Annie Shavin is sued the S.H. Kress Co. for damages in the amount of $5000.00 for personal injuries she sustained while she was a customer in their store. She slipped and fell down their basement stairs when she went to look at an item for purchase.

Damages for personal injuries

On 28 Nov. 1932 plaintiff purchased furniture from the defendant under a retention title contract; on 9 Nov. 1934 defendants repossessed the property without her consent or due process of law & sold it at a private sale for $79.50. At time of repossession plaintiff had paid defendants $43 & still owed a balance of $93.20. The value of the furniture is now less than the unpaid balance. Plaintiff sued to collect the $43 that she has already paid.

Murder in the second degree. Victim: Calvin Woods.

Anderson was hired as a laborer during the construction of the post office & court house in Knoxville. He was paid at a rate of 22.5 cents an hour, but said he was doing iron rod work, a job that was paid a higher rate. Anderson sued to be paid the difference of the pay rate. Add'l documents in box ET 849.

The defendant sued for damages as a result of an accident involving a truck of the Atlantic Ice & Coal Company while the defendant was riding his motorcycle. Photographs of accident site.

Willis worked for American Textile Woolen Co. and was insured by Aetna under a group policy. He became permanently injured in April 1932. Aetna refused to pay for his disability. Willis's original policy was submitted as evidence & is filed with case.

Plaintiff is seeking a divorce on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. Plaintiff complains that the defendant has abandoned her and their only child Martha Ann. At the time of the suit, Martha Ann is in the custody of her paternal grandparents. It appears that in 1933, and after the original divorce proceedings, the plaintiff married Hueling Davis who is prominently associated with the Ryan Consolidated Petroleum Corporation.

The plaintiff brought suit against the defendant for creating a nuisance by dumping refuse, waste, and garbage near her property. Plaintiff notes that dead animals are often dumped and sometimes burned creating an unpleasant odor. Exhibit materials include plat map of the Richard-Perry Fairview Addition to Elizabethton, Tennessee and a Warranty Deed. Plat map located in ET Oversize Box 21.

Debt is for a car, for which B. C. Chase claims he had fully paid. The Range Motor Company had previously filed a suit for Replevin.

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.

Pltf. sued for $10,000 in damages after dfnt. truck hit pltf. Largent was standing within the parking lines on E. Washington St. in Paris, clear of impeding traffic. The truck, operated by Buster Davis and Charlie Hill, without signal or warning, drove into the parking space smashing Largent's right leg between the front bumper of the truck and the rear bumper of the car parked in the space. Truck: Ford, Motor No. A-3904002, lic. No. 25-257. Ex. mat: x-rays. 2 folders.

B.L. Ledford is sued Johnson City Foundry and Machine Co. for Worker's Compensation benefits due to an injury to his right hand, arm, shoulder, spine and other parts of his body. He seeks $5.00 a week for 550 weeks. See ET 951 for additional part of case.

Exhibits include sales agreement on page 40. Debt due by purchase of auto for $191.80

Plaintiff, who had a policy with the defendant, sued to collect $25 in unpaid claims plus a 25% penalty. Plaintiff also had policies with 3 other insurance companies & had filed claims with all of them. Defendant argued that her carrying aggregate insurance of over $7 violated her policy contract with them, & under the terms of the contract they were liable for only the pro rata part. Defendant had paid some of her claims before learning of the other insurance policies.

Origin of debt: promissory notes.

Additional plaintiffs: Atlantic Ice & Cold Co., American Service Co., Chattanooga Ice Delivery Co., Arrow Transfer & Storage Co., Goree Ice Manufacturing Company, Pure Ice Co., Old Hickory Ice Co., Old Hickory Ice & Coal Co., Merchants Ice Delivery Co., Roberson Brothers Coal & Ice Co., Beare Ice & Coal Co., Mt. Pleasant Ice & Coal Co. Additional defendants: Porter Dunlap, W. H. Turner, Tennessee Public Service Co., Tennessee Valley Authority, City of Knoxville. Case incomplete: only volumes 3 and 4.

All three cases came from a single automobile accident between a car driven by Mr. Gray and a car driven by Mrs. Bragg. Both cars were carrying passengers and there were several injuries.

The plaintiff, a minor, was in an accident involving the defendant's truck.

This case file is an appeal regarding the re-possession of one bed, chest of drawers, and one vanity. Defendant alleged in initial case that plaintiff unlawfully repossessed furniture from her home. Exhibit: Sales contract between plaintiff and defendant's deceased common-law husband, Ed West.