Barcroft [Bearcroft] Beaver & Co. (partnership in Philadelphia, PA, comprised of Stacy B. Barcroft, Thomas Beaver, John H. March, Wetheral Lee, Thomas S. Foster & Samuel T. Curley) claimed Lynn owed the firm $1069.28. Lynn apparently owed money to other Philadelphia merchants as well. Thomas Tittsworth was trustee of deed of trust that Lynn executed to convey land for Tittsworth to hold in trust for satisfaction of his various debts.

Additional Defendants: Henry Catron and Joseph Newland.

McCrowell, carpenter, worked for Betterton on house in Bristol, TN. Betterton (Knoxville liquor & tobacco dealer) sued McCrowell for debt owed for items bought from Betterton's store, W.J. Betterton & Bros Store House, but McCrowell says Betterton still owed him for work on house. McCrowell says if he ever bought from store, he always pd for what he got; only other dealings w/Betterton: purchase of grindstone in 1860 (for which he pd). Transcript references General Stoneman's raid on Bristol in Dec 1864.

Exhibits include plat maps, court documents. Additional defendant: City of Bristol.

Other plaintiffs: William Lynn, admr. of John Lynn, dec.; John Lynn; Joseph Lynn; Samuel Lynn; Charles Lynn; Alexander Lynn; Samuel Rhea; Martha Rhea (nee Lynn); Phillips Wood; Eliza Wood (nee Lynn); Catherine Lynn; Ann Eliza Gamble; Lynn Gamble; Joseph Gamble; Carroll Gamble. Defendant was widow of John Lynn, dec. Over partition of land in estate.

Additional defendants: Henry Barker and Lucille Barker Morrison. Defendants leased a tract of land to Merman for $50 a month. Merman had paid off every month and asked if rent could be dropped to $35 a month temporarily due to the Depression, which J.M. Barker Jr. agreed to. He later informed Pla. that he rented property to someone else even when Pla. offered to pay the $120 unpaid balance. Pla. sought certiorari against def. for possession of land from their earlier unlawful detainer case.

Case file incomplete; opinion only.

Fitzgerald sued Cox for $162.50 Cox owed for a wagon, horse & merchandise Fitzgerald delivered to Cox from the store of James A Wells. The transaction is a bit more complicated, as it also involved an obligation owed to Fitzgerald by Sally Cox & William K. Hulse, and a promise to convey to Fitzgerald an 87-1/2 acre tract of land belonging to John Cox (dec). Ultimately, court dismissed suit & Fitzgerald appealed to SC.

Case brought by Swift & Company to collect certain taxes amounting to $232.17 collected by the State of Tennessee and the County of Sullivan, and paid by the plaintiff- Swift & Company, under protest. Exhibits: receipts, privilege license, cancelled checks.

Add. Material in ET 1439.Pla.s are partners doing business under the firm name of Twin City Junk Company. sued the def. for $1,900.00 for in 1931, the plaintiffs were the owners of a truck on which they held an insurance policy with the defendant against accidents, including fires. The truck was destroyed by fire and its actual value at the time was the $1,900.00, which the policy should cover, but the defendants are refusing to pay. Suing for an additional 25% penalty provided by statute.

In 1934, the defendant entered into a contract with Maymead K. Crowe, the plaintiff's daughter, for a policy worth $500 payable to the plaintiff. M. K. Crowe later became completely disabled by a disease while under the policy, later dying in 1937. Due notice of her death was provided for the defendant, but they refused to pay the benefits from the policy to the plaintiff who now files to recover the funds plus 25% statutory penalty. Includes appeal.