
Criminal 35 United States of America Nias Chennault 1909 Retailing Liquors 2
Criminal 36 United States of America Hudson Moore 1909 Retailing Liquors 2
Criminal 39 United States of America Ben C. Sellars 1909 Retailing Liquors 2
Criminal 39 United States of America Charles Spradley 1909 Retailing Liquors 2
Criminal 40 United States of America Thomas Norris 1909 Retailing Liquors 2
Criminal 40 United States of America Will Grims 1909 Retailing Liquors 2
Criminal 41 United States of America Julius Baum & Marcus Baum 1909 Retailing Liquors 2
Criminal 42 United States of America H. L. Parker 1909 Retailing Liquors 2
Criminal 44 United States of America Toombs House 1909 Retailing Liquors 2
Criminal 45 United States of America Fonlas Holliman 1910 Stealing Mail 2
Criminal 46 United States of America Frank J. Stewart 1910 Stealing Letter 2
Criminal 47 United States of America Othello T. Gonder 1910 Deserting the Mail 2
Criminal 48 United States of America Harris P. Mulling 1909 Embezzling Letter 2
Criminal 49 United States of America Marcus Sowell 1910 Counterfeit Molds 2
Criminal 50 United States of America Walter Griffin 1910 Alterning Postal Money Order 2
Criminal 51 United States of America Jessie James Isdell 1910 Illicit Distilling 2
Criminal 52 United States of America John C. Rue 1910 Stealing Mail 2
Criminal 53 United States of America Eill Jenkins 1910 Retailing Liquor 2
Criminal 54 United States of America W. C. Halford 1910 Mailing Threatening Postal Card 2
Criminal 55 United States of America Roland Wilson & James Eilson 1910 Retailing Liquor 2
Criminal 56 United States of America Lewis Stribling 1910 Peonage 2
Criminal 57 United States of America Cicero M. Phillips, JR 1910 Concealing Assets / Bankruptcy 2
Criminal 59 United States of America J. W. Lazenby 1910 Retailing Liquors 2
Criminal 60 United States of America James Ewards 1910 Larceny of Property 2
Criminal 61 United States of America Abram Williams & Felix Mays 1910 Retailing Liquor 2
Equity 1 Eliza G. Ridgley American Freehold Land & Mortgage Company 1892 Injunction - Relief 1
Equity 3 Owensboro Wagon Company, et al John A. North & Son, et al 1890 Injunction for Relief 1
Equity 5 Farmers & Merchants Bank National Bank of Philadel Augusta Factory 1892 Outstanding Indebtedness 1
Equity 6 Frederick W. Scott Wilkins, Neely & Jones 1892 Injuction - Rent 1
Equity 7 Turner C. Thomas Administrator of J. Pinckney Thomas American Freehold Land Mortgage Company of London, Limited 1891 Estate settlement 1
Equity 8 Aldolphus D. Doyle, Julia M. Doyle, Ann B. Tutt & Emilty B Bignon American Freehold Land Mortgage Company of London, Limited 1891 Estate settlement 1
Equity 9 Mary S. Smith Ella L. Pearson & New England Mortgage Security Company 1893 to Remove Cloud on Title 1
Equity 10 Central Railroad & Banking Company (consolidated cause) Farmers Loan & Trust Company of New York 1895 Injunction relating to bankruptcy 1
Equity 10 Farmers Loan & Trust Company of New York (consolidated cause ) Central Railroad & Banking Company 1895 Injunction relating to bankruptcy 1
Equity 11 Benjamine W. Snell American Freehold Land Mortgage Company of London, Limited 1893 Estate settlement 1
Equity 12 Central Trust Company of New York Port Royal & Western Carolina Railway Company 1893 Injunction for appointment of Receiver 2
Equity 13 Henry C. Leach & John Allen, Administrators of H. O. Roberts William W. Smith 1893 Estate settlement 2
Equity 14 C. Brainard Hight Murry Hill Improvement & Water Supply Company 1893 Injunction relating to foreclosure 2
Equity 15 Sarah Dixon, et al Thomas Barrett, Jr. Executor, et al 1893 Estate Settlement 2
Equity 16 Ahile Holsenbake Algernon Mills, Stewart Phinize, et al 1894 Relating to Receiver Sale 2
Equity 17 Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company Augusta Street Railway Companyu, E. Moore & R. J Edenfield 1894 Patent Suit 2
Equity 18 Armstrong Cator & Company Harry W. Balk, & Annie M. Gercke 1894 Injuction relating to Receivership 3
Equity 19 Berkley Phosphate Company Brown & Franklin Compnay 1894 Injunction 3
Equity 20 Edidto Phosphate Company Bell & Whitehead 1894 Injunction relating to receiver 3
Equity 21 R. M. Sutton & Company S. A. Gray & Sons 1895 Creditors 3
Equity 23 Metropolitan Trust Company of the City of New York Augusta Railway Company 1895 Petition for Receiver 3
Equity 25 Metropolitan Trust Company of the City of New York Augusta Railway Company 1896 Receivership 4
Equity 26 Metropolitan Trust Company of the City of New York Augusta Railway Company 1896 Secured Bonds 4
Equity 27 Central Trust Company Port Royal & Western Carolina Railroad Company 1892 Suit for Damages - accident 4
Equity 28 Paul Mustin & Company Southern Railway Company 1896 Injunction relating to price regulations 4
Equity 29 William B. Dinsmore, et al Southern Express Company 1898 Injunction relating to War Stamp fees 4
Equity 30 Thomas and Post Augusta Telephone & Electric Company, et al 1899 Receivership 4
Equity 31 Thomas and Post Augusta Telephone & Electric Company, et al 1899 Intervention of State of GA 4
Equity 33 Elmer C. Quiggle P. S. Jones, & W. E. Jones, et al 1899 Estate 4
Equity 34 New England Mortgage Security Company Mrs. I. S. Hunt 1900 Foreclosure 4
Equity 35 Mrs. M. C. Alexander Southern Homes Building & Loan Association 1901 Receiver - Foreclosure 4
Equity 36 Mrs. M.C. Alexander, et al Southern Home Building & Loas Association 1901 Petition of receivership 4
Equity 37 Christian Frederick Kohlruss Maurice Walton 1901 Injunction - Patent Infringement 4
Equity 37 Western Union Telegraph Company Louise B. Griffith 1899 Order 4
Equity 38 Christian Frederick Kohlruss John W. Wirtz 1901 Injunction - Patent Infringement 4
Equity 39 Christian Frederick Kohlruss Mauric Walton Hardward Company 1901 Injunction - Patent Infringement 4
Equity 40 William Firth Company, et al Millen Cotton Mills 1901 Bill for Injuntion , Reveiver 5-6
Equity 41 American Moistening Company, et al Tennille Cotton Mills 1902 Mortgage Foreclosure 6-7
Equity 42 Mrs. M. C. Alexander Southern Homes Building & Loan Association 1903 Foreclosure 7
Equity 43 Barnard & Leas Manufacturing Company L. E. Blanchard 1906 Mortgage Foreclosure 7
Equity 44 Farhenfabriken of Elberfald Company George P. King 1903 Infringement of Patent 7
Equity 45 Farhenfabriken of Elberfald Company Edward L. Sumerau 1903 Infringement of Patent 7
Equity 60 Georgia Railroad & Banking Company Atlantic Postal Telegraph cable Co. 1906 Injunction - right of way 8
Equity 62 Lawrence Cooper Nadison J. Newton 1906 Suit on Note Secured by Deed 8
Equity 64 Florence M. Thomas Thomas & Barton Company 1906 Injunction relating to Receiver 8
Equity 66 Model Milling & Elevator Company Weems A. Smith, et al 1907 Patent on product 9
Equity 74 Joseph L Bowles James L. Fleming & Georgia Carolina Furniture Company 1908 Bill for Accounting 9
Equity 79 Sperry & Hutchinson Company J.C. C. Black, Jr. Et Al 1908 Injunction relating to rates 9
Equity 92 Charles E. Zimmerman Geoffery L. Preacher 1904 Patent 9
Law 1 William O'Dowd National Exchange Banke of Augusta 1891 Suit on Note 1
Law 2 Central Trust Company of New York Augusta, Gubson & Sanderville Railroad Company 1893 Intervention - Foreclosure 1
Law 4 Corn Exchange Bank William J. Cranston 1892 Suit on Note 1
Law 5 Albert L. Richardson Joel P. Sweany 1893 Removal from Superior Court 1
Law 7 Kentucky Refining Company Excelsior Manufacturing Company 1893 Action in Assumpsit 1
Law 8 Mary Jane Whaley Daniel h. Chamberlain 1894 Debt 1
Law 8 John Collins & Sons J. L. O"Dowd 1894 Suit on Account 1
Law 11 A. Z. Hester Wrightsville & Tennille Railroad Company 1894 Suit for Damages 1
Law 12 William J. Craig Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark 1894 Action on Insurance Policy 1
Law 13 M. M. Thomas Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York 1895 Suit on Insurance Policy 1
Law 14 Charles G. Taylor Howard & Willet Drug Company 1896 Injury to Person 1
Law 18 Catherine Speth Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company 1897 Trespass Damages 1
Law 19 John P. Smith Bryson M. Crane 1898 Stock 1
Law 20 Sarah A. Slater Lousiville & Nashville Railroad Company 1898 Remove from Superior Court 1
Law 21 Louisa Walls South Carolina & Georgia Railroad Company 1899 Remove from Superior Court 1
Law 22 M. C. Richardson Lousiville & Nashville Railroad Company 1899 Remove from Superior Court 1
Law 23 Flavel L. Murrow South Carolina & Georgia Railroad 1899 Remove from Superior Court 1
Law 24 A. A. Pullen Union Central Life Insurance Company 1899 Remove from Superior Court 1
Law 24 Augusta Southern Railroad Wrightsville Tennille Railorad Company 1896 Suit of Charter Powers 1
Law 26 John Sheahan Iowa Life Insurance Company 1900 Remove from Superior Court 2
Law 27 John M. Barnes Western Union Telegraph Company 1900 Damages 2
Law 34 John M. Barnes Western Union telegraph Company 1902 Suit for Damages 2
Law 35 John B. Goss Mrs. A. T. Hamilton 1903 Lein 4
Law 35 John E. Goss Mrs. Amy T. Hamilton 1902 Suit for Damages 2
Law 36 Bank of Thomson Mrs. A. T. Hamilton 1902 Removed from Superior Court 2
Law 40 Henry Davis Southern Railroad Company 1902 Injury 2
Law 42 Jim Reynolds Southern Railroad Company 1903 Removed from City Court 2
Law 43 Annie Bulter Herald Publishing Company 1903 Libel / Damages 2
Law 44 John Kerr Branch for Frew W. Scott James Virgile Burton & Fannie Lee burton 1903 Recovery of Land 2
Law 45 Merchants National Bank of Cincinnati Nathional Exchange Banke of Augusta 1904 Suit on Certificate of Deposit 3
Law 46 Sarah Fendley Georgia Montana Gold Mining Company 1905 Suit for Damages 3
Law 47 Bennett & Company Western Union Telegraph Company 1905 Complaint for Damages 3
Law 48 Abraham Nojein Beverly D. Hayes, st al 1904 Suit for Damages 3
Law 49 E. J. Cason Southern Railway Company 1904 Removal from Superior Court 3
Law 50 Danforth Lewis Southern Railway Company 1904 Action for Tort 3
Law 51 J. R. Blocker John Blair MacAfee 1905 Suit on Contract 3
Law 52 M. M. Sims Planters Compress Company 1905 Removed from City Court 3
Law 53 Alice Hopkins Southern Railway Company 1906 Suit for Injury 3
Law 54 Sibley Manufacturing Company Central Of Georgia Railway Company 1907 Right of Way 4
Law 55 Enterprise Manufacturing Company Central Of Georgia Railway Company 1905 Right of Way 4
Law 56 Austin Branch receiver Planters Cotton Factorage Jowh H. Ware, et al 1905 Contract 4
Law 57 Austin Branch receiver Planters Cotton Factorage Abraham P. Miller & Nathan Miller 1905 Contract 4
Law 58 George C. Griswold Southern Railway Company 1906 Injury 4
Law 59 Kate Murphey Southern Railway Company 1906 Injury 4
Law 61 Doc Evans Louisville & nashville Railroad, et al 1906 Injury 4
Law 63 T. E. Miner Baker & Smith 1907 Suit on Contract 5
Law 63 Bessie W. Haskins Able Haskins et al, Estate of 1906 Estate 5
Law 67 Riverside Mills Georgia Railroad & Banking Company 1907 Suit on Lease 5
Law 68 Riverside Mills Georgia Railroad & Banking Company 1907 Debt 5
Law 69 Riverside Mills Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 1907 Debt 5
Law 70 Christopher H. Cosgrove Reliance Life Insurance company 1908 Breach of Contract 5
Law 71 W. H. Robertson Charleston & Western Carolina Railway 1908 Injury 5
Law 72 Lillian S. Mims Charleston & Western Carolina Railway 1908 Injury 5
Law 76 Americal Leaf Tobacco Compnay R. C. Neely 1910 Suit on Note 5
Law 81 Allen & Baxley Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Company 1909 Contract 5
Law 82 City Council of Augusta Southern Railway Company 1909 Damage to Bridge 5
Law 83 H. Banks Barrett & Doughty 1909 Suit on Contract 5
Law 85 Spring & Company George S. Murphey 1910 Action on Account 5
Law 87 Julia Barton Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Company 1910 Suit for Damages 6
Law 88 Sallie Dlunbar Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Company 1910 Injury 6
Law 89 R. L. Whipple A. L. Hatcher 1910 Action for Damages 6
Law 90 M. W. Davaney Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Company 1910 Injury 6
Law 91 Frick Company Pope Manufacturing Company 1911 Suit on Contract 6
Law 94 John m Bessinger Western Union Telegraph Company 1911 Injury 6
Law & Equity 0 R. S. Jones J. Everett Sapp 1890 Equity removed From Superior Court 1
Law & Equity 0 M. M. Thomas Massachusettts Benefit Life 1896 Suit on Insurance 1
Law & Equity 0 Ida S. Harley National Life & Maturity Association 1890 Injury 1
Law & Equity 0 Frederick Brown Southern Railway 1910 Injury 1
Law & Equity 0 Augusta Gibson Sanderson Railroad   1887 Misc. 2
Law & Equity 0 B. J. Mayers Commercial Union Assurance Company 1892 Insurance 1
Law & Equity 0 Harrison Parker Phenix Insurance Company 1893 Insurance 1
Law & Equity 16 More, Jenkins & Company H. P. Jones 1896 Suit to Remove Judgment 1
Law & Equity 17 Laura B. Griffith Western Union Telegraph Company 1897 Removal of Cause 1
Law & Equity 24 Augusta Southern Railroad Company Wrightsville, & Tennille Railroad Co. 1897 Injunction relating to rates 2
Law & Equity 25 J. B. Nunn Southern Railroad Company 1902 Damages 1
Law & Equity 28 Mose Wilson Southern Railroad Company 1900 Injury 1
Law & Equity 29 J. C. Day Southern Railroad Company 1901 Tort 1
Law & Equity 30 Alexander Smith Southern Railroad Company 1901 Tort 1
Law & Equity 31 Ruth N. MacIntyre Mutual Reserve Fund Life 1902 Life Insurance 1
Law & Equity 32 John V. Tinley Southern Cotton Oil Company 1902 Damages 1
Law & Equity 33 Augusta Guth Supreme Council of the Royal Arcannum 1903 Life Insurance 2
Law & Equity 37 Sallie Davis Lousiville & Nashville Railroad Company 1903 Damages 2
Law & Equity 38 Susan Bell Georgia Railorad 1901 Injury 2
Law & Equity 39 Ellen O'Keefe Augusta & Aiken Railway Company 1903 Damages 2
Law & Equity 332 M. W. Rhodes American Agricultural Chemical Company 1909 Contract 2
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