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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1883 | Benjamin Kendall v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Carroll | Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 230 | 31 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1883 | B. G. McDowell, admr. of William Ackerly, dec. v. East Tennessee, Virginia, & Georgia Rail Road Company. | Sullivan | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Briefs and exception only. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 726 | 32 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | C. W. Nance v. Thomas Chadwell | Davidson | Damages |
Additional parties: W. O. Johnson, E. H. Childress, Lewis Jones |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 146 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | D. A. Coble v. Austin Hewitt | Lincoln | Damages | Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 619 | 23 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1883 | East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company v. Stephen Wilkins | Hamblen | Injury and Damages |
Wilkins worked on a team of men under the employ of William Kelley, foreman, in charge of multiple train cars. There was a dump car on the tracks, and another train was due to arrive. Kelley asked them men to move the dump car manually. Kelly was injured during this task and sought damages. See other documents in ET Box 98. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 5 | 75 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | Elizabeth Knight v. Mayor & City Council | Davidson | Damages |
Plaintiff was given a vaccine by Defendant which caused her to become sick and lose some of her vision. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 811 | 33 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | Fannie Sullivan v. Day& Allan | Trousdale | Damages |
Thomas J. Day and Arch Allan are partners in Day and Allan. $500 damages for ruined wardrobe. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 629 | 156 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | F. G. & J. W. Harris v. E. P Tyree et al | Sumner | Contract Dispute and Damages |
2 folders. Add. Defendants:J.A. Wemyss, W.M. Stewart, Joseph Miller, and J.K. Miller. Defendants created an unofficial group named the Grangers and went into contract with plaintiffs to deliver 580 spring lambs on a certain day. The defendants failed to deliver the livestock and under the contract were supposed to pay $1 per head in damages plus a deposit put into a local bank. The defendants refused to pay either sum. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 809 | 369 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | Isaac Grove v. Louisville& Nashville Rail Road Company | Sumner | Property Damage |
Plaintiff instituted an action against the defendant for emptying their trash in a way that overflowed to his land. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 796 | 18 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | Joseph P. Macheca v. J. W. Tighe & Son | Shelby | Sale of Damaged/Misrepresented Goods | West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 15 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1883 | J. W. Alexander v. R. Z. Taylor& H. C. Pearce | Gibson | Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 218 | 66 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1883 | John Donnelly v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway | Davidson | Damages |
Damages of $10,000. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 696 | 105 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | Louisville & Nashville Rail Road Co. v. H. J. Wells | Sumner | Damages |
The defendant originally sued the plaintiff for the death of a calf owned by the defendant. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 695 | 35 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | Louisville& Nashville Rail Road Co. v. Barney Gross | Benton | Damages |
Louisville and Nashville Rail Road Company |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 218 | 56 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | L & N Railroad Co. v. John R. Head | Haywood | Damages |
Shipment of a horse. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 104 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | Littleton Davis v. The East Tennessee, Virginia, & Georgia Railroad Company | Bradley | Damages | East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 786 | 17 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1883 | Michael Larkin v. R. S. Taylor & Co. | Shelby | Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 215 | 50 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1883 | Maurice Sheridan v. Goodbar & Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Goodbar & Co. comprised of J. M., J. L. & A. B. Goodbar. Plaintiff, a former employee, sued for damages. Injured on 7 Sept. 1880 by falling elevator owned by the company & used for moving objects from one floor to another. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 103 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | Mary E. Gollithan v. North Carolina & St. Louis Railway Company (Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company) | Bedford | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Relates to Mary E. Gollithan v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Rail Road Company MT 820; wrong case name here. The plaintiff's husband, James W. Gollithan, an employee of the defendant, was killed when a train on which he was working collided with another train going the opposite direction. Gollithan was thrown from the train and soon died of his injuries. Suing for damages in the sum of $30,000. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 638 | 136 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | Mary E. Gollithan v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Bedford | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Relates to Mary E. Gollithan v. North Carolina & St. Louis Railway Company MT 638; wrong case name given. The plaintiff's husband, James W. Gollithan, an employee of the defendant, was killed when a train on which he was working collided with another train going the opposite direction. Gollithan was thrown from the train and soon died of his injuries. Suing for damages in the sum of $30,000. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 820 | 831 | 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 | 1883 | Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis R.R. Co. v. Allen Dunn | Cheatham | Damages |
Train hit Dunn's ox, valued at $75.00 |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 793 | 36 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | P. C. Bradshaw v. Nathan W. Carr | Dyer | Damages |
Parties had a contract for the delivery of timber from Tigertail on the Obion River to Memphis. The timber was not delivered as per the contract due to a storm. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 181A | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | P. M. Patterson & Co. v. Daniel W. Boger | Shelby | Damages |
Complainant was a baggage handling and transfer company in Memphis. Defendant had sued for mishandling of a trunk the company transferred from one railroad depot to another, which the complainant disputed. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 214 | 189 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | Pratt Gin Company v. F. M. White & Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Co-defendant is J. E. Frost. White's business partners are J. W. Caldwell & James Yongue. Pratt Gin Co. is M. E. Pratt & James M. Smith. Suit was first taken before a justice of the peace, and then to the circuit court on appeal. Folder includes several pages of legal briefs. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 221 | 70 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | Patterson & Carmichael v. J. I. Morrison | Davidson | Damages |
Damages to horses belonging to the plaintiff. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 686 | 21 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | Roane Iron Company, in error v. Hiram Tyree | Hamilton | Injury and Damages |
Tyree, a switch operator, sued the Roane Iron Company for $15,000 in damages for negligence that allowed a train to run over him, causing severe injuries while under their employ. |
East | Range: 18 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1937 | 350 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | Stephen H. Holt v. Memphis City Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Lawsuit is for (1) assault & battery for "driving one of the cars of said company against the plaintiff, whereby [he] was beaten bruised, & crippled … and fears he will be crippled for life; and (2) $5000 damages for the "great expenses" in his efforts to be cured, as well as the pain, suffering, and mental anguish caused by the "gross negligence, carelessness, & [lack of] proper caution" of the defendant. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 217 | 78 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | W. C. Scott v. Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway Company | Weakley | Damages |
Scott is sued the railroad company for damages for killing his pony. Folder includes several pages of legal briefs. |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 221 | 34 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | Walden Ridge Railroad Co. in error v. Mary A. Ketchum | Roane | Damages |
Ketchum sued for $1,000 for "damages sustained in appropriating the life estate of defendant-in-error for the building of a railroad". |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1088 | 49 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1883 | William Rodgers v. M. & O. Railroad | McNairy | Damages | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 229 | 40 | Order A Copy |