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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1923 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Incomplete file: 2 lists of expenses, each saying "Statement STONE SALE Talladega, Ala." and dated Gadsden, Ala., Aug. 3, 1923. Appears to concern surveying fees. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1102 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1923 | Addie Harrell v. Fidelity Insurance Co. | Knox | Insurance Disputes |
Incomplete case file: testimony only. Because only testimony is present, case details are difficult to discern. It seems that Mrs. Addie Prince Harrell had trouble with her eyes, perhaps an astigmatism. She seems to have gotten into an accident, but was not badly harmed. She was diagnosed as neurasthenic. What she claimed to the insurance company is not stated here. Much questioning about glasses and nervous disorder. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 13a | 328 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Adam Snyder, et al. v. H. A. McEwen | Washington | Fraud |
Snyder was issued a bank note that he later altered, changing the amount of the note lessening the amount he was to repay, he changed the issuing bank to McEwen's name, he then altered the terms of the note from three years to one. The note was endorsed by several parties including O. B. Haney and R. H. Butler. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 22a | 80 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | A. L. Green, et al. v. H. D. Whitson, et al. | Putnam | Taxation, Unlawful |
84 other plaintiffs listed, too many to name all. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 419 | 186 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Appling & Sons v. L. E. Lowery | Shelby | Possession, Unlawful |
Plaintiffs are sued the defendant for unlawful possession of 2 black mare mules, 1 one-horse wagon, 1 two-horse wagon, 1 jersey milk cow, 1 spotted milk cow, 2 jersey heifer calves, plow gear, tools, and crops, which were sold to him on credit, and has not been repaid. Property does not exceed $400 in value. |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1705 | 181 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | A. Kee v. J. W. Jordan | Benton | Breach of Contract |
Kee was employed by Jordan, but never received payment for his work. |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1727 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | A. M. Odom v. Lee Furniture Manufacturing Company | Shelby | Damages |
Damages for personal injury sustained during an assault. Odom alleges that C. S. Horton, an agent of Lee Furniture Manufacturing Company, came to his home (3080 Lasalle St., Memphis) and "unlawfully and wrongfully did assault, beat and bruise" him. As a result, Odom sustained "severe, serious and painful injuries in his head, shoulder, neck and ears." |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1745 | 70 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | A. J. Cook & Company v. J. P. Seaton et al. | Shelby | Debt |
Additional defendants: J. P. Seaton and Company, Clara May Wilcoxon, Edmund M. Lingenfelder and wife Lillie, State Investment Company, Trustee; Bank of Commerce and Trust Company, Trustee; A. J. Cook wasin the brick, lime, cement and building material business. J. P. Seaton is in the general contracting business. Exhibits: a statement of purchases, delivery or shipping slips, warranty deed |
West | Range: 77 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1887 | 370 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Allen Seago by next friend J. M. Seago v. L. H. Carruth | Shelby | Damages |
J. M. Seago sues the defendant for $2000.00. Allen Seago, the minor son of the complainant, was crossing Pigeon Roost Road when he was struck by an automobile driven by the defendants servant. At the time of the accident, the automobile approached at a reckless speed of about 40 miles per hour and when it struck Allen Seago, the impact threw him out of the vehicle causing injury. Oversize blueprint loacted at M-17-18. See WT 1789 for possible related case. |
West | Range: 78 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1793 | 219 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | B. F. Hawkins v. R. I .Lane et al. | Shelby | Payment for Goods |
Lane, D.T. Perkins, R. E. Persons composed the partnership of Person, Lane & Perkins. J. E. McColpin and C. R. Cash are the principal officer and stockholders of McColpin and Cash, J. R. Flippin and J. B. Hurt a partnership composing the firm: Flippin & Hurt. B.F. Hawkins, a farmer, filed this bill against Lane, Perkins and Person. Said defendants were partners in cotton brokerage business. Hawkins shipped 6 bales of cotton to Lane. When he went to collect his due, defendants claimed to be insolvent |
West | Range: 77 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1917 | 95 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Bill Day & Whittier Transou v. J. B. Morriss, admr. of Estate of J.H. Morriss, dec. | Madison | Debt Dispute |
Transou owed a debt to Morriss, and was going to farm Day's land in 1921 to make payment. However, Transou did not raise a crop and the debt fell to Day -the landowner. |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1736 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | B. R. Bostick v. Franklin County Investment Company | Franklin | Debt | Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 465 | 87 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1923 | Bank of Commerce& Trust Company Trustee v. Herman Adler | Shelby | Forcible Detainer |
Herman Adler was renting property from the Bank of Commerce and Trust Company. He paid a monthly rental fee of $500 from September 1, 1917, through August 31, 1922. When his lease ended, the trust company offered to renew his lease at the rate of $700 per month. Adler did not renew the lease. The trust company leased it to someone else at the $700 rate. The trust company states that Adler "has no right of possession of said property that he is forcibly and illegally detaining the same from the plaintiff." |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1723 | 122 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Bert Miller v. Layne & Bowler Co. | Shelby | Debt |
Plea of debt due by damages to the plaintiff's automobile due to the careless and negligent operation of the defendants truck on July 29, 1921 at the intersection of Chelsea and McLain Ave. Map on page 22 of road where the accident occurred. |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1740 | 78 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Burnell Teuton v. State | Madison | Larceny, Grand |
Housed in 3 folders. Burnell is also listed as Bernul and Bernel. Teuton was charged with stealing a tire and rim totaling $39.00. |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1762 | 330 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Bank of Saulsbury v. Harris Cortner & Co. et. al. | Hardeman | Debt |
Additional defendants: E. M. McNamee, Hardeman County Farmer' Union Warehouse. Lawsuit concerns debt caused by overdrafts totaling $4648.21. Checks were written during the course of McNamee buying cotton as an agent for Harris Cortner & Co. |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1778 | 110 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | C. W. Morrell v. Reagan & Waller | Knox | Unknown |
Final Decree only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 94 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Charles W. Bashaw, et al.v. C. M. Stewart & Charles W. Harper et al. | Gibson | Land and Title Dispute |
Plaintiffs aver that they are the heirs to the estate of Mary Catherin Greene Harper (dec.) and thy are entitled to a tract of land she left in her will. They also aver that C. Stewart had collected rent and harvested timber totaling $7000. They are suing for that amount and for control of the tract of land. Additional plaintiffs: Carroll Bashaw, Henry Pratt, Juanita Pratt, Lillie Pearl Rhodes, W. A. Rhodes, Mary Bashaw Collins, T. E. Collins. 2 folders |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1770 | 348 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Charlotte Boyd v. Ovella Nelson | Shelby | Other |
Cause of Action: writ of habeas corpus. This cases involves the custody of Flora Crockrell, minor child of plaintiff. Boyd and Nelson were cousins. After plaintiff divorced her husband and won custody of child the defendant refused to return her to her mother. Court permitted plaintiff and her husband visitation. |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1783 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | C. D. Kenny Company v. Charles Williams by next friend Charlie Porter | Shelby | Damages |
Charlie Porter is sued on behalf of Charles Williams, a minor. The plantiff is sued the defendant, C.D. Kenny Company, for $5,000 for damages for allegedly hitting Williams with a company truck while he was on his bicycle. |
West | Range: 78 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1840 | 198 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Carruthers & Sons Lumber Co. v. National Realty Co. et al. | Shelby | Debt on Account |
Additional defendants: M. O. Allen & C. L. Allen. Plea of debt due by account for lumber furnished to defendant by plaintiff at defendants request for $119.65. Exhibits include several lumber receipts. |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1718 | 108 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | C. L. Taylor v. Bank of Mason, et al. | Tipton | Fraud |
6 folders. Additional defendants: W. T. Williamson (Bank of Mason cashier), B. A. Somerville ("formerly manager of the drug business of complainant"). The bill seeks cancellation of 2 notes, in the amounts of $2208.54 and $4540.30. "2 notes were signed in behalf of complainant by his wife as the result of false and fraudulent representations made to her by defendant Williamson...and that they were duplicates of 2 notes in the same amount formerly executed to said bank by the defendant Somerville." |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1731 | 1321 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Cornelia Maywethers v. Turner-Day-Woolworth Handle Co. | Shelby | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Cornelia's last name is also spelled Mayweathers in some of the documents. Cornelia sued for $15,000 after her husband, employed by TDWHC to operate a newly installed rip saw, was killed on the job. The saw "tore loose and broke away from its fixed place and ran through the body of the said Dalton Maywethers and on into the wall of the defendant's plant." |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1749 | 204 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | City of Memphis v. Memphis Asphalt & Paving Co. et al. | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Additional defendants: Massachusetts Bond Company. Defendants entered into a contract with plaintiff to create and manage a sidewalk and road for the city. The defendants are being accused of failing to maintain the road and sidewalk therefore breaching the said contract. Exhibit include contract, instructions to bidders, and the foreman's daily report. 2 folders. |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1769 | 868 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Clarence Brasher v. Benton M. Johnson, et al | Madison | Deed of Trust |
additional defendants: M. L. Box, Minnie Box, C.E. Pigford; complainant bought a Dodge Motor Car No. 117309 from defendant; paid $82.50 cash, $481 in goods, and would work for M.L Box to pay $600; deed of trust Ex A: copy of trust deed |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1770 | 251 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Commercial Bank of Paris v. P. R. Callender, et ux | Henry | Debt |
Bank seeking to recover from P. R. Callender and wife, Laura L. Callender, $7000 for the purchase of a poultry plant in the first civil district of Henry County Ex 1: letter from Bank to Callender; Ex 2: letter from Callender to Mr. Johnson; Ex 3-7: letter from Callender on payment |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1777 | 177 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Claude E. C. Wilson v. Laura O. Wilson | Shelby | Child Custody |
The defendant was granted a decree of divorce on Aug. 16, 1922. She was also awarded custody of their 4 minor children- ages 15,14,11, and 9. The petitioner charges that the defendant has not been conducting herself properly since the divorce decree was granted. She has been guilty of both drunkenness and lewdness. She has become pregnant and has deserted the minor children, leaving them to fend for themselves. Petitioner seeks custody of the children. |
West | Range: 78 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1843 | 110 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Daniel Buck v. State | Henderson | Liquor Violation |
Buck is charged with unlawfully receiving intoxicating liquor from a "common carrier." |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1732 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | David S. McKinney v. Memphis Auto Parts Co. | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
McKinney sued Memphis Auto Parts Co. for $1,500. After trading in his car, Mr. McKinney was delayed in receiving his new car, when it was delivered, it was not working. McKinney brought it back to have it fixed, and it stopped working yet again a few days later. |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1736 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | D. A. Shaw v. W. T. Walton | Dyer | Breach of Contract |
Shaw rented a farm to Walton. In the rental contract, Shaw required Walton to "sow thirty acres of land in wheat, with the right reserved in the contract" that Walton could "sow grass on the thirty acres of wheat." After the wheat was cut and removed, Shaw turned a large amount of cattle out on the land that destroyed and trampled all Walton's grass. Walton "brought this suit enjoining the defendants from turning cattle into this particular field." |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1757 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Don C. Taylor, et al. v. L. E. Rooks | Gibson | Foreclosure |
Additional plaintiffs: Hillman Taylor. The complainants sold a tract of land and a "lot of personal property. The defendant executed 3 promissory notes for the purchase. "The bill filed in this cause was filed to foreclose a lien to secure the payment of deferred purchase money notes amounting to, principal and interest, $8067.66." |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1758 | 62 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Eli Bond v. The Mississippi Beneficial Life Insurance Co. | Haywood | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Melinda Bond took out a life insurance policy on herself with the defendants for $500.00. The defendants claim that the policy is and void because Bond was not honest about her health when she filled out the forms. Exhibits include insurance policies 2 folders. Exhibit includes incomplete pamphlet. |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1734 | 259 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | E. B. Bennett v. Cloverleaf Life & Casualty Co. | Shelby | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Additional Defendant: W. E. Dunn, General agent. Plea of debt due by sick benefits amounting to $210.00 at $20.00 per week from 9/12/1922 to 12/1/1922 as provided in Policy Contract b-829336. Bennet won a judgment in Circuit Court- Cloverleaf Life and Casualty is appealing. Cloverleaf Life Insurance Policy for E. B. Bennett, a preliminary notice of illness w/ physician's statement., letters from Cloverleaf |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1785 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | E. A. Guilfoyle& Company v. Charles Eaton | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Charles Eaton was employed by E.A. Guilfoyle and Company for several years and both parties agreed to a new contract of employment terms with a cut in salary for Eaton beginning July 1, 1921. However, by the end of July, Eaton refused to take a salary cut. Eaton claims he is entitled to the full salary for the month of July. |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1706 | 78 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | E. J. Hartley v. E.H. Harris, admr., et al. | Benton | Wills, Contested |
Additional defendants: Luther Hudson, J.C. Durdin, E.L. Dodd, and all citizens of Benton County. Hartley asserted that while he was ill and incapacitated, Harris got him to sign a document claiming Harris as the admr of the estate of Paralee Hartley, dec. wife of E.J. Hartley. Housed in 4 folders. |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1750 | 594 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Eva Clinton, admr. of Alf F. Clinton v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., et al. | Haywood | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Additional defendants: conductor Johnson Scates. Clinton asserts her brother, Alf, was helping her with her baggage and seating when the train started. Unable to exit quickly due to a locked door, Alf was forced to jump from the train, thus injuring himself and causing his eventual death, about a month later. Housed in 2 folders. |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1764 | 269 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Enochs Lumber Company v. Harvey Steel Products Corporation | Madison | Petitions for Certiorari |
From 1919-1920 the Enochs Lumber Co. was engaged in the retail lumber business; sold and delivered to Harvey Steel lumber and building materials totaling $676.53 Ex A-B: itemized bill |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1777 | 147 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Fitzgerald-Litchford Co. v. Caroline A. Howell et al. | Jackson | Debt |
Additional defendants: John G. Howell, C. H. Marton, A. C. Howell Includes two briefs. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 423 | 120 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | F. A. Heard v. Robert G. Heard, et al. | Shelby | Land, Partition of |
Additional defendants: R.G. Heard Jr., Robert D. Goodwyn, William S. Goodwyn, Wm. S. Goodwyn Jr., Wm. S. Goodwyn III, Newton C. Perkins, Anne Perkins Phillips, Wm. G. Phillips Jr., Sarah P. Allen, James Seddon Allen Jr., and Newton Perkins Allen. Fannie (F.A.) sued for her right of ownership to 1/2 of the property willed to her by her father, as the city is looking pay land holders for widening the street and making other improvements on the property. |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1728 | 179 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Florence Lumber Company v. I. M. Jaynes, et al. | Madison | Debt |
3 folders. Additional defendant: Mrs. L. T. Jaynes (wife of I. M.). Florence Lumber Company recovered a judgment in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County, Alabama, against Campbell and Jaynes (a partnership of L. Campbell and I. M. Jaynes), for the sum of $875.15 of which $181.75 was paid that day. This left a balance of $696.40. The case alleges that I. M. Jaynes made two fraudulent conveyances of real estate to his wife in an attempt to avoid having the land sold to pay creditors. |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1738 | 674 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Frank Byrd v. Issadore Bullion | Shelby | Personal Injuries |
Plaintiff is sued defendant for $5000 for personal injuries as the result of an assault with a pistol and gunshot wound to left shoulder. Issadore is also spelled Isadore in the file. Additional files (Doc.#: 24666) in WT1757 (78-E-6). |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1739 | 187 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Frank R. Smith v. J. R. Meek | Weakley | Other |
Frank Smith purchased a tract of land from J. R. Meek which he believed to be 48 acres. He paid 7440.00 for the land ( 155.00) per acre. When he sold the tract of land to Katy Hagan, she had it surveyed and found out that it was short 10 acres. She obtained a judgment against Smith for the shortage, which he paid. J. R. Meek admitted the liability and paid 889.31 leaving the remainder of 983.00 due complainant (775.00 plus 208.00 interest for one year.) Misrepresentation. |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1781 | 65 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Farmers & Merchants Bank of Marked Tree, Arkansas v. Jerome P. Parker - Harris Company | Shelby | Unlawful Detainer |
Jerome P. Parker - Harris Company is a company that sells automobiles. The Farmers & Merchants Bank of Marked Tree states that they lent $1159.12 to K. H. Phillips to purchase an automobile. They received a promissory note from Phillips and executed a chattel mortgage on the car. The debt has not been paid and Farmers & Merchants wants to repossess the car. They claim that Jerome P. Parker - Harris Company is unlawfully detaining the automobile from them. |
West | Range: 77 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1791 | 112 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Federal Coal Company v. United States Fuel Corporation | Hamilton | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The two parties are disputing two different contracts regarding the selling of coal. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 452 | 128 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Federal Process Co. v. Lookout Paint Manufacturing Company | Hamilton | Breach of Contract |
Appeal made to Middle Division, Tennessee Supreme Court at Nashville. Original bill filed in 1914, collection of sum of $2518.68 with interest, quantity of 'Federal Elastic Cement' sold by Lookout Paint Manufacturing Co. Breach of contract- evidently damaged goods. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 471 | 211 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | F. S. Simpson v. Farmers Union Warehouse Co. | Hardeman | Debt |
Debt due on account "for one bale of cotton, weight 443# under $500.00." |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1723 | 31 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | Fritz Storch v. Bry-Block Mercantile Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Plaintiff is sued for damages for $20,000. Plaintiff worked as a meter reader for Memphis Gas & Electric Co. and was working at the defendants building when the elevators counter weight came down and crushed him, causing permanent damage. Exhibits include oversize map of elevator shaft and photograph of the elevator counterweight. 2 folders. 2 printed briefs included. Oversize map located in WT Oversize 1. |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1734 | 343 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | George P. Allen v. Walker D. Hines, et al | Gibson | Damages |
Walker D. Hines: Director General of Railroads M & O. R. R. CO.; defendants servants and employees "carelessly and negligently" set fire to a car which spread to buildings owned by plaintiff in Fruitland, TN; damages of $1500 Ex A: Insurance contract; Ex B: Aetna Insurance Co. statement; Ex C: Aetna Insurance Co. receipt; Ex D: insurance deed |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1768 | 119 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | G. W. Dean v. Tickle & Hendron | Dyer | Debt |
Tickle and Hendron is a partnership made up of C. N. Hendron and W. L. Tickle. Debt of $3000 for 21,505 pounds of seed cotton. |
West | Range: 78 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1724 | 96 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | G. A. Black & Co., Hugh Hood & John Parker v. Marsh Morrow | Hardeman | Debt |
Morrow owes plaintiffs one and one fourth bales of cotton under $500; Hood rented land from 1919-1921 from defendant and was seeking deed of trust and rent Ex: copy of mortgage of Hugh Hood |
West | Range: 78 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1733 | 36 | Order A Copy |