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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1838 | (unknown) | Carter | Unknown |
Deed of Conveyance: William Asher, Solomon Asher, Joseph Asher, Joseph Perkins, Joshua Perkins, Amos Perkins conveyed to John and William Dugger. Signed by Governor William Carroll. DEED - Asher and Perkins to Dugger |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 636 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1946 | Andrew J. Ketron v. John F. Fine | Carter | Debt |
Debt not discharged by bankruptcy. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 41 | 63 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1946 | Annie Carmody v. Trustees of Presbyterian Church, et al. | Carter | Deed Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 41 | 170 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1849 | A. E. Jackson v. C. H. Gillespie, et al. | Carter | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendant: N. G. Taylor. Others involved: E. E. C. Gillespie, C. R. Gillespie, and [?] G. Taylor Case file is incomplete. Index included. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 67 | 253 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1935 | Automobile Sales Sevier Co. v. Ernest Hughes, et al. | Carter | Breach of Contract |
Additional defendant: R. T. Johnson. Breach of contract over payments on a car. |
East | Range: 8 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 887 | 114 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1861 | A. M. C. Taylor v. Samuel Lusk et al | Carter | Injunction |
Add. defendants: Alfred Perry, Samuel Angel, T.J. Powell, & William Folsom. Filed for injunction against a past judgment in favor of the defendants and to be shown equity belonging to the plaintiff. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1171 | 30 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1861 | Abraham Tipton v. Thomas J. Powell, et al | Carter | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional def.s.: Thomas C. Johnson & wife, Nancy J.; Robert Love; Isaac P. & James P. Tipton. Thomas C. Johnson son-in-law of plaintiff. Plaintiff left 180 acres by his father Samuel Tipton which he deeded to Johnson. Chancery Court decree has since divested Johnson of his title to the land, but plaintiff believes that he has sold it to Powell to pay his debts despite having no legal right to do so. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1175 | 117 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1872 | Abraham P. Hart v. George H. Darault, et al. | Carter | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: William W. Rockhold and Warrington C. Hunt. Hart had bought a house and lot and all stock of the firm Darault & Brown. Hart sued for title to property and wanted an injunction against defendants from selling, transferring, or otherwise disposing of said title to property. Hart also suing for: $1300 Darault was to have paid Isaac H. Brown and $1000-the deficit of the partnership books. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1212 | 118 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | American Glanzstoff Corporation v. Oscar Pitts | Carter | Workman's Compensation |
Defendant claimed he was paralyzed and blinded by inhaling toxic fumes while working for the plaintiff, a foreign company. He is sued for compensation for his injuries. Exhibits include insurance policies. |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1447 | 206 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1933 | Auto Sales & Service Company v. Mrs. I. E. Shupe | Carter | Damages |
Plntff. alleges that on 29 Feb. 1931 the car driven by Mrs. Shupe collided with its car, which was being driven by Elmer Bowman & Matt Carr. Plntff. Is sued for $450 for damages to its car. There were 3 other lawsuits involved in this case. Bowman sued the deft. for personal injury; Carr sued for damage to his clothing & other damage. Mrs. Shupe sued for $10,000 for personal injury. Bowman & Carr's suits were heard in a Justice of the Peace Court. |
East | Range: 10 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1475 | 76 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1933 | American Glanzstoff Company v. Marvin E. Carden | Carter | Workman's Compensation |
Mr. Carden alleges he was treating silk fabric with ammonia in a textile factory when he was overcome with the fumes, causing him to pass out, and hit his head on equipment. Most witnesses testify that the defendant seems "crazy" since the accident, however others testify that Carden had substantial drinking problem. Rather than injured from work, they suggest the injury was the result of drunken carelessness. |
East | Range: 10 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1503 | 35 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1877 | A. R. Toncray to use W. J. Toncray v. Charles P. Toncray, exe | Carter | Debt |
Defendant was exe. of Jackson C. Toncray, dec. Plaintiff filed this case against the estate of the deceased for an unpaid debt. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1647 | 37 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1935 | Amanda Richards v. City of Elizabethton | Carter | Nuisance |
The plaintiff brought suit against the defendant for creating a nuisance by dumping refuse, waste, and garbage near her property. Plaintiff notes that dead animals are often dumped and sometimes burned creating an unpleasant odor. Exhibit materials include plat map of the Richard-Perry Fairview Addition to Elizabethton, Tennessee and a Warranty Deed. Plat map located in ET Oversize Box 21. |
East | Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1545 | 130 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1943 | American Bemberg Corporation & North American Rayon Corp v. City of Elizabethton& M. L. Carriger, Tax Assessor | Carter | Taxation Disputes |
American Bemberg began its factory in the area outside the City of Elizabethton in Carter County in 1827, producing rayon. It had recently changed its name from American Glanzstoff Corporation (see many other docs containing this in the case name). The city agreed not to expand to include the plant, unless the trustees of the company agreed. The city expanded around the plant. The plant expanded, & was exempted from being city property. City then sued for taxes. See box ET 801 for Add'l documents. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 15 | 545 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1945 | A. J. Fair, et al. v. City of Elizabethton | Carter | Election Dispute |
Pl's: Ralph & Robert L. Perry, S. B. Hale, L. K. Kenney, R. Ledford, Earl Belvins, Lexie C. Moss, R. M. Erwin, Fred T. & William Taylor, & all residents of Elizabethton. Defs: R. B. Moreland, P. P. Bain, M. W. Snell, S. G. Myers. The city held a vote for a "beer referendum" deemed a "straw vote," that incurred many fees due to advertisements & other expenses. The plaintiff sued to ify the vote, & to prevent any further taxes or fees being imposed. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 15 | 97 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1888 | A. H. Pettibone, et al. v. P. Dickenson, et al. | Carter | Property Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 39 | 408 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1928 | Alfred Pierce v. State | Carter | Defiling a Minor |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of violating the age of consent. Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1924 | A. W. Taylor v. Luther Hyder | Carter | Unknown |
Final Decree only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 97 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1829 | Adam Broyles v. George W. Greenway | Carter | Debt |
Origin of Debt: $17.51 and $0.50 in costs on a note of hand signed by defendant. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 694 | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1824 | Adam Winsell v. Samuel Bailey & John Ward | Carter | Debt | East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 731 | 8 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1943 | American Bemberg Corporation and North American Rayon Corp v. City of Elizabethton and M. L. Carriger, Tax Assessor | Carter | Taxation Disputes | East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 801 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1898 | A. T. Bradley v. John H. Hathaway et al.. | Carter | Notes |
This is a case dealing with a dispute over a note |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 817 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1936 | Arthur Phillips v. Warren M. Royal & Clothilde Royal | Carter | Land and Title Dispute |
Case includes a hand-drawn map on the back of a Barnes Indoor Circus Broadside. 2 folders. Exhibit item located in ET Oversize Box 10. |
East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 911 | 216 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1893 | Allen Bros. v. C. T. Taneray | Carter | Debt Dispute |
Plaintiff was seeking money from the defendant for goods and services. The total amount came to $130.52. The defendant charged that he had paid a credit of $ 5.52 and should not have to pay the full amount. The plaintiff then filed a bill of certiorari. |
East | Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1715 | 128 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1873 | A. P. Hart v. George H. Devault, et al. | Carter | Land, Sale of |
Advertisement for a Supreme Court sale of a house and lot in Elizabethton. Devault conveyed by title bond to Hart. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1224 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | Annie Church by next friend T. J. Church v. E.C. Offinger et al. | Carter | Personal Injuries |
Additional defendants: Mrs. E.C. Offinger and East TN Limestone Quarries. Plaintiffs sued for $5000 damages for personal injuries. Annie Church worked for the Bemberg Plant and was being carried in passenger car when a large truck belonging to the defendant ran a red light and hit the car, inflicting her with permanent injuries to her head, face, and body. |
East | Range: 9 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1291 | 89 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | Alex McKinney v. State | Carter | Assault, Felonious |
Alex McKinney, aka Eleck McKinney, is charged with feloniously assaulting W. M. Street with a shotgun with intent to commit murder. Both the plaintiff and the victim live in Roan Mountain, Tennessee. A day before the incident, Street, a deputy sheriff, had captured a still and whiskey which he believed belonged to the Pla. in error. The next day as Street was passing through Roan Mountain, he was shot in the back by someone who he identified as the Pla. |
East | Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1379 | 45 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | Arlie W. Brown v. State | Carter | Other |
Arlie W. Brown is charged with "violating the bad check law." |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1443 | 17 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1924 | Board of Commissioners of the City of Elizabethton v. Walter P. Blevins | Carter | Unknown |
Final Decree only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 97 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1934 | Ben J. Guy v. Aetna Life Insurance Company | Carter | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Guy sought to recover $1,000.00 on a group policy with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, OH. Exhibits: policy certificate, physical examination evaluation, permanent disability notice, correspondence, certificate of insurance. |
East | Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 750 | 165 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1935 | Brading Rhea Lumber Company v. Southern Furniture Manufacturing Company et al. | Carter | Lien Settlement |
Dispute over whether a tract of Southern Furniture-owned land in Elizabethton should be released from a lien held the First National Bank. Brading Rhea filed the original suit against the furniture company. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1105 | 53 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | Bean Creek Lumber Co. v. Gornley Campbell et al. | Carter | Unknown |
Final Decree only. Date: Unknown. Additional Parties: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 85 | 1 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1932 | Bayless& Cross v. J. P. McCormick Co. et al. | Carter | Debt |
Additional defendants: Geo. C. Sells, J. R. Simmonds and A. B. Bowman, lawyers in the firm Sells, Simmonds and Bowman. Defendants entered into an agreement with the plaintiffs to erect houses on property located in the sixth Civil District of Carter County known as the Central Heights Addition. Plaintiffs claim they completed the homes and are seeking payment. The houses are referred to as 517-A, 517-B, 517-C sitting on lots 6 and 7 and block 9. Exhibit includes map of Central Heights Addition. |
East | Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1355 | 179 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1933 | Blackwood Coal & Coke Co. v. O. T. Austin, et al. | Carter | Debt, Balance on |
O. T. Austin is accused of not paying bills for coal bought from Blackwood Coal at wholesale prices for the purpose of reselling at retail. Further, Blackwood accuses Austin of turning his assets over to his mother so he could not be held financially responsible to pay these bills. |
East | Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1527 | 350 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1944 | B. D. Shoun v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company | Carter | Other |
Shoun worked for American Bemberg Corporation & had a group life insurance policy from his employer. His records show he was an unruly employee, & that he was discharged for refusing to handle the dye compound copper oxide, used in the manufacturing of rayon. He became ill with food poisoning, & also suffered from gonorrhea, & went to the doctor. Shortly after he was killed in a car wreck. His father sued to collect life insurance benefits from his policy from ABC. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 15a | 177 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1943 | Bascom Tipton v. North American Rayon Corporation | Carter | Injury and Damages |
Cause of Action: Worker's Comp. case. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 48 | 110 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Barnes-Boring Hardware Co. v. Jenkins & Elliott Bros. | Carter | Lien |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1939 | B. F. Cole v. Will Taylor | Carter | Petition for Injunction |
Complaint was filed for an injunction requiring defendant to remove obstructions from a road and permit complainant to have free and unobstructed passage over said road. Exhibit: 2-plat maps. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 646 | 265 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1935 | B. C. Chase v. Range Motor Company | Carter | Debt Dispute |
Debt is for a car, for which B. C. Chase claims he had fully paid. The Range Motor Company had previously filed a suit for Replevin. |
East | Range: 8 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 851 | 60 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1936 | Brading Rhea Lumber Co. v. Southern Furniture Manufacturing Co. et al. | Carter | Debt |
The cause of action in this case is simply listed as a creditor's bill. Brading Rhea Lumber Co. filed this bill against Southern Furniture Manufacturing Co. in order to collect the debt that is owed to them. |
East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 909 | 232 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | Brumit's Inc., et al. v. Standard Grocery Company | Carter | Debt |
Debt due by Note. $497.96. Additional plaintiffs: Lockett L. Brumitt, Pearl E. Brumitt |
East | Range: 8 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1012 | 84 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1938 | Ben Treadway, et al.v. Carter County, et al | Carter | County Issues |
Additional Pla.: J. B. Nave, Sr.; Joshua Swanner; J. C. Leonard, et al. Additional def.s.: James C. Julian, Chmn. of the Co. Court of Carter Co.; K. P. Banks, Supt. of Pub. Instruction of Carter Co.; Hon. Roy H. Beeler, Atty-Gen. of TN. Kamp elected in 1936. Pla.. argue that 1937 Private Act 725 should be repealed on grounds of unconstitutionality as it appoints Kamp to continue in his position until March, 1939, past the expiration of his term in Sept. 1938. Act specific to Carter Co. alone. |
East | Range: 9 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1280 | 76 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | B. P. Curtis et al. v. State ex rel. J. M. Moreland | Carter | Contested Election |
Incomplete case. Briefs, amendment, and stipulation only. Additional defendants: R.T. Johnson Jr. and C.J. Range. Moreland was a candidate for the office of Sheriff in the 1930 election. Moreland charged def. (election commissioners) with fraudulently altering the returns from the election in order to elect W.J. Fair, another candidate. Moreland sought mandamus to compel the def. to recount and certify the true result. |
East | Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1333 | 178 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1943 | Carter County v. Bailey E. Williams, et al. | Carter | Other |
Case involves a Petition for Certiorari and the alleged mishandling of the affairs of the Road Department. Additional Defendants are difficult to discern. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 47 | 449 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1947 | Culver Cole v. City of Elizabethton | Carter | Other |
Cause of Action: Violation of a city ordinance playing music too loud in his restaurant. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 39 | 88 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1926 | Cad Swanner& Dave Swanner v. State | Carter | Larceny |
Final Decree only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 72 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1947 | Clyde Gouge & wife Mae Gouge v. East Tennessee& North Carolina Railroad Company | Carter | Damages |
Plaintiff seeks damages for land taken by the defendant. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 116 | 433 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1935 | C. R. Taylor v. General Exchange Insurance Corporation | Carter | Insurance Disputes |
C.R. Taylor is sued General Exchange Insurance Corporation on a plea of debt due by action on a fire insurance policy that he had with the company. He claims they have failed to pay him what is owed to him for damages his property sustained in a fire. |
East | Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 960 | 158 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1937 | Charles H. Reece v. M. L. Jenkins, et al | Carter | Damages |
Additional defendants: M. C. Gouge, Winston Shelton |
East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1053 | 202 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1895 | C. N. Wilcox, et al. v. W. P. Blackwell, et al. | Carter | Land and Title Dispute |
Case involved a dispute over the title to about 400 acres of mountain land in Carter County, TN. Second part of case in ET Box 2039 (139 pages) in two folders |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1089 | 142 | Order A Copy |