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View Entry | Addie Palmer& her husband, Lewis Palmer v. Southern Extract& Loan Company | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Debt dispute concerns note of $344 for land. |
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View Entry | Annie B. Trenham v. North American Accident Insurance Company | Shelby | Insurance Disputes | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | A. J. Allen v. A. C. Atchley & wife, Fannie Atchley | Shelby | Damages |
$5000 damages for firing a revolver and striking Fannie Atchley causing her to lose the third finger on her right hand. |
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View Entry | A. K. Bouse et al. v. Carrie Warren, admr. | Shelby | Probate |
Deceased: Nellie Hicks; Memphis Street Railway Co. agreed to pay Hicks $1050 in compromise settlement for injuries from car; Warren seeking money left from Hicks instead of it going to Bouse, Hicks' sister. |
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View Entry | Anne Gray v. Chicago, Rock Island& Pacific Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Plaintiff seeking $5000 for breach of contract for safe passage on a train from Memphis to Little Rock; suffered great physical pain and mental anguish. |
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View Entry | A. M. King v. Currie McCraw Company | Shelby | Debt |
Debt of $342.70 of his surety on the appeal bond. |
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View Entry | Addie Dale, by next friend Walter Dale v. Stewart Jones Furniture Company et al | Shelby | Debt, Balance on |
Add. defendants: Allyn Jones & Memphis Storage Company. Plea of debt due by conversion of one bed room set of furniture, valued at $94. |
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View Entry | Angello Garanelli v. Memphis Macaroni Co. | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
$10,000 in damages for permanent injury to plaintiff's hand while working for defendant. Blueprint glued to page 81. |
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View Entry | Annie B. Trenham v. North American Accident Insurance Co. | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Trenham is attempting to collect on an insurance policy after the death of her husband. |
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View Entry | Annie B. Trenham v. Philadelphia Life Insurance Co. | Shelby | Insurance Disputes | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Allen Washington v. Sarah E. Smith, et al. | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendant: Charles Smith. Additional name associated with the case: Sarah Kimball. The case has been placed in two folders. |
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View Entry | Ann Talley v. J. M. Goff, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Ann Talley, a resident of Haywood Co., TN. Defendants: J. M. Goff, Henry Hotter- residents of Shelby Co. Plaintiff states she is the daughter of Robert Talley, dec. 25 Mar. 1900, intestate. Dispute over properties, E. side Hospital Ave. (Monroe), Manassas Ave., Lot No. 34. Illegal conveyance to J. M. Goff by Robert Talley, Jr. Lots valued at $5,000.00. Case file in two folders. |
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View Entry | Atlas Hardwood Lumber Company & James H. Poag v. Georgia Life Insurance Company | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
2 folders. Exhibit materials in folder 2. Original bill specified action for premium for a damages and bodily injury insurance claim. Poag was injured on the job but insurance company refused to pay. Includes petition to rehear trial. |
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View Entry | A. C. Stratton v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Sued for $7500 in damages, claiming defendant had excavated along its tracks on Poplar Avenue but had not marked the hole. Defendant drove his car into the unmarked hole. Also claims the watchman for the company assaulted him with a pistol and cursed at him. 2 folders. |
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View Entry | Albert Sturla v. Nina Sturla et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
The parties in this case, brother sister, both inherited a sizeable estate but the plaintiff was judged to be unsound mind, so the management of the estate went to the defendant. Additional Defendant: Louis Ginocchio. 8 folders. See WT 1126 for additional folders of case. |
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View Entry | B. L. Matthews, admr., of the Estate of Charles Moseley, dec. v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Plaintiff alleges the defendant killed Charles Moseley by operating their rail cars in a careless manner. Additional case materials may be found in WT Box 1074. |
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View Entry | B. H. Horowitz v. Concordia Fire Insurance Company | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
B. H. Horowitz was engaged in the merchant tailoring business in Memphis. A fire in plaintiff's business, 1 Aug. 1912, located at No. 482, S. Main St. Agent for Concordia- Harry B. Mauss, Memphis. Defendant company, Concordia Fire Insurance Co., failed for pay for loss of business. Court decision appealed to the Tennessee Supreme Court at Jackson. Two folders. |
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View Entry | Blue Seal Ice Cream Co. v. Jeanette B. Walker& J. G. Walker | Shelby | Negligence |
Cause of action: "debt due by damages for negligence in installation of a gas drum." J. G. Walker is the husband of Jeanette B. Walker. Mr. Walker operated a bakery and soda fountain in Memphis. In the operation of the soda fountain, he had to use a gas drum. He ordered a gas drum by telephone from the Moerlein Brewing Company but the order was filled by Blue Seal Ice Cream Co. When delivered, the deliveryman connected the new gas drum and it exploded. |
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View Entry | Ben Boon & J. W. Green v. W. H. Grimes | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Action brought to recover seven acres of land with the improvements made on it. Plaintiffs claim land under a grant from the state but Grimes states the state never held a title to the land. Land formerly owned by the Chickasaw Indian tribe, acquired by the government. |
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View Entry | B. M. Turner v. Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company | Shelby | Damages |
Sued for $1500, claiming rail road company was late to deliver equipment he needed for a job in Arkansas. Turner lived in Tennessee. Includes published "Statement of the Case" as well as the "Petition for Certiorari". |
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View Entry | Bonner Thomasson, by next friend v. Western Union Telegraph Company, et al. | Shelby | Assault |
Plaintiff, Bonner Thomasson, sued by his next friend, C. D. Thomasson- both residents of Shelby Co., sued defendants, Western Union Telegraph Co., and C. H. Carroll, an employee of said company, for sum of $2,000.00, result of assault, 31 Dec. 1912, upon defendant Thomasson who was attempting to collect (wages?). Defendant had been discharged as result of labor strike by messenger boys against company. Carroll threatened bodily harm against defendant. |
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View Entry | Bank of Halls v. R. G. Jones& the Mossman Lumber Company | Shelby | Promissory Note |
Amount of note listed as $880.00. R. G. Jones owed the note and Mossman was sued to recover lumber sold to Mossman by Jones. |
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View Entry | B. F. Booth v. Adolph Atkins | Shelby | Recovery |
Recovery of $38.05. Most of the case materials are made up of motions to dismiss the appeal for the case. The reason for recovering $38.05 could not be determined. |
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View Entry | Binghamton Pharmacy, et al. v. First National Bank | Shelby | Failure to Pay |
Plaintiffs: W. A. Kilpatrick Bros., and L.H. Kilpatrick. Issue of a note placed as collateral with Defendant for $400 and interest, which they failed to pay upon maturity. |
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View Entry | C. M. Avent v. Ellendale Land Co. et al. | Shelby | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
The folder contains only a petition for writ of error and a petition to file supplemental assignments of error, no other case files. The original case was filed to recover contracted commissions for the sale of a tract of land. |
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View Entry | Chighizola, Hanker,& Cairns v. E. F. Verdel& Company | Shelby | Recovery |
Cause of action: recover material furnished under a contract for slate and tin work. E. F. Verdel and Company was in business in Memphis. |
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View Entry | C. H. Elliott v. W. C. Dirmeyer et al | Shelby | Deed Dispute |
Additional defendants: Lizzie Dirmeyer. Property: Drug store on Poplar St. Exhibits include checks and receipts. |
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View Entry | Caroline Y. Percy v. Allen Hughes et al | Shelby | Inheritance |
3 folders. Exhibit materials in folder 3. Additional defendants: Firm of Percy and Hughes. W.A. Percy (deceased), husband of Caroline Y. Percy brought Allen Hughes on as an assistant to help him run his law practice, having already made an estimated $40,000 individually. Allen eventually became a partner. Percy left no will for his wife or children and Hughes is attempting to keep the majority of the firm's money, made even when Percy was collecting on an individual basis. |
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View Entry | Clarence Shorrs, alias Thomas v. State | Shelby | Larceny |
Cause of action: stealing and carrying away one case of hosiery valued at $160.00. Southern Railway Company owned this property. Also charged with receiving stolen property. |
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View Entry | City of Memphis v. Ella Jackson, by next friend W. L. Terry | Shelby | Negligence |
Ella Jackson stepped on nail protruding from sidewalk plank near the intersection of Decatur St and Peach Ave.; seeking $30000 for damages suffered. |
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View Entry | C. S. Maiden v. Mary& Caby Thurman | Shelby | Debt |
The debt was for $100.00, due by contract as part payment for the purchase of real estate to which the plaintiff was agent. |
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View Entry | C. S. Raines et. al. v. Mollie Gannon et. al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Additional plaintiff: Henry Kressenbuch, by next friend P. H. Kelly. Additional defendants: John Gannon, Delia Harper and husband George Harper, and Ed. Kressenbuch. Concerns the estate of Patrick Manning, who died in 1879. Housed in 2 folders. |
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View Entry | Crescent Cotton Oil Company v. The Union Gin& Lumber Co. | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
The defendant contracted to sell 500 tons of good, sound cotton seed by February 1st, 1914. On December 23,1913 complainant went to inspect cotton seed to be shipped and found that it was below quality he had contracted for. Defendant told complainant he had sold the cotton seed to other parties and would not be shipping any seed to complainant. Also included are 2 booklets: 1) Petition for Certiorari and Assignment of Errors, Brief in support. 2) Defendants answer to petition of certiorari. |
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View Entry | Charlie Wicks v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Injury and Damages | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | C. M. Avent v. Ellendale Land Company | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | C. D. Smith, et al. v. Mercantile Bank, et al. | Shelby | Other |
Additional plaintiff: Belle K. Allison. Additional defendants: J. L. Hutton, C. Hunter Raine. Cause of action dispute over promissory notes related to the College of Physicians and Surgeons. |
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View Entry | Clara Laue v. The Grand Fraternity | Shelby | Damages |
Suit for unpaid life insurance policy. Exhibits include Certificate of Membership, Death Benefit Certificate, Members' Receipt Book, and Constitution, By-Laws, and Charter of The Grand Fraternity. Some exhibits affixed to pages in case transcripts. |
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View Entry | Charlie Salvaggio, by next friend Joe Salvaggio v. Dora Smith | Shelby | Damages |
Sued for $5000. Claimed defendant allowed her son Andrew Clements and a friend of the son, Ernest Nelms, to play with a loaded rifle. Salvaggio claimed the boys shot him, causing him harm and lost time from work. Occurred on Rayburn Ave., Memphis, in 1911 Appears to be only part of the case. |
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View Entry | Calvin Sanders et al.v. Solvent Savings Bank& Trust Company et al | Shelby | Estate Dispute |
Plaintiff brought this suit to settle the right to the estate of Norvelle Sanders. Plaintiff's claim that Emma Sanders was not the wife of the deceased and that she had come into the possession of the notes by scheme, trick or device. |
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View Entry | Charles L. Ficklen v. G. W. Macrae | Shelby | Damages |
The case is in 2 folders. Cause of action: rescission of the sale of certain stock of Memphis Savings Bank or for damages sustained by purchase of said stock. Complainant bought of defendant 10 shares of stock in Memphis Savings Bank at $150 per share and later purchased 10 more shares at $171 per share. In December 1907, the bank went into the hands of a receiver and complainant filed bill to rescind purchase of stock claiming that false publications had been made of the condition of the bank. |
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View Entry | Charles Rembert, admr. v. John Morrell & Company & the Otis Elevator Company | Shelby | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Plaintiff administrator of the estate of Charles Rembert, Jr. (dec.). C. Rembert, Jr. was 14 years old, under the employment of defendants. Family claims negligence on the part of the company where they forced the boy to work in an unsafe environment in that an elevator shaft with a faulty door was present and down which C. Rembert, Jr. fell and died from his sustained injuries. Suing for $25,000 in damages. |
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View Entry | C. M. Wiggins et al. v. The City of Memphis& Honorable Joseph Creath | Shelby | Injunction |
The complainant seeks an injunction against the City of Memphis and Joseph Creath acting as treasurer of the city. Complainant claims that there was an illegal assessment of property abutting Cooper street. 2 folders |
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View Entry | C. S. Wilson v. Walter Goodman & Corinne A. Richardson | Shelby | Damages |
Plaintiff is sued for $5,000 in compensatory and punitive damages for damaging his limousine Cadillac automobile. |
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View Entry | Dominick Pierotti v. State, Ex. Rel. Z. N. Estes | Shelby | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Pierrotti was conducting, maintaining, carrying on and engaging in the sale of intoxicating liquors at Calhoun Supply Co., Memphis, in violation of the law. Includes appeal. |
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View Entry | Diamond Seed Company v. Busch Grace Produce Company | Shelby | Debt |
Diamond Seed Co of Springfield, MO; Busch Grace Co of Memphis, TN; complainant seeks $135.64 for purchase of mixed peas to be delivered in board cars to Memphis, TN Ex. A and B: telegrams between companies |
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View Entry | D. H. Chamberlain Jr. v. F. G. Buford | Shelby | Land |
Agreed upon purchase of land for $8,500; dispute on cost of purchase |
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View Entry | E. G. Moore & wife Mattie Moor v. W. D. Biddle et al. | Shelby | Damages |
Additional defendants'. C. Nixon, Thomas H. West, receiver for St. Louis and San Francisco Rail Road Company and Nashville and Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Co. Includes three photographs of railroad car. |
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View Entry | Evander Williams, et al. v. Ellis Lillybeck Drug Co. | Shelby | Debt |
Additional plaintiff: Bate Williams. Debt due on truck repair. |
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View Entry | Evie B. Goodlander v. International Life Insurance Company | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Life insurance policy dispute over policy of Elmer Ellsworth Goodlander, dec. 18 October 1912, husband of the plaintiff. The defendant alleges the policy was insolvent prior to the death of the policy holder. Court decision was appealed to the Tennessee Supreme Court at Jackson. |
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View Entry | Eugene Laurenzi, et al. v. Atlas Insurance Company, et al. | Shelby | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Exhibits: insurance policies, platt map, proof of loss, The Federal Reporter, and pamphlet of opinions. Additional plaintiff: Bindo Laurenzi. Additional defendant: Germania Fire Insurance Company. Cause of action: recovery of $1,600.00 on fire insurance policy for a house in Memphis. The policy was issued to S. H. Hardin, the owner of the house. Hardin gave a deed to the Laurenzis. The house burned down, but the insurance companies refused to pay the policy to the Laurenzis. Case fills three folders. |
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