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Burns & Burns

Records, 1871-1910, n.d., Ms94-032, 2.0 cu. ft.

Introduction/Scope and Content:

The collection consists of the office records of Burns & Burns, Attorneys at Law, of Lebanon, Virginia. The records begin as those of Burns & Ayers until approximately 1900, when the firm changed its name to Burns & Burns and was headed by William E. Burns. The records consist of case files, legal briefs, correspondence, circuit court petitions, and collection notices. Corporate clients include the Norfolk & Western Railway Company, Clinch Valley Coal & Iron Company, the Long Pole Lumber Company, the Bassett Jewelry Company, and the Illinois Sewing Machine Company, among others. The firm also defended several people against the Commonwealth of Virginia in murder trials.

Provenance:

The Burns & Burns collection was purchased in 1994 from Bookworm & Silverfish of Wytheville, Virginia. The collection was processed in 1996 by Helen Harrison, and in 1998 by Gina Ellis, student assistants, and Laura Katz Smith, Manuscripts Curator, Special Collections Department.

Contents List:

Box 1

  • Folder 1: 1871-97--Elizabeth Samples vs. Stuart Land & Cattle Company, land dower dispute
  • Folder 2: 1891-95--W.A. Stewart vs. A.S. Carter, land dispute
  • Folder 3: 1892-98--H.C. Stuart vs. J.H. Tow, collection
  • Folder 4: 1892-1918--Miscellaneous collection correspondence
  • Folder 5: 1893--Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia at Wytheville, James S. Helton vs. P.L. Johnson
  • Folder 6: 1893-96--R. Stinson & Son vs. Harris & Stinson, collection
  • Folder 7: 1893-98--L.B. Self vs. A.K. Couch, collection
  • Folder 8: 1893-1905--Holland addition (Coeburn Land & Improvement Co.)
  • Folder 9: 1894--W.H. Barrow vs. C.W. Hunt, collection
  • Folder 10: 1894--Brown vs. B.J. Wysor, collection
  • Folder 11: 1894--James S. Helton vs. P.L. Johnson
  • Folder 12: 1894--P.L. Johnson vs. L. Finney, collection
  • Folder 13: 1894--Pocahontas Inn vs. Samuel Ashton Jr., collection
  • Folder 14: 1894--Tucker & Co. vs. Harris and Stinson, collection
  • Folder 15: 1894-95--H.C. Stuart vs. Sue G. Hancock, estate settlement
  • Folder 16: 1894-96--Commonwealth of Virginia vs. W.N. Rensch
  • Folder 17: 1894-96--Campbell vs. Carter's heirs
  • Folder 18: 1895--Commonwealth of Virginia vs. John Wilson, felony
  • Folder 19: 1895--Dr. Harter Medicine Co. vs. L.J. Johnson, collection
  • Folder 20: 1895-96--Mary E. Stinson vs. Margaret Hargis, estate settlement
  • Folder 21: 1895-96--Tucker & Co. vs. H.C. Davis, collection
  • Folder 22: 1895-97--Powers, Little & Co. vs. J.H. Humphreys, collection
  • Folder 23: 1895-98--J.T. Puckett vs. D. Getzendanner, collection
  • Folder 24: 1896--Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Alfred Goff et al
  • Folder 25: 1896--Huntsman Bros. & Co. vs. J.B. Fuller, collection
  • Folder 26: 1896--Elizabeth Rasnick vs. Reuben Banner
  • Folder 27: 1896--J.M. Robinson Norton & Co.vs J.T. Kendrick & Co., collection
  • Folder 28: 1896--Tucker & Co. vs. Honaker Produce & Supply, collection
  • Folder 29: 1896-99--Debt collections against T.K. Wallace
  • Folder 30: 1896-1918--Miscellaneous postcards
  • Folder 31: 1896-1924--Miscellaneous envelopes
  • Folder 32: 1897--The Fidelity Insurance, Trust Safe & Deposit Co. vs. Norfolk & Western Railroad Co.
  • Folder 33: 1897--Norfolk & Western Railway and Lebanon & Cleveland Telephone papers concerning placement of telephone equipment on N & W property
  • Folder 34: 1897--M.L. Ogburn & Co. vs. J.J. Dickenson, collection
  • Folder 35: 1897--The Russell College vs. A.F. Hunt, collection
  • Folder 36: 1897--The Russell College vs. H. Sawyers, collection
  • Folder 37: 1897--H.A. Shoemaker vs. James S. Helton and V.B. Meade, collection
  • Folder 38: 1897--Martha Ann Street vs. Wilson et al, land deed
  • Folder 39: 1898--The Piano Manufacturing Co. vs. William E. Fields, collection
  • Folder 40: 1898-99--Jackson, Oglesby & Co. vs. H.D. Lockhart & Co., collection
  • Folder 41: 1898-99--Pearre Bros. & Co. vs. C.H. Compton & Co., collection
  • Folder 42: 1898-1900--Letters of Jane Collins, Jack Hardin, C.E. Stafford and others concerning Burns & Ayers interest in land and timber
  • Folder 43: 1898-1900--Pearre Bros. & Co. vs. C.H. Compton & Co.
  • Folder 44: 1898-1903--J.H. Meade vs. M.V. Fletcher
  • Folder 45: 1900--Receipt for writ tax in Burns & Ayers vs. J.B. Fugate
  • Folder 46: 1900--Letter concerning Howard vs. N & W Railway
  • Folder 47: 1900--F.R. Penn Tobacco Co. vs. H.F. Garrett & Co., collection
  • Folder 48: 1900-01--Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Taylor Horton and Henry Horton
  • Folder 49: 1900-05--Ashbrook and Thomas vs. A.J. Kaufhold
  • Folder 50: 1901-02--Powers, Little & Co. vs. C. Wallace, collection
  • Folder 51: 1901-02--Powers, Little & Co. vs. T.K. Wallace & Son, collection
  • Folder 52: 1901-04--Fee bills for J.B. Ashbrook
  • Folder 53: 1902--C.S. and J.H. Bradshaw vs. G.C. Gose, Administrator
  • Folder 54: 1902-04--H.H. Dickenson & Son vs. H.B. Ferguson
  • Folder 55: 1902-07--Benjamin Dye vs. J.C. Artrip
  • Folder 56: 1903--G.W. Quarles & Co. vs. J.E. Monk
  • Folder 57: 1903--Cyrus Blankenship vs. W.M. Ritter Lumber Co.
  • Folder 58: 1903--W.E. Burns correspondence concerning Robert Cross loan with the Princeton Banking Co.
  • Folder 59: 1903--Clinch Valley Barytes Co. Vs. J. McGlothins heirs
  • Folder 60: 1903--A. Combs vs. R. Clark
  • Folder 61: 1903--Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Frank A. Smith
  • Folder 62: 1903--Wolford Bros. Vs. Barney Thompson
  • Folder 63: 1903-05--Interstate Coal & Iron Co. and Clinch Valley Coal & Iron Co. vs. John Cook's heirs (also, see same vs. John Warder's heirs)
  • Folder 64: 1903-06--Interstate Coal & Iron Co. and Clinch Valley Coal & Iron Co. vs. John Warder's heirs (also, see same vs. John Cook's heirs)
  • Folder 65: 1903-06--Incorporation of Swords Creek Coal and Coke Co.
  • Folder 66: 1903-08--John W. Ball vs. Clinch Valley Barytes Co.
  • Folder 67: 1903-09--Mary E. Counts vs. Lot Counts, et al
  • Folder 68: 1904--J.W. Bastic vs. John C. Fugate, debt

Box 2

  • Folder 1: 1904--McCue & Wright Milling Co. vs. J.H. Shoemaker (Collection)
  • Folder 2: 1904--Office of W.W. Bird, commissioner of Lebanon, VA, depositions concerning S.M. McEwen vs. Dawson Coal & Coke
  • Folder 3: 1904--W.L. Dennis vs. Parris Charles, collection
  • Folder 4: 1904--Elk Garden Mercantile Co. vs. C.J. Dickenson
  • Folder 5: 1904--Enterprise Foundry Co. vs. Robinson and Sharmaker
  • Folder 6: 1904--H.C. Ketron vs. Geo W.H. Gilmer, partition
  • Folder 7: 1904--Wilson Litton vs. Mary Litton, settlement of Salomon Litton's estate
  • Folder 8: 1904--Contract for Long Pole Lumber Co. and William H. Haire
  • Folder 9: 1904--McCue & Wright Milling Co. vs. J.E. Monk, collection
  • Folder 10: 1904--McEwen depositions concerning suit against Dawson Coal & Coke
  • Folder 11: 1904--S.N. Johnson vs. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
  • Folder 12: 1904--H.C. Smith letter to Burns & Burns
  • Folder 13: 1904--Thompson & Crockett vs. Norfolk and Western Railway Co.
  • Folder 14: 1904--In re Kilgore's direct index and reference to deed books
  • Folder 15: 1904--Isaac Eberly vs. Paris Charles
  • Folder 16: 1904-05--Flat Top Grocery Co. vs. J.H. Shoemaker
  • Folder 17: 1904-05--Myrtle Harris vs. Charlie Harris, partition
  • Folder 18: 1904-05--William Honaker vs. Isaac Honaker, collection
  • Folder 19: 1904-05--W.A. Scott & Co. vs. G.E. Burnett, collection
  • Folder 20: 1904-05--John N. Watkins vs. W.J. Williamson, collection
  • Folder 21: 1904-05--M.D. Wells vs. T.K. Wallace & Sons
  • Folder 22: 1904-09--R.E. Hawley vs. H.H. Aston
  • Folder 23: 1905--J.B. Bradshaw vs. Cosby Bradshaw, suit to partition land
  • Folder 24: 1905--Bluefield Furniture Co. vs. G.E. Burnett
  • Folder 25: 1905--L. Finney vs. Long Pole Lumber Co.
  • Folder 26: 1905--Morgan Justus vs. W.M. Ritter Lumber Co.
  • Folder 27: 1905--Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Joe Doston
  • Folder 28: 1905--Bluefield Hardware Co. vs. Brown & Cyphers (collection)
  • Folder 29: 1905--G.W. Price vs. Norfolk and Western Railway Co.
  • Folder 30: 1905--Wilbur Stock Food Co. vs. J.T. Brattin
  • Folder 31: 1905--Spencer Tracy Co. vs. Banner Co. (Collection)
  • Folder 32: 1905--Sweer, Orr Co. vs. D. Banner (Collection)
  • Folder 33: 1905--Bluefield Furniture Co. vs. M.L. Barrett (collection)
  • Folder 34: 1905-06--A.C. Fowler vs.Long Pole Lumber Co., collection
  • Folder 35: 1905-06--A. D. Shoemaker vs. Gardner Barytes
  • Folder 36: 1905-06--Flanders vs. Salyer Bros.
  • Folder 37: 1905-10--William Nash and Fullen Nash vs. Yellow Poplar Lumber Co., Excelsior Coal & Lumber Co., Russell Fork Coal & Lumber Co., and Virginia Trust Co.
  • Folder 38: 1906--Elliot vs. Elliot, estate settlement
  • Folder 39: 1906--Douglas H. Gordon vs. R.G. Watkins, estate settlement
  • Folder 40: 1906--Guggenheimer & Co. vs. Banner & House, collection
  • Folder 41: 1906--Thomas McCloud vs. Clinch Valley Barytes Co., contract dispute
  • Folder 42: 1906--The Red Cross Supply Co. vs. Mrs. Amanda Collins, collection
  • Folder 43: 1906--J.C. Smith correspondence to C.C. Burns concerning Counts vs. Counts
  • Folder 44: 1906--Abbey Wilson and Robert Coleman vs. Abel McFaddin and J.C. Pipper, collection
  • Folder 45: 1906-07--A.C. Fowler vs. Hutchinson Lumber & Manufacturing Co., collection
  • Folder 46: 1906-07--Bassett Jewelry Co. vs. L.L. Bays & Sons
  • Folder 47: 1906-08--Illinois Sewing Machine Co. vs. A.D. Stewart & Co., collection
  • Folder 48: 1906-08--J.I. Hunt vs. J.H. Chandler
  • Folder 49: 1906-09--Travelers Insurance Co. vs. Clinch Valley Baryter Co.
  • Folder 50: 1907--Thomas, Andrews & Co. vs. Salyer Bros.
  • Folder 51: 1908--Baltimore Bargain House vs. Perry Honaker & Co., collection
  • Folder 52: 1908--Bowser & Co. vs. A.L. Grizzle, collection
  • Folder 53: 1908--Guggenheimer & Co. vs. O'Keita Planning Mill Co., collection
  • Folder 54: 1908--Illinois Sewing Machine Co. vs. A.L. Grizzle, collection
  • Folder 55: 1908-09--Stebbins Specialty Co. vs. T. R. Robinson, collection
  • Folder 56: 1908-09--O.H. Viall vs. Boyd & Alderson, collection
  • Folder 57: 1909--E.R. Boyd note to C.C. Burns concerning Illinois Sewing Machine Co. vs. Henry Ratliff
  • Folder 58: 1910--Correspondence between Robertson, Burns, and Morison concerning McEwen vs. Dawson Coal & Coke Co.
  • Folder 59: n.d.--Ashbrook & Thomas vs. A.J. Kaufhold
  • Folder 60: n.d.--Sarah Barton vs. Jasper Cook's heirs
  • Folder 61: n.d.--Commonwealth of Virginia vs. David Ball and Cornelius Ball
  • Folder 62: n.d.--Commonwealth of Virginia vs. George Cook
  • Folder 63: n.d.--Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Lindsay Thompson and Gregory Burnett
  • Folder 64: n.d.--Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Wiley Oquinn
  • Folder 65: n.d.--Charles Johnson vs. James L Smith and wife, ejectment
  • Folder 66: n.d.--Russell County Circuit Court depositions for S.M. McEwen vs. Dawson Coal & Coke Co.
  • Folder 67: n.d.--Dr. J.M. Taulbee vs. Russell County
  • Folder 68: n.d.--Abstract title of George A. Warder, et al
  • Folder 69: n.d.--Songs and memoriam by L.A. Killion written about his parents. Deed to L. Killion included.

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