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[Document Relating to the Abilene & Southern Railway Company's Petition to Condemn Property in Abilene, Texas]

Description: Document relating the Abilene & Southern Railway Company's petition to condemn properties in Abilene, Texas which are necessary to construct and operate a railroad between Abilene and Winters, Texas. The document contains blank spaces to fill in the details of the case and is unsigned.
Date: August 7, 1909
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Cause No. 6151]

Description: Document in the cause no. 6151, the consolidated suit, R. L. Over et al. and J. W. Bettis et al. vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company, containing a statement of facts, transcripts of witness testimony, and the exhibits of evidence. The cause is regarding right of ways across the defendants' properties.
Date: August 20, 1927
Creator: Hillyer, L. D.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Leasing Contract for Stephens County Property]

Description: Contract between Mary E. Sayles and J. W. Dooley in which Sayles agrees to lease 177 acres of land in Stephens county at certain rates and under certain conditions to Mr. Dooley. Title at the top of the document reads, "(Copy.) This Lease in Duplicate. (This the duplicate.)"
Date: August 10, 1897
Creator: Sayles, Mary E.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Gulf Pipe Line Company vs. Over & Bettis: Incompetent Evidence

Description: Document in the case, Gulf Pipe Line Company vs. Over & Bettis, listing several prior cases in which incompetent evidence was a factor. There is an unsigned statement on the last page stating that an unnamed defendant was informed of the date of the hearing and that he was required to appear, but failed to appear because J. W. Bettis told him not to.
Date: August 1927
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Sale of Timber From Mary E. Sayles to Henry G. King - Draft]

Description: Draft of documentation of the sale of timber rights on portions of land owned by Mary E. Sales over to Henry G. King, on the stipulation that he will remove all the timber within 15 years. A correction in pen is marked int he last paragraph and a note is handwritten at the bottom of the page.
Date: August 21, 1902
Creator: Sayles, Mary E.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Cause Number 2827: Findings and Awarded Damages]

Description: Document explaining the findings in the cause Abilene & Southern Railway Company vs. J. H. Miller and wife Hannah J. Miller and A. K. Levy and the Heirs of J. H. Miller and wife Hannah J. Miller and A. K. Levy. The document lists the damages to be paid by the railway company and grants the railway company the right to take possession of the properties, Lots 11 and 12 in Block D of the Miller and Mouser Subdivision of Blocks 191 and 192 in Abilene, Texas.
Date: August 8, 1909
Creator: Motz, Charles; McKinney, P. M. & McDonald, A. F.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Senator Tom Connally - August 31, 1944]

Description: A letter written to Senator Tom Connally, Washington, D. C., from T. N. Carswell, Abilene Chamber of Commerce, Abilene, Texas, dated August 31, 1944. Carswell advises that while in Washington he and Mr. E. M. Collier were in Connally's office and gives his assurance that Mrs. Carr provided the information they were seeking regarding a Veterans Hospital for Texas.
Date: August 31, 1944
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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