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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1907 | Arthur Milam v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Carroll | Damages |
Damages under $500 for killing a dog. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 963 | 34 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | B. J. Crews v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Carroll | Damages |
Damages for killing a cow. Additional parties: R. P. Cole, John C. Sweeney. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 117 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | Benjamin Kendall v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Carroll | Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 230 | 31 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1921 | C. M. Watson v. North Carolina& St. Louis Railway Company | Carroll | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The North Carolina and St. Louis Railway Company was under contract to transport cotton for the plaintiff, C.M. Watson. While cotton was in the care of the North Carolina and St. Louis Railway Company, it was destroyed by fire and not delivered. Cotton valued at $500.00. |
West | Range: 78 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1672 | 80 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | Clifford Spellings by next friend N. G. Spellings v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway | Carroll | Damages |
Damages for killing a colt. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1124 | 78 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1909 | C. E. Mebane v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad | Carroll | Damages |
The plaintiff sued for the death of his cow. |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1219 | 60 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | E. Thomas v. Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad Company | Carroll | Damages |
Plaintiffs horse was killed by train. |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 25 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | Eliza A. Warren v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Carroll | Injury and Damages | West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 181A | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1912 | E. E. Oxley v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway | Carroll | Damages |
Oxley sued claiming a train ran over and killed his cow. Value listed as less than $500. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1324 | 78 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1884 | George W. Fry, et al.v. E. S. Tippett, et al | Carroll | Damages |
Additional plaintiffs: Thomas McCullough, Zack Fry, W. H. Robeson, William Dorch, John Leach, Samuel Fulton |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 270 | 85 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1901 | Henry Vawter v. B. A. Denny | Carroll | Damages |
Failure to supply water for farming on a rented farm |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 751 | 22 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1901 | Henry Tanter v. B. A. Denney | Carroll | Damages |
Plaintiff name may not be spelled correctly Cause of Action: failure to provide renter with water for crops |
West | Range: 81 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 831 | 30 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1908 | Henry Massey v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Carroll | Damages |
For $32.50 for killing his cow. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 959 | 64 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1901 | Ira King, Agent v. Harris & Fuqua | Carroll | Sale of Damaged/Misrepresented Goods |
For a boiler the defendants claim was too rusted to be of use or repaired. Also see WT 784. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 772 | 14 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | J. W. Smith v. L & N Railroad Co. | Carroll | Damages |
Damages for killing a cow. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 103 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | J. R. Hillsman v. A. L. Gardner, Agent & the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Carroll | Damages |
Plaintiff sued for damages due to death of a "large sow." |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 304 | 32 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1893 | Jepp Shadd v. The Louisville & Nashville Rail Road Co. | Carroll | Damages |
The suit concerns a mare that was struck and killed by a passenger train. The plaintiff claims that the engineer blew the whistle only once, which was not enough to shoo the horse off the tracks. The mare had escaped from a pasture with a broken fence. |
West | Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 384 | 66 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1905 | J. L. Taylor v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Carroll | Damages |
Damages for killing a fox hound. |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 888 | 32 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1907 | J. T. Mebane v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Carroll | Damages |
Cause of action: damages due to plaintiff's land by the defendant. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 955 | 51 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | John Atkins & wife v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Carroll | Injury and Damages | West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 793 | 76 | Order A Copy | ||
| View Entry | 1912 | J.H. Williams v. Nashville, Chattanooga& St. Louis R.R. Co. | Carroll | Damages |
Damages in the sum of $250.00 |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1326 | 110 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1921 | John Tippett, Jr., by next friend John Tippett v. American Extract & Vinegar Company | Carroll | Damages |
John Tippett Jr. is sued by his next friend for $10,000.00 in damages when he was burned or scalded by hot running water maintained in an open ditch by the defendant company. |
West | Range: 78 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1694 | 23 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | L. E. Brevard et al. v. Dan McCurry | Carroll | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional Plaintiffs: W.M. Buford and G.G. Buford. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 713 | 194 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1909 | L. A. Moody v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway | Carroll | Damages |
The plaintiff sued for damages to his crops and land for the defendant's failure to provide a sufficient channel to carry water over its right of way. Map shows plaintiff's farm. |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1219 | 126 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1889 | Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company v. C. D. Adams | Carroll | Damages |
Damages for killing one 4 year old bay horse. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 487 | 54 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1893 | Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Cora Scates | Carroll | Damages for Wrongful Death |
The defendant's husband, Charley Scates, was killed while employed as a conductor for the L&N RR. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 589 | 269 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1907 | Lonnie Owen, widow of Jim Owen, dec. by next friend Andy Owen v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Carroll | Damages for Wrongful Death |
For the death of Jim Owen. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 961 | 228 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1913 | L. H. White v. Nashville, Chattanooga& St. Louis Railway& Illinois Central Railroad Company | Carroll | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Plaintiff made a contract with defendant to transport his child to be buried. Due to the negligence of defendant Plaintiff was forced to bury his child in another location. 2 folders |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1365 | 175 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | M. A. Enochs v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway | Carroll | Damages |
The plaintiff holds that negligence in caring for a fire resulted in approx. 2000 rails of fence and several fence posts being burned. He is sued for damages to those items as well as some stationary items. |
West | Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1647 | 75 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1873 | Nancy Williams v. Nashville Chattanooga Railroad & St. Louis Railroad Co. | Carroll | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Plaintiff sued concerning the death of her husband Burrell Williams. Claim is that a locomotive ran over him in the town of Huntingdon. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 83 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company v. David McMackin | Carroll | Damages |
Lawsuit was filed over the death of a mule. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 309 | 56 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1911 | Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway v. L. M. Williams | Carroll | Damages |
Damages for unlawfully building a culvert under the defendant's railroad on its right of way, and unlawfully digging and cutting a ditch in and upon plaintiff's land connected said ditch with said culvert and thereby unlawfully causing plaintiff's land described or about 4 acres thereof to fill up with sand. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 910 | 180 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1924 | Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. S. T. Sparks | Carroll | Damages |
4 folders. "The suit was instituted…to recover damages for the destruction of a truck struck by one of the Railway's moving trains on a public crossing within the limits of the incorporated town of McKenzie, the suit being predicated upon a violation of the Statutory Precautions." |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1767 | 933 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1884 | Nashville Chattanooga& St. Louis Rail Way v. W. B. Grizzard | Carroll | Damages |
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Rail Way Company |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 263 | 62 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1909 | Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company v. George Hooper | Carroll | Damages for Wrongful Death |
George Hooper brought suit against the railway company for the death of his wife, Ida Hooper. She was struck and killed by a train while on her way home. He sued for $1,200.00 in damages. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1045 | 58 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Ragsdon Layman v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Carroll | Damages |
Damages for killing two cows and two yearlings. Defendants: R. P Cole, John C. Sweeney. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 117 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Robert H. Belew v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. | Carroll | Trespass and Damages | West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 122 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1894 | Robert Henry, by next friend v. George Ridley | Carroll | Damages |
Plaintiffs "next friend": Mrs. A. W. Henry. Pages 1-4 are torn with bottom half missing. Cause of Action: Damages due to an assault and battery by the defendant. |
West | Range: 82 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 610 | 26 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | Sam Wall v. Noell& Z. T. Collier | Carroll | Damages |
Damages for assault and Battery |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 301 | 78 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | S. J. Chambers v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Carroll | Damages |
For the killing of a fox hound. |
West | Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 744 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | S. S. Pate v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. | Carroll | Damages |
Two cows and two hogs killed by train. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 121 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | Sarah Smith v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Carroll | Trespass and Damages |
Additional defendants: Great Southern Railroad Company. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 122 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | S. J. Chambers v. North Carolina & St. Louis Railroad Co. | Carroll | Damages | West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 880 | 46 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1889 | The North Carolina & St. Louis Railway v. B. F. Chambers | Carroll | Damages |
Killing of a mule. |
West | Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 440 | 67 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | T. M. Clark v. L & N Railroad Co. | Carroll | Damages |
Damages for killing a cow. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 103 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1888 | The L & N Railroad Co. v. Silas Hurt | Carroll | Trespass and Damages |
Silas Hurt states that the L&N Railroad Co. killed his mule. The mule was on the train track and struck and killed by a train belonging to the L&N Railroad Co. He sues for damages. |
West | Range: 82 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 481 | 62 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1872 | W. H. Bass v. W. H. Graves | Carroll | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Testimony indicates that a teacher in a "common school" in West Tennessee contracted for $75.00 a month for a five month period of time in the late 1860s. |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 41 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1913 | W. A. Pinckley v. Yuma Gin Company | Carroll | Damages |
Cause of action: $5000.00 damages for personal injury that occurred while working for Yuma Gin Company |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1309 | 48 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1893 | W. T. Perkins (a minor) by John Perkins (father) v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Carroll | Damages |
Lawsuit of $1,999, damages from train accident in Trenton, Ky., Nov. 1890, by W. T. Perkins, a minor; lawsuit carried by his father, John Perkins. Map of Trenton, Ky., site of railroad accident. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 592 | 115 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1895 | Willie D. Johnson v. J. H. B. Woodward | Carroll | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Damages for $10,000 for wrongful and unlawful killing of her husband, EW. H. Johnson. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 603 | 152 | Order A Copy |