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View Entry | "Eads" on the Town of Eads v. L. A. Richmond | Shelby | Debt |
Debt due for taxes |
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View Entry | American Bonding Company v. Memphis Furniture Company | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
architectural drawings on p. 58-60. |
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View Entry | Alice Patton v. L. E. Patton | Shelby | Debt |
For debt of $317.70 |
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View Entry | Amelia Maingault& W. P. Maingault v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Damages for personal injury |
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View Entry | A. E. Pipkin v. H. A. Roynon | Shelby | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | A. J. Williford v. Memphis Street Railway Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Damages for $5,000.00 |
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View Entry | A. W. Gettingby v. Merchants Light& Power Co. | Shelby | Debt |
Debt of $102 due by agreement. |
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View Entry | B. J. McCarthy v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain,& Southern Railway Company | Shelby | Garnishment | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Burt Janyce v. Memphis Street Railway Company & Ford Bacon & Davis | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
Plaintiff Jaynce claimed he was injured while working for Ford Bacon & Davis, who had been hired by the Memphis Street Railway Company to perform repair work. Sued for $25,000. |
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View Entry | Benjamin W. Hirsh v. City of Memphis | Shelby | Misdemeanor |
Benjamin W. Hirsh violated Jim Crow Law by refusing to be seated in the place "designated or set apart for passengers of his race or color on a street Railway car" Note: Hirsh or Hirsch? - both are used in case |
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View Entry | Binswanger & Co. v. Westlake Construction Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Exhibits include contract agreement on page 64. Violation of contract. sued for damages. 2 folders. |
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View Entry | City of Memphis v. Alba C. Lake, trustee for Mary A. Lake | Shelby | Damages |
Additional defendants: Mary A. Lake, A. C. Lake, Byron G. Lake, Ernest B. Lake, Louise L. Bradford and her husband Samuel W. Bradford. Daniel Lake, deceased. 2 photographs included and 2 briefs included. Damages for resulting in injuries due to the change in the grade of Piomingo Street in Memphis. |
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View Entry | C. G. Oglesby v. Illinois Central Railroad Company et al | Shelby | Personal Injuries |
Additional defendant: Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. Cause of action: damages for personal injury. |
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View Entry | Choctaw Elevator Co. v. St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Co. | Shelby | Debt on Account |
Spokesman for plaintiff (a grain elevator company) is Caruthers Ewing; for railroad, Sid Oliver, agent. Plaintiff provides a lengthy list of services provided and amounts billed. Defendant says it did not contract with the plaintiff for these services, and that the services were not provided. |
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View Entry | Chicago, Rock Island& Pacific Railroad Company v. the City Bank of Memphis, Tennessee | Shelby | Other |
A suit brought against the City Bank of Memphis, upon a bill of lading issued for 400 sacks of cotton seed meal, shipped from Memphis to Dexter, Iowa, involving securities drawn by the shipper- the Kaiser Co. on E. A. Flemming, using the bill as collateral. |
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View Entry | David Grayson v. the Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Damages for acts of violence by the conductor. |
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View Entry | Dena E. Harrington v. Nashville, Chattanooga, St. Louis Railway Company | Shelby | Wrongful Death |
Damages in the wrongful death of plaintiff's husband, Charles A. Harrington, accident of 13 October 1906. Hon. A. B. Pittman, Judge. |
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View Entry | E. E.& Mrs. A. S. Green v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Sued for $2000.00 in damages after being "mortified, humiliated…and greatly frightened by the conduct of the conductor of her car." |
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View Entry | E. C. Buchanan & Company v. Missouri Pacific Railway Company | Shelby | Negligence |
The case involved the loss of five carloads of hay, destroyed while in the possession of the defendant. |
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View Entry | Fred Wheeler v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Cause of action: damages for a railway car and mule drawn cart collision that damaged the cart and injured the mule and driver (the plaintiff in error). |
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View Entry | Fred Miller Brewing Company v. Lizzie Miller | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
The defendant sued the plaintiff for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by her child, Eugene Maroni Miller, by the driver of a mule-pulled delivery wagon. |
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View Entry | Frank Thompson, admr. v. Illinois Central Railroad Co. | Shelby | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Thompson is the administrator of the estate of Walter C. Goodloe, deceased. Goodloe was a fireman for the railroad and was killed in a collision between two trains while he was on duty. |
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View Entry | F. H. Tramble v. Memphis Street Railway Co. & Tony Lenzi | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
Damages for $3,000.00. 3 printed briefs included. |
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View Entry | George H. Gillham v. Miller Paving Company | Shelby | Debt on Account |
Plea of due on account under $500. Appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals, Jackson, TN. |
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View Entry | Hiram Jenkins v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Houston S. Gilleyen & George J. Leftwitch v. C.T. Whitman | Shelby | Debt on Account | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Herman A. Schmitt v. Sam T. Carnes | Shelby | Damages |
Damages for $5,000.00 due to automobile injury. Two printed briefs included. |
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View Entry | Irby Boyd v. Peter Montgomery | Shelby | Damages |
The case involved the recovery of damages for an alleged change of grade of Boyd's lands, causing an overflow of Montgomery's lot by surface water. |
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View Entry | J. A. Baker v. The Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
Sued for $10,000 for injuries sustained when his cart was struck by a car. |
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View Entry | James Wims v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Injury and Damages | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | J. J. Latura v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Damages for the killing of a horse. |
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View Entry | J. H. Baker, Admr. of John T. Baker, dec. v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Wrongful Death |
Defendant accused of operating a rail car that "was propelled upon and against said John T. Baker with great violence, causing his death, and that said death was caused by the negligence and carelessness" of the railway company. The complainant charged operators' incompetence, high speed, improper equipment, and failure to use effective warning for an oncoming car. |
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View Entry | Jim Heard v. St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. | Shelby | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Complainant wanted to recover $61.60 in wages for labor performed in the company's Memphis rail yards. Heard had accepted a check for $17.00, but because he could not read, he accepted it. Learning that he had been short-changed, he returned to the pay- master and asked for the remaining wages. |
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View Entry | Jordan Hendricks v. Memphis Street Railway Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Damages for $5,000.00 |
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View Entry | J. W. Jones v. John J. Guice | Shelby | Petitions for Certiorari | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | J. J. Dubose Jr. by next friend J. J. Dubose v. Western Union Telegraph Co. | Shelby | Damages |
The plaintiff was expecting a $50 money order but claims he never received the money or any notification about it for several days, during which he was forced to live on the streets and "suffered great humiliation and mortification by reason thereof. His next friend in the case is his father, an attorney, who had sent the money promptly upon request and filed the case for damages. |
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View Entry | J. A. McCormack v. H. C. Williamson Land Investment Company | Shelby | Debt |
For 5% commission on sale of property. |
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View Entry | J. H. Anderson v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Damages for not accepting a paid fare and personal injury. |
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View Entry | Joe P. Souhr v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Damages for personal injuries |
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View Entry | J. L. Cooper v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, et al. | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
Other defendants: R. L. Neighbors; Jim Priddy. Case possibly related to Illinois Central Railroad Company v. J. L. Cooper in box WT 1054. |
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View Entry | Lizzie McLaughlin v. Union Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Cause of action: damages for the death of her husband, H. L. McLaughlin, who was killed while working for the defendant. |
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View Entry | Lizzie Dunn, et al.v. State, For Use, Etc. | Shelby | Petition to Compel Delivery of Property |
For Use of Original Defendant in Error, or Petitioner: Levinia Vaiden Additional : Jerry Dun and Henry Hogue |
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View Entry | Lubrey Johnson v. Illinois Central Railroad | Shelby | Damages |
Plaintiff was loading bales of cotton from a platform at defendant's warehouse onto a truck when a defective plank broke below him. His foot went through the hole and a bale of cotton fell on him, causing serious injuries. He accuses the company of negligence for not keeping their property in good repair and asks for damages to pay his medical bills. |
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View Entry | L. Martinelli v. Memphis Street Railway Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Plaintiff was one of many passengers on a streetcar when its control box burst into flames. As the car filled with smoke, the driver panicked and ran back through the car, leaving it to run wild, and adding to the passengers' distress. Plaintiff was shoved to the back of the car by fleeing passengers, where he fell to the ground, suffering serious injury. |
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View Entry | Lizzie Henderson v. the Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Damages for negligence |
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View Entry | Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. E. C. Buchanan & Co. | Shelby | Negligence |
The case involved the loss of a shipment of hay. |
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View Entry | Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. E. C. Buchan & Company | Shelby | Unknown |
Only the brief and argument of the defendant comprise the material in this case. |
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View Entry | Memphis Street Railway Company v. Nannie Perkins | Shelby | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Recovery of damages in the death of Henry Perkins, accident of 8 Dec. 1906. |
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View Entry | Malinda Beech, admr. of David Beech v. Continental Casualty Co. | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Debt due on a policy of insurance issued by plaintiff to David Beech, deceased, for payment which has been refused by the company under $500.00. |
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View Entry | Memphis Railroad Terminal Co. v. Mrs. Louisa Krenkle | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy |