Additional defendants: C.C. Wilcox, E.C. Camp, S.S. Tuttle, M. Reis, E.A. Reed; E.C. Locke, Josiah Curtis, and E.C. Camp comprising the Coal Creek Coal Company. P.A. Mariner was one of the firm of M.C. Wilcox & Co. coal dealers, minors, etc. at Knoxville. Mariner had since retired and M.C. Wilcox & Co. changed to Coal Creek Coal Co. In an agreement, the Co. claimed ownership of a tract of land. A.S. Mariner purchased Lot No. 169 at tax sale. Dispute over ownership of tract of land.

Large case file. 4 folders. Case file include transcripts and documents from several other cases including: "W. G. Barlow et al. v. Thos. A. Lyon," David L. Kidd et al. v. George Churchwell," "James Park v. George W. Churchwell," "Joseph A. Mabry et al. v. Sophia M. Churchwell," and "Charles H. H. Brown v. George W. Churchwell." Related documents may also be found in ET 1245 and ET 6. Churchwell is noted to have been a successful lawyer and owner of multiples slaves.

Plaintiff sued Etheldred W. Crozier for refusing to comply with the city ordinance requiring him to lay pavement in front of his lot on the East Side of Gay Street.

Plaintiff is sued the defendant for breaking and entering his home and ejecting him from the premises. Filed for damages in the sum of $1,000.

McBee sued Branner for debt by unpaid note of $600. Court ruled in favor of plaintiff for debt plus $216.50 damages for detention of sum.

The plaintiff is the executor of the will of John Garner (dec.). Defendants: Abraham Cox & James Cox. Filed bill to collect debts due by note to the deceased's estate for the sum of $1,700 plus credit. Also an issue of $900 in American gold coins the defendants executed to the plaintiff and his then co-executor, Pleasant Garner (dec.). The defendants claimed they had already paid that sum to the plaintiff.

Additional defendants: F. A. Moses admr. of James C. Moses dec. James C. Moses is the brother of the plaintiff and was surety on notes owed by plaintiff to the defendant. Moses is indebted to Kennedy for the purchase of goods and wares. Moses purchased the goods with the understanding that they were being purchased at Confederate prices and were to be pad in Confederate notes. Kennedy is now attempting to force Moses to pay at inflated prices.

Procedendo only.

Supreme Court public sale of 16 acres of land with mansion about 1 mile west of Court House in Knoxville. Continuation of McMillian v. Turley, et al. Deals with the separation and sale of a plot of land containing the Sanborn Mansion.

Possibly is the continuation of L. C. Houk v. John I. Charramore [possible mistype of John T. Naramore] found in ET 23. Naramore had obtained judgment against Houk for $45 for borrowed money. Houk failed to be present at the trial due to a misunderstanding of the day it was to take place. Otherwise, Houk would have appealed. Houk wanted a certiorari restraining the constable from executing said judgment and for a new trial to be implemented.

Case incomplete; opinion only.

Petition for Supersedeas. Plaintiff purchased a tract of land and sold one half to William Beuden, a free man of color, who built a small frame house on the land for he and his parents. The defendant claimed one sixth of the land as belonging to her as the heir of one Dardis dec.. Defendant demanded possession of Beuden's home and land. The land in question lies in Knoxville on Frouh Street between Locust and Henley streets.

Victim: Lewis M. Luttrell. The defendant stabbed the victim with a knife in 1868.

Cause of Action: Keeping a Disorderly House. Plaintiff, alias Lou A. Hodge, is accused of keeping a home where men and women came and went at unlawful times and engaged in drinking, tippling, whoring and misbehaving. The women and men who came to the defendants home were said to be of evil name and dishonest conversation.

Additional defendants: A.B. Hansard, George W. Majors, and John Henry Mynatt. Sarah sued for divorce and alimony. Sarah married John S. Major in 1845 and were together for 19 years until he abandoned her and left with Elizabeth Jane very to Kentucky and living in open adultery. Sarah suing against John's pretended sales of his 1/3 interest in the Hansard Mill, which he attempted to convey to John H. Mynatt, and their homestead to G.W. Majors to defeat her right of alimony.

William Williams and James C. Sturgis comprise the defendant's company. Issue of debt owed to the plaintiff in a sum under $50.

2 folders. Add. defendant: The Exchange & Deposit Bank. In 1862, the plaintiff borrowed of the Bank $450 in Confederate notes and the plaintiff executed a promissory note. Later, the plaintiff's son, Joseph Alexander, borrowed from the same $1,500 for a business. While the plaintiff was sick, J. Baxter forced from him a deed of trust for property in Hamilton County. The Confederate notes were made illegal and Baxter wrongfully adjusted plaintiff's debt to a larger sum and kept the deed of trust.

Peters sued for an injunction restraining Powell from collecting on judgment he received in 1860 against Peters and H.B. Davis for $1519.57 damages for 1000 sacks of defective flour. Peters charged that flour was good when bought by Powell, that it became bad while owned by defendant when it was delayed in the East Tennessee & Georgia Depot at Cleveland, TN.

Newman had bought tract of land at a court sale in the case T.W. & J.W. Newman, admrs. Of Jacob Newman, dec. v. Caroline H. Newman et al. for the sum of $4508-$930 of which was made by promissory note. Newman rented land to Joseph King. House and lot were levied upon and sold to pay for taxes under executions from multiple suits, which Newman declared void. Newman suing the Kings for conspiring to deprive him of his land and wanted an account of the rents due him since 1861.