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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1912 | (unknown) | Maury | Unknown |
Exhibit only: Maury County Bank Receipts. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | (unknown) | Shelby | Unknown |
Memphis Lumber Co. minute book only, no other case documents or information included. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 737 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | (unknown) | Unknown |
This is not a case. It was a stack of random court record slips to the "Keeper of the Archives" requesting various court documents. Many of these slips are signed by a Preston Vaughn and all seem to be dated in the year 1912 |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1080 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Booklet, "Docket of Cases, Supreme Court, September Term 1912." |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1087 | 22 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | (unknown) | Knox | Unknown |
Two exhibits in unidentified case. Exhibit "B" is a booklet of by-laws and rules for the Marble City Lodge No. 47, Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America, 1912. "C" is a booklet of the constitution of the BRCA national organization, 1890. Both filed on May 18, 1912 in the office of S. E. Cleage, Supreme Court Clerk. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1091 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Ahler Plumbing Company v. Bishop-Babcock-Becker Company | Knox | Failure to Pay |
J. B. Jones, a member of the building committee of the Holston National Bank, hired Ahler Plumbing to install a heating system in his house. Ahler bid on a project at the bank, & did the installation work at Jones' house so that he might recommend the bank hire Ahler. The pump was supplied at a much higher rate and Ahler sued to be relieved of the debt because it was not the price he had agreed to. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 19a | 27 | 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 | 1912 | Andrew Johnson v. State | Haywood | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is African American. Cause of action: Selling liquor within four miles of a school house. |
West | Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1053 | 44 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Atlas Insurance Company v. J. H. Allen | Hardin | Petitions for Certiorari |
Folder only contains petition for writ of certiorari. Original case was over fire insurance policy claim. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1092 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | A. M. Webb v. Jackson Railway & Lights Co., et al. | Madison | Breach of Contract |
Additional Defendant: Jackson & Suburban Street Railroad Co. Jackson & Sub. St. Railroad Co. transferred all debts and liabilities to Jackson Rwy & Lights Co. - which discharged Webb, who was bound by contract (having lost both feet and suing Jack. & Sub. St. Railroad Co. for negligence in Civil Circuit Court 1900. |
West | Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1162 | 824 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | A. W. Stovall, et al. v. A. D. Barnes, et al. | Madison | Debt for Rent |
Exhibits: Ledger sheets. Additional plaintiff: William Thompson. Additional defendant: D. M. Barnes. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1277 | 159 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | A. H. Kortrecht, et al. v. W. N. Roths& C. Hughes, et al. v. W. N. Roths, et al. | Dyer | Property Dispute |
Plaintiffs: Augusta Kortrecht (NY), Hugh Kortrecht (AR). Dispute over estate of Charles Kortrecht, died 1878, Memphis, intestate. Properties in the 11th Civil Dist. Valuable stands of timber. Original deed, Robert I. Chester, 1853, Madison County, Tenn. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1283 | 293 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Annie Willett v. W. E. Willett, et al. | Shelby | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Exhibit: Address book. Additional defendants: Mrs. B. E. Leonard, Lake View Traction Company, Clarksdale and Covington Interurban Railway Company. Cause of action: recovery of allowance of $15.00 per month |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1294 | 190 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | A. P. Ford v. Will Fooshee et al. | Dyer | Promissory Note |
Additional Defendant: Charles J. Neely. The plaintiff loaned the defendants $2,000. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1304 | 284 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Andrew Fowler, et al. v. German Fire Insurance Company | Madison | Insurance Disputes |
Additional plaintiffs: Lula E. Fowler and J. W. Potts. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1306 | 275 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Advance Lumber Company v. M. I. Moore | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
3 folders. Exhibit materials in folder 3. Dispute over vague conditions in lumber contract. Plaintiff states that $16,000 worth of their lumber under the contract was being held in defendant's yard. Company advanced money but never received their share of the product. Includes assignment of error |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1352 | 571 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Alvin Smith v. C. N. O.& T. P. RY Co. | Scott | Damages |
Def. is the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Co. Pla. was employed as as servant by the Def. and was instructed to use a handcar to deliver a gasoline drum. After the delivery, Pla. was again operating the handcar when a wooden handle malfunctioned causing the Pla. to be thrown from the car. Due to the injuries he sustained, Pla. was unable to work for 4 months. Pla. is seeking damages. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1308 | 88 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Author Gentry v. State | Carroll | Liquor Violation |
Violation of 4 mile law. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 908 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | A. H. Kortrecht, admr. of Henry Williams, dec. v. the Continental Casualty Company | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Henry Williams was accidentally killed in Obion, TN, 15 March 1907. Insurance failed to pay indemnity to his mother, Martha Williams. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1083 | 110 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | American Lumber Company v. Clarence J. McDonald | Shelby | Personal Injuries | West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1088 | 164 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | Alice Dunlap v. the Missouri State Life Insurance Company, et al. | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Appeal to Tennessee Supreme Court at Jackson. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1090 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Alice Dunlap v. Missouri State Life Insurance Company, et al. | Shelby | Other |
Cause of action: Suit for refusal to pay life insurance policy |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1090 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | A. C. Briney v. Chism-Thompson Company, et al. | Shelby | Other |
Other defendants: M. D. Thompson; D. O. Andrews; G. R. Chism, admr. of J. B. Chism, dec.; M. E. Chism; R. B. Hebdon, admr. of J. B. Chism, dec.; Maggie Fields; M. W. Chism; B. M. Hampton; J. S. Hampton; C. N. Churchill, admr. of J. B. Chism, dec. Defendant company formed by merger of Chism Brothers Co. & Norfleet-Thompson Co. Defendant company undergoing liquidation after death of J. B. Chism. Plaintiff objecting to assets of defendant company being used to pay indebtedness of Chism Brothers Co. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1092 | 175 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | A. Adcock, next friend of Clain Adcock v. Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company | Gibson | Injury and Damages | West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1099 | 44 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | A. L. Lee v. R. B. Nebhut & S. S. Preston | Shelby | Mortgage Dispute |
The defendants were partners in the firm of Nebhut-Preston & Company, cotton factors. The plaintiff mortgaged certain livestock and other items to the defendants. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1270 | 186 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | A. E. Markham, admr., et. Al. v. Mrs. Lillian Harris | Lake | Estate Dispute |
Concerns estate of James C. Harris, who died in 1910. Additional plaintiff: Bessie Harris Markham. Children of James Harris mentioned are Bessie Harris, Henry R. Harris, Bessie Harris Markham, Judge James C. Harris. Value of estate appears to be $285,000. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1294 | 122 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Blaine Sliger v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor illegally. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Bank of Commerce & Trust Company et al. v. Mary E. Demarchi et al. | Shelby | Wills, Contested |
Additional Defendants: G. M. Heckle, Mary E. Heckle, Jacob Demarchi, Mary Bell Linguer, Mary Bell Dougher, Mary E. Duncan, Robert Ray, N. G. Ingram, and others. Additional Plaintiff: Christina C. Demarchi. The case involved the will of Louis Demarchi, dec |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1270 | 65 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | B. M. Bruce, et al. v. Union & Planters Bank & Trust Company, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Plaintiffs: R. C. Bruce, St. Louis, MO. Defendants: Union & Planters Bank & Trust Co., exor. of Mrs. America J. Bruce, dec.; Edward Miles Willett Bruce, Ryland C. Bruce, Jr., Jane Weaver Bruce, minor children of R. C. Bruce of St. Louis. Dispute over various provisions in will of Mrs. America J. Bruce, dec. (dec. 11 Dec. 1903). Court decision appealed to Supreme Court of Tennessee, Jackson. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1301 | 202 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Ben Tallent v. State | Knox | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor illegally. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Blanch Bogle by next friend G. H. Bogle v. J. S. Leach | Carroll | Violation of Age of Consent |
Victim is the plaintiff. Case involves carnal knowledge of a minor. The accused is a 56-year-old mail carrier, justice of the peace, and Sunday school superintendent with children and grandchildren. Documents are in 2 folders. Exhibit 5, a large 1908 wall calendar located in Oversize Box 2. |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 908 | 576 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Bob Woods v. State | Henderson | Murder |
Folder only contains appeal of conviction of 1st degree murder of John Reynolds. Co-defendant, Jim Maness, withdrew his appeal. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1092 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Bluff Street Laundry Company v. Lula Parker | Shelby | Negligence |
Cause of action: negligence for causing the defendant in error's hand to be severely and permanently injured and for providing an unsafe workplace. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1099 | 199 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Charley Street v. State | Weakley | Forgery | West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 860 | 35 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | Clain Adcock, by next friend A. Adcock v. Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company | Gibson | Damages |
While waiting on a siding for a train to pass, plaintiff was hit by a train backing onto the siding and injured so badly he had to have his feet amputated. He claims there was no one on the back of the train to watch for people or obstacles, and no warning whistle, and that the noise of the passing train blocked the sound of the train on the siding. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1080 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Claine Adcock, next friend, A. Adcock v. the Mobile& Ohio Railroad Company | Gibson | Damages |
Damages involved in accident of 24 Sept. 1910. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1090 | 132 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Corporation of Ripley v. Jim West | Lauderdale | Assault and Battery | West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1090 | 25 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | C. C. Fast v. W. Lucado | Shelby | Debt |
Items purchased: two mules |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1098 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Cresent Cotton Oil Co. v J .J. Burnett | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Included is a brief for defendant in error; Abstract, assignment of errors and brief by counsel for plaintiff in error |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1262 | 138 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Citizens Bank et. Al. v. Henry A. Klyce Co. et. Al. | Dyer | Debt |
Additional plaintiff: Mercantile Bank & Trust Co. Additional defendant: The Hess Warming & Ventilating Co. Amount of debt was $7000. Debt was for the cost to install a Hess Pneumatic Grain Drier & Cooler at the Henry A. Klyce Co. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1294 | 178 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | C. M. McClung et al. v. George Parnell et al. | Scott | Debt |
Add. Pla: Trotter Brothers, a mercantile firm, The Handley-Goodman Grocery Co. and Cowan McClung and Co., a mercantile firm. Add. Def. New River Lumber Co. Plaintiffs claim Parnell is indebted to them for goods, wares, merchandise sold and delivered as well as promissory notes. Plaintiffs further claim that the New River Lumber Co. is indebted to Parnell. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1299 | 126 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Chattanooga Railway & Light Co. v. S. L. Stewart | Hamilton | Negligence |
Plaintiff in error is accused of negligently operating a streetcar and causing it to run into the car of S. L. Stewart while he was driving on Williams Street in Chattanooga. Stewart sued for damages and won. Pla. in error is appealing the ruling. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1305 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Carl Still v. State | Knox | Murder |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge of Murder in the 1st Degree with Mitigating Circumstances. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Clain Adcock, by next friend A. Adcock v. The Mobile & Ohio R. R. Company | Gibson | Damages |
Clain Adcock, 16, was waiting in a public crossing for a through train to pass when a train on the siding backed up into him without signaling and injured his feet so badly that both had to be amputated. A. Adcock is his father. The principal argument for the plaintiff seems to be that that crossing had been used for many years and that the train crew should have looked to see whether anyone was on the track before moving. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 858 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | C. L. Wiley v. Clem Reid by next friend John Reed | Shelby | Damages |
Damages of $10,000 from personal injury due to a construction site accident |
West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 910 | 107 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Cornelius Young v. Interstate Cooperage Company | Shelby | Injury and Damages | West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1083 | 94 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | Cumberland Telephone& Telegraph Co. v. Rosa E. Bartlett | Shelby | Wrongful Death | West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1084 | 137 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | City of Memphis v. Theresa Pfemfert | Shelby | Damages |
Cause of action: Damages of $16,500.00 for the purpose of condemning a right of way through the defendant's property in order to extend South Second street. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1265 | 274 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Catherine A. Steiner v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Plaintiff sued for $10,000 in damages for personal injuries sustained in a fire that occurred on a streetcar on which she was a passenger. She was severely injured jumping from the car and was unable to return to her job as a nurse. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1268 | 161 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Charlotte Blood Moore v. W. A. Collier | Shelby | Estate Settlement |
Name of deceased: William R. Moore |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1271 | 388 | Order A Copy |