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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1931 | England Walton & Company v. T. A. Caldwell, et al. | Blount | Public Nuisance |
Add. material in ET 1314. Plaintiff is appealing a class action lawsuit that charges that his tannery is polluting Little River and poisoning nearby residents. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 90 | 144 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | J. C. J. Williams v. Ovia Cross, et al. | Scott | Nuisance |
Defendants: Ovia (Ovie) Cross, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Scott Co.; D. T. Chambers, Ulis Jeffers, Mrs. Pearl Hawn, Clay Evans Chambers & W. C. Marcum-Trustees & Board of Ed. controlling Huntsville High School; W. M. Laxton, Principal at Huntsville; and all citizens of Scott Co., TN. Complainants by plaintiff over noxious, unsanitary odors coming from outside toilets of high school. |
East | Range: 9 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1298 | 219 | Order A Copy |