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View Entry 1904 City of Memphis et al. v. Margaret Hastings Shelby Condemnation

Suit was filed by the city of Memphis and the Park Commissioners to acquire by condemnation a strip of land 900 feet long and 50 feet wide belonging to the defendant in order to construct a park way. Two large maps that were exhibits in this case have been placed in WT Oversize Box 1.

 West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 688 66 Order A Copy
View Entry 1905 Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans Railroad Co. v. T. F. McRee, et al Tipton Condemnation

Additional Defendants: Union Central Life Insurance Co., J. R. Clark

 West Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1018 277 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 City of Memphis v. Charles B. Creamer Shelby Condemnation

Condemn a strip of land for street purposes.

 West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1068 37 Order A Copy
View Entry 1896 C. F. Black v. Laura Chester Madison Condemnation West Range: 83 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 453 40 Order A Copy
View Entry 1946 C. W. Phillips, Commr. Of Highways & Public Works v. J. W. Kerr et al Knox Condemnation

Additional Defendants: Gladdie Kerr; Ben Testerman, Mortgagee. This was a suit on behalf of the State for the condemnation of a right-of-way for highway purposes. Exhibits include: house-moving estimate, highway blueprint, 12 - 8x10 photos of defendants' property and location for new road.

 East Range: 6 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 468 221 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 Dixon & Bros. v. G. S. Anthony Haywood Condemnation

Plaintiff asks for condemnation & sale of land in the possession of the defendant. Defendant's case is that the date & amount of judgment as written on the warrant had been altered without notice and did not follow the judgment as written on the warrant.

 West Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 222 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 E. C. Camp, et al. v. The Coal Creek & Winters Gap Railroad Company Anderson Condemnation

Brief only. Additional Plaintiffs: S. S. Turtle, J. M. Wurtz, F. McNeely. Cause of Action: Condemnation of a right of way for the railroad over lands of parties.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 81 66 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 Edmonds Pettigrew v. W. F. Johnson Haywood Condemnation West Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 29 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1920 Highway Department of the State v. Franklin Turnpike Company Williamson Condemnation Middle Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 401 358 Order A Copy
View Entry 1822 John Smith v. John Veale Knox Condemnation

Defendant is called to "pay the condemnation adjudged against him."

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 Janel H. Graham et al.v. Nashville& Chattanooga Rail Road Company Marion Condemnation

Lawsuit to recover damages for value of Plaintiffs' land railroad was appropriating for purpose of building rail across the land. Add. Plaintiffs: heirs of John Graham, dec.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1164 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1891 Kansas City& Memphis Railway& Bridge Company v. A. H. Stratman Shelby Petition to Obtain Condemnation of Land

Petition to condemn lots for the sake of imminent domain Includes 2 Memphis blue prints.

 West Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 334 116 Order A Copy
View Entry 1897 Kansas City & Memphis Railway& Bridge Company v. Francis White, exe. Shelby Petition to Obtain Condemnation of Land

Francis White executor and devisee of last will and testament of Miles White

 West Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 507 157 Order A Copy
View Entry 1900 Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. L. E. Boswell Shelby Condemnation West Range: 82 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 677 33 Order A Copy
View Entry 1914 Lewisburg & Northern Railroad Company v. T. W. Gray, et al. Davidson Condemnation

See MT 546 for additional folders. 6 folders total. Add. Defendants: Annie E. Gray, D. P. Wrenne.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 545 1778 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 Lookout Mountain Railway Co. v. Mrs. H. L. Whiteside. Hamilton Condemnation

Concerns the construction of the Incline Railway on Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, TN. Assignment of Errors and Brief of plaintiff in error, brief for appellee only. 1895 is date petition was filed. Plaintiff company filed its petition to condemn lots Nos. 26 and 27 Block E in Lookout Mountain's Addition No.1, under it's charter, which authorized it to construct an Incline Railway to the top of it at or near the Lookout Inn, requiring said lots. See ET 2049 for additional part of case.

 East Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 730 105 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 Lincoln Savings Bank v. John Y. Gill, et al Lincoln Condemnation

Cause of action: motion to condemn land. Additional defendants: W. A. Gill Sr., John Rodgers, Isaiah Hancock.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 669 29 Order A Copy
View Entry 1905 Memphis & State Line Railroad Co. v. Union Railway Co. & The Mercantile Trust Co. of New York Shelby Condemnation West Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1020 550 Order A Copy
View Entry 1910 Memphis Railroad Terminal Co. v. James Cunningham Shelby Condemnation West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1273 186 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Memphis Union Station Company v. J. M. Dickinson Shelby Condemnation

Property was located in the Calhoun Street, South Second Street, and Webster Avenue area of Memphis. Property was needed to build additional buildings for the company. Dickinson is noted as being a resident of Washington, D.C. Contains multiple volumes and published copies of some of the petitions and briefs. Housed in 3 folders. Folder 3 contains the published petitions and briefs.

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1276 1280 Order A Copy
View Entry 1882 Orr Brothers v. Charles Etter et al. Warren Condemnation

Additional Defendant: Asa Gross.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 57 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 O. Woolard v. John Palmer Wilson Condemnation Middle Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 32 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1910 Robert M. McLean, et al., exe. of the estate of William R. Moore, dec. v. Memphis Union Station Company Shelby Condemnation

Lawsuit in reference of vacant properties, N.E. corner of Webster St., S. Second St., Memphis, to be condemned by defendant for purpose of constructing "a Union Passenger Station." Case file in two folders.

 West Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1096 500 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 Richard Mason v. E. D. Lassiter Weakley Condemnation West Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 582 60 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 R. C. Brady v. Henry Correll et al. Cocke Condemnation

Additional Defendants: E. Rice, Trustee & the Federal Land Bank, based in KY. Plaintiff has paid rent to Correll for use of a road on his property, said road being the only access to an island owned by the plaintiff. Plaintiff recently received a letter ordering him to desist using the road, now seeks the court's help in condemning the strip of land & giving him title to it so that he can construct a road for the public". 2 Folders.

 East Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 925 285 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 R. H. Baker, Commissioner v. Frank Williams& wife, Bettie Williams,& Hamilton Co., Tennessee Hamilton Condemnation

R. H. Baker was Commissioner, Dept. of Highways & Public Works, TN. Property dispute, proposed route of State Highway No. 8, Chattanooga & Georgia. Civil Dist. No. 2, Hamilton Co. Includes: photographs; map: "Right of Way through Property of Luther Williams. Ringgold Road. S.H.N. No. 8." Two folders.

 East Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1408 189 Order A Copy
View Entry 1943 State ex. rel. Prentiss Cooper, Governor, et al. v. Jerome Dunn, et ux. Knox Condemnation

Additional Plaintiffs: B. O. Duggan, Secretary; C. W. Phillips, Commissioner of Highways and Public Works; John W. Harton, State Treasurer; Roy H. Beeler, Attorney General. Additional Defendant: Zola Dunn. This was a condemnation suit instituted by the State pursuant to Chapter 216 of the Public Acts of 1939 seeking to acquire a house and lot belonging to defendants for the purpose of building and extending the Tennessee School for the Deaf at Knoxville.

 East Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 542 223 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 State& Shelby County v. the Springfield& Memphis Rail Road Company Shelby Petition to Obtain Condemnation of Land

Other parties: J. H. Mead Springfield and Memphis Rail Road Company

 West Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 263 49 Order A Copy
View Entry 1940 State v. Addie D. Harr Sullivan Petition to Obtain Condemnation of Land

Case brought by State of Tennessee through J. Charles Poe, Commissioner of Conservation. Exhibits: one large photo of land in question, and one oversized plat map drawn by hand in color.

 East Range: 6 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 420 243 Order A Copy
View Entry 1907 S. Coate v. Memphis Railroad Terminal Company Shelby Condemnation

The plaintiff was a resident of Mississippi who owned land in Memphis that the Memphis Railroad needed for the purpose of acquiring a right of way.

 West Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 968 177 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 Tennessee Midland Rail Road v. Thomas F. Perkins, et al. Shelby Condemnation

Other defendants: Thomas F. Perkins Jr., Mr. & Mrs. Jordan, Mr. & Mrs. Henderson, Mr. & Mrs. McGavock, Henry C. Perkins, and Newton C. Perkins. The number of pages includes an attachment.

 West Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 414 26 Order A Copy
View Entry 1902 the Kansas City & Memphis Railway & Bridge Company v. Charles Durivage Shelby Condemnation

Brief and assignment of error in behalf of Appellant- Charles Durivage only. Dispute over condemnation of properties owned by Durivage for use of Railway company.

 West Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 857 19 Order A Copy
View Entry 1914 T. W. Knight et al. v. Mackie Nesbit& Co. Decatur Condemnation

Condemnation of land. Other petitioners: J. W. Knight, W. E. Knight, S. W. Knight, J. H. Knight, R. C. Knight doing business along w/ T. W. Knight as the Knight Brothers.

 West Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1469 67 Order A Copy
View Entry 1905 Union Railway Co. v. C. C. Mauldin et al Shelby Condemnation

This is a "condemnation suit brought by the railway company seeking to condemn a strip of land owned by the defendants."

 West Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1023 245 Order A Copy
View Entry 1905 Union Railway Company v. A. Cordes & J. A. Webb Shelby Condemnation

Cause of action: Condemnation of an easement of right of way for building rail lines across the defendants' property. Survey included.

 West Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1025 461 Order A Copy
View Entry 1908 Union Railway Co. v. Emma Greenwood, et al Shelby Condemnation

Additional defendants: N. D. Greenwood, W. R. Glisson Jr.

 West Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1158 264 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 William Boult v. C. J. Simonton & Jane Thompson Shelby Condemnation West Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 205 31 Order A Copy
View Entry 1919 Williamson County v. The Franklin & Spring Hill Turnpike Co. Williamson Condemnation Middle Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 401 157 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 W. F. Mason et al. v. James H. Mitchell Cannon Condemnation

Co-defendant: R. M. Mason. The Masons are administrators of J. E. Mason, deceased, but there are few helpful details in the report, which is the only document from the case. The motion seems to concern an attempt to condemn land for sale.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 637 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Whitney Cushing & Co. v. B. F. Yoe & Brother Jefferson Condemnation

Incomplete file; appeal only. Plaintiff recovered $39.69 judgment against Def before justice of the peace. Circuit Court reversed that judgment.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1200 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 Walden Ridge Railroad Co. v. John Keebler et al. Anderson Condemnation

The plaintiff railroad company brought suit against John Keebler and Henry Sienknecht for right-of-way. They requested 40 feet of land condemned for the main line to travel through the premises of the defendants.

 East Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1838 85 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Wade Jones v. John L. Jones, et al. Putnam Condemnation

Additional Defendant: P. Jones. This was a motion for judgment to condemn and order a tract of land to be sold upon a judgment, execution and levy from a Justice of the Peace.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 596 13 Order A Copy
View Entry 1920 Western Union Telegraph Company v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, et al. Carroll Condemnation

Add. dfnts: Central Trust Company of New York, United States Trust Company of New York. Suit instituted in the Circuit Court of Carroll County, by the Western Union Telegraph Company, to condemn an easement for its telegraph lines. 10 folders, 2 boxes. See WT1658 for folders 6-10. See WT1394, WT1587, and WT1589 for connected cases; WT1589 is continuation of WT1587.

 West Range: 78 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1655 2351 Order A Copy