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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1931 | J. H. Pressnell et al. v. W. L. Porter | Knox | Trespass and Damages |
Plea of trespass to his damage of $20,000. Defendants published in the Knoxville Herald a defamatory article titled "The Common Liar" Again Suffering From An Attack of Niggardly Situperation by Bartow G. Wilson. Article included on pages 4-5. Additional plaintiffs: Bartow G. Wilson and Knoxville Herald newspaper. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1329 | 58 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | M.L. Lay, admr. Of Virginia Lay, dec. v. W. D. Gibson et al. | Campbell | Trespass |
Additional defendant: G.M. Rogers. Lay sued for #25,000 damages. Virginia Lay was an 8 year old girl who was sent to Gibson's office, who was a physician, to be examined but not operated on. Gibson determined that her tonsils needed to be removed. Gibson forcibly and unlawfully operated on her in a cruel manner, cut an artery in her throat, and failed to stop the bleeding and instead laid her flat on a bed where she choked on her blood while still unconscious, dying when he later tried to save her. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1300 | 92 | Order A Copy |