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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1898 | Andrew Knott v. John Baxter | Knox | Damages |
Baxter sued Sam Miner and Andrew Knott for a debt of $500. Miner signed a promissory note at the previous trial but still has not paid. Baxter appeals and then sued for damages of $1000. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 3 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | A. R. Gammon, admr. of John R. Courier, dec. v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Company | Knox | Damages |
The plntff., admr. of John R. Courier, sued the deft. for $10,000 damages in his death. Courier was struck & killed by a train owned & operated by the deft. on the date of 3 July 1886. Courier left a mother & sister. |
East | Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1845 | 82 | Order A Copy |
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 | 1949 | Ann T. Sloan v. Bessie Smith & Tim W. Smith | Knox | Damages |
Exhibits: two 8x10 photographs, diagram |
East | Range: 6 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 492 | 262 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1941 | Augusta W. Dennery v. Charles Pickel, Sr. & Charles Pickel, Jr. | Knox | Damages |
Defendants doing business as Pickel Furniture Company. Additional Defendant: Isham Cox. Exhibits: situation map, hospital receipts/bills, check, automobile repair receipts/bills |
East | Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 526 | 499 | 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 | Atlantic Ice & Coal Company v. Harry Cameron | Knox | Damages |
The defendant sued for damages as a result of an accident involving a truck of the Atlantic Ice & Coal Company while the defendant was riding his motorcycle. Photographs of accident site. |
East | Range: 8 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 837 | 290 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | American Bakeries Co., et al.v. Pryor Brown Transfer Co., et al. | Knox | Damages |
American Bakeries Co. is being sued for damages for personal injuries caused to an O.W. Frye in an automobile accident. |
East | Range: 8 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 844 | 328 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | Arch Pass, et al. v. Andrew Jones, et al. | Knox | Damages |
Additional defendant: Henry R. Gibson. Additional plaintiff: Mabel Pass. Plaintiff sued for $10,000 in damages when his wife was injured on the steps of a building that Jones was supposed to have fixed. See also ET 1459. |
East | Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1418 | 123 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Atlantic Greyhound Lines et al. v. Ida Rose | Knox | Damages |
Mrs. Ida Rose is sued the Atlantic Greyhound Lines for damages in the amount of $82.80 for the loss of her luggage and its contents. |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1423 | 59 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | Annie C. Hutchinson v. W. M. Fulton | Knox | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Hutchinson owned property in Knox county that she commercially leased to Oscar Dunn and James Carson, whom erected buildings on the property. The lease was sold and conveyed to W. M. Fulton by Dunn and Carson, however Hutchinson was unhappy with the terms of the transfer. She believed that Fulton had created a corporation for the purpose of stripping and selling the commercial property, thereby defrauding Hutchinson. |
East | Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1558 | 306 | 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 | 1940 | Alfred Boyd v. Sanitary Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co. | Knox | Damages |
Plaintiff is sued defendant for compensation for a workplace injury while in the employ of defendant. Exhibits include receipts. |
East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 319 | 68 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | Allen Rhyne et al. v. Southern Railway Company et al. | Knox | Damages |
Truck plaintiff was driving was struck by a train owned and operated by plaintiffs. Plaintiff alleges negligence and seeks damages. Judgment for plaintiff, reversed on appeal. Additional Plaintiff: U. A. Rhyne. Additional Defendant: Charles O. Fraley. More of case can be found in box ET 1336. |
East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 333 | 478 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1947 | Andy Charles Harbin, et al. v. F. A. Weigel & Sons | Knox | Damages |
Complainant by next friend, H. P. Harbin. Defendants: Clifford Weigel, Frank Weigel, doing business as French Broad Dairy. |
East | Range: 6 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 478 | 128 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | A. B. Suffridge, admr. of Wanda Ruth Suffridge, dec. v. City of Knoxville | Knox | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Deceased, a minor, was killed when she fell into a ditch in Knoxville. |
East | Range: 7 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 559 | 345 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1939 | A. M. McKissick v. Herbert Brody | Knox | Damages |
Plaintiff sued for damages for assault and battery. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 212 | 156 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | A. Handman, admr. of Charles Handman, dec. v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Knox | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Partial document: Charles Handman was working as a fireman on an N. C. & St. L. train when the boiler exploded and killed him. It was noted that the boiler had been pushed past capacity before. |
East | Range: 18 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1936 | 272 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | American Bakeries Company & C. B. DeLapp v. Pryor Brown Transfer Company& O. W. Frye | Knox | Damages |
Damages for personal injuries |
East | Range: 8 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 848 | 65 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | A. H. Whisman et al. v. Bessie Smith | Knox | Damages |
This is a suit by Bessie Smith against A.H. Whisman for damages alleged to have been done to her car. She sues for an amount under $500. |
East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 903 | 32 | 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 | 1938 | A. G. Adamson & Mrs. A. G. Adamson v. Hoover Truck Company, Inc. & Pevy House | Knox | Damages |
In 1937, the defendant House parked the truck he was driving under the direction of the defendant company when he parked it in a lane on the street. The plaintiff was driving along the same street in a careful manner when certain lights disguised the parked truck, causing the plaintiff to crash into the rear of it. The plaintiff's car was damaged in the amount of $25, and plaintiff himself suffered injuries. Suing for damages in the sum of $1,000. Exhibit materials are photographs. |
East | Range: 9 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1273 | 195 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | A. J. Hall v. J. Victor Henderson | Knox | Damages |
Plaintiff suffered injuries at his job, including a broken leg, and was brought by ambulance to the hospital where the defendant was working as a surgeon. He made an X-ray of the leg and set the bones with a cast. The leg began to swell from improper setting, but the defendant refused to remove the cast, even after his leg turned black. His leg suffered unrepairable damage and he was unable to return to work. Suing for $12,500 actual damages and $2,500 as punitive damages. Xray ET OV 17 |
East | Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1390 | 238 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | A. S. Henley v. Tennessee Coach Company | Knox | Damages |
Exhibit material is an X-ray. A bus owned and operated by an agent of the defendant, J. D. Criddle, was driving in a reckless and careless manner on a road when it collided with a car in which the plaintiff, who suffered serious injury. sued for $5,000. |
East | Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1390 | 337 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Arley Wolfe et al. v. John Newcom | Knox | Damages |
John Newcom is sued Arley Wolfe and John Galyon for damages for "negligently, carelessly, and unlawfully causing or permitting an automobile to run into and against the dwelling house of plaintiff." He sues for under $500. |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1443 | 54 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | A. W. Kutsche & Co. v. J. W. McWhorter | Knox | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Kutsche Company did not pay McWhorter his total wage for work done on a Knoxville post office, totaling $108. However, he is accused of working at the rate of thirty cents an hour, then after the job was complete asking for a higher wage for work paid and completed. See also box 1539 for exhibits: Documents on the specifications for construction of the US Post Office and Courthouse at Knoxville, TN, copies of 10 checks issued by defendant to plaintiff. |
East | Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1536 | 320 | 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 | 1940 | B & B Business Brokers, Inc. v. C. H. Creekmore et al. | Knox | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Plaintiff entered into contract with defendant to broker sale of defendant's property, and alleges defendant violated contract by selling said property independently. Defendant alleges contract had previously been canceled. Additional Plaintiff: Mrs. V. D. Creekmore. |
East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 319 | 56 | 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 | 1947 | Billy Reed, et al. v. Matthews Company, Inc., et al. | Knox | Damages |
Additional Plaintiffs: W. H. Reed as next friend, B. M. Parton, Jimmie Parton as next friend. Additional Defendant: Winfred Noe. Action was instituted to recover damages for negligence in an automobile collision. Exhibits: trucking log, checks, receipts, doctor's bills, delivery log. |
East | Range: 7 Section: 7 Shelf: Box Number: 642 | 398 | 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 | 1932 | Bertha Fields, admr. v. Fred Newland | Knox | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Plaintiff is the administrator of Joseph Lee Fields (dec'd), her infant son. The deceased was walking with the plaintiff on a public road when the defendant shot a pistol, hitting and killing the boy. sued for damages in the sum of $15,000. |
East | Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1422 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Beulah Stalsworth v. Southern Railway Company et al. | Knox | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Plaintiff's husband, Fred Stalsworth, deceased, was killed in a collision between an automobile owned by him and a locomotive owned by the plaintiffs, operated by W. R. Tomlinson. Suit was to recover damages for the death of Stalsworth and his automobile. Additional Defendant: W. R. Tomlinson. Exhibits include B&W photograph & Knoxville Traffic Regulations Ordinance No. 158. Photographs can be found in box ET 1320. |
East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 331 | 964 | 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 | 1847 | Bartlett S. Smith v. Matthew Russell | Knox | Damages |
Smith is sued for the use of Joseph M. Prince & Wife, Mary Prince and Margaret Clark. In 1844 a certain indenture, agreement , or covenant was entered into for the use of a sawmill and house for one year. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1122 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | B. M. Branner et al v. T. A. R. Nelson | Knox | Damages |
T.A.R. Nelson sued the estate of John R. Branner, deceased for damages of $1000 |
East | Range: 19 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1663 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1934 | B. D. May, et al. v. Mary Adeline Lay | Knox | Damages |
Other plaintiffs John Cochran. Mary Lay sued for $25,000 in damages following the death of her husband, Homer, in an auto accident. Cochran hit the truck containing passenger Homer Lay, colliding and causing the truck to turn over with Homer beneath it. Homer worked for B. D. May and was riding in the truck with another worker in order to learn how to drive the truck, and how to load and deliver freight. Oversize street map with testimony attached is located at M-17-17. |
East | Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1556 | 389 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Bank of Louisville v. First Nat'l Bank of Knoxville & Charles H. Brown | Knox | Damages |
Plaintiff is sued to recover damages for the failure of the National Bank & Brown, a Notary Public to protest a bill of exchange sent by the plaintiff to the defendants, whereby a loss resulted to the plaintiff. |
East | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1592 | 12 | 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 | 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 | 1945 | City of Knoxville v. Hazel C. Hargis, admr. | Knox | Damages for Wrongful Death |
The Hargises were walking down a street when William O. Hargis collided with an awning brace, falling unconscious due to a fractured skull. He died the following day. Exhibits include b&w photos, large schematic drawings, bills, ordinance modifications, correspondences. Add'l Def's: Lawrence P. Brichetto, Myrtle A. Brichetto, Nita D. Clark. Case takes up entire box. |
East | Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 531 | 1072 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1938 | Caroline Jordan, admr. of Fred D. Benton, dec. v. The Knoxville News Sentinel Co. | Knox | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Plaintiff accuses Defendant of publishing a story about deceased that was untrue, and so worried deceased that his health declined and he eventually died. |
East | Range: 7 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 559 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | Charles Lee Wright v. Victor L. Lindsey | Knox | Damages |
Complainant sought damages for alienation of affection of his wife, Pauline Wright. |
East | Range: 7 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 582 | 144 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1938 | Caroline Jordan Benton v. Knoxville News Sentinel | Knox | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Origin of damages: Plaintiff accuses a false story printed by Defendant of leading to her deceased husband's death. Deceased: Fred D. Benton. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 657 | 55 | Order A Copy |