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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1821 | Alexander Aiken v. James Morrow | Knox | Trespass and Damages | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 17 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1856 | Alice Cooper v. S. D. Brooks | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Case file is incomplete: brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 73 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Atley Walters, et al. v. Frank Lyle & Lyle Furniture Co. | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Resulting from a car accident. Additional Plaintiff: Next Best Friend, Harding Walters. |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 205 | 303 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1930 | Agnes M. Graw v. The Travelers Protective Association | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Complainant was the beneficiary of her husband, William K. Graw, deceased. Exhibits: constitution and by-laws of Travelers, policy certificate, correspondence, claimant's statement. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 718 | 77 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1944 | American National Insurance Company v. Lula McFetridge | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Carrick McFetridge, Lula's husband, had a life insurance policy for $430. When he died in1944, the insurance company claimed that there had been a mistake on the policy: that it should have been written for $230. Because Lula & Carrick were illiterate, the insurance company faulted them for not noticing that a policy on a 48-year-old man could not be written for more than $230. (2 copies of case) |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 797 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | Addie Ferguson by next friend v. Mayor & Aldermen of Knoxville | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Plaintiff was a minor, so represented by father, James Ferguson. City had laid water pipe & had not filled in hole. Addie stepped in it while trying to cross Crozier St. (near Depot St.) & broke her arm. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1069 | 45 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1937 | A. H. Caldwell v. Anna Finger | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Finger sued Caldwell as a result of injuries she sustained while keeping house for him. Stemmed from an argument over personal matters and use of the telephone. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1105 | 44 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1857 | Alfred Cochran v. John M. Davis | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Plaintiff sold defendant tract of land, but deed of sale included another tract whose ownership was in dispute & was not intended by either party to be part of the sale. Neither party realized deed included additional tract until after sale was completed. Plaintiff was, therefore, seeking to rectify deed. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1159 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | Andrew Sharp v. East Tennessee, Virginia, & Georgia Rail Road Company | Knox | Trespass and Damages |
The plaintiff sued for when cars owned and operated by the defendant ran over and killed three of his hogs. sued for damages in the sum of $36. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1240 | 9 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | A. S.& wife P. A. Mariner v. M. C. Wilcox, et al. | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: C.C. Wilcox, E.C. Camp, S.S. Tuttle, M. Reis, E.A. Reed; E.C. Locke, Josiah Curtis, and E.C. Camp comprising the Coal Creek Coal Company. P.A. Mariner was one of the firm of M.C. Wilcox & Co. coal dealers, minors, etc. at Knoxville. Mariner had since retired and M.C. Wilcox & Co. changed to Coal Creek Coal Co. In an agreement, the Co. claimed ownership of a tract of land. A.S. Mariner purchased Lot No. 169 at tax sale. Dispute over ownership of tract of land. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1244 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | A.L. Maxwell v. Thomas H. Pearne et al. | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: W.H. Webb and G.B. Lamar. Maxwell sued defendants over title to land, wanting the defendants' conveyance declared and void. He also wanted an injunction restraining Pearne from further trespassing upon the property or proceeding with his building. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1250 | 94 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | A. W. Kutsche & Co. v. J. W. McWhorter | Knox | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Kutsche Company did not pay McWhorter his total wage for work done on a Knoxville post office, totaling $108. However, he is accused of working at the rate of thirty cents an hour, then after the job was complete asking for a higher wage for work paid and completed. See also box 1539 for exhibits: Documents on the specifications for construction of the US Post Office and Courthouse at Knoxville, TN, copies of 10 checks issued by defendant to plaintiff. |
East | Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1536 | 320 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | American Insurance Company v. Cora Lee Widby | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Widby sued American Insurance for $1250.00 plus interest. Widby was the widow of Basil T. Widby, dec. who was killed in an accident with a Mack truck. American Insurance claims that the life insurance policy issued to Widby was in fact issued after he was killed rather than before. Therefore, American Insurance decided that Widby was not due payment. |
East | Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1556 | 347 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | Alexander Brandau Jr. et al. v. United Mutual Life Ins. Co. et al | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Add pla: Lanier Brandau. Add def: Elizabeth Sneed. Joseph W. Sneed dec. was the uncle of the plaintiffs and brother of the def. Plaintiffs claim Joseph maintained an insurance policy that listed them as beneficiaries. Plaintiffs complain that upon Joseph's death, Elizabeth Sneed contacted the insurance co. to withhold payment. Said company notes that Joseph had attempted to remove his nephews from the policy but did not provide the correct paperwork. Exhibit materials include insurance documents. |
East | Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1552 | 165 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | A. S. Hudiburg v. George Yost, et al. | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: John Devers and L. M. Wester. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 65 | 267 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1949 | Alice Cora Mayes & William L. Mayes v. Walter Clark | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Receipt included. |
East | Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 282 | 224 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1939 | Annie Burch, Beneficiary v. Lincoln Income Life Insurance Co. | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Exhibits: insurance form, policy certificate, release and settlement of death claim, death certificate. Complainant filed to recover the proceeds of an insurance policy on the life of her brother, Calvin Browner, dec. |
East | Range: 7 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 566 | 203 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Adele S. Kennedy et al. v. Rutherford Freight Lines, Inc. | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Truck driven by Defendant struck car in which Plaintiff was riding, causing her to be injured. Exhibits include repair bill, scene map. Add. Plaintiff: Firemen's Insurance Co. of Newark, New Jersey. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 637 | 343 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | American National Insurance Co. v. Cora Lee Widby | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies | East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 892 | 460 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1935 | Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Clara Mournan, admr. of William Mournan, dec. | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies | East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1059 | 147 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1937 | Annie B. Smith v. American National Insurance Company | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Smith took out a life insurance policy on her husband Lawrence for $500. The insurance company claims that due to his physical state at the time of filing, that payment on the policy cannot be made, that he was ill when the policy was taken out, and therefore uninsurable. Mr. Smith suffered from ulcers, a perforation of the stomach, and other digestive problems. |
East | Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1557 | 448 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | Annie C. Hutchinson v. W. M. Fulton | Knox | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Hutchinson owned property in Knox county that she commercially leased to Oscar Dunn and James Carson, whom erected buildings on the property. The lease was sold and conveyed to W. M. Fulton by Dunn and Carson, however Hutchinson was unhappy with the terms of the transfer. She believed that Fulton had created a corporation for the purpose of stripping and selling the commercial property, thereby defrauding Hutchinson. |
East | Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1558 | 306 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | Billie B. Baker et al. v. City of Knoxville et al. | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Plaintiff tripped, fell, and was injured on water valve owned by City located near sidewalk outside the residence of Def. Creech. Exhibits include b&w photos and correspondence. Plaintiff's Next Friend: Dana A. Baker. Add. Defendant: Vernie Creech. |
East | Range: 6 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 489 | 259 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1946 | Bell Foster v. W. J. Sterchi, et al. | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Origin: vehicle collision. Exhibits include crumpled spectacle frames, b&w photos, scene diagram. Oversize exhibit items located at ET Oversize Box 1. Add. Defendants: Sterchi Coal Co., Clifton Lowery. |
East | Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 535 | 214 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1939 | Ben H. Brock v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. | Knox | Injury and Damages | East | Range: 7 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 564 | 204 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1816 | Bartholomew Conyers v. James Lillard, William Campbell,& John Lillard | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Conyers sued for the title to a tract of 46.5 acres that he had bought from Lillard for $449. Case started in 1807. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1250 | 58 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | Bank of East Tennessee v. George Churchwell, et al. | Knox | Trespass and Damages |
Case file is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 75 | 171 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1947 | Barbara Ann Jones by next friend Uriel Jones v. Hartman Beverage Company Inc. | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Exhibits include an empty Pepsi Cola bottle. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 729 | 225 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Butternut Lumber Co. v. Knoxville Fire Insurance Co., Island Home Insurance Co., and East Tennessee Insurance Co. | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies |
The plaintiff sued the defendants insurance companies for failure to pay out according to their policies following a fire. Exhibit is the fire insurance policy that Knoxville Fire Insurance Co. issued to the Butternut Lumber Co. for $1250 in coverage dated for Nov. 5, 1886 |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1834 | 326 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | B & B Business Brokers, Inc. v. C. H. Creekmore et al. | Knox | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Plaintiff entered into contract with defendant to broker sale of defendant's property, and alleges defendant violated contract by selling said property independently. Defendant alleges contract had previously been canceled. Additional Plaintiff: Mrs. V. D. Creekmore. |
East | Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 319 | 56 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1946 | Boyd Snyder v. D. M. Rose & Company | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Mr. Snyder, brought action against Defendant , as his employer not operating under Workmen's Compensation Act, to recover $50,000 damages for personal injuries sustained when an excavation, being made for a house to be erected, caved in on him. Exhibits: FHA insurance application, estimate cost of house, papers for contractor John Blazer, building permit, hospital bills, mining and manufacturing form, contracts, conveyance contract of Max and Annie Wolf, receipts. See also ET boxes # 456 and 727 |
East | Range: 6 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 454 | 2408 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1938 | B. A. Whittaker v. Hoover Lines Inc. | Knox | Injury and Damages |
See additional part of case in ET Box 1256. Whittaker sued Hoover for injuries sustained when Hoover drove its freight truck into Whittaker's wagon, damaging wagon, injuring Whittaker. Accident occurred in Greene County when Whittaker driving team & wagon on Natl Hwy 11 (ran from Johnson City to Knoxville), on bridge 2 miles from Greeneville. Exhibits: x-rays (folder-sized x-rays in ET Box 1256; oversized x-rays in ET Oversize Box 17. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 723 | 431 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | Bettie Kilter v. Sampson Cowan and Others | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Additonal defendants Samuel Cowan, Mary Cowan aka Turk Brady. Kilter purchased land from Cowan who clailmed to own a homestead with whom he called his wife. Samuel Cowas was a man of color and Mary Cowas was a white woman. They were not married by law. Kilter was looking to to pay off the balance for the land and was also seeking the court to state that Mary Cowan could not in the future seek money for the homestead or claim ownership. |
East | Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1692 | 39 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Camp Porter (col.) v. State | Knox | Breaking and Entering |
Camp Porter, an African American carpenter, was prosecuted for attempted petty larceny after breaking into the home of John Kent & attempt to rape Kent's wife, Elizabeth Ann Kent. Both Porter & Kent worked for Judge Temple, Porter even lived on his property. Porter would visit the Kent family to visit, while "picking his banjo." Rape charge dropped due to lack of evidence. Add'l documentation in Box ET 8. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 16a | 37 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | Cowen McClung & Co. v. William M. Cass | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Case file is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 73 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | Clyde Lemarr v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Disability claim. Exhibits include insurance documents, policies, and payment schedules, doctor's certificate, newspaper clipping. |
East | Range: 6 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 487 | 296 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1939 | Constance Dixon v. Gertrude Lobenstein et al | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Origin of Damages: Plaintiff was injured when a bannister broke at a property owned by Defendants. Add. Defendants: Bessie Lobenstein, J. Leonard Jones, E. W. Ogden, Fidelity-Bankers Trust Co., Mrs. J. V. Wyrick. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 653 | 77 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1931 | Catherine Gaines et al. v. Cordelia McKinney et al. | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Annie Gaines Reed, Mary Gaines Eidson and Charles Eidson. Additional defendants: J.W. Haywood, Maggie Haywood, E.F. Lennon, R.L. Huff, Commercial Bank and Trust Co., Charles Gaines and Annie May Gaines. Gaines et al. suing for deed between E.H. Rocket and Andy Gaines & Cordelia McKinney, which attempted to convey a joint tenancy between Gaines and McKineey to be declared and void; for land to be sold and the Bank restrained from selling property. |
East | Range: 9 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1291 | 91 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Cowan, McClung & Co, et al. v. Boyd McMurry, et al. | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Case file incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 69 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | Cowan, McCLung & Co. v. R. M. Montgomery, et al. | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: James Wilson and H. M. Wilson. Case file is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 71 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1896 | Coal Creek Coal Co. & J. M. Barn Jr. & Co. | Knox | Contract for Labor and Materials |
Case file is incomplete; contract only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | Charles McGhee & Columbus Powell v. John Smith & M. L. Shoemaker | Knox | Trespass and Damages |
Trespass includes "converting to their own use a steam engine and other personal property." Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 102 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | C. L. Carpenter& A. N. Brown v. Elva Bowers | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Case incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 103 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1944 | Claude Turner v. Tom Herndon | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Plaintiff was it by a car driven by Defendant. Exhibits include medical receipts, accident scene sketch, large street diagram. |
East | Range: 6 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 459 | 71 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1833 | Conrad Sheratz v. Frederich Nicodemus | Knox | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 672 | 60 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1935 | City of Knoxville v. W. G. Bennington | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Additional plaintiffs: Harley Hill. Additional defendant: Ray Bennington, by next of friend. |
East | Range: 8 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 882 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | Clyde C. Armstrong v. Telico Sinks, et al. | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Exhibit materials include: letters, deeds, receipts, and defendant answers. Additional defendants: Eliza McMillan an R.H. McMillan. Housed in 2 folders. |
East | Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1566 | 165 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1947 | David Joe Pruden v. John R. Cox | Knox | Injury and Damages |
Exhibits: x-rays, large oversized hand-drawn situation diagram, certified copy of Ordinance No. 249 for City of Alcoa (traffic regulations) Xray and photographs of damaged car located in ET Oversize Box 14. |
East | Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 770 | 319 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1937 | Dan M. Rose Properties, Inc. v. A. A. Schmidt, trustee, et al. | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Eleanor G. Caldwell, administratrix of estate of W. J. Caldwell, and the Provident Reality Company. |
East | Range: 8 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1023 | 223 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1937 | Dr. H. E. Christenberry v. American Indemnity Company | Knox | Insurance Claims and Policies |
Christenberry was in a car wreck, he claims he was covered, American Indemnity claims he wasn't |
East | Range: 8 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1036 | 59 | Order A Copy |