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Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | PDFs | Actions |
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1935 | Ina D. Cochran v. T. R. Cochran | Blount | Promissory Note | The plaintiff was the widow of John B. Cochran, who died in 1928. The note was for $1558.55. bank statements and stock included. | East |
Range: 8 Section: C Shelf: 2 Box Number: 839 |
301 |
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1935 | George Williams v. City of Alcoa | Blount | Negligence | Volumes I and III of the case only and the Court of Appeals materials. The case is so large it has been placed in three folders. For volume II, please see Box 1517. | East |
Range: 8 Section: F Shelf: 3 Box Number: 932 |
839 |
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1934 | State v. Joe Clifton & John Hollingshead | Blount | Burglary | Cause of Action: forcibly taking $81.50 from B. R. Rinehart | East |
Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: 6 Box Number: 805 |
117 |
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1934 | State v. Haskiel Jobe | Blount | Manslaughter | Cause of Action: Involuntary Manslaughter, Driving under the Influence of Alcohol. Victim: Rinda Wodall. See additional materials in ET2346; Transcript from the criminal court sent to the Supreme Court. | East |
Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: 3 Box Number: 818 |
349 |
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1934 | Maryville Furniture Company v. J. S. Hill | Blount | Contract Dispute and Damages | Hill sued for "debt due by contract for under $500" for the sale of a stove. O.P. Jenkins is named as the owner of the company. | East |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 2325 |
134 |
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1934 | J. G. Flannigan v. Perry Headrick, Jr. | Blount | Damages | J. G. Flannigan was walking west from Maryville on Friendsville Pike when a dog approached and attacked him. While defending himself, he lost balance and stumbled into the roadway. At the same time Perry Headrick, Jr. struck Flannigan with his car. Flannigan sues for $5000 in damages. Flannigan was a weaver who caned chair bottoms and made baskets. Headrick was the county road commissioner. Testimonies conflict. | East |
Range: 10 Section: G Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1505 |
63 |
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1934 | Grace E. Waters v. New York Life Insurance Company | Blount | Insurance Claims and Policies | Waters sued upon the disability clauses in two separate life insurance policies issued by defendant. Related to box 1527. | East |
Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: 6 Box Number: 744 |
85 |
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1934 | Gertrude Henry v. Dave Henry | Blount | Divorce | Plaintiff sued for divorce after six years of marriage, alleging that the defendant was an alcoholic (during Prohibition). | East |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 2324 |
89 |
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1934 | City of Maryville v. M. R. McConkey & Mrs. M. R. McConkey | Blount | Damages | M. R. McConkey and his wife both sued the City of Maryville seeking damages for an alleged injury received by Mrs. M. R. McConkey when she stepped into a hole in the City of Maryville on Main Street. Exhibits include two photos of the incident location and an oversize map of Main Street in the City of Maryville (M-16-11). | East |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 2325 |
900 |
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1933 | Will Sparks v. J. C. Post | Blount | Damages | Plaintiff is sued for damages after a car he owned, driven by James Henderson, was struck by a car driven by the defendant. The accident occurred at the intersection of Broadway and Washington Ave. in Maryville, Tennessee. Case file notes that the plaintiff was living on Pflanze Street at the time of the accident. James Henderson lived with the plaintiff. | East |
Range: 10 Section: F Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1457 |
96 |
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1933 | Wess Yearout v. State | Blount | Appeal for New Trial | This case file is an appeal for a conviction of unlawfully selling and manufacturing whiskey and brandy. Plaintiff was accused of possessing an apparatus used to make intoxicating liquor. | East |
Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1549 |
48 |
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1933 | State v. Ray Rathbone | Blount | Liquor Violation | Violation of Four Mile Law, incident of 23 July 1932. Selling liquor to Omar Norton. Grand Jury: Frank Eagleton, foreman; C. C. Gidion, W. P. Steel, J. W. Trundle, Royce Huffstetler, B. R. Kiser, John M. Blevins, James Bryant, W. F. Lane, Sam Costner, Jessie Porter, D. A. Lawson, and Allen Armstrong. | East |
Range: 10 Section: F Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1463 |
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1933 | State v. Alvin Sparks, et al. | Blount | Liquor Violation | Defendants, who owned a filling station were convicted of possession of 2 gallons and 1 quart of white new whiskey. Defendants sold whiskey out of filling station. Additional Defendant: O. B. Harris Exhibit: Photograph of O.B. Harris Filling Station | East |
Range: 10 Section: J Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1562 |
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1933 | Nathan Sparks v. State | Blount | Motion for a New Trial | During prohibition of alcohol in the United States, Sparks was found guilty of posessing intoxicating alcohol in the form of multiple crocks of whiskey. Sparks insisted this was not his whiskey. His defense argues that the justice of the peace did not have probable cause when issuing the search warrant, and therefore a new trial is necessary. | East |
Range: 10 Section: G Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1505 |
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1933 | Mrs. Mary Lunsford v. The Junior Order of United American Mechanics, Unity Council No. 13,& Pauline Phillips | Blount | Wills, Contested | Lunsford was the sister of Gordon Phillips who died of tuberculosis in 1930. Pauline Phillips was his wife who had deserted him 2 years prior. Before he died, Gordon made a last will bequeathing all of his property to Pla. As well as insurance or death benefits from The Junior Order. Plaintiff suing for $500 in death benefits and a decree that Pauline was not entitled to the same. The Junior Order would not pay the sum until court determined who money should go to. 2 folders. | East |
Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1389 |
281 |
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1933 | Herman Reynolds v. State | Blount | Violation of Age of Consent | Herman Reynolds is accused of having sexual relations with Willie Ammon Haun, aged 18 at the time of the incidents. However, the two were married nine months before the incident. Haun became pregnant, and though initially living with Reynolds and his mother, she moved back in with her father. Reynolds does not acknowledge the child through effort or payment. Oddly this case is not about bastardy, but age of consent violation. | East |
Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1543 |
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1933 | Grace E. Waters v. New York Life Insurance Co. | Blount | Insurance Claims and Policies | Waters had an insurance policy with New York Life when she became ill. Her condition included uterine fibroid tumors, nephritis, and other issues effecting her lower body. She sued the insurance company for compensation due to her disability which lasted over three months. | East |
Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1527 |
369 |
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1933 | George Williams v. the City of Alcoa | Blount | Negligence | Alcoa is charged with dumping toxic waste and other materials into the local water supply. For Volumes I and III, see box 932. | East |
Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1517 |
331 |
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1933 | Elizabeth Trent v. Frank Trent | Blount | Divorce | Elizabeth Boag Trent sued her husband for divorce. They had purchased and worked farm together, but were unable to produce enough to make it sustainable. They took out a mortgage. Elizabeth obtained multiple jobs to pay the bill. Frank is accused of verbal abuse and taking up with another woman. | East |
Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1527 |
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1933 | Boyce Bailey v. Grace Bailey | Blount | Divorce | Grace charged her husband with being almost continuously "drunk and carousing" since their marriage eighteen years ago. She suffered much anxiety, worry, and trouble during that time. Grace testified that Boyce sometimes had been violent; further, he "often had assaulted her and wickedly abused her." He often "flew into a rage and unmercifully beat her" after she corrected their two children (June and Jean) for a minor infraction. It also was sworn that Boyce kept company with lewd women. | East |
Range: 10 Section: G Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1506 |
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1932 | T. A. Caldwell, et al. v. England, Walton & Company | Blount | Public Nuisance | Add. material in ET 90. Add. plaintiffs listed in file. Plaintiffs are the riparian owners of lands located on Little River in Blount County, which are the means of their livelihood. The defendant runs a tannery on the same river and has been charged with polluting the river with tannic acid and lime, poisoning the river and the owned land downstream. Plaintiffs suffered losses in crops and cattle. Filed to prevent def. from draining chemicals in the river and damages for the nuisance. | East |
Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1314 |
932 |
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1932 | State, ex rel. v. Arthur Blair et al. | Blount | Tax Collection | State on its own behalf and for the use and benefit of Blount County. Additional Defendant: R. B. Leak. It appears that there were several other original defendants but they are not listed. The original bill was brought by the State seeking payment of delinquent taxes. | East |
Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1432 |
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1932 | State v. A. W. Walker | Blount | Larceny, Grand | Incident of 15 Feb. 1930, defendant "did unlawfully and feloniously take steal and carry away certain personal property of Mrs. Bill Harshaw to-wit: one dark brown Jersey cow to the value of $75, with intent to convert the same to his own use and deprive the true owner thereof." | East |
Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1426 |
43 |
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1932 | Sam Waters v. State | Blount | Liquor Violation | "Manufacturing whiskey." | East |
Range: 5 Section: G Shelf: 6 Box Number: 171 |
157 |
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1932 | S. H. Kennedy, et al. v. W. A. Dunlap, et al. | Blount | Property Dispute | S. H. Kennedy and Minnie McGhee Kennedy sold property to Dunlap and J. L. Lambert. It was really more of a swap of property and notes. 2 folders | East |
Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1383 |
429 |
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1932 | Newton Koontz, admr. v. C. V. Fleming | Blount | Damages for Wrongful Death | Koontz was the administrator of the late James Koontz, killed by an automobile driven by Fleming. Koontz had been riding in a mail truck when he and the post carrier stopped to give assistance to a wrecked driver. Fleming, said to be driving recklessly, fatally injured Koontz, who was survived by wife Tobitha and children Daisy Kiser, Lucy Phillips, Birt Koontz, Elmer Koontz, Lamer Koontz, and plaintiff Newton Koontz. Damages were asked to recover death-related costs incurred by the family. | East |
Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1388 |
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1932 | Ira Abbott v. J. F. Baker, Deputy Sheriff | Blount | Replevin | Plaintiff filed to recover possession of a Chevrolet Sedan. In another case, the plaintiff was ruled to pay one A. W. Walker $18.22 that was levied on the said car to satisfy the judgment. The plaintiff filed a replevin on the car before it was sold after the judgment was paid. | East |
Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1391 |
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1931 | William Gourley v. N. W. Lakey | Blount | Personal Injuries | Def. is the owner and operator of a small grist (corn mill) located in the 7th Civil District of Blount County. Said mill is powered by a Fordson Tractor. Pla. claims he was instructed by the Def. to crank the tractor in order to place the motor in operation. When Pla. attempted to turn the crank, the tractor threw the crank and severely injured the Pla. Pla. states that the Def. did not warn him of potential dangers. | East |
Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1339 |
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1931 | State v. Walter Madison | Blount | Child Support | Tried in the Juvenile and Criminal Courts of said county for the neglect and refusal to provide for and support his child Dorothy Madison, who is under 16 years old. | East |
Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1355 |
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1931 | State v. Mrs. Jack Burns | Blount | Liquor Violation | Burns charged and convicted of selling liquor to Walter Smith within 4 miles of a schoolhouse. Burns was fined $350 and sentenced to 60 days in workhouse. Burns moved for new trial, was overruled, and then appealed. | East |
Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1359 |
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1931 | State v. J. W. Brewer Jr. | Blount | Embezzlement | Brewer, an agent and salesman for the Blount Motor Co., charged with embezzling $2500 from said company. Jury dismissed the case and the attorney general appealed. | East |
Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1303 |
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1931 | State v. Homer Jenkins | Blount | Fraud | William Ballew, Jr. also listed as defendant. In 1930, the defendant feloniously and willfully hired and aided W. Ballew, Jr. to set fire to and burn down his house. The house was insured against loss by fire from the Loudon County Farmers Aid Association and it was the defendant's intent to defraud the said insurer for the cash payout. 3 additional folders located in ET 1560. | East |
Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1350 |
841 |
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1931 | State v. Frank Gillespie | Blount | Manslaughter, Vehicular | Frank Gillespie, Aaron Myers, and Ed Gillespie were driving under the influence at night, without headlights on, when they ran into and over Robert Anthony, killing him. Myers was found not guilty but Gillespie was convicted and sentenced to 3 years in penitentiary. 2 folders. | East |
Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1303 |
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1931 | Peoples Telephone & Telegraph Company, in error v. Commie Frye, admr., in error | Blount | Damages | Commie Frye, Administrator of P. E. Frye, deceased sued the Peoples Telephone & Telepgraph Company and Tennessee Electric Company on account of damages in the death of P. E. Frye. P. E. Frye was travelling home with family members one evening when they came to a place in the road with downed wires. P. E. took ahold of one of the "guy" wires and received a fatal shock. | East |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 2676 |
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1931 | Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company v. W. M. Tracey, admr. & J.M. Burgin, admr. | Blount | Damages | 2 cases (Railroad Co. v. Tracy, admr. Of Ernest L. Tracey, dec.; Railroad Co. v. Burgin, admr. Of John Burgin, dec.). Tracy and Burgin separately sued the railroad co. for $30,000 each in damages for the deaths of John Burgin and Ernest Tracy, both of whom were riding in car with W.B. Cannon, who negligently drove in front of train. Pla. charged that deceased were not at fault and that their deaths were the result of the joint negligence of Cannon and railroad co. Add. Materials ET 1518 and ET 2398 | East |
Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1319 |
2047 |
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1931 | Kramer & Kramer v. Goddard, et al. | Blount | Insurance Disputes | Missing p. 1-710; 1079-1675. 2 folders. | East |
Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: 1 Box Number: 2 |
293 |
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1931 | Joseph Dishner, et al. v. Herbert Dishner, et al. | Blount | Wills, Contested | This case is a dispute over a tract of land that was willed to the grandchildren of J.A. Dishner (dec.) Additional Plaintiff: Ethel Dishner. Additional Defendants: Mary Dishner-Harr, W.T. Carr, C.G. Harr, Parish Dishner, Bessie Dixon, O.R. Dixon, Monnie Wilson, J.R. Wilson | East |
Range: 10 Section: G Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1480 |
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1931 | Joe Hafley, in error v. State, in error | Blount | Neglect of Duty | The State charged Joe Hafley with neglect for failing and refusing to support his wife, Bertha Hafley, according to his means. | East |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 2674 |
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1931 | Jess Kirkland, in error v. State, in error | Blount | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Jess Kirkland was charged with unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors. Deputy Sheriff, S. R. Kinnamon, testified that he knocked on the door of a Mrs. Winters asking to purchase whiskey and she said that Jess Kirkland had some whiskey to sell. Jess Kirkland testified that he was renting a room at Mrs. Winters the evening the sheriff was there but that it was not him that had the whiskey to sell. | East |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 2674 |
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1931 | James Strickland, J. W. Strickland & Arthur Cable v. Knoxville News Sentinel | Blount | Debt | The Knoxville News Sentinel sued defendants for $23.10 debt. Both James Strickland and Arthur Cable were dismissed. James was a minor and courier for plaintiff; J.W. was his father. Court ruled in favor of plaintiff for debt. Strickland appealed. Plaintiff suing over 2 unpaid checks received by James' sister, Pearl, for newspapers delivered by her. She was not under contract. | East |
Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1348 |
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1931 | J. N. McBrayer v. R. S. Walker | Blount | Unknown | Incomplete file; just appeal bond & request by Walker to dismiss appeal. | East |
Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1334 |
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1931 | Hugh Trotter v. State | Blount | Assault | Hugh Trotter was charged with committing felonious assault on Minnis Perkins with the intent to commit murder by shooting him. According to Perkins' testimony they had spent some time at Trotter's house drinking and gambling. At one point they got up to leave the house and when Perkins' stepped outside to the porch Trotter came outside and opened fire on him. | East |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 2674 |
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1931 | Houston Rorex et al. v. Rachel Rorex Wilson et al. v. | Blount | Wills, Contested | Mary Rorex (unmarried) died w/will, leaving most of estate to sister Rachel, w/remainder interests to Rachel's children Mary Wilson Siler & Raymond Wilson. Will contest filed by Mary's other siblings: brothers Houston & Frank; Elizabeth Lee, Wassie Henry, & Walter & Ed Henderson (children of Mary's dec. sister Lucy); & Reah Roper, Vina Simpson & Eutie Jones (children of Mary's dec. sister Hannah). Defendants claimed will invalid due to Rachel's undue influence. | East |
Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1308 |
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1931 | H. M. Watts v. R. S. Walker | Blount | Unknown | Incomplete casefile. Found with "Clay Cunningham v. R. S. Walker" (also filed in ET 1311). Appeal Bond only. | East |
Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1311 |
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1931 | G. W. Greer Motor Company v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company | Blount | Insurance Disputes | Vol 2 only. Building in which Plaintiff conducted its business (Burchfield Building, on north side of Main Street in Maryville, TN) destroyed by fire; insurance company refused to pay claim. 3 folders. 5 vols of transcripts. Vols 1 & 5 in Box 998. Vol 3 in ET2 under Kramer & Kramer v. Goddard. Vol 4 in ET 22a as Greer Motor Co. v. Insurance Companies, et al. | East |
Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1339 |
709 |
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1931 | England Walton & Company v. T. A. Caldwell, et al. | Blount | Public Nuisance | Add. material in ET 1314. Plaintiff is appealing a class action lawsuit that charges that his tannery is polluting Little River and poisoning nearby residents. | East |
Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: 1 Box Number: 90 |
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1931 | Clay Cunningham v. R. S. Walker | Blount | Unknown | Incomplete casefile. Found with "H. M. Watts v. R. S. Walker" (also filed in ET 1311). Appeal Bond only. | East |
Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1311 |
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1931 | C. W. Harmon v. Lucinda Harmon | Blount | Injunction | Harmon filed bill to enjoin the defendant from obstructing and interfering with his use of a right of way through the defendant's land. An old roadway on the defendant's property was the complainant's only way to get to and from the public road. | East |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 3051 |
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1931 | Aaron Myers, et al., In Error v. Elizabeth Anthony, et al., In Error | Blount | Damages | Elizabeth Anthony sued Aaron Myers, Frank & Ed Gillespie for damages in the sum of $20,000 for the death of her husband Robert. The Anthony's lived near Peery's Mill on State Highway 73. Robert was trying to get a truck unstuck from the side of the road when Myers & his friends struck him with their car. Robert died from his injuries. Add. defendants in Error: May, John, Edna, Helen, Anthony, Pauline, & James Anthony, children of Elizabeth & Robert Anthony. Ex: Photos in case file/ sketch in MXL-1-10 | East |
Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: 2681 |
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1930 | State ex. rel. Great Smoky Mountains Park Commission v. John W. Oliver, et al. | Blount | Eminent Domain | Great Smoky Mountains Park Commission sought land to be condemned and used for Cades Cove & this case disputed the Olivers' farm. Acting on authority of the Secretary of the Interior for land acquisition.Add. Defendants: Nancy Oliver, William Bird Lawson, Hobart Lawson, Pauline Waters, Jake Waters, Lydia Hatcher, Jim Hatcher, Ella Lawson, F . L. Proffitt, Trustee, The Directors of Maryville College. Exhibits: plat maps (3). See add. materials in ET 1495, ET 1560, & ET 2360 | East |
Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: 2 Box Number: 720 |
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