Dorsey Law Practice Collection--Property Disputes

Name/Title

Dorsey Law Practice Collection--Property Disputes

Entry/Object ID

2018.011.0034

Scope and Content

1 folder ; 9 5/8 x 14 3/4" Members of the Dorsey family practiced law in the county for generations. It is not always obvious what the fuss is about in these documents. No date Handwritten on the back of two sheets of a St. Mary's Enterprise note pad, a property description without the degrees and perches of somewhere in far south county by Rook's Lodge. A third large sheet has two descriptions of property nearby. No date Pen and ink sketch of the road from Valley Lee to St. George Island where the old road loops to the right and returns, during which it intersects with the road to Springers. There may be a wood lot at issue. February 1923 Auditor's report to the court for an equity case about the sale of real estate that was in an estate. When all the attorneys' fees and other fees were allowed, the many claimants received very little cash. May 8, 1926 Bevins Morris in St. Inigoes offered C. L. Meredith about eighty acres for $7500. He then offered to sell the timber and the land piecemeal. June 1, 1926 Bevins Morris asked Mr. Dorsey to hold off drawing the deed until Norris and Meredith can speak further. 1932 Draft of a complaint that Benjamin Millison dug a ditch across adjacent properties without asking and flooded those properties with both water and sand. There is also a sketch of the offending ditch and the properties.

Collection

Dorsey Law Practice Collection

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1923 - 1932

Location

Container

Dorsey Law Practice Collection, Box 2

Shelf

Rack 07, Shelf 1

Rack

Rack 07

Wall

West wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall

Container

Dorsey Law Practice Collection, Box 1

Shelf

Rack 07, Shelf 1

Rack

Rack 07

Wall

West wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall

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Abell, Edward S.

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Agy-Alexander, Helen L.

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Agy, George

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Agy, Leonard

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Alexander, Harry

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Baker, Rena Lacy Allen

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Barker, Odelia V.

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Bowles, D. J.

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Brooke, William G.

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Burroughs, Eugene S.

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Butler, Ada P.

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Butler, Mildred L.

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Butler, Philip

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Cissell, John P.

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Dent, George B.

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Dorsey, Philip H.

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Harper, Gertrude Olive

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Harper, Jesse

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Hawkins, Barbara

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Jones, Rachel E.

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Jones, William E.

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Kerrick, Alma

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Kerrick, Almira

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Kerrick, Beatrice

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Kerrick, Elmira

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Kerrick, Eugenia A.

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Kerrick, Hilda

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Kerrick, Janet

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Kerrick, Julius M.

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Kerrick, Malcolm J.

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Kerrick, Marjorie

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Kerrick, Melvin P.

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Kerrick, Myrtle

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Kerrick, Vernon

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Medley, Richard

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Meredith, C. L.

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Millison, Benjamin

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Morris, Bevins2

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Peach, S. Marvin

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Shreve, James H.

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Smith, Edna E.

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Smith, Sarah C.

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Thomas, Ella B.

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Thomas, George W.

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Thomas, Philip W.

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Thompson, Edna May

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Thorne, Millard

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Washington, Stephen

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Wilmer, L. Allison