Patrick was a fireman employed by Def railroad & was working on a train running from south toward Nashville when it collided with another train in Maury County, TN, killling 7 men including Patrick. Also working on the train at that time: Beech (engineer) & Whittemore (flagman). Patrick's executor (his dad John) sued for $50,000; jury ruled for pla. & awarded $3250. Patrick never married, had no children, and was survived by his dad, mom Mary, brother Thomas, & sisters Ella & Annie.

Add defendants: Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, Cincinnati New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company, & W. J. Robinson. Plaintiff is the administrator of the estate of Willie Mathis (dec'd), who was employed by the police authorities to monitor the properties of the defendant companies to prevent trespassing. W. Mathis was talking with others, committing no crime, when Robinson commanded him to put his hands up and Mathis ran, causing Robinson to fire his pistol at him. Suing for $25,000.

Claim is that $10,000 worth of property, including two slaves, were wrongfully taken.

Case incomplete; opinion only.

Resulting from Pyron being struck by a bus. Additional Defendant: G. M. Denny.

Additional Plaintiffs: Marguente Lake, E. P. Williams, Mary Lee, Rebecca Valines, Winnie O. Davis. The defendant originally sued the plaintiffs for the wrongful death of her husband, who fell from an awning attached to their store house in Memphis.

Deceased, age 4, was killed when swept down a storm sewer after a hard rain fall. Exhibits include 4 large and 4 small b&w photos, receipt, letter, envelope. Add. Plaintiff: Irene Hickson.

Additional Case: Frank Trentham v. City of Knoxville, in a suit for Damages for Personal Injuries. Exhibits: 3 - 8x10 photos, birth certificate copies, correspondence, funeral receipt, hospital documents, earnings statement, letter of administration, auto registration, marriage certificate, medical records of Trentham.

Deceased: Irene Goodson. Killed when Kerosene used to start a fire caused an explosion. Plaintiff suing as administrator of estate of Irene Goodson. Add. Defendants: W. H. Browder, Campbell Oil Co., Gulf Refining Co.

For $25,000 in death of Monroe Littlefield, hit & killed by Cadillac "diven at a highly dangerous and reckless rate of speed, in excess of 20 miles an hour."
Case in 2 folders.

J. T. Cranford is listed as administrator of the estate of W. N. Clark.

Alfred Miller, deceased, killed March 1 1864 by a rebel soldier in Washington County. Additional defendants: James Melvin, James Crumley, Rutledge Peoples, and George King. Carr sued defendants for: wrongfully asking and entering Miller's house in his lifetime, unlawfully searching his house and premises, illegally arresting and imprisoning Miller, and for causing Miller's death by their wrongful acts and omissions to plaintiff for $50,000 damages.

Additional Defendants: E.N. Keith and Mrs. E.N. Keith. Mable Myers, as a pedestrian, died as a result of injuries sustained when hit by an automobile operated by the defendant. Diagram of accident scene.

Damages for $10,000 for wrongful killing of his intestate. Victim: Mary Rembert.

Plaintiff is administrator of the estate of Stella Bryant (dec.). Filed to recover damages for S. Bryant's death caused by the negligence of defendant. While attempting to board a train owned by the defendant, she was thrown down and dragged along the track due to the conductor pulling away early and not providing an adequate step from the platform to the train door. S. Bryant was a colored woman around fifty years old. Judgment to the defendant.

Add. defendant: Alexander Campbell. The plaintiff is the surviving partner in a business where he contracted with a Trustee of the Methodist Church, namely the defendants to whom they furnished $150 worth of materials. The defendants took $75 each out of the funds for materials, for which the plaintiff took them to court to be prosecuted for acting in bad faith. The church house blew down in 1865 while housing a great deal of valuable material and the defendants unlawfully took possession of it.

Addtl pltfs: Mary E. Holder, who sued by next friend Thomas Holt; Sare; Myrtle; and Franklin Holder, who sued by next friend John Holder. Addtl dfnt: Sallie D. Holder (Kellar). Pltfs are children of W. E. Holder, who was killed while in the employment of the dfnt. Corporation. Working on one of their trains. Dfnt. Sallie D. Holder was the widow of W. E. Holder, who the pltfs. Misappropriated all of the below-acceptable damages paid out immediately following the death.

Plaintiff is the administrator of the estate of John Willard Phillips, a minor (dec'd), who was employed by the defendant as a newsboy. He went in the elevator on their property to an upper floor when he was struck on the head by an abrupt projection of the wall of the elevator shaft, mangling his head and body between the steel frame and woodwork of the elevator and causing him to hang suspended in the shaft by a leg, all while conscious for a time. Plaintiff sued for $25,000 in damages.

This case was filed to by Plaintiff in order to receive compensation for her husband's death. Plaintiff alleged that her husband, W. E. Holder, dec. was killed while working for defendant. Plaintiffs filed damages for the death of her husband that resulted from the negligence of defendant. Additional Plaintiff: Sallie D. Holder, Mary E. Holder, Sara Holdr, Myrtle Holder, Frankie Holder

This is only the Supreme Court opinion. Court of Origin could not be determined. The death occurred in Shelby County.

The defendant's husband, John Downey, was the victim of negligence. Includes cross section of locomotive cab.

Cause of action: damages for wrongful death due to negligence.