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100 Feet Off of the South Side of Lots 5 and 6, Alfred and Mary Fasshauer Subdivision, Survey #65, B. A. Lands.

Paper with a description of a railroad right of way on the property, 100 Feet off of the south side of Lots 5 and 6, Alfred and Mary Fasshauer Subdivision, Survey #65, B. A. Lands.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Legal Document

[Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company vs. Julia Acuna: Original Petition]

Document which states Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company's intend to being condemnation proceedings for Lot 1 of Block 61 in Abilene, Texas against Julia Acuna. The petition lays out the transfer of the property to Julia Acuna and request that Judge T. A. Bledsoe appoint three special commissioners to judge the damages.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Legal Document

[Blank Contract for Payment to Mary E. Sayles]

Blank contract that specifies how all sums owed plus interest will be paid back to Mary E. Sayles and the ramifications if the payments occur after deadlines.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Legal Document

[Blank Subdivision Deed for Austin and Williams League Number 340]

Blank, unsigned deed contract meant for selling or renting subdivisions of the Austin an Williams League #340, owned by Mary E. Sayles.

Date: unknown

Creator: Sayles, Mary E.

Item Type: Legal Document

[Budget for a Railroad From Roby, Texas to Brownwood, Texas]

Document listing the costs of construction and the proposed earnings for a railroad from Roby to Brownwood, Texas.

Date: unknown

Creator: Sayles & Sayles

Item Type: Text

[Cause No. 844: Document Requesting a Verdict for the Defendant]

Document in cause no. 844, Mollie Lee Tomlinson et al. vs. The Independent Torpedo Company, asking the jury to return a verdict for the defendant.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Legal Document

[Cause No. 844: Draft of Charge to the Jury]

Document in cause no. 844, Mollie Lee Tomlinson et al. vs. The Independent Torpedo Company, detailing a request to the jury.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

[Cause No. 844: Special Charge No. 2 Requested by Defendant]

Document in cause no. 844, Mollie Lee Tomlinson et al. vs. The Independent Torpedo Company, requesting the jury to return a verdict for the defendant if they believe from evidence that the well had no practical value at the time of placing the second shot of nitroglycerine.

Date: unknown

Creator: Sayles & Sayles

Item Type: Legal Document

Cause No. 844: Special Charge No. 2 requested by Defendant]

Document in cause no. 844, Mollie Lee Tomlinson et al. vs. The Independent Torpedo Company, requesting the jury be instructed that an explosion is not evidence of negligence.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Legal Document

[Cause No. 844: Special Charge No. 3 requested by Defendant]

Document in cause no. 844, Mollie Lee Tomlinson et al. vs. The Independent Torpedo Company, requesting that the jury decide the verdict based only on the evidence rather than conjecture or speculation.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Legal Document

[Cause No. 844: Special Charge No. 4 requested by Defendant]

Document in cause no. 844, Mollie Lee Tomlinson et al. vs. The Independent Torpedo Company, requesting that the jury be instructed to not consider the plaintiff's allegation that a leaky torpedo shell caused nitroglycerine to splash on the sides of the casing.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Legal Document

[Cause No. 844: Special Charge No. 5 requested by Defendant]

Document in cause no. 844, Mollie Lee Tomlinson et al. vs. The Independent Torpedo Company, requesting that the jury be instructed not to consider the failure to test the shell before lowering it into the well.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Legal Document

[Cause No. 844: Special Charge No. 7 requested by Defendant]

Document in cause no. 844, Mollie Lee Tomlinson et al. vs. The Independent Torpedo Company, requesting that the jury be instructed that the defendant exercised ordinary care in the shooting of the plaintiff's well.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Legal Document

[Cause No. 844: Special Charge Requested by Defendant]

Document in cause no. 844, Mollie Lee Tomlinson et al. vs. The Independent Torpedo Company, detailing a special request from the defendant to the jury. This document is unsigned.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Legal Document

Cause No. 2935-Civil Minutes District Court, Vol. J, pg. 606]

Civil Minutes District Court, Vol. J, pg. 606 for the case, F. E. Haynes vs. Max Seibt, et al, covering the dates September 13 and 21, 1912.

Date: {1912-09-12,1912-09-21}

Item Type: Legal Document

Cause No. 2935-Order of Sale: October 6, 1912

Two letters relating to the order of sale in F. E. Haynes vs. Max Seibt, et al, No. 2935, between the J. K. Fuller and T. C. Weir, discussing the seizure and sale of a property in Abilene, Texas.

Date: {1912-10-16,1913-01-13}

Creator: Fuller, J. K.; Weir, T. C. & Whaley, W. F.

Item Type: Legal Document

[Cause No. 6551: Mr. Scarborough's Speech]

Document in the cause no. 6551, Gulf Pipe Line Company vs. R. L. Over et al. and J. W. Bettis et al., which appears to be a transcript of Mr. Scarborough's closing remarks. It discusses the evidence presented in the cause and asking the commissioners to award damages of no less than $5,000 to Mr. Over and no less than $10.000 to Joe Bettis.

Date: unknown

Creator: Scarborough, Dallas

Item Type: Legal Document

[Clipping: Prospect for a Railroad]

Newspaper clipping titled, "Prospect for a Railroad," discussing a proposed railroad route from Abilene, Texas to Temple, Texas.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: Two Mutuals Enter Merger]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "Two Mutuals Enter Merger," announcing the merging of Citizens Mutual Life Insurance Association of Abilene and Winters Mutual Aid Association. There is an attached note to the article reading, "They paid in full several days ago with check on a Winters bank - 3500 I think I told Mather about merger. Mather carries same amt in this co. [fou] us children."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Clipping

[Defendant's Answer]

Document in the cause, W. R. Tomlinson et al. vs. The Independent Torpedo Company, denying the allegations of the plaintiffs and asking the court to dismiss the cause.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Legal Document

[Demurrer to Suit of L. C. Wise VS. Mrs. M. E. Sayles]

Demurrer document objecting on behalf of the defendent, Mrs. Mary E. Sayles, to each of the suit claims over land border disputes made by the plaintiff, L. C. Wise. Handwritten additions to the objections are listed at the bottom of the document.

Date: unknown

Creator: Sayles & Sayles

Item Type: Legal Document

[Document Discussing the Proposed Santa Fe Railroad in Abilene, Texas]

Document describing the City of Abilene's Railroad Committee's dealings with the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company. The text details the company's reneging on agreements to build a new line to Abilene and the committee's attempts at securing the new railroad, ending with an appeal to the people of Texas to lobby for regulations protect the state's residents from the whims of large companies. This is possibly an editorial or open letter.

Date: unknown

Creator: Sayles, Henry

Item Type: Paper

Document in Condemnation Proceeding of R. L. Over's Property]

Document in the condemnation proceeding, Gulf Pipe Line Company vs. R. L. Over, stating that one of the special commissioners, Debney Harvey, is not a freeholder of Taylor County, Texas and is not qualified to act as a commissioner.

Date: unknown

Creator: Sayles & Sayles

Item Type: Legal Document

[Document Relating to a Title Dispute in Abilene, Texas #1]

Document relating to a title dispute over land in Abilene Texas. The property in question is Lots No. 1 and 2 in Block G of the Miller and Mouser Subdivision of Blocks 191 and 192, of the Thomas addition to Abilene, Texas. This is likely a draft, there are typist errors and it's untitled.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Legal Document

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100 Feet Off of the South Side of Lots 5 and 6, Alfred and Mary Fasshauer Subdivision, Survey #65, B. A. Lands.

[Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company vs. Julia Acuna: Original Petition]

[Blank Contract for Payment to Mary E. Sayles]

[Blank Subdivision Deed for Austin and Williams League Number 340]

[Budget for a Railroad From Roby, Texas to Brownwood, Texas]

[Cause No. 844: Document Requesting a Verdict for the Defendant]

[Cause No. 844: Draft of Charge to the Jury]

[Cause No. 844: Special Charge No. 2 Requested by Defendant]

Cause No. 844: Special Charge No. 2 requested by Defendant]

[Cause No. 844: Special Charge No. 3 requested by Defendant]

[Cause No. 844: Special Charge No. 4 requested by Defendant]

[Cause No. 844: Special Charge No. 5 requested by Defendant]

[Cause No. 844: Special Charge No. 7 requested by Defendant]

[Cause No. 844: Special Charge Requested by Defendant]

Cause No. 2935-Civil Minutes District Court, Vol. J, pg. 606]

Cause No. 2935-Order of Sale: October 6, 1912

[Cause No. 6551: Mr. Scarborough's Speech]

[Clipping: Prospect for a Railroad]

[Clipping: Two Mutuals Enter Merger]

[Defendant's Answer]

[Demurrer to Suit of L. C. Wise VS. Mrs. M. E. Sayles]

[Document Discussing the Proposed Santa Fe Railroad in Abilene, Texas]

Document in Condemnation Proceeding of R. L. Over's Property]

[Document Relating to a Title Dispute in Abilene, Texas #1]