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The Bronco, Yearbook of Simmons University, 1931
Yearbook for Simmons University in Abilene, Texas includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations.
Catalogue of Simmons University, 1930-1931
Catalogue describes the governance, history, admission requirements, course offerings, and campus life of Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.
Catalogue of Simmons University, 1931 Summer Session
Catalogue describes the governance, history, admission requirements, course offerings, and campus life of Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.
[Cause No. 6080-A: Defendants' First Amended Original Answer]
Document in cause no. 6080-A: A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al., answering A. D. Fulton's complaints of the Gulf Pipe Line Company regarding damage to Fulton's land. This document is unsigned.
[Cause No. 6080-A: Defendants' First Motion for Continuance]
Document in cause no. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al., requesting a continuance of the trial due to the illness of James E. Gardner, a witness for the defendant.
[Cause No. 6080-A: Defendants' Fourth Amended Original Answer to Plaintiff's First Amended Original Petition]
Document in cause no. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al., discussing the complaints brought by A. D. Fulton and countering his claims of damage to his property by the Gulf Pipe Line Company and the Gulf Production Company. There are several notes written on the back of the last page. This document is unsigned.
[Cause No. 6080-A: Defendant's Request of Exceptions]
Document in cause no. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al., listing several exceptions the defendants request of the court.
[Cause No. 6080-A: Final Judgement]
Document in Cause No. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al., detailing the judgement of the jury against the plaintiff, A. D. Fulton. There is a correction to the text and this copy appears to be a draft.
[Cause No. 6080-A: Instructions to the Jury]
Document in cause no. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al., providing the jury with instructions on how to consider the cause. There are several notes written on the back of the pages and this document appears to be a draft.
[Cause No. 6080-A: Instructions to the Jury]
Document in the cause no. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al. instructing the jury on how to consider the cause including several specific questions.
[Cause No. 6080-A: Judgement of the Jury]
Document in the cause, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al., stating the decision of the jury in favor of the plaintiff, A. D. Fulton. This document is unsigned.
[Cause No. 6080-A: Motion Requesting New Trial]
Document in cause no. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al., discussing the defendants' request of a new trial and lists the reasons a new trial is justified. This document is unsigned.
[Cause No. 6080-A: Motions by Defendant Requesting Exceptions and Special Charges]
Documents in the cause no. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al., describing the defendants' request to except a portion of the court record and requesting two special charges. The first two documents are duplicates of each other, and the other four documents are unique. These papers are unsigned.
[Cause No. 6080-A: Order Granting Motion for New Trial]
Document in cause no. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al., approving the amended motion for a new trial filed by the defendants, Gulf Pipe Line Company and Gulf Production Company and setting the new trial date to be September 9, 1931. This document is unsigned.
[Cause No. 6080-A: Order Granting Plaintiff's Motion for New Trial]
Document in the cause no. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al., granting the plaintiff's request for a new trial. The order is unsigned.
[Cause No. 6080-A: Plaintiff's Bill of Exception No. 1]
Document in cause no. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al., discussing several portions of the court record the plaintiff requests to have excepted. This document is unsigned.
[Cause No. 6080-A: Statement Verifying Pipe Line Construction]
Document in the cause no. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al., stating that both the plaintiff and defendants agree that there is a pipe line across Fulton's land which was constructed by the Magnolia Pipe Line Company.
[Cause No. 6733-A: Order of Continuance, May 12, 1931]
Document in cause no. 6733-A, Gulf Pipe Line Company vs. A. D. Fulton, granting an order of continuation and temporary injunction. There is a note reading, "3 white & 1 yellow" at the top of the paper and the name of the document is written at the bottom.
[Cause No. 6733-A: Order of Continuation and Temporary Injunction, May 12, 1931]
Document in cause no. 6733-A, Gulf Pipe Line Company vs. A. D. Fulton, granting an order of continuation and temporary injunction. The document is unsigned.
[Cause No. 6733-A: Order of Continuation, October 1931]
Document in the cause no. 6733-A, Gulf Pipe Line Company vs. A. D. Fulton, granting a continuation of the cause to the next regular term of the court. This document is unsigned.
[Cause No. 8060-A: Bill of Exception]
Document in cause no. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al., listing nine items the defendants are requesting to have excepted from the court records. This document is unsigned.
[Cause No. 8060-A: Findings of the Jury]
Document in the cause no. 8060-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al., stating the findings of the jury. It states the jury's foreman was J. Z. West and that the cause was decided in favor of the defendants Gulf Pipe Line Company and Gulf Production Company. This document appears to be a draft and has several paragraphs crossed out and some handwritten additions.
[Cause No. 8060-A: Instructions to the Jury]
Document in cause no. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al. stating the instructions to the jury and the jury's decisions to the questions of the cause. There is a handwritten note at the end of the document reading, "J. Z. West - Foreman of the jury, R[..] Sept. 11, 1931."
[Cause No. 8060-A: Plaintiff's Motion for New Trial]
Document in the cause no. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al., requesting a new trial on several counts of error by the court.
[Clipping: Chicago, Rock Island, and Gulf Railway Company v. Martin. No. 12422]
Journal clipping discussing the cause no. 12442, Chicago, Rock Island, & Gulf Railway Company vs. C. L. Martin in the Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth heard on January 31, 1931. The cause was brought by C. L. Martin who alleged his property flooded due to the negligence of the railway company.
[Clipping: Gulf Pipe Line Company v. Bailey, No. 3974]
Journal clipping discussing cause no. 3974, Gulf Pipe Line Company vs. John Bailey, in the Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana, heard June 18, 1931 and denied a rehearing on July 4, 1931. The cause was brought by John Bailey to recover damages for the loss of a herd of cattle due to a levee break at the point where the Gulf Pipe Line Company's line crossed underneath the levee.
[Clipping: Hidalgo County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 v. Peter et al., No. 1256-5642]
Journal clipping discussing cause no. 1256-5642, Hidalgo County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 vs. J. R. Peter et al., in the Commission of Appeals of Texas, Section B, heard April 15, 1931. The original cause was brought by J. R. Peter and other defendants, claiming the plaintiff caused their land to become waterlogged through holding water in the canal near their properties.
[Clipping: International-Great Northern Railroad Company v. Reagan, No. 1013]
Journal clipping discussing cause no. 1013, International-Great Northern Railroad Company vs. P. C. Reagan, in the Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco, heard February 12, 1931 and rehearing denied March 12, 1931. The original cause was brought by P. C. Reagan, alleging that his cotton crop was damaged due to negligence on the part of the railroad company, and appealed by the railroad company after the district court decided in favor of Reagan.
[Clipping: Lone Star Gas Company v. Hutton et ux., No. 3972]
Journal clipping discussing cause no. 3972, Lone Star Gas Company vs. J. R. Hutton and Clara Hutton, in the Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana, heard March 25, 1931 and denied rehearing April 2, 1931. The original suit was brought by J. R. and Clara Hutton for damage to their land allegedly caused by the gas company diverting natural water ways, and the district court's judgement for the Huttons was appealed by the gas company.
[Clipping: Terracing Work Underway Here]
Newspaper clipping of the article, "Terracing Work Here Underway," discussing the terracing of Mark Merchant's farm.
[Clipping: Wichita Valley Railway Company v. Marshall, No. 3549]
Journal clipping discussing cause no. 3549, Wichita Valley Railway Company vs. W. P. Marshall, in the Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo, heard on February 14, 1931 and denied a rehearing on March 11, 1931. The cause was brought by W. P. Marshall to cover damages allegedly caused by the railway company to his land in Dickens County, Texas.
The Corral, Volume [21], Number [3], March, 1931
The Corral literary journal of Simmons University includes editorials and notes regarding societies and happenings within the school as well as original creative fiction, poetry, and jokes.
The Corral, Volume [21], Number 3, May, 1931
The Corral literary journal of Simmons University includes editorials and notes regarding societies and happenings within the school as well as original creative fiction, poetry, and jokes.
Defendant's Jury List
Document listing the potential jurors, likely in connection to the cause, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al. There are notes about the names, including their occupation and addresses and some of the names are crossed out.
[Filing of Cienega Ditch Map]
Document declaring the filing of a land survey and maps of the Cienega Ditch with the office of the State Engineer of New Mexico as notice of D. D. Parramore's ownership of the land. The document is notarized by Robert M. Reynolds, Florence Clifton, and B. E. Lourt.
First Week
Paper titled "First Week" with a list of names and addresses, possibly in connection to the cause no. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al.. There are fifty names with addresses.
[Letter from C. L. Hailey to David W. Stephens, January 12, 1931]
Letter from C. L. Hailey to David W. Stephens discussing two suits by A. D. Fulton against the Gulf Pipe Line Company have been set for trial on February 17.
[Letter from D. D. Parramore to Bill Shugart, January 23, 1931]
Letter from D. D. Parramore to Bill Shugart discussing filing a map of the Cienega Ditch with the surveyor, J. L. Wells, and asking Sugart or Charles Chinoweth to sign as a witness that the ditch existed before 1895. The word, "Coppy", is handwritten in pencil at the top of the letter.
[Letter from D. D. Parramore to J. L. Wells, January 23, 1931]
Letter from D. D. Parramore to J. L. Wells discussing receiving a map of the Cienega Ditch and sending payment for it, signing of legal forms related to the surveying of the ditch, and discussing the existing legal ambiguity of the current ownership of the property. A postscript note at the end of the letter reads, "Am working with Bill Sugart to get Charles Chinoweth or someone else and go up to Lordsburg and sign the papers." The word, "Coppy", is written in pencil at the top of the letter.
[Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles, August 29,1931]
Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles in regards to the case of A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al. Stephens writes that Bliss will be in Abilene to round up the witnesses but if Sayles knowns an engineer to look at the Fulton property.
[Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles, February 9, 1931]
Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles discussing an amended decision in the case, "A.D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Co. et al."
[Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles, June 1,1931]
Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles discussing that Stephens will be in Abilene Thursday morning with the motion for a new trial.
[Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles, May 13, 1931]
Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles remitting an order for the Gulf Pipe Line Company vs. A. D. Fulton case.
[Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles, May 15, 1931]
Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles discussing Sayles legal fee in the case "A. D. Fulton vs Gulf Pipe Line Company et. al." There is an additional handwritten note that continues on to the back of the letter.
[Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles, May 29, 1931]
Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles delivering an order for the A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company case. If Sayles approves, he is to have Dallas Scarborough approve and deliver it to the judge.
[Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles, November 2, 1931]
Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles discussing the A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al. case. The motion for new trial has been overruled.
[Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles, October 15, 1931]
Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles discussing the A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company case. Scarborough has motioned for new trial, but Sayles disagrees.
[Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles, October 26, 1931]
Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles discussing the Gulf Pipe Line Company vs. A.D. Fulton case. Stephens provide an order to continue the case and injunction.
[Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles, September 1, 1931]
Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles discussing a terracing job to be done by Jim Gardner on property related to the A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company case.
[Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles, September 15, 1931]
Letter from David W. Stephens to John Sayles delivering a judgment draft for the A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company case. If approved, Stephens is to have the court sign and enter the judgment. Handwritten text at the bottom of the letter: "P. S. Please also check which of our requests...were published. DWS."
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