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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1932 | Arline Johnson v. Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway Company | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Plaintiff is the administrator of the estate of Will Johnson (dec'd), who was employed by the defendant to clean and maintain certain train cars. During the course of his regular work, a conductor employed by the defendant carelessly and without warning started moving the engine the deceased was working on without warning, causing certain parts to crush and mangle the deceased about the head, causing fatal injuries. Suing for $15,000 in damages. |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1420 | 219 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1936 | American Trust & Banking Co. v. Bonnie Crews Parsons | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Mrs. Parsons widow of W. H. Parsons, Jr., who was killed in FL when the car in which he was riding collided with a car driven by Albert H. Garnier. Garnier was also killed in the accident. American Trust administrator of his estate. Mrs. Parsons suing American Trust for compensatory damages in the wrongful death of her husband. Possible that the Garnier car, which was facing the car in which Parsons was riding, did not dim its lights as required by FL law. See also box 1542 |
East | Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1004 | 661 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1938 | Borden C. Jones, admr. v. Cincinnati, New Orleans, & Texas Pacific Railway Co. et al | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Deceased: Burrell Shelton. Add. Defendants: Alabama Great Southern Railway Co., Southern Railway Co., Belt Railway of Chattanooga. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 697 | 43 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | Chattanooga Machinery Co. v. J. A. Hargraves, admr. | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
William Hargrave, son of J. A., was untrained in using an emery wheel at the machine shop where he worked. The wheel was faulty & exploded, killing William. J. A. sued to recover damages from the death of his son. The machine shop alleged that they were not responsible for his death. See box 747 for Add'l documentation. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 17 | 68 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | City Street Railroad Company in error v. W. H. Malcolm, admr. | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
In April 1890, Lee Malcolm was crushed and killed between two passing cars owned by the plaintiff in error at the intersection of 9th and Market Street in Chattanooga. He was an employee of the company but not on duty at the time. |
East | Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1893 | 122 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1948 | Clifford Thompson, admr. of Harold D. Thompson, dec. v. W. G. Purser | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Defendant hit deceased with his truck, causing mortal injuries. Exhibits located in ET 683 and include brake cylinder, valves, springs, seals, and other mechanical parts & packaging. |
East | Range: 6 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 475 | 179 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1936 | Consolidated Coach Company v. W. C. McCord, admr. | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
The defendant was administrator of the estate of Ruth McCord, killed by a bus owned by the plaintiff. File contained in two folders. Diagram and photo of scene of accident included. |
East | Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 941 | 281 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Charles F. Morrison, admr. v. Payne & Harris | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Plaintiff is the administrator of the estate of his minor child, Rose Brooks Morrison (dec.). Defendant is a partnership comprised of H. C. Harris & J. P. Payne. The plaintiff was driving with the deceased when a work truck owned and operated by an agent of the defendant struck their vehicle, killing his child. The defendant's truck was operating at an unlawful rate of speed and in a negligent manner. Plaintiff sued for damages in the sum of $25,000.00. Appeals are included. See ET 1482. |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1437 | 549 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | Daisy Meador v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Deceased: R. L. Meador. Deceased was struck and killed by train owned and operated by Defendants. |
East | Range: 6 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 407 | 279 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1909 | David Jones, admr. of Joe Long, dec. v. Samuel R. Read, et al. | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Deceased was working as a laborer employed by defendant when he was crushed by a falling boiler. Add. Defendant: Read House Co. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 489 | 191 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1946 | Evelyn Gribble Allen v. Cincinnati, New Orleans,& Texas Pacific Railway Co. | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Exhibits include 4 marriage certificates, 4 divorce petitions, 3 handwritten witness statements, and 3 8x10 black and white photographs. |
East | Range: 6 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 301 | 271 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1938 | Florence Ball v. H. D. Pollard | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Plaintiff is the administrator of the estate of Rufus Teffeteller (dec.). Defendant is the receiver for the Central Georgia Railway Company. Plaintiff is sued for the wrongful killing of the deceased with damages of $10,000. In 1936, the defendant was operating a passenger train at a high and reckless speed, on which the deceased was a passenger. |
East | Range: 9 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1272 | 247 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | H. E. Wolfe Construction Company v. M. D. Broom, admr. of Virgil E. Broom, dec. | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death | East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 905 | 360 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1944 | J. D. Payton, admr. of Leila Payton, dec. v. George R. Alexander | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Deceased was killed when involved in an automobile accident with Defendant. |
East | Range: 6 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 402 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | J. A. Hargraves v. Chattanooga Machinery Company | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Appeal briefs only. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 747 | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | James Hooper v. Southern Railway Company et al | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Add defendants: Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, Cincinnati New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company, & W. J. Robinson. Plaintiff is the administrator of the estate of Willie Mathis (dec'd), who was employed by the police authorities to monitor the properties of the defendant companies to prevent trespassing. W. Mathis was talking with others, committing no crime, when Robinson commanded him to put his hands up and Mathis ran, causing Robinson to fire his pistol at him. Suing for $25,000. |
East | Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1384 | 187 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Juliette Ruth Estill v. Pure Ice Company, et al. | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Plaintiff was the widow of Henry Estill who was killed by a Pure Ice truck as he walked across Brainerd Road. Estill suffered for a week until he died. Ruth sued on account of Henry's physical pain and mental anguish and to recover large medical bills. Photographic exhibits (f. 4) document the area of the accident. Visible are East Side service station, gas pumps, period automobiles, homes (including a fine antebellum one), billboards, and Volunteer Foods. Map filed separately. Four folders. See MT 1429 |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1442 | 265 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1939 | Jennie E. Davis, admr., of William Gass, dec. v. Richelson Coal Co. et al. | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Deceased was struck by truck owned and operated by defendants. Exhibits include 3 large b&w photographs, 2 large accident scene maps. Add. Defendants: Louis Richelson, Robert Jackson. |
East | Range: 6 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 407 | 245 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1909 | John Wease, admr. v. The Buquo Lime Co. | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Joseph Wease, deceased. |
East | Range: 6 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 434 | 223 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1936 | Jack Diamond v. Jack Shepard et al | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Additional Defendants: Frances, Ralph, Alfred, Dorothy & Robbie Shepard, all minors & children of Jack Shepard. Shepard originally sued Diamond for $25,000 damages in the death of his wife, Rose. She was involved in an accident with Diamond on 6 July 1934 while a passenger in his car. Diamond was driving at excessive speed, lost control & wrecked when he encountered cattle in the road. Rose Shepard died of her injuries 2 days later. Accident took place in GA. |
East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 917 | 230 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | James E. Phillips v. Chattanooga News Company | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Plaintiff is the administrator of the estate of John Willard Phillips, a minor (dec'd), who was employed by the defendant as a newsboy. He went in the elevator on their property to an upper floor when he was struck on the head by an abrupt projection of the wall of the elevator shaft, mangling his head and body between the steel frame and woodwork of the elevator and causing him to hang suspended in the shaft by a leg, all while conscious for a time. Plaintiff sued for $25,000 in damages. |
East | Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1378 | 195 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1945 | Mrs. C. E. Slaten v. North South Freightways, Inc. et al. | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
See ET box 400. Deceased: C. E. Slaton. Automobile operated by dec. collided with tractor trailer owned and operated by defendants. Exhibits include correspondences, commercial interstate permit, sales contract, 7 b&w photographs. Add. Defendant: Fred Aycock. |
East | Range: 6 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 398 | 510 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Maggie Kiel v. M. P. Callaway et al. | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Defendant Calloway acting as Trustee for Central of Georgia Railway Company. Plaintiff's husband was killed when train owned and operated by defendant collided with deceased's automobile. Add. Defendant: E. J. Barnett. Exhibits include 3 large and 3 small b&w photographs, large, hand-drawn color map, large survey map. |
East | Range: 6 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 400 | 228 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Nashville, Chattanooga,& St. Louis Railway Company v. A. Hardeman, admr. of Charles Hardeman | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
A. Hardeman is sued for $25,000 in damages for the killing of his son Charles who was employed by the railway co. He was killed by the explosion of the boiler of Engine No. 42 |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 787 | 31 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Nashville & Chattanooga RR Co. & Memphis & Charleston RR Co. v. J. M. Carroll, Admr of John Hinton, et al | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Additional def.s.: Elizabeth Hinton, widow; William, John, Della & Richard Hinton, children of John Hinton, dec. Admr. Carroll originally sued the railroads for $20,000, charging them with negligence in Hinton's death. Hinton, an employee of the Nash- ville & Chattanooga RR Co., was killed on 17 Aug. 1868, when the hand car he was riding on was struck by a train managed & controlled by one of the defts. There was some question as to which train struck him. 2 Folders. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1248 | 400 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | Nancy E. Choate v. East Tennessee, Virginia, & Georgia Railway Co. | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Plaintiff Nancy E. Choate sued the defendant railway company for $30,000 in damages for the negligent and wrongful killing of her husband, John A. Choate, who left behind three children: Ella, Willie, and Maggie. Choate charged that the train failed to indicate its presence with a whistle or attempt to brake, resulting in the train running over the plaintiff's husband and causing him to suffer greatly and die. |
East | Range: 19 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1789 | 112 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | Ruth McClendon v. J. R. Light | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Deceased: Clinton McClendon. Origin of damages: defendant struck deceased with his automobile, leading to his death. Exhibits include a small photograph. |
East | Range: 6 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 411 | 184 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Robert Y. Faris v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Plaintiff is the administrator of T. J. Cate (dec.), was crossing a railroad track belonging to the defendant when a conductor of train owned by the defendant negligently ran the train over the deceased, mortally injuring him. Plaintiff claims it was the carelessness of the conductor acting as an agent of the defendant that caused Cate's death. Plaintiff sued for the wrongful death of his intestate in the sum of $25,000. |
East | Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1380 | 549 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1909 | S. A. Davis v. Chattanooga Railways Co. | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Plaintiff's wife was struck and killed by railcar owned and operated by Defendant. Exhibits include hand-drawn map and accident schematic. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 493 | 138 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | Southern Railway Co. et al. v. Everett Turner, admr.& Sam Blair | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
This was a case against the railway co for damages for the wrongful death of Lee Turner. Sam Blair and Lee Turner were riding in an automobile when one of the trains collided with the automobile. Lee Turner was killed and Sam Blair sustained injuries. There are three folders for this case in ET Box 910…Folders 1 and 2 contain the case files and Folder 3 contains the exhibits. |
East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 910 | 352 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | Thelma L. Lemons, admr. v. Cincinnati, New Orleans& Texas Pacific Railway Co. | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Exhibit Materials: large, hand-drawn, colored map. Case Style: Thelma Lillian Lemons, Administratrix of the estate of George Marshall Lemons, deceased v. C. N. O., and TX RLWY Co. Judgment affirmed in favor of Defendant by Supreme Court of Tenn. |
East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 340 | 145 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1909 | Warnie[?] Lee Blanton, et al.v. Central of Georgia Railway Co., et al | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Additional Plaintiffs: E. W. Griggs, as next friend, Hayes Blanton, deceased. Additional Defendant: the Parker News Company. Other spellings: Wannie[?] Blanton. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 488 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1909 | W. A. Thompson, admr. v. News Publishing Company | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Ishan Black, deceased, a minor, was employed by News Publishing Co. and suffered injuries on the job, later died. |
East | Range: 6 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 434 | 66 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Zeke D. Westerfield, admr. v. J. Avery Bryan Company | Hamilton | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Richard Westerfield, deceased. Exhibits: photograph of intersection, situation map drawn by hand and in color. |
East | Range: 6 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 412 | 160 | Order A Copy |