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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1885 | A. Stain et al. v. H. L. W. Mynutt, et al. | Knox | Debt Dispute |
Additional Parties are unknown; file incomplete. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 30 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | Ann Eliza Yoe v. R. H. Sansom | Knox | Debt Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 36 | 7 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1871 | Alexander Kennedy Jr. v. The Hartford Fire Insurance Company et al. | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
Add. material in ET 1206. Add. defendants: H.L. McClung, R.M. McClung, & George W. Blackburn. The plaintiff had a policy of assurance with the defendant, to whom the plaintiff executed a note for said policy in the sum of $140 as premium. R.M. McClung was the agent assigned to the policy. In 1868, the plaintiff's store and trade goods, worth around $12,000, were consumed by a fire. The defendant failed to deliver the amount of coverage described in the policy. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 45 | 361 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1856 | Alice Cooper v. S. D. Brooks | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Case file is incomplete: brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 73 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1924 | Annie Hutchinson v. W. M. Fulton | Knox | Lease Dispute |
Case is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 90 | 86 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1945 | American National Insurance Co. v. Lula McPhetridge | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
Plaintiff is seeking to have an insurance policy reconstrued, as the amount the policy was for was mistyped and Defendant is seeking reimbursement of that mistyped, higher amount. Exhibits include insurance application, insurance certificates, payment book, register sheets, b&w photographs, correspondence. |
East | Range: 6 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 481 | 346 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | A. Kennedy Jr. v. The Home Insurance Company et al. and A. Kennedy Jr. v. The Hartford Fire Insurance Co. et al. | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
This is a dispute between A. Kennedy and two different insurance companies over a fire insurance policy and claim that he had for his business. He was a merchant doing business in Knox County. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 815 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1893 | Annie Brown v. Margaret Montgomery, John S. Brown, A.S. Prosser and wife Lizzie Prosser | Knox | Estate Dispute |
Annie Brown was the widow of George Brown. This case involved a dispute between her and her stepchildren over the interests and rights to a hardware business owned by the said George Brown, deceased. |
East | Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1742 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1857 | Alfred Cochran v. John M. Davis | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Plaintiff sold defendant tract of land, but deed of sale included another tract whose ownership was in dispute & was not intended by either party to be part of the sale. Neither party realized deed included additional tract until after sale was completed. Plaintiff was, therefore, seeking to rectify deed. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1159 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | A. S.& wife P. A. Mariner v. M. C. Wilcox, et al. | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: C.C. Wilcox, E.C. Camp, S.S. Tuttle, M. Reis, E.A. Reed; E.C. Locke, Josiah Curtis, and E.C. Camp comprising the Coal Creek Coal Company. P.A. Mariner was one of the firm of M.C. Wilcox & Co. coal dealers, minors, etc. at Knoxville. Mariner had since retired and M.C. Wilcox & Co. changed to Coal Creek Coal Co. In an agreement, the Co. claimed ownership of a tract of land. A.S. Mariner purchased Lot No. 169 at tax sale. Dispute over ownership of tract of land. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1244 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | A.L. Maxwell v. Thomas H. Pearne et al. | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: W.H. Webb and G.B. Lamar. Maxwell sued defendants over title to land, wanting the defendants' conveyance declared and void. He also wanted an injunction restraining Pearne from further trespassing upon the property or proceeding with his building. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1250 | 94 | 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 | 1923 | Addie Harrell v. Fidelity Insurance Co. | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
Incomplete case file: testimony only. Because only testimony is present, case details are difficult to discern. It seems that Mrs. Addie Prince Harrell had trouble with her eyes, perhaps an astigmatism. She seems to have gotten into an accident, but was not badly harmed. She was diagnosed as neurasthenic. What she claimed to the insurance company is not stated here. Much questioning about glasses and nervous disorder. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 13a | 328 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1934 | Ausie Pilkington v. Prudential Insurance Co. | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
Rhonda Pilkington worked for the American Cigar Box Lumber Company, but was supposedly fired when she had to go to Jonesboro for a few days. Incomplete case file; assignment of errors only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 17 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Addie Harrell, et al. v. Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
Incomplete case file; pages 318 - 670, and testimony. Addie Prince Harrell was employed by a dentist creating crowns and bridge work on an emory wheel. Harrell had trouble with her eyes, perhaps an astigmatism. She was in an accident, then diagnosed neurasthenic. She made a claim to her insurance company that was challenged in court. Case related to ET Box 13a, & ET 98. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 21a | 681 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | A. S. Hudiburg v. George Yost, et al. | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: John Devers and L. M. Wester. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 65 | 267 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | Ann Eliza Yoe v. R. H. Sansom, admr. | Knox | Debt Dispute |
Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 88 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1859 | A. G. & G. J. Jackson v. Rufus M. McPherson | Knox | Debt Dispute |
A check for $1,500 was drawn from M.W. Williams from the Bank of East Tennessee to the plaintiffs to make the plaintiffs sureties in his debt of $500. The defendant was a clerk of Cocke, the man to which Williams was indebted. The issue of this case was brought up when a disagreement of when the remaining $1,000 was to be repaid. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1176 | 51 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Alexander Kennedy, Jr. v. The Hartford Fire Insurance Company et al. | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
Add. material in ET 45. 2 folders. Add. defendants: H.L. McClung, R.M. McClung, & George W. Blackburn. The plaintiff had a policy of assurance with the defendant, to whom the plaintiff executed a note for said policy in the sum of $140 as premium. R.M. McClung was the agent assigned to the policy. In 1868, the plaintiff's store and trade goods, worth around $12,000, were consumed by a fire. The defendant failed to deliver the amount of coverage described in the policy. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1206 | 447 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1868 | Asa Ambrister v. Louisa E. Browder, et al. | Knox | Estate Dispute |
Complex case with many defendants, including John Russell & John Lackey, admr. Of Absolom Mattock. Ambrister sued for an injunction against the defendants restraining them from selling tracts of land and a lien upon the lands granted to him. He also wanted what was entitled to him from the Lewis[?] Browder estate. Possibly related to case John W. Lackey & J. R. Russell, admrs. V. Asa Ambrister, Excr. In Chancery Court in Loudon County in 1873 for inventory of property (ET 1223). |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1230 | 82 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Arthur J. Owens et al. v. Nena Parker et al. | Knox | Estate Dispute |
Add. Pla: Emma, John, Stella, Earl, Ida, Harry, Bessie, Hugh, and Annie Owens. Add. Def: Clyde Parker, Katie Owens French, Dexter French, Lida Cawrse, and Willie Owens. Pla. and Def. are the heirs of Annie Owens dec. Clyde Parker is the husband of Nena. Pla. claim Annie Owens left a tract of land in Knox County containing 13 acres to them and are seeking a sale of said land for partition. Def. claim that Annie Owens sold the land to them before her death. 2 folders. |
East | Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1397 | 336 | 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 | 1927 | Bales & Learn v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co. | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
Incomplete case file. Cover page only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 6 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | Bill Steward v. A. W. Kutsche & Co. | Knox | Debt Dispute |
Exhibit - Gazette clipping. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 30 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1941 | B. H. Spankle v. Ethel Garner | Knox | Lease Dispute |
Exhibits include correspondence. Defendant d/b/a Ethel's Beauty Salon. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 587 | 37 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1939 | Bessie Barrett v. National Life & Accident Insurance Company | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
This was a suit to recover as beneficiary on a policy of industrial life insurance upon the life of Willie Barrett. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 630 | 199 | 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 | 1931 | B. H. Sprankle et al. v. M. R. Ely, Tr. et al. | Knox | Debt Dispute |
Additional defendants: Andrew J. Ely, W. D. & Carrie L. Capps, and Sylvia Capps. Additional plaintiffs: H. E. Sprankle. Plaintiffs had taken out a mortgage that was coming due and therefore took out a renewal note, however second mortgages fall under different regulations and the plaintiffs held that this was their first mortgage and that they had been extended as opposed to taking out a second mortgage. Exhibits include mortgage deed checks. |
East | Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1417 | 136 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Brownlow& Ross, et al. v. The Bank of Tennessee, et al. | Knox | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Thomas C. Lyon and J. G. M. Ramsey. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 45 | 187 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1926 | Belle Ross Hahn v. D. K. Eckel, et al. | Knox | Mortgage Dispute |
Eckel took out a mortgage on land payable to W. L. Jack, C. B. Johnson was the trustee. Jack acted as agent for S. R. Rambo. Hahn purchased the mortgage note from her brother, John M. Ross.The mortgage was foreclosed upon, & Hahn sought payment, or title. The land had been conveyed to C. C. Rutherford & his wife in the mean time. Suit sought to recover debt & clarify land ownership. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 72 | 1 | 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 | 1891 | Bearden & Ferguson v. J. R. Gaylon, et al. AND J. F. Scott v. J. R. Gaylon, et al. | Knox | Deed Dispute |
Complainants F. C. Bearden and Archie Ferguson did business as Bearden & Ferguson, a firm that dealt in lumber, sash, doors, blinds, and other building materials. The company furnished such for erecting a house on a lot for Gaylon. He contracted the building to one Manis by verbal agreement. Manis never recorded the deed or paid anything on the house, so a real estate company sold the property to Gaylon. Gaylon sub-contracted the masonry to Scott, who eventually asked for a Mechanic's lien. |
East | Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1771 | 76 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | Bettie Smith v. Life & Casualty Insurance Co. | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
Plaintiff, who had a policy with the defendant, sued to collect $25 in unpaid claims plus a 25% penalty. Plaintiff also had policies with 3 other insurance companies & had filed claims with all of them. Defendant argued that her carrying aggregate insurance of over $7 violated her policy contract with them, & under the terms of the contract they were liable for only the pro rata part. Defendant had paid some of her claims before learning of the other insurance policies. |
East | Range: 8 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 884 | 114 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1936 | B & B Chevrolet Co. et al. v. Harvey Hall, Clerk | Knox | Taxation Disputes |
This case deals with several automobile companies in Knox County and their dispute with the county clerk over certain taxes that they owe to the state as dealers of automobiles. Other dealers listed in case: Carter Motor Sales Co., Kerr Motor Co., Knoxville Buick Co., Knoxville Motor Co., J.C. Mahan Motor Co., Sienknecht Motor Co., Spiers Motor Co., Southern Motors, Inc., and Vester Motor Co. |
East | Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 942 | 139 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | Bettie Kilter v. Sampson Cowan and Others | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Additonal defendants Samuel Cowan, Mary Cowan aka Turk Brady. Kilter purchased land from Cowan who clailmed to own a homestead with whom he called his wife. Samuel Cowas was a man of color and Mary Cowas was a white woman. They were not married by law. Kilter was looking to to pay off the balance for the land and was also seeking the court to state that Mary Cowan could not in the future seek money for the homestead or claim ownership. |
East | Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1692 | 39 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | Boyd J. Shipley v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
Bessie M. Shipley was an employee of the Standard Knitting Mills and was enrolled in the group life insurance program provided by said employer through the def. and to which the pla. was the beneficiary. Bessie became ill and died on Oct. 28, 1931 in Knoxville General Hospital. Pla. claims the def., in breach of contract, has refused to payout the said policy. Exhibit materials include correspondence and employment information. Bessie had a 7th grade education and made $0.21 per hour. |
East | Range: 10 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1457 | 107 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | Charles O. Ward v. George A. McNutt & Joseph H. Jourmolean | Knox | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
Additional parties: Abner G. Jackson, Sallie L. Jackson, Charles F. Jackson, Georgiana Jackson, & Henry R. Jackson, E. S. Jackson. Some land owned by Jackson was not considered when the dower was assigned to his widow, E. S. McNutt & Jourmolean were the surviving partners of the firm of A. G. Jackson, & therefore were made to handle this suit for Jackson's heirs. Suit seeks to settle estate, & legally distribute bequests. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 8a | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1927 | C. S. Reeder v. National Liberty Insurance Co. | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
Reeder purchased an auto insurance policy from National Liberty in 1927, insuring against loss by fire up to $5k if driven, & $10k if stored. He then sold the car to Hugh Calloway retaining the title for deferred payments. While in Calloway's possession, the car burned in a fire, destroying it completely. The insurance company would not pay the benefit, and this suit was filed to recover it. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 19a | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Charles Moses, exor. v. Fannie Grainger, et al. | Knox | Debt Dispute |
Additional defendants are unnamed. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 36 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1927 | Carl Roberts Undertaking Co. v. B. H. Sprankle | Knox | Lease Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 36 | 205 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1877 | Cowen McClung & Co. v. William M. Cass | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Case file is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 73 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1893 | C. B. Brogton v. Solomon Thomas& wife; Soloman Thomas& wife; H. O. Harth, et al. | Knox | Debt Dispute |
Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 88 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1906 | C. C. Gossett v. James L. Allison | Knox | Election Dispute |
Opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 92 | 9 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | Curtis Cullen, et al v. Mary E. Lloyd, et al | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
Add plaintiffs: J. C. Heudgings, W. A. White, W. E. Norrell. Add defendants: Heugh N. Lloyd, an infant. Orren D. Lloyd, dec. died leaving several insurance policies. The plaintiffs were trustees on the policies suing for various things. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1815 | 136 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Charles A. Monday v. Locomotive Engineers & Conductors Mutual Protective Association | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
Plaintiff seeks payout of discharge insurance after being fired from his job. Exhibits include membership application and witness statements. |
East | Range: 6 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 485 | 45 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1947 | C. R. Fielden, Sr., et al. v. Lucy Eastwood Broadus, et al | Knox | Deed Dispute |
Exhibit: deeds. Suit filed to determine insurance provisions in the Trust Deed. Additional Complainant: C. R. Fielden, Jr. Additional Defendants: Thomas H. Broadus, First National Bank of Birmingham, AL. |
East | Range: 6 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 478 | 90 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Charles A. Maner v. Arthur L. Brown | Knox | Estate Dispute |
Deceased was guardian of incompetent Defendant Brown. Plaintiff admr of J. J. Graham, dec. Add. Plaintiffs: Defendant A. Brown incompetent. Add. Defendants: Frank T. Hines, Administrator of Veteran's Affairs. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 587 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1917 | Continental Insurance Co. of New York et al.v. R. W. Perry | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
Add. Plaintiff: Fidelity Phoenix Fire Insurance Co. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 741 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | Charles F. Rogers et al. v. J. B. Roop | Knox | Property Dispute |
Exhibits include correspondences, receipts, telegrams. Add. Plaintiff: Lucy D. Rogers. |
East | Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 767 | 391 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1937 | C. A. Fritts v. E. N. Willard, Jr., et al. | Knox | Personal Property Dispute |
Other defendants: E. R. Harvey; Chester Robinson; Lester Robinson; Roy Nichols. Over ownership of a 1935 International truck. |
East | Range: 8 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1034 | 26 | Order A Copy |