[Cause No. 3677: Transcript of Court Proceedings] (open access)

[Cause No. 3677: Transcript of Court Proceedings]

Transcript of the proceedings in cause no. 3677, W. O. Rainwater vs. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company. The transcript lists the witness testimony of W. O. Rainwater and G. A. Rainwater as questioned by Gilbert Smith and Jack Sayles.
Date: May 24, 1938
Creator: Henry, Lee S.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Sayles, May 23, 1914 ] (open access)

[Letter from Henry Sayles, May 23, 1914 ]

Letter from Henry Sayles requesting advice on delinquent tax suits to discover if it is believed he owes delinquent taxes.
Date: May 23, 1914
Creator: Sayles, Henry
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 3677: Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company's Acknowledgement of Final Judgment and Intention to Appeal] (open access)

[Cause No. 3677: Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company's Acknowledgement of Final Judgment and Intention to Appeal]

Document in Cause No. 3677, W. O. Rainwater vs. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, in which the oil company acknowledges the court's judgment in favor of Rainwater and states their intention to appeal. This document is unsigned.
Date: May 1938
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 3677: Correction to the Judgment] (open access)

[Cause No. 3677: Correction to the Judgment]

Document in cause no. 3677, W. O. Rainwater vs. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, correcting an error in the original judgment. The amendment is in the final paragraph, setting the appeal bond at $450.00 instead of the incorrect $50.00.
Date: May 21, 1938
Creator: Spraberry, E. M.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 3677: Statement of the Testimony] (open access)

[Cause No. 3677: Statement of the Testimony]

Transcript of the testimony of W. O. Rainwater and G. A. Rainwater in cause no. 3677, W. O. Rainwater vs. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company. Both men were questioned by Jack Sayles and Gilbert Smith, recounting their knowledge about the case.
Date: May 24, 1938
Creator: Henry, Lee S.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jack Sayles to Dan Childress, May 17, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from Jack Sayles to Dan Childress, May 17, 1940]

Letter from Jack Sayles to Dan Childress, copied to Gilbert Smith, acknowledging the "receipt of copy of appellee's motion for rehearing" in Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company vs. W. O. Rainwater.
Date: May 17, 1940
Creator: Sayles, Jack
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. L. Barrett to Henry Sayles, May 25, 1914] (open access)

[Letter from R. L. Barrett to Henry Sayles, May 25, 1914]

Letter from R. L. Barrett to Henry Sayles discussing the need for a list of all land that Sayles owns in order to procure an exact list of taxes he may be delinquent on.
Date: May 25, 1914
Creator: Barrett, R. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of Henry Sayles. Franco Lands. (open access)

Report of Henry Sayles. Franco Lands.

Financial report on the purchase of land from Franco Land Co. over the course of several years.
Date: 1890-05-02/1898-05-02
Creator: Sayles, Henry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gilbert Smith to Dan Childress, May 15, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from Gilbert Smith to Dan Childress, May 15, 1940]

Letter from Gilbert Smith to Dan Childress discussing cause no. 1988, Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company vs. W. O. Rainwater. The letters states that the Appellee's Motion for Rehearing is enclosed and that a copy has also been sent to Sayles & Sayles.
Date: May 15, 1940
Creator: Smith, Gilbert
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Mary E. Sayles vs. The County of Jones, Texas: Petition to Appeal] (open access)

[Mary E. Sayles vs. The County of Jones, Texas: Petition to Appeal]

Unsigned petition to appeal in the case of Mary E. Sayles vs. The County of Jones, Texas, that states a timeline of incidents beginning with Mary E. Sayles being notified of construction of a public road through part of her land, her request for compensation, the courts' denial due to the high importance of the road, and Mary E. Sayles and her attorneys' decision to appeal the judgement.
Date: May 15, 1905
Creator: Sayles, Mary E.; Sayles, Henry, Jr. & Harris, George C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope Addressed to Sayles & Sayles, May 15, 1940] (open access)

[Envelope Addressed to Sayles & Sayles, May 15, 1940]

Envelope addressed to "Sayles & Sayles, Attorneys at Law, Abilene, Texas" and with the return of address, "Gilbert Smith Attorneys at Law, Anson, Texas."
Date: May 15, 1939
Creator: Smith, Gilbert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land Owners to be Compensated] (open access)

[Land Owners to be Compensated]

Court decision to compensate a list of land owners for a public road being constructed through parts of their properties.
Date: May 10, 1905
Creator: Jones County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Last Will and Testament of Mary E. Sayles, May 29, 1914] (open access)

[Last Will and Testament of Mary E. Sayles, May 29, 1914]

Copy of the last will and testament of Mary E. Sayles, in which she bequeaths much of her property to her daughters, Mary and Emma Sayles, and names her son and her son-in-law, Henry Sayles and George C. Harris, as the executors of the will. The copy was typewritten by John Sayles and compared to the original by he and Perry Sayles, who both deemed it an accurate copy of the original.
Date: May 29, 1914
Creator: Sayles, Mary E.; Sayles, John & Sayles, Perry
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History