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View Entry 1911 (unknown) Davidson Unknown

Incomplete case: correspondence only. From Maggie & Mother to Alice [?] and Lula, dated Oct. 9, 1911, Edenwold, Tenn. Hopes Charley won't go to Texas; Roy is married; Sam is still at the workhouse; Granville & wife have gone home; Mrs. Gray is "laying with the "Death sleep"; don't hear from Dayton or Mansfield; Sam & Mattie [?] are well; we have 9 little chickens and 2 little kittens; mother is shelling corn. Letter found in ET box.

 East Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1101 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 (unknown) Unknown

Incomplete case: envelope only, bears two one-cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamps. Written on reverse is "John C. Charles" and "8689."

 East Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1101 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 (unknown) Unknown

Exhibit Only. Exhibits to Deposition of Francis R. Weller. Photographs. Caption: Otter dams for tail race and power house; Lock and mixer plant; Right bank showing quarry.

 East Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 A. W. Howard & Co. et al. v. City Grain Feed Co. Maury Damages

Origin of Damages: Breach of Contract. Appeal brief only, no other case documents included. Add. Plaintiffs: Quarles & Coleman.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 492 21 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Albert Chinn v. Fannie L. Chinn Fayette Divorce West Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1062 11 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Artelle Ward, et al. v. Kathleen Ward, et al. Obion Deed Dispute West Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1098 62 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 A. Aizensthatt v. Mayor& Alderman of the City of Jackson Madison Ordinance Violation

Selling beer and keeping his place of business open past 10pm.

 West Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1184 100 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Aaron Caldwell v. Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Company Lake Insurance Claims and Policies

The plaintiff attempted to recover $1,500 from the defendant for breach of contract. Printed brief included.

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1231 138 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Armour & Company v. Lexington Cotton Oil Co. Shelby Breach of Contract

The case concerned a purchase of cotton oil by the plaintiff, who failed to make the delivery on time.

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1233 150 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Addison D. Slagle, et al.v. City of Memphis Shelby Property Dispute

Included is a petition for certiorari, three briefs for the city of Memphis, three briefs for Slagle

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1246 180 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 American Lumber Co. v J. A. Davenport& Sons Shelby Unknown West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1262 7 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Albert Couspeire v. Russe & Burgess Shelby Debt

Cause of action: Couspeire owes $2,000.00 to Russe and Burgess for lumber

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1266 71 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Annie B. Fleming by next friend John Fleming v. City of Memphis & County of Shelby Shelby Damages

Sued for $10,000. Claimed she fell in a gap while walking at the edge of a bridge on Valentine Ave., between Manassas and Oak streets. Claimed negligence that the area was not lit at night, causing her to not see the hole.

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1277 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 A. A. Tucker v. City of Memphis et al. Shelby Recovery of Money/ Wages

Exhibit: Copy of mortgage, city ordinance and acts of the legislature. Additional defendant: Memphis Artesian Water Department. Cause of action: recovery of $1,900 as a portion of salary.

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1293 287 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Alston Boyd v. Stella Specht Deem, et al. Shelby Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: Lorena Specht Best, Joseph Barry, David Barry, Williford Barry, John J. Barry, Joseph Specht, Fannie Specht, D. A. Fisher, Continental Savings Bank. The case is large and has been placed in three folders. Case deals with the estate of Joseph Specht.

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1298 856 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 A. P. Harrel v. Fidelity & Casualty Insurance Claims and Policies

Case file is incomplete; depositions only.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 67 270 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 A. W. Howard, et al. v. City Grain & Feed Co. Maury Damages

Reply brief for plaintiffs only. Additional Plaintiffs unknown. Plaintiffs seek a refund on purchases "lacking quality."

 Middle Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 491 11 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 A. M. Hancock v. Sam I. Heyman Obion Debt

Defendant filed a plea in abatement, saying this court had no authority to hear this case and should dismiss the original warrant. The court agreed - the case was dismissed, and the plaintiff was ordered to pay the court costs.

 West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1081 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 A. G. Sinclair, et al. v. Continental Savings Bank Shelby Breach of Contract

Losses due to negligence to the sum of $159,500.00.

 West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1083 489 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Arlington Hotel Company v. Caruthers Ewing Shelby Debt

Cause of action: debt due by contract for legal services.

 West Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1099 84 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Alexander Nettles, Squire Waldron v. State Haywood Murder

Nettles is charged with murder in the first degree, Harrison Kerr, July, 1910. Waldron, with murder in second degree. Murder occurred near St. John's School House in Haywood Co. Appeal, Supreme Court at Jackson, 1911.

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1235 77 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Abner Nance v. State Gibson Murder

Victim: Champ Balentine

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1257 67 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Auto Tire Vulcanizing Co v. W. R. Gilbert Shelby Debt West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1262 26 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Bose Pillow v Board of Mayor & Alderman of Dyersburg Dyer Land and Title Dispute

Included is a reply brief of counsel for defendant in error

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1252 363 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Birmingham & Northwestern Railway Company v. John Cockrill et al. Madison Other

Additional Defendants: Pattie Price and Llewellyn Price. The dispute was over a right-of-way demanded by the railroad.

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1280 171 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Birmingham & Northwestern Railway Company v. A. M. Alexander Madison Land

Ex. A: map of property railway seeking to extend track into said land

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1285 248 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Bessie Drake v. N. C. & St. L. Railway Franklin Unknown

Incomplete case file. Exhibit I documents only. Includes a Union Pacific timetable with route map.

 East Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1101 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Bertha Ripman Cherry v. Chicago Life Insurance Company, et al. Chester Insurance Claims and Policies

Recovery of life insurance policy issued for Rufus M. Cherry, dec., husband of the complainant, for the sum of $1,250.00. Exhibits include insurance policies for deceased.

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1292 94 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Conflict Between the Act of Congress known as "Employer's Liability Act" Unknown

Booklet exploring labor law and liability act of Congress. Name "Higgins" written across front.

 East Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 21a 33 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Cora Brown & J. W. Brown v. D. C. Jennings Shelby Incest

Cora Brown mother of Pearl Brown, a minor; J. W. Brown her step-father. Plaintiffs sued defendant for $50,000, charging that on 31 Aug. 1910, he abducted Pearl Brown without the consent of her parents "for the purpose of prostitution and concubine." Defendant states that the Browns had once lived on his place & that Pearl Brown asked for his help in escaping her step-father's sexual abuse. There was a warrant for J. W. Brown's arrest on charges of incest in Tippah Co., MS. Volume 2 is in WT Box 1070.

 West Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1056 333 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Carrie Evans v. Memphis Street Railway Co. Shelby Personal Injuries West Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1098 132 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Charles Rowland, admr. V. C. D. Hendrickson Lumber Co. et al. Shelby Breach of Contract

Rowland is administrator for W. A. Rowland, deceased; C. D. Hendrickson is also a defendant. Case involves storage and shipment of lumber. Ledger pages, p. 25 included.

 West Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1114 130 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 C. M. Owen, admr. v. Jackson Railway & Light Co. Madison Damages for Wrongful Death

Plaintiff administrator of Clopton Owen, deceased.

 West Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1183 467 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 City of Memphis v. Memphis Railroad Terminal Co. et al Shelby Land, Sale of

Additional defendants: Illinois Central Railroad Co., Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway, Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, St. Louis - Southwestern Railway Company Exhibits include: Memphis Railroad Co. ordinance

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1233 180 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 City of Memphis v. Virginia Clarke Shelby Damages

$2000 in damages for property on Trainor Ave.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1239 155 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 C. T. Sullivan v. City of Memphis Shelby Wrongful Termination

Cause of action: Restoration of a public position.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1244 39 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 C. D. Smith v. Union Square Land Company Shelby Other

Cause of action: Rescind a land trade. The case is large and has been placed in four folders.

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1273 764 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Charles E. Denton v. J. H. Moselage, et. al. Shelby Damages

Additional defendants: William Richards, Louis Tighe, J. A. Evans. Sued for $2000. Sued claiming the defendants were excavating a lot next to the Columbia Theater Building and damaged the North wall of building. Denton was the lessee of the building.

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1277 140 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 C. M. Owen, admr. of Clopton Owen, dec. v. Jackson Railway & Light Company Madison Damages for Wrongful Death

The plaintiff sued to recover damages in the sum of $25,000 for the death of his son, Clopton Owen, killed in a street car accident. Page count does not include published materials. See WT 1183 for additional four folders.

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1281 932 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 C. B. Patterson v. Walter W. Fox Unknown

Exhibit Only. Newspaper clipping of an ad for a Seeburg organ - Style "M." From deposition of Walter W. Fox. Blueprint for organ.

 East Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 66 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 C. D. Hill et al. v. Memphis Hotel Co. Shelby Compensation

Plaintiff and his wife claim that they left their bags with the door boy of the Gayoso Hotel, where they intended to register, then went to dinner, returning later to find that their bags had disappeared. They say the hotel is liable for their loss.

 West Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 965 151 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 C. M. Owen, admr. v. Jackson Railway & Light Co. Madison Damages for Wrongful Death

Owen admr. for & father of Clopton Owen who, on 29 Sept. 1908, was struck and killed by a streetcar owned & operated by the defendant as he was walking home from school. Owen sued for $25,000 in damages. Owen charges negligence in that the motorman gave no warning of his approach & the street car was not equipped with a fender which, had it been present, could have prevented the injuries that took his son's life. See WT 1281 & WT 1183 for additional parts of case.

 West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1078 1620 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 City of Memphis v. Charles B. Creamer Shelby Condemnation

Condemn a strip of land for street purposes.

 West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1068 37 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Cora Brown & J. W. Brown v. D. C. Jennings, Vol. 2 Shelby Incest

This is Volume 2 of the case only. The rest of the case is located in WT Box 1056.

 West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1070 285 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Calvin Sanders et al. v. Solvent Savings Bank & Trust Co. et al. Shelby Property Dispute

Emma Sanders is co-defendant. File contains appellant brief only -- no case file. The case concerns ownership and authentication of two notes of debt incurred by a Memphis church. Volume 2 of the case is in WT Box 111.

 West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1072 37 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Clark E. Coe v. C. B. Clarke Shelby Damages

$25000 damages.

 West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1085 597 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Calvin Sanders, et al.v. Solvent Savings Bank & Trust Co., et al Shelby Property Dispute

This is volume 2 of the case only. Additional plaintiffs and defendants could not be determined from Vol. 2. The appellant brief is in WT Box 1072.

 West Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1116 360 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 City of Memphis v. E. A. Meriwether, et al. Shelby Property Dispute West Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1117 14 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 City of Memphis v. A. W. Hogin& wife, Lee Cooper Hogin Shelby Damages

$3000 in damages for water flowing from adjacent property and lessening the value of the defendants property

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1240 175 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Cella Starks v. Lovely Starks Haywood Divorce

Cella was the wife & Lovely was the husband.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1249 16 Order A Copy

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