[Letter from J. L. Wells to J. J. Parramore, January 7, 1931 (open access)

[Letter from J. L. Wells to J. J. Parramore, January 7, 1931

Letter from J. L. Wells to J. J. Parramore discussing why Mr. Atwood is out office, promising to complete a map of the Cienega Ditch while having Atwood draw up a form of oath for Parramore, Sugart, and Chinoweth to sign. He requests the first initials of Chinoweth and Sugart, to which a response is written at the bottom of the page from Dock Dilworth Parramore that reads, "Called Cienega Ditch. Wm Sugart Charles Chinoweth. D.D.P."
Date: January 7, 1931
Creator: Wells, J. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 6080-A: Defendants' First Amended Original Answer] (open access)

[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.
Date: 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 6080-A: Defendants' First Motion for Continuance] (open access)

[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.
Date: February 17, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 6080-A: Final Judgement] (open access)

[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.
Date: May 13, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 6080-A: Instructions to the Jury] (open access)

[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.
Date: 1931~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 6080-A: Instructions to the Jury] (open access)

[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.
Date: April 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 6080-A: Judgement of the Jury] (open access)

[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.
Date: May 13, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 6080-A: Order Granting Motion for New Trial] (open access)

[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.
Date: June 5, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 6080-A: Order Granting Plaintiff's Motion for New Trial] (open access)

[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.
Date: 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 6080-A: Plaintiff's Bill of Exception No. 1] (open access)

[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.
Date: April 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 6733-A: Order of Continuance, May 12, 1931] (open access)

[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.
Date: May 12, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 6733-A: Order of Continuation and Temporary Injunction, May 12, 1931] (open access)

[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.
Date: May 12, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 6733-A: Order of Continuation, October 1931] (open access)

[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.
Date: October 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 8060-A: Findings of the Jury] (open access)

[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.
Date: September 9, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 8060-A: Instructions to the Jury] (open access)

[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."
Date: September 11, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Gulf Pipe Line Company v. Bailey, No. 3974] (open access)

[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.
Date: 1931~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Terracing Work Underway Here] (open access)

[Clipping: Terracing Work Underway Here]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "Terracing Work Here Underway," discussing the terracing of Mark Merchant's farm.
Date: July 19, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Defendant's Jury List (open access)

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.
Date: 1931~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
First Week (open access)

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.
Date: 1931~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. S. to David W. Stephens, August 31, 1931] (open access)

[Letter from J. S. to David W. Stephens, August 31, 1931]

Letter from J. S. to David W. Stephens discussing the case, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Co. et al, and recommending two engineers to "ascertain acreage drained from west."
Date: August 31, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. S. to David W. Stephens, May 14, 1931] (open access)

[Letter from J. S. to David W. Stephens, May 14, 1931]

Letter from J. S. to David W. Stephens requesting payment for their time spent working on the case, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al.
Date: May 14, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. S. to David W. Stephens, October 26, 1931] (open access)

[Letter from J. S. to David W. Stephens, October 26, 1931]

Letter from J. S. to David W. Stephens discussing the continuation of the court case, Gulf Pipe Line Co. vs. A. D. Fulton.
Date: October 26, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. S. to David W. Stephens, September 2, 1931] (open access)

[Letter from J. S. to David W. Stephens, September 2, 1931]

Letter from J. S. to David W. Stephens discussing having an engineer, Mr. Jim Gardner looking over a property owned by Mr. Riney, relating to the court case, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al.
Date: September 2, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. S. to David W. Stephens, September 15, 1931] (open access)

[Letter from J. S. to David W. Stephens, September 15, 1931]

Letter from J. S. to David W. Stephens discussing the plaintiff's motion for a new trial in the cause no. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al..
Date: September 15, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History