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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1943 | Bill Kimbrough& Haze Jefferies v. State | Knox | Robbery |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | City of Knoxville v. Mrs. Roscoe Roberts | Knox | Ordinance Violation |
The defendant was charged with violating an ordinance of the City of Knoxville prohibiting the storing of liquor. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 604 | 39 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Charles Wallace v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
2 Folders. |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 194 | 453 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Charles Lee Harvey Jr. v. Manufacturing Acceptance Corporation et al. | Knox | Other |
Additional Defendants: Roy E. Perry d/b/a Perry Motor Company. Cause of Action: After not paying according to the sales contract for an automobile, the dealer took back the car, the plaintiff is claiming he is entitled to have some of the costs refunded as defendants failed to advertise some of the terms. Also includes a buyers agreement. |
East | Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 284 | 78 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | City of Knoxville v. Eli Mincey | Knox | Other |
Cause of Action: Intoxication while on Duty, Conduct unbecoming a Police Officer, Neglect of duty, Making a False Statement. Exhibits: Charter for City of Knoxville, 1931; KPD radio call sheets, copies of Ordinance 447 and 118; emergency room record. Exhibits: official police manual, sanitarium admission card. |
East | Range: 6 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 450 | 680 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Charles S. Badgett, Jr. v. James W. Elmore, Jr., Judge, et al. | Knox | Injunction |
Additional Defendants: B. F. Channaberry, Frank E. Winick, Boyd Browder, Max Friedman, W. H. H. Southern, Charles E. Wrinkle, William H. Bradley, George A. Kitts, Ed Giffin, Doyle King, Hayden Bales, Charles V. Fisher, A. C. Clapp, Earl El Wood, E. O. Clark, A. C. Hansard, S. E. Hayes, R. B. Knott, H. Lones, Harley E. Bittle, Walter Lynch, W. M. Fox, J. F. Russell, Ollie Bean, Tracy W. Prater, L. V. Denton, P. V. Nicely, Roy H. Beeler, 11 others. Exhibits: circular from War Department. |
East | Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 538 | 130 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Clyde Wells, et al. v. Henry Bloom, et al. | Knox | Damages |
Additional Plaintiff: Mrs. Clyde Wells, d/b/a D. Wells Grocery. Additional Defendant: Malcom Bloom, d/b/a H. Bloom & Co. Exhibits: audit papers, USDA documents/letters, food stamp cards, USDA food stamp plan. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 630 | 337 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Dr. Louis A. Haun v. I. A. Akridge | Knox | Debt |
Exhibits: correspondence, check. Debt due to nonpayment of notes. |
East | Range: 6 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 452 | 214 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Eagle Pikley v. State | Knox | Other |
"Assault to commit voluntary manslaughter." Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Fred Strader v. State | Knox | Unknown |
"Misdemeanor." Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Floyd Bruce v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Glen W. Kimbrough v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co., et al. | Knox | Damages |
Additional Defendant: Joe Bailey. Exhibit: situation diagram/drawing. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 618 | 293 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | George Cash v. State | Knox | Murder |
Victim: John Scott Wise. 2 Folders. |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 194 | 359 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | George Smiley v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
Exhibits: policy certificates, hospital documents, check, physicians' notes/forms, correspondence, claims paperwork, |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 622 | 672 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Henry Burchfield v. State | Knox | Incest | East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 202 | 50 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1943 | Howard Beets v. State | Knox | Larceny | East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 236 | 120 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1943 | J. W. Watts v. State | Knox | Unknown |
"Felony." Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | J. P Anderton et al. v. City of Knoxville | Knox | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Plaintiffs sued Knoxville fire department for wages lost due to unlawful pay and grade reductions. Exhibits include Knoxville City Charter book, copy of legislative act. Add. Plaintiff: B. M. Turbyville. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 595 | 284 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | J. E. Watts v. State | Knox | Assault and Battery | East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 198 | 146 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1943 | Jennie K. Bonham, exe. of Walter M. Bonham, dec., et al. v. Luther L. Bonham, et al. | Knox | Wills, Construction of |
Additional Complainant: Leslie Bass, exor. of Walter M. Bonham, dec. Fred T. Bonham, Lloyd C. Bonham, William Bonham, Hubert Bonham, Milton F. Bonham, L. O. W. Bonham, Evelyn M. Bonham. Exhibits: charge and discharge statement, will, court documents, bonds, payment of debt statements, summary of cash disbursements. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 602 | 85 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | J. W. Cardwell v. Parkrite Auto Parks Company, et al. | Knox | Damages |
Additional Defendant: Alex J. Rogers. Exhibit: situation diagram/drawing. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 620 | 102 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Kermit Faulkner v. James Henry Washington | Knox | Wills, Contested |
Deceased: George Washington. Exhibits include will, letters of administration. |
East | Range: 7 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 503 | 194 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Lester Brewer, alias Luck Brewer v. State | Knox | Unknown |
"Felony." Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Lorelia Ware v. State | Knox | Murder |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of Murder in the Second Degree. |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 465 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Lester Brewer v. State | Knox | Other |
Cause of Action: Crime against nature - sodomy. |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 41 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Margaret Loftis Scribner v. Evelyn Jackson | Knox | Other |
Cause of Action: Petition to Compel the Execution of a trust by a conveyance of certain real estate. Exhibits: warranty deed, conveyance documents, statement. |
East | Range: 6 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 452 | 180 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Mary Dunn (alias) v. State | Knox | Arson |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that she burned down the Hotel Farragut. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 34 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Mary A. Bower v. Ellen Lunney et al. | Knox | Estate Dispute |
See ET 467, 641 & 643. Defendant acting as admx. of Thomas J. Donohue, dec. Add. Defendant: Daniel Donohue. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 623 | 618 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Mary A. Bower v. Ellen Lunney, et al. | Knox | Estate Dispute |
Also see ET 1626. Exhibits include b&w photos, newspaper article, death certificate, contracts, bank books, legal documents, letters, baptismal certificate, birth documents, deeds. Bower sued Lunney to establish her right to Thomas Donahue's estate Donahue & Bower's mother, Anna Kirk, allegedly ran away & were married then separated. Bower stayed in contact with Donahue. The other heirs argued she had no right to the estate. Related case: Charles E. Crockett v. State, ET 16a. |
East | Range: 20 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1625 | 366 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Roy Bruce v. State | Knox | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Robert McConkey Jr. v. William H. Honeycutt | Knox | Damages |
Plaintiffs car was damaged while parked in lot owned by Defendants. Exhibits include parking receipt, repair estimates and bills, insurance policy. Defendant d/b/a Empire Parking Lot. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 595 | 58 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Ruth Collins v. City of Knoxville, et al. | Knox | Petitions for Certiorari |
Plaintiff is protesting a pension denial by Defendant, and seeks a Writ of Certiorari to bring the case before a judge. Additional defendants: Fred L. Allen, Will Cain, C. D. Beardsley, W. A. Davis, M. M. Hungerford, P. R. Hutchinson, Ray McBath, Charles Stegal, Carey Spence, Fred Stair, W. N. Vasey. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 597 | 183 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Stella S. Brown v. Roy H. Brown | Knox | Alimony |
Petitioner requested a modification to previous alimony agreement. Exhibits: copy of court decree in a previous divorce suit, correspondence, checks, tax returns, 5 large photos of defendant's home in Knoxville. |
East | Range: 6 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 454 | 488 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | State ex. rel. Prentiss Cooper, Governor, et al. v. Jerome Dunn, et ux. | Knox | Condemnation |
Additional Plaintiffs: B. O. Duggan, Secretary; C. W. Phillips, Commissioner of Highways and Public Works; John W. Harton, State Treasurer; Roy H. Beeler, Attorney General. Additional Defendant: Zola Dunn. This was a condemnation suit instituted by the State pursuant to Chapter 216 of the Public Acts of 1939 seeking to acquire a house and lot belonging to defendants for the purpose of building and extending the Tennessee School for the Deaf at Knoxville. |
East | Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 542 | 223 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | State v. John Spring | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | State for use of William Foster Lay et al. v. W. W. Clymer et al. | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Plaintiffs sued after being injured in mine accident. Defendants are mine inspectors. Appeal brief only, no case summary. Add. Plaintiffs: John Bullard, admr of Thomas Bullard, dec., and Clarence William Hill. Add. Defendants: Joseph Allison Welch. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 601 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | State ex rel Thomas W. Day v. City of Knoxville, et al. | Knox | Petition for Mandamus |
The relator filed his petition for a writ of mandamus to be restored to active duty as a member of the police force of Knoxville. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 602 | 93 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | State ex rel Knox County v. Theron D. Wilson, et al. | Knox | Tax Violation |
Additional Defendants: Great American Indemnity Co., Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co., Employers Liability Assurance Corporation, Standard Accident Insurance Co., Central Surety and Insurance Corp. Exhibits: court documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings, contracts, checks, account sheets. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 618 | 547 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Tom Stafford v. State | Knox | Manslaughter |
"Voluntary Manslaughter." Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Taylor W. King v. State | Knox | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 155 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1943 | The J. R. Watkins Co. v. William Henry Graves, et al | Knox | Debt |
Additional Defendants: F. H. Warwick, Floyd Raley. Exhibits: depositions, copy of contract, itemized statements, account sheets, receipts. Debt due to unpaid balance on items purchased. |
East | Range: 6 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 452 | 455 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | Van Emory v. State | Knox | Manslaughter |
"Voluntary Manslaughter." Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1943 | William Bradford v. State | Knox | Assault and Battery |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he broke into the house of, and assaulted, Lawrence Eldridge. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 34 | 27 | Order A Copy |