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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1928 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit Only. Photographs - town with men and buildings. Exhibits to testimony of W. W. Galbreath. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 8 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1928 | A. A. Newson& W. F. Newson v. Joseph Edward McKissick | Knox | Unknown |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | A. A. Warlick v. James Halcomb & Tennessee Electric Power Co. | Polk | Unknown |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Arthur Talley v. Helen Dalton, by next friend Oscar Dalton | Cocke | Unknown |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | American Mutual Liability Insurance Co.& Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. v. Martha Patrick | Greene | Unknown |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Augusta de St. Aubin v. Albert de St. Aubin | Shelby | Divorce |
Couple was married in New Orleans on July 31, 1917. Couple had on daughter, Dorothy May de St. Aubin who was born in in 1922. plaintiff claimed that defendant had illegally obtained a divorce from her in 1925 in Tipton County although he never lived there Plaintiff also claimed that defendant had married Nina O'Neill King in 1926. Plaintiff asked for an absolute divorce as well as custody of their daughter. Housed in 2 folders. |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1944 | 338 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Beecher Lawson v. Producers & Refiners Corp. | Hamilton | Petitions for Certiorari |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Beulah Sledge v. S. L. Hunt, et al. | Monroe | Other |
Sledge is sued to continue receiving her now deceased husband's workman's comp. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Brookside Mills& American Mutual Liability Insurance Co. v. John Harrison | Knox | Unknown |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Belva Watkins by next friend E. N. Watkins v. Federal Clothing Stores | Knox | Petitions for Certiorari |
Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Charles O. Parks v. Lora Parks | Hamilton | Unknown |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company v. W. E. McGhee, admr. | Rhea | Petitions for Certiorari |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company v. Pearl Brown, admr. | Morgan | Unknown |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Carson H. Rockett, d/b/a Economy Transfer & Storage Company v. John Kolivas | Shelby | Damages |
In 30 May 1928, in the Circuit Court of Shelby, John Kolivas had recovered a judgment against Carson H. Rockett of $450, as "damages to a certain popcorn machine and for loss of services of said machine." Petition for Certiorari and Supersedeas to the See WT 1941 for additional part of case. |
West | Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1137 | 139 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | C. H. Albert v. Memphis Street Railway Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Albert sought $5000 in damages for Memphis Street car "carelessly, negligently, willfully and wantonly" crashing into his Lincoln at the intersection of Linden Ave. and Orleans Street in Memphis, TN. |
West | Range: 77 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1990 | 229 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | County of Obion v. Margaret Edwards et al | Obion | Eminent Domain |
Additional defendants: The Federal Land Bank of Louisville and The Farmers Exchange Bank of Union City. Plaintiff claimed in order to meet the requirements of the State Highway Commission for the construction of the highway that they had to cross the defendants land and therefore wanted to condemn it under the laws of Eminent Domain. The land however was encumbered by a 1st deed of trust executed by Edwards to the Federal Land Bank of Louisville and 2nd deed to The Farmers Exchange Bank of Union City. |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1941 | 86 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | C. T. Cope v. A. S. Phelan & C. J. Burkett, et al. | Gibson | Promissory Note |
Addtl dfnts: A. H. Phelan and W. B. Burkett (sureties). Phelan and Burkett signed a note of $100 to Cope, but have not paid said note. |
West | Range: 77 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1930 | 40 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Cross Mountain Coal Co. v. H. L. Ault | Anderson | Petitions for Certiorari |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Cora Distretti v. The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York | Shelby | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Cora Distretti's husband Louis died on December 6, 1926. They had a life insurance policy in place with the defendant but the defendant refused to pay the whole amount of the policy after his death. Plaintiff sued for $4000, the value stated of the policy. Louis had been shot by two "bandits" that had robbed a store he owned and died from the wounds. Exhibits that are supposed to be attached to pages 63 and 64 are missing. |
West | Range: 77 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1988 | 189 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Daisy P. Chism v. Pantaze Company, et. al. | Shelby | Damages |
Additional defendants: C. L. Byrd & Company, Inc., Alice B. Byrd, Carrie B. Wenman, Byrd Wilson Wenman. Chism sued for $15000 in damages due to personal injury. Chism claimed she was at a building owned by the defendants, located at the corner of Main Street and Madison Street in Memphis, when she fell down a staircase that was not properly maintained. Incident occurred May 19, 1928. |
West | Range: 77 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 2032 | 190 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Dr. W. F. Huntsman v. W. H. Denison, admr. Demmie Sipes estate | Henderson | Debt |
Huntsman sued for $75 due "by account for Medical services rendered to R. V. Brown." Brown was a tenant on the farm of Demmie Sipes when he needed expensive medical treatments. Sipes stood as surety on the debt for the medical treatments. |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1949 | 27 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Eugene Carmichael v. J. C. Mahan Motor Co. | Knox | Unknown |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | E. L. White Sr. v. E. R. White | Madison | Personal Injuries |
3 folders. E. L. White Sr. died, as a result of his injuries, before the case went to trial and his widow, Mrs. Pattie White, continued the suit "for her benefit and for the benefit of the children." Personal injuries were the result of a car accident that happened on October 19, 1926, "about seven or eight miles west of Savannah, Tenn." Ernest R. White's wife, Mrs. Ruby White, was said to be driving the car when the accident occurred. |
West | Range: 77 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1978 | 562 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | E. A. Stansell v. Ellis Stull, et al. | Hardin | Debt |
Addtl dfnt: C. E. Martin. Stansell sued to recover $254 from dfnts. for a sale of timber and logs. Dfnts. had begun to remove property from the lot and county, yet had not paid anything to Stansell for said contract. |
West | Range: 77 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1968 | 122 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | E. J. Kennedy v. Union Charcoal & Chemical Company | Shelby | Personal Injuries |
Plaintiff sued for $15000 for personal injuries sustained when his motorcycle was struck by an automobile driven by an employee of defendant. 2 folders |
West | Range: 77 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1897 | 343 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | George Bowser v. Brown& White | Greene | Compensation |
Case involves the Workman's Compensation Statute. Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | H. G. Gatlin, in error v. J. O. Dixon, in error | Hardin | Other |
Dixon was the Hardin County Sherriff. Gatlin was under contract with US government to transport mail from Cornith MS to Savanah TN. Gatlin also carried passengers in a Reo bus. Hardin County issued a distress warrant stating that Gatlin had not taken out a proper license to carry passengers. Gatlin claimed that carrying passengers into Shiloh National Military Park was under the jurisdiction of the US government therefore he was not required to have a license through Hardin County. |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1941 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | J. S. Dallas& wife Cordie Dallas v. City of Knoxville | Knox | Petitions for Certiorari |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | John Toomey, receiver for Thomas Hall Lumber Co. v. Marshal Goad, admr. | Scott | Unknown |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | John Newberry v. Hamblen County | Hamblen | Petitions for Certiorari |
Case references the "Law Court" of Hamblen County. Incomplete case. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | John W. Stephens v. L. C. Smallwood Construction Company, et al | Hamilton | Damages |
Exhibit Materials: situation diagrams. Additional Defendants: L. C. Smallwood, E. M. Smallwood. |
East | Range: 6 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 364 | 287 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | J. D. Edwards v. J. M. Hughes | Crockett | Unlawful Detainer |
Plaintiff sued the defendant for unlawfully seizing and detaining one steer which the plaintiff claimed was his. 2 folders. Exhibits include one photograph of a cow. |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1947 | 297 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | J. M. Phillips v. Cottage Grove Bank & Trust Company | Henry | Recovery |
Appeals portion of the case only. J. M. Phillips brought his case before a justice of the peace in Henry County-he sought to recover the statutory penalty of $100.00 from the Cottage Grove Bank & Trust Co. Bank failed to release the lien of a certain deed of trust on land given to secure two notes written by J. M. Phillips and Clara Phillips to defendant bank. One note was for $253.61 and the other note was for $218.75. |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1938 | 45 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | John Seward v. Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Pltf. sued for $50,000 after his automobile was struck by a locomotive owned/operated by dfnt. Collision occurred at Eads. Pltf. asserted no bell or whistle was sounded, nor brakes applied before accident. Pltf. tossed from truck 80 or 90ft., sustaining many injuries; preventing pltf. from working. Occurred Sept. 17, 1926 at apprx. 1:45 p.m. Ex. mat: photos, OV map, photo negatives, OV photo (M-17-21). 5 folders in WT 2133. 11 folders in WT 2142 and WT 2143. Part found with State v. Abel, et al. (WT2156) |
West | Range: 77 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 2133, 2142, 2143 | 3562 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Jack McAllister v. Eva McAllister | Hamilton | Unknown |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | James Pennix, by next friend Mrs. Carrie Embry v. Southern United Ice Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Pennix, a minor of about 13 years, was riding his bike west on Chelsea Ave. in Memphis, when he was struck by a truck owned/operated by dfnt.'s agent, H. A. Williams. At the time of the trial, Pennix was still in the hospital. |
West | Range: 77 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 2100 | 218 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | John Wylie v. Green River Lumber Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Pltf. was on the premises of dfnt to pick up a load of wood, when a conveyor belt was started up, depositing large cuts of wood on to the pltf. causing him significant and permanent internal and external damages,including, but not limited to: lacerations, broken ribs, bruises, and cuts. |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1953 | 80 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Jesse E. Cope v. State | Gibson | Liquor Violation |
Jesse E. Cope was charged with unlawfully possessing liquor. |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1940 | 49 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | J. O. Curtis v. Frank F. Hill | Shelby | Deed of Trust |
Curtis purchased a plot of land in Memphis, unaware of an unregistered Trust Deed on the land held by Donlon & Berry and sold to dfnt. Curtis' deed had been registered and was told the title was clear. |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1939 | 128 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | J. B. Edwards, County Court Clerk v. Wrought Iron Range Company | Crockett | Tax Collection |
"J. B. Edwards sought to recover penalty against defendants in error for their failure to pay the privilege tax as dealers in ranges." |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1936 | 119 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Kentucky-Tennessee Light and Power Company v. D. A. Burkhalter | Weakley | Other |
The plaintiffs sued for the right of way, or easement to use a strip of land on which to construct and maintain electric power lines and poles through the defendant's property. Exhibit: oversize map showing defendants farm. Map located in M-17-19 |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1947 | 151 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | L. T. McDaniel v. United States Fire Insurance Co. | Hardin | Insurance Claims and Policies |
McDaniel asserted the Ins. Co. owed him $300 for a policy that stated if more than 1/10th of an inch of rain fell on May 31, 1926 between the hours of 10a and 4p his property would be insured. It rained more than that during the timeframe, thus making the company liable for payment. |
West | Range: 77 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1931 | 99 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Lloyd Hutsell, et al. v. Polk County | Polk | Eminent Domain |
Opinion states very little detail about case. Seems to imply that Polk County owed Hutsell money from the proceedings, that they were in error. Further, if they were to put a road through Hutsell's property, they could do so by purchasing the land from him. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 7 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | L. H. Farrar v. Universal Washboard Company | Haywood | Debt |
Universal Washboard Company located in Brownsville, TN; Farrer seeking $232.50 in debt for salary and expenses as a salesman |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1939 | 84 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Mrs. Lula Cox v. Mrs. Kate Allen | Hamilton | Petitions for Certiorari |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Mrs. May Nagle v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Knox | Unknown |
Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Miss Lizzie Foley v. Mrs. Dee Hunt and C. G. Hunt | Shelby | Forcible Entry and Detainer |
Plaintiff sued claiming defendants were illegally using a strip of land she owned on North Second Street in Memphis. Plaintiff asked for $500 in rent for the use of her land by the defendants. |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1944 | 98 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Martha Johnson v. T. P. Privett and W. C. Privett | Crockett | Negligence |
plaintiff in error case; Johnson admr on behalf of Beatrice Pendergrass; T. P. Privett reversed car quickly and Beatrice fell out and was run over |
West | Range: 77 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 2014 | 137 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Margaret E. Barker v. Nellie E. Barker | Shelby | Damages |
Sued for $15000. Plaintiff was the daughter-in-law of the defendant. She sued and claimed that Nellie Barker was constantly interfering and meddling in her marriage to the point that her husband, Ralph Barker, lost interest in her. |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1945 | 355 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Mrs. Flaura Linzy v. Memphis Power & Light Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Linzy sought $2500 in damages for injuries; She lit her gas stove and closed the door; when she opened the door a few minutes later there was an explosion that threw her against the wall and seriously burned and injured her; accident occurred at 213 Driver Street, Memphis, TN; said company was also guilty of negligence for not keeping pipes in proper condition |
West | Range: 77 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1945 | 240 | Order A Copy |