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View Entry 1904 Arkansas River Packet Co. v. Andrew Haney Shelby Petitions for Certiorari

Andrew Haney, colored, asked for damages for personal injuries by the illegal acts of the packet company agent. Haney, a roustabout on the steamer "Lucille Noland," was accused by company of getting into an altercation with the boat's Second Mate. Company claimed the Mate acted on his own & was not authorized to have such personal encounters.

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 684 21 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 August Althoff v. Mary B. Goodwin & N. B. Jones Shelby Debt West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 716 83 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Arthur Bell v. State Shelby Insurance Claims and Policies West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 882 97 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Addie& Leonard West by next friend v. Memphis Street Railway Company Shelby Damages

Addie and Leonard West are sued the railway company for ten thousand dollars in damages. Their father, J. M. West was run over and killed by one of the railway cars belonging to and operated by Memphis Street Railway Co.

 West Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 914 100 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 American Law Book Company v. Duncan Martin Shelby Replevin West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 684 23 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 A. S. Carpenter v. Mrs. Rebecca S. Lea et al Shelby Debt

Additional defendants: Overton Lea Jr., Overton Lea Sr., James Nathan, H. L. Warriner, The National Savings Bank and Trust Company, Hennessy Brothers and Evans Company, and Memphis Hospital Medical College. Cause of action: debt for services plus a lien on the property to secure said debt.

 West Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 740 166 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 American Savings Bank & Trust Company v. L. K. Orr Shelby Debt

Debt under $500.

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 895 54 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 A. W. Newsom & Son v. Jennie Gans Shelby Replevin

Folder only contains 3 briefs.

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 903 19 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Albert Benham v. The Commercial Publishing Co. Shelby Damages West Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 912 170 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Ben Parker v. Lou Hoyle Shelby Replevin West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 886 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 B. G. Tate et al. v. Trustees, Cumberland University et al. Shelby Unknown

Case incomplete: Volume 2 only.

 West Range: 81 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 735 263 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 C. P. Hunt, et al. v. Western Union Telegraph Company Shelby Injunction

The plaintiffs were engaged in the brokerage business in Memphis that the defendant provided a "ticker" service for. The defendant cut off the plaintiff from said "ticker" service and the plaintiffs applied for an injunction to keep the defendant from discontinuing the "ticker" service. Additional plaintiffs: Madison Foster, A. B. Duncan, J. A. Reiser

 West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 696 122 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 City of Memphis et al. v. Margaret Hastings Shelby Condemnation

Suit was filed by the city of Memphis and the Park Commissioners to acquire by condemnation a strip of land 900 feet long and 50 feet wide belonging to the defendant in order to construct a park way. Two large maps that were exhibits in this case have been placed in WT Oversize Box 1.

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 688 66 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. James B. Roswell Shelby Trespass

Plaintiff sued when the telephone company removed a telephone from his house without permission.

 West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 710 68 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. E. A. Meriwether et al Shelby Injunction

Additional Defendants: Minor & Lizzie A. Meriwether; W. T. Avery. Plaintiff seeks an injunction against defendants. It has maintained for 15 years 2 poles with wires in a public walkway or alley that the Meriwethers claim is their private property & under their control. Meriwethers threaten to remove the poles. Plaintiff also maintains it holds title to most of the disputed property by adverse possession. Lizzie, E. A. & Minor Meriwether residents of St. Louis, MO.

 West Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 874 80 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Charles Gallina v. E. R. Turley, B. B. Bowen, & C. B. Quinn, constituting the board of commissioners of registration of Shelby County Shelby Election Dispute

Sues to receive certification of his election, which is being withheld by the defendants.

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 684 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 C. A. Sedinger et al. v. W. H. Bingham et al Shelby Injunction

Additional plaintiffs: W. T. Bond; J. F. Williams, W. F. Gowen, W. W. Barksdale; John Colbert; V. H. McCain, P. H. Kelly; H. L. Harvey, J. S. McKinley, C. R. Davis; J. S. Fite. Defendants: W. H. Bingham, Chairman; W. H. Bingham; Mrs. Percy Russell, Mrs. W. A. McNeill; J. A. Omberg, Sr.; C. W. Heiskell, and the County of Shelby. Cause of action: injunction from acting as trustees of the Shelby County Reformatory.

 West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 718 70 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 C. P. Marbury v. Williams Fitzhugh & Co. Shelby Damages

File incomplete, missing index, pages 1-2. Williams Fitzhugh & Co. comprised of P. P. Williams and W. H. Fitzhugh. Cause of action: damages for $20,000 after plaintiff fell from a scaffold that was alleged to be defective and unsafe.

 West Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 780 168 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Chickasaw Cooperage Co. v. George L. Chighizola, et. al. Shelby Other

Also includes J. M. Goodbar et al.v. City of Memphis, George L. Chighazola, et al. Additional defendant Thomas A. McKeon. Plaintiffs sued over the Constitutionality of Chapter 366 of the Acts of 1903. Chighizola was the Tax Assessor for Memphis and plaintiffs sued claiming the referenced Public Act was unconstitutional due to lack of references made within the Act to prior Public Chapters.

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 897 154 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 D. A. Given v. Joe Friedlander Shelby Damages

Damages for wrongful conversion of plaintiff's watch by defendant, a pawnbroker.

 West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 704 47 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Edward L. Boyle & Charles H. Boyle v. Hugh L. Bedford et al Shelby Estate Dispute

Defendants: Hugh L. Bedford and Whyte Bedford, individually and as surviving executors of the last will and testament of Benjamin W. Bedford, deceased.

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 684 92 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Elizabeth A. Townsend v. Frank A. Owen Shelby Property Dispute

Dispute over two lots.

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 878 118 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Edward Cotton v. H. B. Snell, The German-American Building & Loan Association of Memphis, et. al. Shelby Fraud

Cotton, uneducated in business, claims that he was duped regarding payments for a property sold to him by Snell. He faithfully made payments, but near the time the property was almost paid off, the Building & Loan Assn. claimed he owed more. Testimony by: V. A. Cordes. Depositions by: complainant, Eugene Lehman, and A. J. McNeil. Other defendants: H. B. Bensdorf, V. A. Cordes, and J. W. Stotts.

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 882 89 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Ed Gardner v. State Shelby Carrying an Illegal Weapon

Ed Gardner was arrested in Memphis for unlawfully carrying a pistol.

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 884 33 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Ed F. Grace v. State ex rel of William Bergschicker Shelby Other

The cause of action in this case is not clear. Ed F. Grace was an elected member of the City Council of Memphis. After serving one year of a four year term he turned in a resignation and it was accepted by the council at first but then they rejected it.

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 884 87 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 F. J. Bird v. L. Riegal & Company Shelby Debt on Account

Bird claims he is owed$121.85 for goods sold to L. Riegal and Company. The defendant claims to never have received the goods, wares, or merchandise in questions.

 West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 714 14 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Frank Myers & Mrs. Mattie O. Myers v. E. Nathan & Co. Shelby Insurance Disputes West Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1013 53 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Felix Kirk v. J. D. Tuberville Shelby Replevin West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 893 24 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Frank M. Reed v. Mallalieu & True & Mrs. Lizzie Estes Shelby Breach of Contract

Reed was contract by Mallalieu & True to construct a building on property they leased from Estes. Reed claimed he built the building but was not paid the $858 as agreed upon in the contract. Address of property was 248 2nd Street, Memphis.

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 897 40 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 George Kolp v. Memphis Street Railway Company Shelby Injury and Damages

The plaintiff was a passenger on the Memphis Street railcar when it went off the track and seriously injured him.

 West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 710 125 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Galbreath Cotton Co. v. W. S. Lea Shelby Damages

Damages for broken contract.

 West Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 909 106 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Genevieve Hibdon et al. v. T. J. Latham et al. Shelby Estate Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: John Hibdon. Additional defendants: Mary H. Latham, Charles W. Montana, Charles W. Montana Jr., Eugene N. Montana, Robert H. Montana, and Mamie Montana and John R. O. Sheridan. Jenny M. Montana, deceased.

 West Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 918 99 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 G. T. Yeargin v. H. H. Burnett Shelby Land, Sale of West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 882 95 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Globe Refining Company v. Armstrong Packing Company Shelby Breach of Contract

Concerns the sale of Cottonseed Oil

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 890 355 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 General Oil Co. v. Jno. H. Crain, Inspector Shelby Petitions for Certiorari West Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1151 155 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Herman G. Gerdes v. Memphis Pump Co. et al. Shelby Debt, Execution on

Other defendants: Memphis Trust Company, John H. Watkins & W. R. Stewart, Trustees; William F. Bell. This is a suit brought by a creditor of the Memphis Pump Company to wind up an insolvent corporation. The company owes nearly $10,000 to various creditors, of which $3200 is past due.

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 688 71 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 H. E. Cannon v. W. J. McCarty Shelby Forcible Entry and Detainer

Case was brought to recover possession of a lot in a Shelby County subdivision.

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 688 108 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Henry Steele v. State Shelby Other

Cause of Action: Vagrancy Incomplete case.

 West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 706 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 H. B. Shanks et al. v. G. W. Blackwell Shelby Debt on Account

Additional Plaintiff: S.H. Phillips. The plaintiffs were engaged as wholesale grocers under the name of Shanks, Phillips, and Company. Blackwell was a sheriff in Shelby County.

 West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 712 84 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 H. H. Higbee v. W. G Powell & wife Shelby Destruction of Property/ Petition to Halt Construction

Sues due to damages caused by the construction of land elevation that prevented natural water draining and caused flooding and property damage.

 West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 714 158 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 H. M. Pilcher & Company v. T. W. & C. B. Sheridan Shelby Debt

Debt amount: $500 Defendants: Theodore W. Sheridan and Charles B. Sheridan

 West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 720 96 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 H. S. McClellan, et al. v. T. R. Troendle, et al Shelby Estate Settlement

Additional plaintiff: A. J. Williford, administrator of Mrs. Mary E. McClellan. Additional defendants: The Troendle and Sharp Manufacturing Company, Robert M. McClellan, and Lily A. Troendle. Includes US Circuit Court of Appeals, sixth circuit, record of Robert M. McClellan, et al.v. William MacKenzie. Two folders.

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 887 633 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Henry Frey v. State Shelby Larceny

Stolen bicycle, $25.00.

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 892 26 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 H. A. Roynon & W. P. Rhea, d/b/a Roynon & Rhea v. B. H. Thomson, James G. Thomson,& Mrs. Lara J. Thomson Shelby Breach of Contract

All principals citizens of Memphis, but contract was for a real estate deal in Arkansas. Roynons claim Thomson's owe them $2500 in commissions. Depositions by H. C. Williamson, G. R. Weatherford, J. M. Speed, F. G. Woods, and John Harris.

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 882 111 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Henry Houck v. Lee Thornton, admr. of Ed Coleman, et al Shelby Deed of Trust

Additional defendants: Matilda Coleman, Charles Coleman, W. W. McDowell, E. L. McGowan, Jr.

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 892 285 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 H. L. Armstrong v. J. M. James Co. et al. Shelby Fraud

Additional Defendants: Charles B. James, Henry Stratton, W.W. James, J.H.M. Davitt, and Patrick Fisher, all executives of the J.M. James Co. 2 folders.

 West Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 894 361 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 H. D. Dickinson v. W. D. Roberts Shelby Fraud West Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1013 136 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Isaiah Moody v. B. B. Isbell et al. Shelby Debt, Petition on

The suit was filed by a poor farmer for an accounting and cancellation of certain debts and trust deeds, and for an injunction to restrain the foreclosure of the trust. He had borrowed money from Isbell, whose interest rates were characterized by the plaintiff's attorney as "usurious."

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 688 141 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 Industrial & Training School of Shelby County & James A. Omberg v. John H. Alsup Shelby Other

Cause of action: Refused to pay warrant in the amount of $24,000. John H. Alsup was the trustee of Shelby County at the time of the case.

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 690 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 James Fopianno v. Robert A. Speed Shelby Tax Collection

The defendant was Clerk of the County Court of Shelby County.

 West Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 713 72 Order A Copy

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