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View Entry 1911 A. W. Howard, et al. v. City Grain & Feed Co. Maury Damages

Reply brief for plaintiffs only. Additional Plaintiffs unknown. Plaintiffs seek a refund on purchases "lacking quality."

 Middle Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 491 11 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 A. M. Hancock v. Sam I. Heyman Obion Debt

Defendant filed a plea in abatement, saying this court had no authority to hear this case and should dismiss the original warrant. The court agreed - the case was dismissed, and the plaintiff was ordered to pay the court costs.

 West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1081 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Arlington Hotel Company v. Caruthers Ewing Shelby Debt

Cause of action: debt due by contract for legal services.

 West Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1099 84 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Alexander Nettles, Squire Waldron v. State Haywood Murder

Nettles is charged with murder in the first degree, Harrison Kerr, July, 1910. Waldron, with murder in second degree. Murder occurred near St. John's School House in Haywood Co. Appeal, Supreme Court at Jackson, 1911.

 West Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1235 77 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Abner Nance v. State Gibson Murder

Victim: Champ Balentine

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1257 67 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Auto Tire Vulcanizing Co v. W. R. Gilbert Shelby Debt West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1262 26 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 A. W. Howard & Co. et al. v. City Grain Feed Co. Maury Damages

Origin of Damages: Breach of Contract. Appeal brief only, no other case documents included. Add. Plaintiffs: Quarles & Coleman.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 492 21 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Albert Chinn v. Fannie L. Chinn Fayette Divorce West Range: 80 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1062 11 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 A. Aizensthatt v. Mayor& Alderman of the City of Jackson Madison Ordinance Violation

Selling beer and keeping his place of business open past 10pm.

 West Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1184 100 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 American Lumber Co. v J. A. Davenport& Sons Shelby Unknown West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1262 7 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Albert Couspeire v. Russe & Burgess Shelby Debt

Cause of action: Couspeire owes $2,000.00 to Russe and Burgess for lumber

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1266 71 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Annie B. Fleming by next friend John Fleming v. City of Memphis & County of Shelby Shelby Damages

Sued for $10,000. Claimed she fell in a gap while walking at the edge of a bridge on Valentine Ave., between Manassas and Oak streets. Claimed negligence that the area was not lit at night, causing her to not see the hole.

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1277 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Bertha Ripman Cherry v. Chicago Life Insurance Company, et al. Chester Insurance Claims and Policies

Recovery of life insurance policy issued for Rufus M. Cherry, dec., husband of the complainant, for the sum of $1,250.00. Exhibits include insurance policies for deceased.

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1292 94 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Birmingham & Northwestern Railway Company v. John Cockrill et al. Madison Other

Additional Defendants: Pattie Price and Llewellyn Price. The dispute was over a right-of-way demanded by the railroad.

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1280 171 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Birmingham & Northwestern Railway Company v. A. M. Alexander Madison Land

Ex. A: map of property railway seeking to extend track into said land

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1285 248 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 1911 Cora Brown & J. W. Brown v. D. C. Jennings, Vol. 2 Shelby Incest

This is Volume 2 of the case only. The rest of the case is located in WT Box 1056.

 West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1070 285 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Clark E. Coe v. C. B. Clarke Shelby Damages

$25000 damages.

 West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1085 597 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 City of Memphis v. A. W. Hogin& wife, Lee Cooper Hogin Shelby Damages

$3000 in damages for water flowing from adjacent property and lessening the value of the defendants property

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1240 175 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Cella Starks v. Lovely Starks Haywood Divorce

Cella was the wife & Lovely was the husband.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1249 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 City of Memphis v. T. J. Jacobi Shelby Petitions for Certiorari

Penal sum of $250 owed by defendant.

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1275 64 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Carrie Evans v. Memphis Street Railway Co. Shelby Personal Injuries West Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1098 132 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 C. M. Owen, admr. v. Jackson Railway & Light Co. Madison Damages for Wrongful Death

Plaintiff administrator of Clopton Owen, deceased.

 West Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1183 467 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 City of Memphis v. Virginia Clarke Shelby Damages

$2000 in damages for property on Trainor Ave.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1239 155 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Charles E. Denton v. J. H. Moselage, et. al. Shelby Damages

Additional defendants: William Richards, Louis Tighe, J. A. Evans. Sued for $2000. Sued claiming the defendants were excavating a lot next to the Columbia Theater Building and damaged the North wall of building. Denton was the lessee of the building.

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1277 140 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 C. M. Owen, admr. of Clopton Owen, dec. v. Jackson Railway & Light Company Madison Damages for Wrongful Death

The plaintiff sued to recover damages in the sum of $25,000 for the death of his son, Clopton Owen, killed in a street car accident. Page count does not include published materials. See WT 1183 for additional four folders.

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1281 932 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Duplex Printing Press Company v. Whig Printing& Publishing Company Madison Bankruptcy

Incomplete case. Cause of action: action associated with a conditioned sale brought about by bankruptcy proceedings and failure to abide by those terms. A large printing press was the item in question.

 West Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1116 46 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 D. M. Osborn & Co. v. G. W. Tucker Carroll Scire Facias

Scire facias to revive a judgment that was passed against said defendant in 1899, but was never paid to the plaintiff. Previous case file was lost and the previous judge is now deceased. additional briefs and affidavit in WT Box 1225

 West Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1184 185 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 D. A. King v. Illinois Central Railway Company Madison Personal Injuries

Sued for $475. Plaintiff claimed he was run over by a train while on the tracks 1 mile outside of Jackson, TN. Plaintiff claimed the train did not sound a whistle or ring a bell as a warning it was approaching.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1255 169 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 D. D. Saunders v. F. R. Lang Shelby Damages

Cause of action: Damages of $1,500.00 for the repair of an automobile.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1266 193 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Delphia Swain v. R. Y. Fisher Decatur Debt on Account

Debt listed as less than $50.00. Debt was for spending 16 days as a caregiver to Mrs. Ann K. McMillan, mother of defendant R. Y. Fisher.

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1288 14 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 D. M. Doty v. J. F. Shipp et al. Hamilton Damages

Add. Def. Matt Galloway, George Kirklin and the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Shipp is the Sheriff and Jailer of Hamilton County. Galloway and Kirlkin are deputy sheriffs. Pla. is seeking damages for assult, false arrest and imprisonment. According to the Def., the Pla. was observed attempting to saw down and destroy a telephone line operated by the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. The casefile documents the resistance in the community to the installation of telephone poles.

 East Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1305 158 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Dora Goldsmith, et al. v. Caroline Phillips, admr. of Charles L. Phillips, dec. Shelby Damages for Wrongful Death

Other plaintiffs: Jacob Goldsmith. Case in 2 folders.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1240 480 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Ethel Scott v. Will R. Scott Haywood Alimony West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1249 123 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Emma Hughes & J. H. Hughes v. Memphis Street Railway Company Shelby Negligence

plaintiff hit by street car at intersection of Jefferson and Main St. in Memphis

 West Range: 80 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1292 34 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 E. H.& Harry Walsh v. James Franklin Shelby Personal Injuries

Asking for $5000 damages.

 West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1084 272 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Early Senter v. State Madison Murder

Victim: T. D. Bryant.

 West Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1115 217 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Ed Turner v. McConnell Furniture Company Shelby Replevin

Recovery of one horse, express wagon, and harness.

 West Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1115 33 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Emma Boone, et al. v. Green Smith, et al. Henry Estate Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: J. T. Boone, husband. Boone also spelled Boon. Additional defendants: James Carter. Martha Ann Ray, deceased.

 West Range: 80 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1188 99 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Emily Bell White v. William Atlas White Obion Divorce West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1236 141 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Ed Langham v. City of Brownsville Haywood Resisting an officer

Cause of action: Resisting arrest by officer Dan Russell.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1249 29 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Fred A. Barrasso v. Tennessee Brewing Company Shelby Lease Dispute West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1084 233 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Frank Fehr Terre Haute Brewing Company v. C. B. Robertson Shelby Other

Cause of action: Petition for a writ of error coram nobis.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1240 32 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Filmore Morgan v. State Knox Liquor Violation

Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he illegally sold liquor. Case file is incomplete; orders and opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 F. R. Allen v. German Fire Insurance Co. Hardin Insurance Disputes West Range: 80 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1115 44 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Fay E. Hazen v. Memphis Street Railway Co. Shelby Careless Driving West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1264 151 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Frank R. Watkins v. The Memphis Street Railway Company Shelby Damages

Damages of $1,000.00, incurred by accident of 23 November 1910, in which plaintiff's wagon, driven by Samuel Watson, and filled with a load of cotton, was hit by streetcar near Poplar Ave. "broke the wagon and harness and inflicting serious, severe and permanent injuries to (his) team."

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1263 103 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 G. D. & Hester Bibb v. J. D. Younger, et al. Lauderdale Debt Dispute

Assignment of Errors document.

 West Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1253 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 Gib Henderson v. State Knox Liquor Violation

Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor illegally. Case file is incomplete; opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1911 George Jackson v. J. O. Hillis Shelby Debt West Range: 80 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1084 37 Order A Copy

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