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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1942 | Alga McMahan Trammell v. Ben McMahan et al. | Sevier | Other |
Cause of Action: Parties seek appointment of a receiver to divide lands left by R. A. McMahan, deceased. Secondary Cause of Action: Wants sale of land voided. Exhibits include birth & marriage certificates, Add. Defendants: Ernest Justus, Bruce Justus, Trula Justus Woods, Pearl Justus Rayfield, Howard Justus, Grace Justus, Ben Justus, Willie Mae Justus, Leonora McMahan Owens, Blaine Justus. |
East | Range: 7 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 517 | 916 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Anna Scarborough v. Frank Pickens & J. P. Pickens | Polk | Fraudulent Conveyance | East | Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 538 | 135 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1942 | A. J. Gaddis v. Polk County | Polk | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Exhibits: minutes from Quarterly County Court of Polk County. Complainant sued to recover his salary as Highway Commissioner of Polk County during 1936, 1937, 1938. |
East | Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 550 | 377 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Bess Dudley v. J. J. Dudley et al. | Campbell | Land, Partition of |
Additional Defendants: Fannie A. Smith, Herburt Smith, Mayme Riley, J. J. Riley |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 186 | 61 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Beatrice Logan Wallace v. Harry Keller Wallace | Knox | Divorce | East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 620 | 53 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1942 | Beuna Lasater v. Cumberland Coal Corp. | Hamilton | Estate Dispute |
Case transferred from Sequatchie County, Middle Tennessee. Plaintiff claims ownership of mineral rights sold to Defendant by heirs of previous owner. Exhibits include plat map. |
East | Range: 6 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 451 | 288 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Blanche Holtnecht v. N. D. Bridwell et al. | Sullivan | Debt |
Origin of debt: promissory note. Exhibits include promissory notes, correspondences, cancelled check, Plaintiff alias: Haltznecht, Holzknecht. Add. Plaintiffs: William Holtnecht. Add. Defendant: T. R. Bandy. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 619 | 273 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | C. W. Sanders & Annie Sanders v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America | McMinn | Land and Title Dispute |
2 folders. |
East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 153 | 339 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Ceco Steel Products Corporation v. Dr. W. Y. Hutchins & wife et al. | Sullivan | Debt |
Additional Defendants: Tine Hutchins, Tennessee Paint and Supply Company, Charles E. Burks, Thomas S. Kirkpatrick. Seeking a lien. Also includes telegrams and invoices. |
East | Range: 6 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 308 | 184 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Charles Barber, et al. v. Beecher Smith, et al. | Roane | Lien Settlement |
Additional complainants: Tildie Barber. Additional defendants: Ann Hammonds, Brewster Hammonds, S. H. Roberts, Harry Hammonds, Lillie H. Adkisson, Dollie Hensley, Dorothy Clark, Leonard Summers, Bernice Hammonds, Mack Hammonds. |
East | Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 536 | 45 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Coal Creek Mining & Manufacturing et al. v. W. C. Wells et al | Knox | Debt |
Origin of debt: promissory note. Add. Plaintiff: Braden Coal Co. Add. Defendant: Mrs. M. E. Western, H. H. Wells, C. J. Wells. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 625 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Clemmer Motor Co., et al. v. Mack Towler, et al. | McMinn | Gambling |
Additional Plaintiffs: M. E. Clemmer, Wayne Clemmer, Paul Clemmer, Amy Clemmer, Robert Clemmer, and Annie Clemmer. Additional Defendants: C. M. Wise, C. L. Williams, and the Ducktown Banking Co. |
East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 149 | 212 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | City of Knoxville v. F. A. Hessler et al. | Knox | Tax Collection |
Add. Defendants: Carrie Allen, C. H. Asquith, B. H. Acuff, James Gibson, George M. Dail. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 597 | 63 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Dona Arnold Vineyard v. Edgar Vineyard et al. | Grainger | Debt |
Exhibits include envelopes, cancelled checks, sale agreement, correspondences, warranty deed. Origin of debt: mortgage. Add. Defendants: R. Y. Stone, C. Edgar Vineyard, Harley Berry, A. R. Williams, Doss Roach, H. N. Maples, Bertha Maples, P. E. Vineyard, Bessie Vineyard, & 11 banks named. |
East | Range: 7 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 555 | 816 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | D. O. Haris v. O. B. Williford et al. | Roane | Land and Title Dispute |
Add. Defendant: May Hood Williford, C. H. Hood. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 589 | 95 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Daniel G. Elliott v. Frank Markland, et al. | Carter | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
Loretta Hinkle Markland died in 1942, & Elliott sued on behalf of all of her heirs to settle the estate. Her husband, Frank Markland a life estate, specifically noting that he had no power to dispose of any portion of her bequest. She was the widow of John Grindstaff from whom she inherited a large estate. Following Frank's death, Elliott was to inherit half of the estate, & the rest to be divided among the other heirs. Frank filed a dissent stating he was going to take the entire estate. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 15a | 93 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Ervin Queener et al. v. Magnet Mills Inc. et al. | Anderson | Other |
Cause of Action: Claims for unemployment benefits when the plant was closed due to a strike. Plaintiffs themselves were not striking. Additional Defendants: S. E. Bryant commissioner of labor. Additional Plaintiffs: 400 employees of Defendant. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 130 | 432 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Earl A. Wilkerson v. J. A. Cathcart, et al. | Blount | Election Dispute |
Wilkerson sued Cathcart, G. E. Garner, & Charles A. Reed; all parties in the suit having run for Justice of the Peace. There was an error in tallying of the votes, & Wilkerson filed a petition to have a recount. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 7 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Eula Mae Pace v. James Earl Pace | Claiborne | Divorce | East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 109 | 38 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1942 | Edith LaRue et al. v. Greene County Bank | Greene | Land, Partition of |
Dispute arises out of wall adjoining two adjacent properties. Add. Plaintiffs: Edith LaRue Murray. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 693 | 690 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Edith L. Baumann v. Frieda Bowman, et al. | Knox | Property Dispute |
Plaintiff sued Defendants to stop them from using a temporary structure on a piece of property as a permanent residence. Exhibits include newspaper section, deeds, cancelled checks, b&w photos. Add. Defendant: James L. Clarke, Jr. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 693 | 164 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Everett Hodge v. Robert Hodge, et al. | Grainger | Other |
Additional Defendants: W. C. Maples, Green Owens and J. W. (Bud) Manley, Trustees of the Blue Springs Baptist Church. Cause of Action: Bill was filed for the purpose of enforcing a contract or agreement between the complainant and defendant relative to the exchange of certain parcels of real estate. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 694 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Fidelity Bankers Trust Company v. Max Friedman, et al. | Knox | Petition for Payment |
Additional Defendants: Royal, Inc., Jewelers, S. H. Busch. Petition for payment of lease or rent. Exhibits: check, 1 large photo, correspondence, bill of sale, lease agreement. |
East | Range: 6 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 448 | 276 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Floyd Kidd, et al. v. Royal Crown Bottling Co. | Knox | Petition for Compensation |
Floyd Kidd sued on behalf of himself, John A. cox, Jr., Charles Lusk and all other employees of the defendant. Exhibits: employee hours, checks, correspondence, statements of earnings, receipt. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 620 | 286 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | George Angel, et al. v. Milton Bangs, et al. | Carter | Debt for Wages |
Additional Plaintiffs: H. N. Campbell, D. S. Jenkins, and George Ryan. Additional Defendant: W. C. O'Brien. Plaintiffs are Justices of the Peace who are suing for the right to continue their duties as elected. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 47 | 114 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Greylock Ribbon & Carbon Company v. Joe F. Gibson | Hamilton | Application for Injunction |
Exhibits include employment contract, sales materials, correspondences, canceled checks and copies of, telegrams, receipts, commissions sheets. |
East | Range: 6 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 386 | 213 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | G. P. Zirkle v. W. M. Brown, et al. | Roane | Fraudulent Conveyance |
Exhibits include photo static copies of deeds. Plaintiff as administrator of estate of S. H. Hart. Add. Defendants: Tom & Pauline Brown, W. F. & Mary Spivey Brown, Elizabeth Brown, Nashville Trust Co., Charles Nelson Jr., J. C. Brown, Federal Land Bank of Louisville, James B. Davis. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 591 | 615 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Hammond Post #3, Inc., American Legion v. Sarah Venus Willis, et al. | Sullivan | Injunction |
Additional Defendants: George Q. Willis, Richard E. Armstrong, D. A. Vines. Complainant sought an injunction to restrain the defendants from causing execution to issue upon certain judgments rendered by the Court of Appeals. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 598 | 77 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Hamilton National Bank of Knoxville v. W. P. Haynes, Jr. et al | Knox | Wills, Contested |
Also see ET 641 for additional folders. Deceased: Nellie H. Jennings. Exhibits include trust deeds, income lists, minutes of meetings, chattel mortgages, court documents, itemized account statements, correspondences. Add. Defendants: Knox County Tuberculosis Sanatorium Inc., Carson-Newman College, Margaret Haynes, Elizabeth Campbell, W. P. Haynes III, Ray Simmonds, Mount Rest Home for Aged Women, Lillian Rutherford Haynes, St. John's Orphanage Inc., Mary Jennings. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 639 | 1175 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | H. T. Smithdeal, et al. v. Cass Phillips | Washington | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: Hazel Smithdeal. |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 233 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | H. P. Bird v. M. H. Collette et al | Greene | Debt |
Deceased: C. M. Collette. Origin of debt: loan. Plaintiff seeks to put store owned by Defendants into receivership in order to satisfy debt. Add. Defendants: Minnie Collette, Lela Bible Collette, Mrs. Henry Hartman, Ella Katherine Collette Vermillion, James Myers, The Mosheim Bank. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 695 | 164 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Ira Bailey by next friend Minnie Bailey v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S. | Hamilton | Unknown |
Magazine Cine-Kodak, Super-X 16mm film reels. W.P.A. project: Ooltewah, TN- Ringold Highway, Standifer Gap Rd. Graysville, GA: Graysville Rd Reels are located at XII-D-4v. |
East | Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Ira Bailey, etc. v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States | Hamilton | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Additional Complainant: Minnie Bailey as next friend of Ira Bailey, a person of unsound mind. Exhibits: copies of employment and commitment documents, correspondence, earnings records |
East | Range: 6 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 444 | 95 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | J. F. Dyer v. R. A. Dyer, et al. | Washington | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: R. A. Dyer, Effie Dyer, Cecil Dyer, Louise Dyer, Frank Rash, The Federal Land Bank of Louisville, Kentucky, and the Lank Bank of Commissioners. |
East | Range: 6 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 233 | 310 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | J. H. Alvis, et al. v. Abe Alvis, et al | Hawkins | Other |
Additional Complainants: J. A. Tompson, and C. W. Margraves. Additional Defendants: Charles W. Margraves, Jr., Beulah Young, Betty Alvis, Federal Land Bank of Louisville, Kentucky, James B. Davis. Cause of Action: Appointment of Receiver. Mary J. Alvis, dec. |
East | Range: 7 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 500 | 61 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | John P. Davis v. J. Kyle Kivett et al. | Claiborne | Other |
Cause of Action: Voting Fraud. Exhibits include poll tax list, b&w photos, correspondences. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 621 | 235 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | J. K. Hankins v. W. C. Waddell et al | Greene | Property Dispute |
Add. Defendants: Waddell Hardware Co., D. C. Gass, R. G. Hill, W. C. Baxter, C. O. Carpenter. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 647 | 437 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | J. L. Simmerly et al. v. J. D. Simmerly et al. | Carter | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Rossie Simmerly, L. H. Simmerly. Additional Defendants: Robert Whitehead. Cause of Action: Dispute over ownership of land. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 48 | 39 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | J. Leroy Wheatley v. Deborah S. Fulton | Washington | Unlawful Detainer |
2 Folders. |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 188 | 670 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Jay Phillips v. Zella Phillips | Sullivan | Violation of Age of Consent | East | Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 269 | 90 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1942 | Joe Bishop v. Tate Springs Properties Inc. et al. | Grainger | Estate Dispute |
Dispute over interest in land left by deceased. Deceased: Robert Bishop. Add. Defendants: Clem Tomlinson, Lucy Jarnigan, Tom Ragsdale, Francis Tomlinson, Amy Tomlinson, Thomas Tomlinale, Joy Tomlinson Carter, Bland Tomlinson Bostic, Will Ragsdale, Ruby Waddell. |
East | Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 551 | 86 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Lee Tom Williams v. Max Williams et al. | Carter | Garnishment |
Additional Defendants: George C. Edens, Roby Danner, Allen Nelson & Allen. |
East | Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 174 | 160 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Louis Sopogoti v. Joseph Sterio | Sullivan | Debt Dispute | East | Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 269 | 142 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1942 | Mrs. Z. D. (Ella) Baird et al. v. Southern Railway et al. | Campbell | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Aaron Baird, Frank Baird, Flora Baird Owens, Clona Stanfill Grigsby, Della Stanfill Baird, Flora Stanfill Mullins. Additional Defendants: A. J. Long, Dessie Long, Ralph Stanfill, Bessie Stanfill Smith. |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 186 | 96 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Margaret Long Horton et al. v. The Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd. | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Judgment in favor of Defendant, affirmed on appeal. Exhibits include correspondences, insurance documents, photostatic copies of medical record, separate case transcript. Additional Plaintiffs: J. D. Horton, Sue Long, Ed Matthews. |
East | Range: 6 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 361 | 599 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Mary Carmack v. Fidelity-Bankers Trust Co. | Knox | Wills, Contested |
Mary Carmack is the widow of James C. Carmack and is contested his will. The exhibits in this case include various testimonies and a telegram. 2 folders. Affidavits and telegram |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 801 | 806 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | M. E. Rogers, exe. of Sallie Rutherford, dec., et al. v. E. D. Darter, et al. | Sullivan | Wills, Contested |
Exhibits include bank statements, small bank book, receipts, handwritten letter. Additional Plaintiffs: Ruth Stone Briscoe, Charles Stone, Daisy South, C. B. South, Oscar Stone, Albert Stone. Additional Defendants: First National Bank of Bristol, Tenn., Dominion National Bank. |
East | Range: 6 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 309 | 600 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Magdalena Schlickling Fehn v. Albert Schlickling et al. | Hamilton | Debt Dispute |
Origin of debt: an unspecified loan. Exhibits include savings account statement, blueprint drawing. Add. Defendant: Martha Schlickling. |
East | Range: 6 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 378 | 223 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Myrtle Smith v. Annie Wolfe Redwine | Hamilton | Debt |
Exhibits: note, deed of trust. Origin of Debt: unpaid promissory note. Additional Cause of Action: petition for a lien. |
East | Range: 6 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 412 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Mildred Seiler et al. v. M. L. Waller et al. | Roane | Other |
Plaintiffs seek to have a previous Debt/Estate Dispute verdict thrown out. Add. Plaintiffs: Nell Oran, Eva Clara Colyer, James Hood, T. E. Hood, Hildred Hood Crabtree, Ray Hood, Charles R. Hood, Dorothy Hood, C. T. Hood. Add. Defendants: William B. Ladd, Chester Davis. |
East | Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 589 | 534 | Order A Copy |