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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

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