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View Entry | A. H. Kortrecht, admr. of Henry Williams, dec. v. the Continental Casualty Company | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Henry Williams was accidentally killed in Obion, TN, 15 March 1907. Insurance failed to pay indemnity to his mother, Martha Williams. |
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View Entry | American Lumber Company v. Clarence J. McDonald | Shelby | Personal Injuries | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Alice Dunlap v. the Missouri State Life Insurance Company, et al. | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Appeal to Tennessee Supreme Court at Jackson. |
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View Entry | Bluff Street Laundry Company v. Lula Parker | Shelby | Negligence |
Cause of action: negligence for causing the defendant in error's hand to be severely and permanently injured and for providing an unsafe workplace. |
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View Entry | C. C. Fast v. W. Lucado | Shelby | Debt |
Items purchased: two mules |
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View Entry | Cresent Cotton Oil Co. v J .J. Burnett | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Included is a brief for defendant in error; Abstract, assignment of errors and brief by counsel for plaintiff in error |
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View Entry | C. L. Wiley v. Clem Reid by next friend John Reed | Shelby | Damages |
Damages of $10,000 from personal injury due to a construction site accident |
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View Entry | Cornelius Young v. Interstate Cooperage Company | Shelby | Injury and Damages | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Cumberland Telephone& Telegraph Co. v. Rosa E. Bartlett | Shelby | Wrongful Death | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | City of Memphis v. Theresa Pfemfert | Shelby | Damages |
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. |
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View Entry | Catherine A. Steiner v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Plaintiff sued for $10,000 in damages for personal injuries sustained in a fire that occurred on a streetcar on which she was a passenger. She was severely injured jumping from the car and was unable to return to her job as a nurse. |
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View Entry | Dave Albritton, et al. v. German Fire Insurance Company | Shelby | Insurance Disputes |
Plaintiff: Ned Crenshaw. Case is an effort to collect $1,000 on an insurance policy on the West Tennessee Academy, which was destroyed by fire. Plaintiffs own the property on which the school sat; defendant company says the policy was made out and signed in the name of the school, not of individuals, and will not pay. |
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View Entry | E. B. Hudson & Bros. v. I. C. Railroad Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Plaintiff is sued the railroad company (Illinois Central) for $96 "in a plea of debt due by loss, damage and shrinkage to cattle while in transit over defendant's roads from Coldwater, Miss., and E. St. Louis, Ill." |
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View Entry | Emma Toombs v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Damages due to personal injury when the plaintiff fell into a hole or excavation after disembarking from the railway. |
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View Entry | Ed Turner v. McConnell Furniture Co. | Shelby | Contract Dispute and Damages |
This is the plaintiff's brief for the Court of Civil Appeals in Jackson. There are no other case files. |
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View Entry | E. J. Wirfs v. Annie Merriwether | Shelby | Debt for Rent | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | E. B. Meyer & Peter Brous v. O. J. Read | Shelby | Forcible Entry and Detainer | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Elwood C. Cook v. Memphis Street Railway Co. | Shelby | Damages |
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. |
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View Entry | Edwin Pankey v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Pankey claims that his transfer from one line to another was not accepted by the conductor in the second streetcar, and that he was thrown off the car by a policeman and subjected "to humiliation, and great mortification," despite having paid his fare. See WT Box 1373 for remainder of the case. |
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View Entry | E. E. B. Gillespie, et al. v. Yazoo& Mississippi Valley Railroad Company | Shelby | Damages |
Other plaintiffs: H. A. Gillespie. |
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View Entry | Elnora Brown v. S. Burchart et al | Shelby | Negligence |
Additional defendants: the Sassafras Company, a firm composed of C. A. Ferguson and C. A. Ferguson; Mr. W. W. Pickle and Mrs W. W. Pickle. Cause of action: negligence and damages for a faulty constructed and negligently maintained areaway and grating which the plaintiff is alleging to have caused her husband's (Ben Brown) injury and death. |
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View Entry | F. L. Schwartz & William A. Marchman v. Matthew L. Hearn | Shelby | Damages |
Cause of action: Damages of $1,500.00 for wrecking an automobile. Case fills three folders. |
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View Entry | Frances Reems v. T. H. Hayes | Shelby | Debt |
Reems is sued Hayes for "debt due by promissory note, $173.00" plus $1.80 interest. Plaintiff's name is also spelled "Francis Reems" at various points in the document, but she is described as "a single woman," so "Frances" is more likely to be correct. |
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View Entry | Granville Rowland v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Plaintiff is sued for $499.99 for personal injuries sustained in a collision between his wagon and a streetcar. |
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View Entry | H. E. Wilson v. Illinois Central Railroad Company | Shelby | Damages |
For injuries to carload of horses shipped from Chicago to Memphis. |
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View Entry | H. D. Tomlinson v. Polk, Shepherd & Co. | Shelby | Replevin |
This case is from the Shelby Couty Law Docket. |
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View Entry | Herman Crohn v. Southern Railway Co. | Shelby | Damages |
The suit is for damages by reason of the delay in a shipment of merchandise from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Memphis, Tennessee. |
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View Entry | H. Voight v. J. T. Sledge | Shelby | Debt for Wages |
Stated cause of action: "debt due by contract for work and labor done and material furnished in the construction of residence…in Memphis." |
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View Entry | Henry M. Oppenheimer v. L. M. Woowine | Shelby | Sale of Damaged/Misrepresented Goods |
Included is a statement of the case assignments of error and brief and argument for the plaintiff in error. |
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View Entry | Henry J. Long v. Columbus F. Thomas | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Damages for breach of contract, $1,000.00, relative to sale of land, collateral provided by the Barretsville Supply Company. |
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View Entry | H. G. Pickard v. Morris Walsh, et al. | Shelby | Debt on Account |
Plea of debt due for labor performed as a mechanic in the sum of $14.70, under $500.00. R. M. Martin, contractor. Defendants: Morris Walsh, Mrs. Jennie Breen, Mrs. Morris Walsh, Mrs. O'Reilly, and R. M. Martin. Business located at S. Fourth St., Memphis. |
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View Entry | I. F. McLean v. Madigan & Walsh Company | Shelby | Debt on Account |
Lawsuit is for the value of a carload of Circle White Oak Burbon (sic) heading sold, shipped to defendant from plaintiff's factory in Nashville, Tenn., 12 Feb. 1907. Valued at $1,721.47 plus 6% interest. Judgment was appealed to the Tennessee Court of Civil Appeals in Jackson. |
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View Entry | Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Rudolph Grippando | Shelby | Damages |
An action of damages to the amount of $1,999.00, injuries sustained on the job, 19 May 1909, at the Nonconnah Rail yards, Memphis. Decision appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals, Jackson. |
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View Entry | Illinois Central Railroad Company v. E. P. Davis | Shelby | Damages |
Exhibits: receipts. Cause of actions: Damages on account of the loss of twelve head of cattle from a shipment of forty head of cattle over the railroad line. |
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View Entry | Imelia Henkel, Joseph Henkel v. the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, et al. | Shelby | Damages |
An action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in an accident at a railroad crossing, 14 May 1909. Crossing near Horn Lake Road, Shelby County, Tenn. Partial file. Brief for Plaintiffs in Error by Bell, Terry & Bell. |
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View Entry | I. J. Bloom v. Armstrong Furniture Company | Shelby | Debt on Account |
Plea of debt due by account, $88.25, or under $500.00. |
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View Entry | J. T. Sledge v. H. Voight | Shelby | Enforcement of Lien |
Incomplete record: only Argument on Behalf of Plaintiff in Error present. |
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View Entry | J. M. Mattix, et al. v. W. W. Swepston, et al. | Shelby | Damages |
Plaintiff: G. D. Mattix. Defendant: C. C. Mauldin. Case concerns the alleged breaking of a verbal agreement over timber rights on a piece of property owned by defendants. Two folders. Other documents include briefs and a demurrer. |
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View Entry | Jerome P. Parker Harris Co. v. Louie Mitchell | Shelby | Debt on Account | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Johnston & Fleming v. George H. Glascock | Shelby | Debt |
Debt for repairing a well at the Memphis Brewering Co. |
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View Entry | Jennie P. Wheeler, et al. v. John C. Parr, et al. | Shelby | Wills, Contested |
Additional plaintiffs: C. Irene Briggs and W. A. Briggs. John C. Parr is the executor of the state of Emma R. Bailey. Cause of action: will of Emma R. Bailey contested. Case fills two folders. |
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View Entry | J. M. Steele v. Jerome P. Parker, Harris Company | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Plea for damages for breach of contract in regard to sale of an automobile under $500.00. Automobile in question is an Overland Model 31 5-passenger sedan valued at $600.00. Credit for $145.00 for trade. |
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View Entry | James F. Stewart v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | J. B. Franklin v. Illinois Central R. R. Co. | Shelby | Damages |
Plaintiff is asking for damages to repair his automobile after an accident with a railroad train. He says his view of the oncoming cars was blocked by a high fence until it was too late to get out of the way. |
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View Entry | J. T. Bollinger et al. v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Damages |
Trolley car collided with a fire truck in the middle of an intersection. Mrs. Bollinger was thrown across the car and "maiming her for life." Second part of case stored in WT Box 1265 |
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View Entry | John A. Shelton, admr. of N. S. Shelton, dec. v. Memphis Street Railway Company | Shelby | Wrongful Death |
Cause of action: damages for wrongful death in the death of N. S. Shelton on October, 26, 1909. |
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View Entry | J. B. Cook, et al. v. D. W. McLemore | Shelby | Injury and Damages |
Bound brief included. |
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View Entry | Joseph B. Rollins v. the City of Memphis | Shelby | Property Damage | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | John J. Clark v. McMath & Johnson | Shelby | Breach of Contract |
Breach of contract by plaintiff, commissions on sale of saw mill and timber on 1,200 acres of land located in Sunflower County, Miss. Judgment of $499.00. Plaintiff John J. Clark resident of Jacksonville, Illinois. Two folders. |
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View Entry | J. D. Stowers v. Baxter Ware | Shelby | Debt |
Debt due for professional services under $500. |
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