Only volume 3 of transcript. Begins with testimony. Cause of action difficult to determine. Miller was a lumber dealer.

2 folders.

The unnamed deceased visited & had an illicit relationship with Jerusha Glover who lived with her mother Rebecca. ____ Arrants was visiting the Glovers one night with the dec., & asked the dec'd to collect firewood with him. When out in the wood, the Glovers heard a shot then Arrants returned quite shaken. Both Arrants & Richards were seen leaving the area soon after, & were accused of murdering the dec'd. Case mentions no name of dec'd, & no first names of the accused.

Henderson & son had agreements with J. P. Gardner, to access lumber on the "Gardner Property." Hensley was contracted to haul lumber for Henderson, but fraudulently removed and sold lumber from the tract without paying Henderson. Henderson paid Gardner in advance to farm his land. Henderson ordered to pay $155 for the timber he stole.

Additional Plaintiff: John Preston. Court of Origin: Court of Pleas at Sullivan County.

Additional Complainants: David R. Vance, Elizabeth Vance, Tirritha J. Blevins, R. E. Lee Booker, William Blevins, Nancy J. Blevins. Additional Defendants: George Booker, E. H. Gray. Complainants are the heirs of J. T. Booker, dec.

This case is incomplete. It is an East Tennessee case. Taylor owed Smith some money. He paid some back. Taylor says he paid it back in full, while Smith contends that he is still owed more.

Incomplete file; opinion only

Gammons borrowed $9,000 to buy cattle & take them to market. While taking some to market, they met Crockett, who was partner in a firm in business of buying & selling cattle. (Firm also included brothers Thomas & Absalom Flourer [Flouree], defs, & the Hamiltons.) Gammons agreed to sell to this firm the cattle they were then taking to market, but to date the firm has paid only $4,000 of the $10,664.75 selling price. Absalom Flourer has since died & Thomas is his admr.

The plaintiff entered into an agreement with the defendants to purchase a house and land. The plaintiff paid for the purchase, in part, with tobacco. The defendants now refuse to provide the deed to the house and land, claiming the tobacco was not worth the agreed upon amount.

In 1859, the plaintiff purchased from the defendant 760 bushels of wheat at 85 cents per bushel and agreed by contract to split profits with the defendant should the flour be sold at $5 per barrel. The plaintiff later executed 4 notes of unknown amounts to the defendant per the contract. The defendant later filed a bill against the plaintiff for a debt, but the plaintiff states the executed notes covered the amount agreed upon. The bill is a response in that the plaintiff should be credited $280 for debt

Smith swore a warrant against Ramey for "Debt due to damage to Plaintiff's automobile caused by the negligent driving of the defendant [sic], in a sum under $500.00." Exhibit is a receipt for repairs made by a Kingsport Chevrolet dealer, W. A. [name torn off]. Court of origin identified as Law Court.

Palmer bought an island on the south fork of the Holston River, in order to build a mill. This land cut into Stoffle's land, whom the tract was purchased from. Palmer was meant to pay for any trees he cut down, but not for the ones left standing. The two were in disagreement about the use and boundaries of property once building commenced.

Incomplete case. Case mentions an unnamed child in the suit is identified as the legitimate child of James R. Gibson, deceased.

Additional Parties: Unknown.

Order to stop collection of two judgments recovered against plaintiff in the case of James W. Wyly v. Adam Waterford, Sullivan County.

Includes insurance policy contract.

Cox sued James White for a debt he owed, after which James died & the suit was revived against Eliza, admr. of James' estate. Eliza defended against the suit, arguing that both she & James were Virginia residents & that letters of administration were issued in Virginia, not Tennessee; hence, the suit should be dismissed.

Crouch sued Mullenix for possession of a bay mare taken from him and unlawfully detained from him by Mullenix. Court ruled in favor of defendant and dismissed suit.

Pltf sued to recover $400 on a bond to be invalid if certain conditions were unmet, the bond was unpaid, still valid, and for a plot of land.

Jim Cole sought recovery of his pro rata share of $5,000 paid to Alice in the wrongful death of his father, Ben Cole. Surviving Ben were wife Alice and children Jim, Landon Cole, Hugh Cole, Mamie Taylor, Oakley Arnold, and Earnest Cole. Alice's illegitimate son, Walter Cole, also shared in the inheritance. Jim claimed that he was gypped out of his true share.

Origin of debt: promissory note. Exhibits include promissory notes, correspondences, cancelled check, Plaintiff alias: Haltznecht, Holzknecht. Add. Plaintiffs: William Holtnecht. Add. Defendant: T. R. Bandy.