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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) | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
View Entry | 1912 | City of Memphis v. J. H. Creath | Shelby | Embezzlement |
Cause of action: J. H. Creath served as the County Trustee of Shelby County. In this position, he collected money from the revenues beyond his designated compensation. He owes the city $13,227.38 for the illegally collected commissions. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1278 | 39 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Columbia Military Academy v. Louis Woods et al. | Shelby | Debt |
Additional defendant: Walter Goodman. Cause of action: debt for tuition and expenses. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1293 | 132 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Dave Albritton, et al. v. German Fire Insurance Company | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Plaintiff: Ned Crenshaw. Case is an effort to collect $1,000 on an insurance policy on the West Tennessee Academy, which was destroyed by fire. Plaintiffs own the property on which the school sat; defendant company says the policy was made out and signed in the name of the school, not of individuals, and will not pay. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1081 | 70 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | D. P. Prescott et al.v. John B. Duncan et al | Shelby | Other |
Additional plaintiffs: J. L. Powell, M. W. Fletcher. Additional defendants: Haden M. McKay, E. W. Hale, W. A. Taylor, Joseph H. Creath. Cause of action: suit to have an act of legislation that has been passed and approved by the Governor of Tennessee to be unconstitutional and for effects of said legislation to be reversed. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1092 | 92 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | David Soltz v. Abraham Glassman | Shelby | Damages |
Folder only contains legal brief for this case & for Abraham Glassman v. Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, et al. |
West | Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1099 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | D. C. Jennings v. Cora Brown et al. | Shelby | Damages |
Additional Defendant: Joe W. Brown. The plaintiff was accused of taking the daughter of the defendants away from them because of the illicit relations between the daughter and the stepfather. |
West | Range: 79 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1434 | 134 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | E. B. Hudson & Bros. v. I. C. Railroad Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Plaintiff is sued the railroad company (Illinois Central) for $96 "in a plea of debt due by loss, damage and shrinkage to cattle while in transit over defendant's roads from Coldwater, Miss., and E. St. Louis, Ill." |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 858 | 107 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | E. L. Randall v. A. R. Richards & the North Memphis Savings Bank | Shelby | Recovery of Money/ Wages | West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 906 | 175 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | Emma Toombs v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Damages due to personal injury when the plaintiff fell into a hole or excavation after disembarking from the railway. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1081 | 167 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Ed Turner v. McConnell Furniture Co. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
This is the plaintiff's brief for the Court of Civil Appeals in Jackson. There are no other case files. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1073 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | E. J. Wirfs v. Annie Merriwether | Shelby | Debt for Rent | West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1268 | 33 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | Eugene & Mary Laurenzi v. Union Square Land Co. | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Exhibits: The union depot and adjoining plaza Property; Auction sale at Peabody Hotel; original deed; building plans for Union Depot |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1271 | 591 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | E. B. Meyer & Peter Brous v. O. J. Read | Shelby | Forcible Entry and Detainer | West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1273 | 45 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | Elwood C. Cook v. Memphis Street Railway Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Sued for the death of a horse, valued listed as $500. Cook claimed that a car operated by the railway ran over his horse as the horse was grazing on the railway tracks after it accidentally got out of its fence. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1294 | 80 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Edwin Pankey v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Pankey claims that his transfer from one line to another was not accepted by the conductor in the second streetcar, and that he was thrown off the car by a policeman and subjected "to humiliation, and great mortification," despite having paid his fare. See WT Box 1373 for remainder of the case. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1973 | 120 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | E. E. B. Gillespie, et al. v. Yazoo& Mississippi Valley Railroad Company | Shelby | Damages |
Other plaintiffs: H. A. Gillespie. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1082 | 144 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Elnora Brown v. S. Burchart et al | Shelby | Negligence |
Additional defendants: the Sassafras Company, a firm composed of C. A. Ferguson and C. A. Ferguson; Mr. W. W. Pickle and Mrs W. W. Pickle. Cause of action: negligence and damages for a faulty constructed and negligently maintained areaway and grating which the plaintiff is alleging to have caused her husband's (Ben Brown) injury and death. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1090 | 45 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | E. G. Butler, trading as The Butler Lumber& Shingle Company v. M. L. Heidel, et al. | Shelby | Debt |
Additional defendants: J. F. Heidel, Coe & Johnson (a firm comprised of M. E. Coe & L. H. Johnson), Germania Savings Bank and Trust Company. Debt for lumber and building materials for house remodel. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1297 | 438 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Emma A. Browne, exe., et al. v. Mrs. J. B. Rogerson, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Plaintiffs: Emma A. Browne, exor., J.W.X. Browne, dec.; Harris L. Browne, Walter M. Browne, Arthur C. Browne, Edwin S. Browne, Alvin L. Browne - all of Shelby Co. Defendants: Mrs. Jessie B. Rogerson, husband, U.S. Rogerson; Emma Browne Rogerson, Louise Cook Rogerson- all of Shelby Co. The deceased, J.W. X. Browne died intestate, 31 March 1894. Court decision appealed to Supreme Court of Tennessee, Jackson. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1301 | 113 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Emma Sanders v. New Prospect Baptist Church et. Al. | Shelby | Debt |
Additional defendants: E. D. Cherry, Madison Coleman, S. C. Coleman, Robert Cook, Henry Smith, Charles Johnson, Frank Patterson, Thomas Cockrell, Roy Cockrell, Max Halperin, G. A. Griffin. Sanders sued to collect on 2 notes owed by the church. Notes were originally due to N. S. Sanders. Emma is the widow of N. S. Sanders. Total debt was $8580 plus interest. Money was used by the church to erect a building. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1310 | 256 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Fulton Bag& Cotton Mills v. F. W. Brode | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages | West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1091 | 170 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | F. L. Schwartz & William A. Marchman v. Matthew L. Hearn | Shelby | Damages |
Cause of action: Damages of $1,500.00 for wrecking an automobile. Case fills three folders. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1266 | 434 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | F. L. Monteverde, et al. v. Antonio Nardi, et al. | Shelby | Damages |
Plaintiffs: Antonio Nardi and wife, Rosa Nardi. Defendants: F. L. Monteverde, Sheriff, George Byrd and wife, Mary Byrd. Cause: Nardi was owner of a "vicious and dangerous .. Cow." Attacked Mary Byrd, 29 Feb. 1908, inflicting injuries. Ownership in violation of city ordinance. Asking for damages of $5,000.00. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1274 | 162 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | F. G. Buford v. T. G. Tate, et al. | Shelby | Replevin |
Additional plaintiffs: George T. Webb, W. W. Ash, W. A. Duncan, and B. H. Hopkins. T. G. Tate is listed as the Sheriff of Shelby County. Replevin of personal property in the value of $499, including but not limited to horses and jersey cows. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1296 | 165 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Fred Barbee v. State | Shelby | Assault |
Assault of W. B. Kelly. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1327 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Frances Reems v. T. H. Hayes | Shelby | Debt |
Reems is sued Hayes for "debt due by promissory note, $173.00" plus $1.80 interest. Plaintiff's name is also spelled "Francis Reems" at various points in the document, but she is described as "a single woman," so "Frances" is more likely to be correct. |
West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 858 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Farnsworth-Evans Co. v. Chicago, Memphis & Gulf Railroad Co., et. al. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Additional defendant: Illinois Central Railroad Company. Plaintiff sued claiming he hired the railroad to bring bales of cotton from Ridgely, TN to Covington, TN. During transport there was a fire that damaged part of the load. Damages asked for were $1866.07, the difference between the undamaged values of the 50 bales of cotton compared to the sales price received for the damaged bales. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1310 | 151 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | Foster Calderara& Co. v. Maury Cole et al | Shelby | Sale of Goods |
Pertaining to syrups and molasses |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1314 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | G. T. Taylor& Company v. Yazoo& Mississippi Valley Railroad Company | Shelby | Debt |
Cause of action: debt by way of the defendant appropriating a railway car of corn from the plaintiff and selling it without their permission. |
West | Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1092 | 136 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1912 | George E. Witt v. Marietta C. Dunscomb, exe., Samuel H. Dunscomb, dec., et al.. | Shelby | Property Dispute |
Property dispute, Lot No. 222, E. Side, Main St., Memphis; E. Side, Main St., North of Jefferson. Construction of business related building interfering with complainant's property values. Defendants: J.S. Dunscomb, Ray Dunscomb, J.E. Dunscomb. Property's original owners: Edgar McDavitt, Samuel H.Dunscomb, J. T. Stratton. |
West | Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1301 | 121 | Order A Copy |