Pltf. sued to recover $999.50 of debt due by a series of notes, all past due and unpaid despite demand. Ex. mat: letter, bank notes.

Plaintiff is the administrator of the estate of Will Johnson (dec'd), who was employed by the defendant to clean and maintain certain train cars. During the course of his regular work, a conductor employed by the defendant carelessly and without warning started moving the engine the deceased was working on without warning, causing certain parts to crush and mangle the deceased about the head, causing fatal injuries. Suing for $15,000 in damages.

No full case present. Only an opinion on a petition to re-hear.

Plaintiff suffered injuries at his job, including a broken leg, and was brought by ambulance to the hospital where the defendant was working as a surgeon. He made an X-ray of the leg and set the bones with a cast. The leg began to swell from improper setting, but the defendant refused to remove the cast, even after his leg turned black. His leg suffered unrepairable damage and he was unable to return to work. Suing for $12,500 actual damages and $2,500 as punitive damages. Xray ET OV 17

Allen sued Kirk for $209.25 debt by contract for drilling a well on defendant's land (139.5 feet deep for $1.50 per foot) and $19 for gasoline.

A bowling alley was sold, warranted and a note given in payment. The bowling alley was defective and unfit for use. The plaintiff refused to pay the note and tendered the bowling alley back to the defendant. The plaintiff claims that defendant breached the warranty.

Plaintiff sued to recover $1,875 from non-payment of insurance claim by dfnt., including extra costs and interest. Exhibits: OV insurance policies, insured parcel receipt, etc. in WT OV 8. In multiple folders.

Schulman sued the defendant for $7500 damages. The defendant operated a store on Market Street in which it served food in a lunch room or luncheonette. Plaintiff described the chairs at their tables as being very unstable and their floors slippery, causing many people to tip over in them. As plaintiff stood up from one such chair, it slipped out from under her and she fell to the floor, injuring her spine and making her bladder fall (causing frequent urination).

Plaintiff is the administrator of Joseph Lee Fields (dec'd), her infant son. The deceased was walking with the plaintiff on a public road when the defendant shot a pistol, hitting and killing the boy. sued for damages in the sum of $15,000.

Bessie M. Shipley was an employee of the Standard Knitting Mills and was enrolled in the group life insurance program provided by said employer through the def. and to which the pla. was the beneficiary. Bessie became ill and died on Oct. 28, 1931 in Knoxville General Hospital. Pla. claims the def., in breach of contract, has refused to payout the said policy. Exhibit materials include correspondence and employment information. Bessie had a 7th grade education and made $0.21 per hour.

Plaintiff's husband, Fred Stalsworth, deceased, was killed in a collision between an automobile owned by him and a locomotive owned by the plaintiffs, operated by W. R. Tomlinson. Suit was to recover damages for the death of Stalsworth and his automobile. Additional Defendant: W. R. Tomlinson. Exhibits include B&W photograph & Knoxville Traffic Regulations Ordinance No. 158. Photographs can be found in box ET 1320.

Heaton, daughter of M. V. McPherson, dec. charged that poisonous gas leaked from McPherson's range & killed McPherson. Next of kin included two other daughters, Mrs. Munsey Mears and Myrtle Brownlow. Mears was preparing breakfast for her mother at the time of the leak. 2 fldrs. Exhibit materials include gas production data sheet, pressure gauge recording, tar & Sulphur samples, witness testimony and service cards. See ET Box 1498, an additional 490 pgs. Oversize exhibit in ET Oversize 21.

Opinion only. Dickson County case found in East TN boxes. Additional Parties: Unknown. Cause of Action: Worker's Compensation.

Mabel Evatt by next friend C. M. Evatt. Add Def: C. M. Evatt. Two cases tried as one. Mabel Evatt is sued the City of Chattanooga for personal injuries stemming from a car accident where East 10th Street terminates at the right-of-way of the C. N. O. & T. P. Railway. The car went over an embankment and into the railroad yard. C. M. Evatt, the father of Mabel, sued for the loss of service of his daughter and expenses incurred. The car was driven by Paul Weathers who may have been drinking.

Consolidated cases. C.M. Brannon sued the estate for $8212.50 debt for personal services rendered to Harrell (to provide for her comfort and to nurse her throughout the night). Jennie Brannon for $3495 debt for 660 meals she furnished Harrell. Court ultimately ruled in favor of plaintiffs for $1085 each. Wilbur W. Piper, executor, appealed.

Plaintiff is the widow of Curt Keeton (dec.), who was employed by the defendant and was killed during the course of his work. He was accidentally thrown from an automobile driven by an agent of the defendant. At the time of his death, C. Keeton received an average weekly wage of $18.84.

Additional Deft.: Belt Railway of Chattanooga. Plntff. sued for $500 damages, charging that on 12 March 1931 he was injured when struck by a train being negligently operated by the deft.

James injured while employed by Joyce-Watkins and was "temporarily totally disabled for a period of thirteen weeks" and have doctor's bills of $20; sought payment for thirteen weeks of disability at $5 per week plus doctor's bill

3 folders. Suit to recover damages for the wrongful death of 3 individuals and the personal injuries to 2 minors. The automobile accident "occurred on U. S. Highway, No. 51, about one and one-half miles north of Scobey, in the State of Mississippi, on December 29, 1930." Addl. plaintiff: Mrs. Charles E. Weyen. The Lewises were admr. of the estates of Emmett McDowell Lewis and Mrs. Myrtle Roberts Lewis. Additional defendants: Jesse Ellis Lewis, Mary Elizabeth Kee, Glenn Roberts.

Defendants are indebted to the plaintiffs for $219.94 with interest from 1930 by an itemized statement of material.

Plaintiff is the widow of Joe Albertini (dec'd), who was killed while in the line of his employment with the defendant in its mines. sued for compensation under the laws of Tennessee.

Plaintiff is the administrator of the estate of his minor child, Rose Brooks Morrison (dec.). Defendant is a partnership comprised of H. C. Harris & J. P. Payne. The plaintiff was driving with the deceased when a work truck owned and operated by an agent of the defendant struck their vehicle, killing his child. The defendant's truck was operating at an unlawful rate of speed and in a negligent manner. Plaintiff sued for damages in the sum of $25,000.00. Appeals are included. See ET 1482.

Additional defendants: D.H. Henry and D.P. Henry; defendants were partners doing business as Summitt Cleaning & Tailoring Company. Pla. sued the defendants for $25,000 damages. Def. owned a Willys Sedan automobile. D.H. Henry was driving it at night on Christmas 1930 near a heavily used public thoroughfare. Pla. Charged def. with operating the car at a reckless and negligent rate of speed, hitting Yardley with such force that he died from his injuries. Verdict for pla. For $3500. 3 folders.

Pickens operated a drug store but was unable to pay his bills to stay in business. He claimed that he took part of his drug stock to Burlington Drug Company, part of it home, and another part to Spence Drug Company. Marvin L. and G. G. Mason owned Burlington. Pickens said that he took the drugs to Burlington for storage, but agreed that Mason could sell them. G. G. Mason countered that Pickens's motive was to hide stock from creditors. Exhibit: inventory of drugs. Defendant, E. R. Robinson.