Plaintiff is appealing the charge of "Non support of children." Case is incomplete; opinion only.

REA wanted to collect $741.13 due on a check executed by the Brookside Mills and drawn on the mills' account at the East Tennessee National Bank of Knoxville. Local REA agent John I. Dale had no authority to endorse a check made to his company, so he sent it to the main office in Atlanta where it was deposited. However, the check was not paid by the ETNB because it had suspended operations. Sole question being argued was whether plaintiff presented check for payment with reasonable time.

Add. Plaintiff: Virginia Hodge.

The defendant was granted a decree of divorce on Aug. 16, 1922. She was also awarded custody of their 4 minor children- ages 15,14,11, and 9. The petitioner charges that the defendant has not been conducting herself properly since the divorce decree was granted. She has been guilty of both drunkenness and lewdness. She has become pregnant and has deserted the minor children, leaving them to fend for themselves. Petitioner seeks custody of the children.

The issue is paternity. Two men claim to be the father of an orphan child, Brewer insisting that the mother, Florida Mason, told him on her death bed that he is the father, and he wants to adopt her and make her legitimate. Jefferson insists someone named York Cooper is the father, and Cooper wants Jefferson to continue caring for the child.

Concerning adoption of Rhoda Boehler, daughter of Adam J. and Grace Young Boehler. John J. Boehler is the brother of Adam J. Boehler. At the time John Boehler came down from Ohio to see the conditions his orphaned niece was living in, he found her with her grandparents, Mrs. R. D. Young and John Young, living on a "Shanty Boat on the banks of the Wolf River near the City of Memphis."

Roberts sued former husband Black for 330 weeks' worth of child support for their daughter, Margaret C. Black. At $4.00 p/week, that totaled at least $1300.00. Margaret was 9 years old when she was accidentally killed in January 1937.

Additional Cause of Action: Recovery of Alimony. Exhibits include bill of sale, inventory list, uncashed check and divorce documents, correspondences, envelopes, military documents.

Order only.

Supreme court case only. Original court unknown. Rosa Schaffer is the child in question.

James Scott was accused of having illegitimate child with Elizabeth Campbell. The child was named Rochell Scott.

Bessie Tittle is 28 and lives in Johnson City with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Tittle. She accuses the Pla. in error of fathering her illegitimate child. Bessie worked at a small store owned by her family. Pla. delivered ice and coal to the store. Bessie was 26 when she and the pla. were first intimate. Bessie originally planned on marrying Roy Crockett, a soldier, but she had not seen him for two years while he was in the army. When he came home, she was pregnant. Exhibit: Post Card from Pla.

The plaintiff and defendant clashed over the adoption of a child named DeWitt Hooks.

John P. Green was charged with being the father of an illegitimate child in Monroe County. The mother was listed as Mary Jane Wilson.

Exhibits include correspondences.

M. E. Berry sued through her mother, Ruth A. Solly, as next friend. R.A. Solly and E.L. Berry married in 1896 and M.E. Berry was their daughter. They divorced in 1905 on the grounds of infidelity. Solly filed to gain the means and station in life that M.E. Berry is entitled to from her father due to Solly being unable to properly provide for her and support her education on her own.

Margaret Fuller is the infant daughter of Mary D. Fuller and the Defendant Robert C. Fuller. Mary and Robert separated in 1931 and later divorced. Mary was granted exclusive custody of Margaret. Mary now accuses Robert of refusing to pay child support.

The plaintiff sued as next friend of Geraldine (her daughter).

Additional parties: Elizabeth Hawkins

Pearl and W. M. were previously married and had a son named John. Case concerns the shared custody arrangement. Pearl Walker claimed W. M. was not honoring the agreed upon custody arrangement.

Robert Thomas is charged with unlawfully and willfully failing and refusing to provide for the support and maintenance of his two minor children. He claims he is not their father. Inez Gordon Thomas is the wife of the defendant and the mother of his two children.

Opinion only. Shelby County case found in East TN boxes.