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Henry Williams was accidentally killed in Obion, TN, 15 March 1907. Insurance failed to pay indemnity to his mother, Martha Williams.

Appeal to Tennessee Supreme Court at Jackson.

Other defendants: M. D. Thompson; D. O. Andrews; G. R. Chism, admr. of J. B. Chism, dec.; M. E. Chism; R. B. Hebdon, admr. of J. B. Chism, dec.; Maggie Fields; M. W. Chism; B. M. Hampton; J. S. Hampton; C. N. Churchill, admr. of J. B. Chism, dec. Defendant company formed by merger of Chism Brothers Co. & Norfleet-Thompson Co. Defendant company undergoing liquidation after death of J. B. Chism. Plaintiff objecting to assets of defendant company being used to pay indebtedness of Chism Brothers Co.

Exhibit: Address book. Additional defendants: Mrs. B. E. Leonard, Lake View Traction Company, Clarksdale and Covington Interurban Railway Company. Cause of action: recovery of allowance of $15.00 per month

Cause of action: negligence for causing the defendant in error's hand to be severely and permanently injured and for providing an unsafe workplace.

Plaintiffs: R. C. Bruce, St. Louis, MO. Defendants: Union & Planters Bank & Trust Co., exor. of Mrs. America J. Bruce, dec.; Edward Miles Willett Bruce, Ryland C. Bruce, Jr., Jane Weaver Bruce, minor children of R. C. Bruce of St. Louis. Dispute over various provisions in will of Mrs. America J. Bruce, dec. (dec. 11 Dec. 1903). Court decision appealed to Supreme Court of Tennessee, Jackson.

Cause of action: Damages of $16,500.00 for the purpose of condemning a right of way through the defendant's property in order to extend South Second street.

Name of deceased: William R. Moore

Additional defendant: Walter Goodman. Cause of action: debt for tuition and expenses.

Included is a brief for defendant in error; Abstract, assignment of errors and brief by counsel for plaintiff in error

Additional plaintiffs: J. L. Powell, M. W. Fletcher. Additional defendants: Haden M. McKay, E. W. Hale, W. A. Taylor, Joseph H. Creath. Cause of action: suit to have an act of legislation that has been passed and approved by the Governor of Tennessee to be unconstitutional and for effects of said legislation to be reversed.

Additional Defendant: Joe W. Brown. The plaintiff was accused of taking the daughter of the defendants away from them because of the illicit relations between the daughter and the stepfather.

Other plaintiffs: H. A. Gillespie.

Additional defendants: J. F. Heidel, Coe & Johnson (a firm comprised of M. E. Coe & L. H. Johnson), Germania Savings Bank and Trust Company. Debt for lumber and building materials for house remodel.

Additional defendants: E. D. Cherry, Madison Coleman, S. C. Coleman, Robert Cook, Henry Smith, Charles Johnson, Frank Patterson, Thomas Cockrell, Roy Cockrell, Max Halperin, G. A. Griffin. Sanders sued to collect on 2 notes owed by the church. Notes were originally due to N. S. Sanders. Emma is the widow of N. S. Sanders. Total debt was $8580 plus interest. Money was used by the church to erect a building.

This is the plaintiff's brief for the Court of Civil Appeals in Jackson. There are no other case files.

Exhibits: The union depot and adjoining plaza Property; Auction sale at Peabody Hotel; original deed; building plans for Union Depot

Sued for the death of a horse, valued listed as $500. Cook claimed that a car operated by the railway ran over his horse as the horse was grazing on the railway tracks after it accidentally got out of its fence.

Additional defendant: Illinois Central Railroad Company. Plaintiff sued claiming he hired the railroad to bring bales of cotton from Ridgely, TN to Covington, TN. During transport there was a fire that damaged part of the load. Damages asked for were $1866.07, the difference between the undamaged values of the 50 bales of cotton compared to the sales price received for the damaged bales.

Plaintiffs: Antonio Nardi and wife, Rosa Nardi. Defendants: F. L. Monteverde, Sheriff, George Byrd and wife, Mary Byrd. Cause: Nardi was owner of a "vicious and dangerous .. Cow." Attacked Mary Byrd, 29 Feb. 1908, inflicting injuries. Ownership in violation of city ordinance. Asking for damages of $5,000.00.

Assault of W. B. Kelly.