Cochise County Court case transcripts, ca. 1912-1928.

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Cochise County Court case transcripts, ca. 1912-1928.

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Summary: Typed or shorthand versions of court case testimony mostly relating to land, insurance and bankruptcy cases between 1926 and 1927. These are in shorthand. A few earlier transcripts, 1912-1917, are typed copies. Highlights are a Martin Costello estate case that mentions several Tombstone mines, ca. 1900-1910, a case against James Hamilton for selling liquor in Douglas during prohibition, a case of Lobb vs. Avenenta about water irrigation rights on forty acres in Pinal County, and the bankruptcy of the Southern Arizona Motor Company, partly owned by Fred Ronstadt and C. Edgar Goyette. There is also a case contesting a homestead of Jane Wentworth, widow of Henry Wentworth with testimony from J. Rukin Jelks, Philip Contzen, and others.

2.5 linear ft. (5 boxes)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Walker, John Wayne, 1941-

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Biographical note: Attorney, John W. Walker was born in Bloomington, Indiana, studied law until 1897, then studied shorthand reporting in Washington, D. C. He came to Tombstone in 1903, was official court reporter in Tombstone while it was the county seat of Cochise County and in 1917 moved to Tucson where he was clerk under U. S. District Court Judge William H. Sawtelle. He retired in March 1947 and died in December 1948. From the description of Cochise County Court case transcripts...