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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1949 | Alice Cora Mayes & William L. Mayes v. Walter Clark | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Receipt included. |
East | Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 282 | 224 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Adele S. Kennedy et al. v. Rutherford Freight Lines, Inc. | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Truck driven by Defendant struck car in which Plaintiff was riding, causing her to be injured. Exhibits include repair bill, scene map. Add. Plaintiff: Firemen's Insurance Co. of Newark, New Jersey. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 637 | 343 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | American National Insurance Co. v. Cora Lee Widby | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies | East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 892 | 460 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1935 | Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Clara Mournan, admr. of William Mournan, dec. | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies | East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1059 | 147 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1937 | Annie B. Smith v. American National Insurance Company | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Smith took out a life insurance policy on her husband Lawrence for $500. The insurance company claims that due to his physical state at the time of filing, that payment on the policy cannot be made, that he was ill when the policy was taken out, and therefore uninsurable. Mr. Smith suffered from ulcers, a perforation of the stomach, and other digestive problems. |
East | Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1557 | 448 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Alexander Aiken v. James Morrow | Knox | Trespass and Damages | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 17 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1942 | Atley Walters, et al. v. Frank Lyle & Lyle Furniture Co. | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Resulting from a car accident. Additional Plaintiff: Next Best Friend, Harding Walters. |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 205 | 303 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1944 | American National Insurance Company v. Lula McFetridge | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Carrick McFetridge, Lula's husband, had a life insurance policy for $430. When he died in1944, the insurance company claimed that there had been a mistake on the policy: that it should have been written for $230. Because Lula & Carrick were illiterate, the insurance company faulted them for not noticing that a policy on a 48-year-old man could not be written for more than $230. (2 copies of case) |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 797 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | Addie Ferguson by next friend v. Mayor & Aldermen of Knoxville | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Plaintiff was a minor, so represented by father, James Ferguson. City had laid water pipe & had not filled in hole. Addie stepped in it while trying to cross Crozier St. (near Depot St.) & broke her arm. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1069 | 45 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1937 | A. H. Caldwell v. Anna Finger | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Finger sued Caldwell as a result of injuries she sustained while keeping house for him. Stemmed from an argument over personal matters and use of the telephone. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1105 | 44 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | Andrew Sharp v. East Tennessee, Virginia, & Georgia Rail Road Company | Knox | Trespass and Damages |
The plaintiff sued for when cars owned and operated by the defendant ran over and killed three of his hogs. sued for damages in the sum of $36. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1240 | 9 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | Bank of East Tennessee v. George Churchwell, et al. | Knox | Trespass and Damages |
Case file is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 75 | 171 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1947 | Barbara Ann Jones by next friend Uriel Jones v. Hartman Beverage Company Inc. | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Exhibits include an empty Pepsi Cola bottle. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 729 | 225 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1946 | Boyd Snyder v. D. M. Rose & Company | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Mr. Snyder, brought action against Defendant , as his employer not operating under Workmen's Compensation Act, to recover $50,000 damages for personal injuries sustained when an excavation, being made for a house to be erected, caved in on him. Exhibits: FHA insurance application, estimate cost of house, papers for contractor John Blazer, building permit, hospital bills, mining and manufacturing form, contracts, conveyance contract of Max and Annie Wolf, receipts. See also ET boxes # 456 and 727 |
East | Range: 6 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 454 | 2408 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1938 | B. A. Whittaker v. Hoover Lines Inc. | Knox | Injury and Damages |
See additional part of case in ET Box 1256. Whittaker sued Hoover for injuries sustained when Hoover drove its freight truck into Whittaker's wagon, damaging wagon, injuring Whittaker. Accident occurred in Greene County when Whittaker driving team & wagon on Natl Hwy 11 (ran from Johnson City to Knoxville), on bridge 2 miles from Greeneville. Exhibits: x-rays (folder-sized x-rays in ET Box 1256; oversized x-rays in ET Oversize Box 17. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 723 | 431 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | Billie B. Baker et al. v. City of Knoxville et al. | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Plaintiff tripped, fell, and was injured on water valve owned by City located near sidewalk outside the residence of Def. Creech. Exhibits include b&w photos and correspondence. Plaintiff's Next Friend: Dana A. Baker. Add. Defendant: Vernie Creech. |
East | Range: 6 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 489 | 259 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1946 | Bell Foster v. W. J. Sterchi, et al. | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Origin: vehicle collision. Exhibits include crumpled spectacle frames, b&w photos, scene diagram. Oversize exhibit items located at ET Oversize Box 1. Add. Defendants: Sterchi Coal Co., Clifton Lowery. |
East | Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 535 | 214 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1939 | Ben H. Brock v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. | Knox | Injury and Damages | East | Range: 7 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 564 | 204 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1816 | Bartholomew Conyers v. James Lillard, William Campbell,& John Lillard | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Conyers sued for the title to a tract of 46.5 acres that he had bought from Lillard for $449. Case started in 1807. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1250 | 58 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | Charles McGhee & Columbus Powell v. John Smith & M. L. Shoemaker | Knox | Trespass and Damages |
Trespass includes "converting to their own use a steam engine and other personal property." Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 102 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | C. L. Carpenter& A. N. Brown v. Elva Bowers | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Case incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 103 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1944 | Claude Turner v. Tom Herndon | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Plaintiff was it by a car driven by Defendant. Exhibits include medical receipts, accident scene sketch, large street diagram. |
East | Range: 6 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 459 | 71 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | City of Knoxville v. W. G. Bennington | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Additional plaintiffs: Harley Hill. Additional defendant: Ray Bennington, by next of friend. |
East | Range: 8 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 882 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | Clyde Lemarr v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Disability claim. Exhibits include insurance documents, policies, and payment schedules, doctor's certificate, newspaper clipping. |
East | Range: 6 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 487 | 296 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1939 | Constance Dixon v. Gertrude Lobenstein et al | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Origin of Damages: Plaintiff was injured when a bannister broke at a property owned by Defendants. Add. Defendants: Bessie Lobenstein, J. Leonard Jones, E. W. Ogden, Fidelity-Bankers Trust Co., Mrs. J. V. Wyrick. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 653 | 77 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1947 | David Joe Pruden v. John R. Cox | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Exhibits: x-rays, large oversized hand-drawn situation diagram, certified copy of Ordinance No. 249 for City of Alcoa (traffic regulations) Xray and photographs of damaged car located in ET Oversize Box 14. |
East | Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 770 | 319 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1859 | David Campbell& Company v. Reeves& Brenan | Knox | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The plaintiff supplied the defendant with peaches, fresh oysters and tomatoes. The defendant was to sell these items and give some of the proceeds to the plaintiff. The defendant sold the items but did not give any of the proceeds to the plaintiff. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1178 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1947 | Ella Bell Manes et al. v. Hines & McNair Hotels et al. | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Plaintiff slipped on water leaking from a pipe in building operated by Defendants. Exhibits include medical bills, b&w photos. Add. Plaintiffs: George Manes. Add. Defendants: W. T. Hines, H. D. McNair, Watauga Hotel. |
East | Range: 6 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 483 | 213 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1941 | Elmer Butler v. Atlantic Co. | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Origin of damage: truck owned and operated by Defendants collided with tractor and wagon of Plaintiff. Exhibits include b&w photos. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 621 | 263 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1947 | Everette C. Lay v. City of Knoxville | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Plaintiff broke his hip when he fell on sidewalk maintained by defendant. Exhibits include medical records. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 627 | 201 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Company v. Mary Conner | Knox | Trespass and Damages |
Plea of trespass and damages over $20,000. Plaintiffs: East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Co., Knoxville & Ohio Railroad Company. Partial file. Pages missing. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1814 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1948 | Ethel McElroy v. Raylass Department Store, Inc. | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Plaintiff was injured when he fell of a stool in store of Defendant. Exhibits include hand-drawn floor diagram. Original case summary only, no other case documents included. |
East | Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 543 | 110 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Earl Weaver v. H. C. Allen | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Origin of damages: car collision. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 621 | 337 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1947 | Emil A. Schaad v. New York Life Insurance Co. | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Plaintiff seeks full disability payment on policy held by him. Exhibits include correspondences, x-rays, insurance documents. Xrays located in ET Oversize Box 14. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 625 | 331 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1944 | Eugene Hammock v. William Crippen | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Origin of damages: assault. Exhibits include b&w photo. Plaintiff suing b/n/f James A. Hammock. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 629 | 134 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1936 | Erouth Buis v. Universal Life Insurance Co. | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Erouth Buis (female) took out a sick policy, paid the premium, and fell ill the next morning. Three attending physician certificates state she suffered from pleurisy. Erouth was confined to bed about 4 weeks. Universal claimed she was sick at the time the policy was made. Testimony summaries: Erouth Buis, Dr. A. J. Bacote & Dr. O. B. Taylor. The doctors were identified as graduates of Meharry Medical College. Exhibits include policy & physician reports. Buis lived at 337 Bell St., Knoxville. |
East | Range: 8 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 962 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | Eva M. Buckles v. John Hancock | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies |
The plaintiff after the issuance of said group policy and while in the employ of the American Glanzstoff Corporation and while said policy was full effect became totally disabled. The defendant failed to furnish the payment. |
East | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1576 | 133 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1882 | Ferdinand Miller v. Col. J. Calvin McClain | Knox | Forcible Entry and Detainer |
Tract of land, "situated in said County, viz. a certain one-story brick house situated on the east side of Prince Street … and being the same premises now occupied and used by the said Col. McClain as a saloon which house he alleges he is entitled to the possession of and the said McClain unlawfully detains the same from him." |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1092 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. O. B. Henderson, Trustee | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies | East | Range: 8 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 861 | 102 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1934 | Fidelity-Bankers Trust Company v. Margaret Rankin | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Trust company was the executor of the Daniel Briscoe estate. As such, bank had remodeled and reconstructed a building known as the Bus Terminal. The company operated and leased the building which had been built in the form of an arcade. They paved the entrance with a kind of flooring that became very slick when wet. Rankin slipped and fell on the pavement, breaking her arm at the elbow. She sued to recover lost salary and medical costs and for suffering permanent physical pain and mental anguish. |
East | Range: 10 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1488 | 145 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | Fritz Staub, in error v. Robert Heiskell | Knox | Trespass and Damages |
Robert Heiskell was an African American man who initially sued over a dispute at the Staub Theatre. Heiskell purchased a reserve seat at a higher rate and claimed he was owed a seat in the "colored" reserved section. He was ejected but contested his treatment. The show was called "The Devil's Auction" and was very popular. The left side of the balcony was designated "black" and the right was designated "white" with the middle designated as what ever "the majority" was for a particular show. |
East | Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1866 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1949 | Frances Myers, Ray Myers & Brenda G. Myers by next friend v. Swan Brothers Incorporated & Ollie S. Furrow | Knox | Injury and Damages | East | Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 284 | 320 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1885 | Frank A. Dobson v. Knoxville Iron Company | Knox | Injury and Damages |
F. Dobson worked at a nail factory when he was 14. One of the machines malfunctioned and he sustained an eye injury that necessitated its removal. Jury assessed the damages at $2,500. 231 pages in ET1925 and is entitled Knoxville Iron Co. v. John A. Dobson, next friend of Frank A. Dobson. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 726 | 305 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1934 | Frank Naill v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Naill sued for the sum of $1020.80 plus interest on a group policy of health insurance issued by defendant to Jefferson Woolen Mills of Knoxville, Naill's employer. Exhibit: policy certificate, hours and wages for employee Frank Naill. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 744 | 271 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1842 | G. M. Harrell v. Adeline Bailey, et al. | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Rufus Scott, E. L. Scott, and J. Y. Scott. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 27 | 615 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | George Coylar v. H. A. Brown | Knox | Injury and Damages | East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 624 | 60 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1820 | Greene et al. v. Justus Huffacre | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 61 | 160 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Grey Eagle Marble Company v. Richard Perry | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 94 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | Henry N. Camp v. J. C. Webb | Knox | Injury and Damages | East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 794 | 3 | Order A Copy | ||
View Entry | 1853 | Hugh Henry v. Samuel Henry | Knox | Contract for Labor and Materials |
Plaintiff and defendant entered into a contract for the sale of whiskey. The plaintiff claims that the defendant failed to pay for whiskey that was delivered to him. Mention of "Gunter's Landing." Mention of "Henry's Cross Roads." |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1151 | 14 | Order A Copy |