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Title Switzerland Company in Account with Taliaferro and Clarkson
Title Note Tally of disbursements to those representing the Switzerland Company
Date December 16, 1939
Description Shows the receipt of $25,000 paid to the Switzerland Company by the State Highway Commission, as well as how much was disbursed to the legal team that represented the Switzerland Company and how much went to pay debts the Switzerland Company owed.
Commentary The settlement barely covered the Switzerland Company's legal fees and outstanding debts. Box 11.
Location Location Name: Little Switzerland
Parkway Milepost: 330.8
Latitude: 35.849672
Longitude: -82.091147
Creator Organization Taliferro & Clarkson
Tags Clarkson, Francis O.
Clarkson, Heriot
Ehringhaus, J.C.B. (John Christoph Blucher)
Lawsuits
Little Switzerland (N.C.)
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Switzerland Company
Taliaferro, Carol D.
Credit Francis O. Clarkson Papers, #3275, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.