Partial document: Charles Handman was working as a fireman on an N. C. & St. L. train when the boiler exploded and killed him. It was noted that the boiler had been pushed past capacity before.

Williams sued the Taxing District of Shelby County for $1000, maintaining that a defective bridge on a public street caused serious injury to a horse and wagon belonging to him. Injury took place in 1883. Printed brief included.

Deceased: William Shepard. Deceased was killed while under the employ of business owned by Defendants; deceased's father is sued for damages. Add. Defendants: E. S. Falconberg, W. B. Harris, J. D. Walker, Austin Birne, L. T. Armstrong, G. F. Baker, W. P. Hopgood, B. F. Lovell, W. E. Byers, Isaac Rhea.

sued for damages of $1,000. The trespass involved the defendant selling a property, which he said was estimated to be worth $3,000. The defendant pushed to act as the agent so as to receive a portion of the sale profits. The land was later determined to be worth a considerable amount less than what the plaintiff was led to believe.

Brief only; damages for 5 car loads of 2,000 lbs. each of goods.

Alternate plaintiff name: Ronian, Rorian.

James W. Knott sued Wagner for $5000 for "unlawfully and negligently" firing a shot gun directly at him on 20 March 1883, wounding him in the eye. Knott maintains that he was on a public road & should have been readily visible to Wagner. Defendant states that he was bird hunting at the time & did not see Knott before he fired.

The paperwork in this case was evidently lost before it arrived at the Supreme Court, so this is a duplicate copy of the transcript. The clerk explains that the original papers were lost "several years past," and provides very little useful information about the original case.

Additional parties: Alexander Harris, victim

Damages for personal injury.

The defendants are road commissioners. The others are Carrol Looney & F. B. Sloan. The story is that the plaintiff's blind horse caught its foot in a hole in the bridge and, while trying to extricate itself, fell from the bridge to its death. The commissioners are accused of failure to discharge their duty to keep the roads in safe condition and sued for the loss of the horse. Russey is identified in the transcript as "colored."

Case involves the shipment of horses via the railroad.

The case is a suit for damages against the railroad company for killing one horse/mule valued at $250. Folder includes two legal briefs.

Plaintiff sued for damages to his property caused by construction of railroad by Defendant.

Plaintiff sought $10,000 dollars damages for trespass in the wrongful killing of her husband, John L. Conly, dec.

Perkey sued the city for damages, claiming they failed to adequately notify and label the road construction, which caused his accident and injury while driving his wagon.

On 27 Jan. 1883, while traveling on the steamboat from New Orleans, LA to Memphis, Smith was attacked & beaten without cause by one of the ship's employees. Smith sued for $25,000 in damages. Full name of company Reuben R. Springer Transportation Co. of KY (possibly Covington, KY), President H. U. Hart. The Reuben R. Springer is a steamboat carrying passengers & freight.

Addition Plaintiff: Dicey Winstead, R. P. Moss, admr. of William Perkins, dec., Harriet Perkins. Additional Defendants: C. W. Davis, John D. Bennett.

Additional Plaintiffs: Elenor R. Browell, C. H. Browell, Sarah E. Browell, Thomas H. Anderson, R. B. Anderson. Additional Defendants: Andrew[?] Johnson, Altea[?] Thomas, H.[?] G.[?]. W. Mayberry, names are faded and obscured. Cause of Action: Damages of $2,000.00 for breach of bond.

Ward hired the railroad to transport a shipment of cattle. The cattle arrived harmed, therby devaluing the shipment. Ward sued for damages.