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Appellants, partners Willis and Crittenden, entered into a building contract with appellees to build a house. Crittenden borrowed $600.00 from his bank on the strength of the building contract. However, Crittenden died before a bond was put in place. Appellants are arguing that, since Crittenden was the most capable partner and he died before execution of the bond, that the sureties should not be held.

Other defendants: T.H. Tutwiler and F. S. Elgin, receivers of the Memphis Street Railway Company: On 6/28/1919 a servant of the American Bag Company was driving a Ford automobile on Orleans Street where the street crosses the track owned and operated by the defendants when the car was struck by one of the street cars and was demolished. Plaintiff sued for $1000.00.

Weldon claiming to inherit two tracts of land from bother, Richard Weldon, deceased 1873; Jordan hired to look after land and collect rent and taxes; Richard Jordan, deceased 1907- Ex A-D to Bridget Weldon's deposition; Ex A to J. Fitzgibbon's deposition; Ex A-F and 1-15 to Bettie Jordan's deposition; Ex A-P stipulations of facts by counsel; Ex B-P agreed stipulation of facts

Plaintiffs: Charles D. Smith & Walter L. Smith, DBA C. D. Smith & Company. Defendants: W. R. Pharr. Both defendants are Administrators of R. L. Leonard, deceased. Amount sued for was $18,403.29. Debt originates from Leonard's failure to complete a contract to build a road in Copiah County, Mississippi. Leonard had a one-half interest in the contract. Lawsuit was to collect the debt from a previous U.S District Court ruling in favor of plaintiffs.

Tate claims he was removed from a home on property owned by defendants in Crittenden County Arkansas. Tate claims the defendants removed his furniture and burned it, without cause. Tate sued for $5000 damages.

Additional defendant: Ella Hall; Crane Company based in Illinois with an office in Memphis, Tenn.; complainant holds as collateral a note executed by W. L. Hall for $3500 Ex: Warranty and Trust Deeds, Bank Books of W. L. Hall and Ella Hall

additional complainants: S.R. Martin, Irvin F. Bensdorf along with Charles Haase were copartners under the firm name Marx and Bensdorf. Additional defendants: Union and Planters Bank and Trust Co. …property was completed prior to 8/1. Marx and Bensdorf bought the Fisher building located in the northwest corner of Memphis. William Kay president of defendant corp. conducted all negotiations. Complainants, bases on contract, were due all rents from August forward if the option to buy the

Only contains part of the case file. Not a complete file. Additional plaintiff: Six Thirty Eight Tire & Vulcanizing Co. Plaintiffs sued to attempt to overturn a lien placed on a vehicle owned by Cockrill for repairs on the vehicle. Huntzinger & Hughes won an earlier judgment that placed their lien as the primary one. Cockrill owed money to both the co-plaintiff as well as the defendants for repair work and tires on his vehicle.

In the original case, Ike Williams is sued Drs. Martin and Wilson for negligence in the death of his wife, Estella Williams. The plaintiff avers that Dr. Martin is negligent for administering anesthesia through a defective instrument and that he administered the anesthesia in large quantities over the protests of the plaintiff, burning Estella Williams lips. Dr. Wilson is negligent as he was overseeing the procedure and permitted an inexperienced, unskilled Dr. to perform the procedure.

Additional defendants: George Wedel, Adam Zehner, Arthur Lane, Joseph Lane. Dominick Recossa sues the defendants for $1000.00 in damages because they maliciously and illegally caused him to be arrested for running an automobile into a wagon and two horses, the property of Memphis Sausage Works.

Additional plaintiffs: Sam Volmer, Nora O' Neil, Mary O' Neil Larkin and her husband Frank E. Larkin, William O' Neil, Michael O' Neil, Johanna O' Neil, Louisa O'Neil, and Katherine O' Neil. All residents of Shelby County, Tennessee. The last three named being infants who sue by their brother and next friend, William o' Neil. Additional defendants: J. W. Schorr, J. B. Schorr, E. C. Bolton, W. A. Catens, B. L. Mallory, Trustee, Arkansas & Memphis Railway Bridge & Terminal Company, Rock Island Memphis Ter..

additional complainants: A. J. McNeil; real estate brokers in Memphis under the firm name Rogers & McNeil; sue Mrs. Howard for $1020 claimed by them as real estate brokers fee Ex A: letter from deposition of J. M. Walker

Sued for $3000. Claims Dr. Nesbitt treated a cut on his foot improperly, causing permanent damage. Also claimed the doctor was negligent.

Goldberger contracted with Beecham for $200.00 to defend him. Beecham only paid him $100.00.

The complainant, a horse trainer, is bringing this suit to recover on an account owed him by the defendant.

married on Sept. 21, 1916 in Memphis, Tenn. and lived together until March 20, 1917; daughter Ines Dicicco; "cruel and inhuman treatment", abusive and unsafe relationship

Sued for debt owed in amount of $47.50.

Additional defendant: H. L. Woosley, Exec. Of the Estate of W. M. Bryant and Guardian of the Estate of Mrs. Martha J. Bryant. Sued for a divorce from Marion Bryant. Asked for custody of their daughter Katherine Bryant and for alimony. Marion Bryant is noted as being a Dentist practicing in Memphis. Woosley was sued because Marion Bryant was an heir to the Estate, so Gertrude was attempting to collect money from the Estate.

Includes printed brief. In 1911, the parties established the Hurst Trust Company with a capital stock of $50,000. In 1918, the charter to the company was surrendered and the affairs were liquidated and the defendant purchased various office fixtures and property for $2,500 so he may hold himself as successor to the company. The partners were to equally split the remaining property, including land, but avers the defendant holds a large amount of money belonging to him and refuses to return the funds.

The plaintiff's husband worked at the company, the plaintiff avers that the defendant changed a water faucet to a faucet carrying caustic soda or concentrated lye without informing the workers negligently injuring the dec. Court ruled in Plaintiff's favor in the amount of $2500.

Wolf sued, claiming Alderson had written him 2 checks, totally $805.00, and that when Wolf presented them to the Bank at Friars Point Mississippi payment was denied. Wolf sued Manhattan Savings bank to attempt to recover funds that Alderson had on deposit there as payment toward the 2 bad checks.

The defendant and plaintiff were married in 1906. In 1914 they went to South America where the defendant fraudulently entered a divorce suit against her and obtained a divorce by publication under an assumed name. Once the divorce was obtained, the defendant married a woman with whom he had been having an affair. Complainant has no means of support and is seeking permanent alimony of $25000.00 and an injunction preventing defendant from removing any property.

In 1917, the plaintiff was riding on one of the defendant’s freight trains when they reached a point near Fowlkes, Tennessee. At that point, the conductor and brake man stopped the train, ordered the plaintiff off and he complied. The men then unlawfully fired a pistol at the plaintiff, shooting him and seriously wounding him in his left hip. Plaintiff claims the men were negligent. Suing for damages for personal injuries in the sum of $3,000.

Plaintiffs: William Pritchard and C. L. Wheeler. Defendants: Company is from Michigan