Wolf, a poor man, was employed as a miner when he decided to try farming. He made enough money to buy a horse, & went to buy Tedder's mare. The mare had a white speck in her eye that Tedder said was caused by hay getting in her eye. After purchase, the mare was blind within 6 weeks. Tedder had tried to sell the mare before, & she was always returned because of her eyes. Wolf sued for fraud.

seeking to recover tract of land known as Morgan County entry no. 2078; claims land was seized and possessed unlawfully and seeking recovery and $1000 from accrued interest and taxes; includes assignment of errors; several defendants minors Ex A: map of tract of land in ET OV 15.

Additional Defendants: Alice and Augenie Baird, Sarah White, Mary A. Stout, James and Elen Davis, G. W. Wilson, Jack C. Wilson and wife Elen Wilson, and William A. Lipford admr., of Andrew Wilson, dec. The plaintiff sued the defendants for a $3,000 payment from the estate of Andrew Wilson for the years of care that the plaintiff and heir provided for his parents Andrew and Elizabeth who both lived with him and he cared for prior to their deaths.

Additional Plaintiffs: Irby Boyd, W.H. Berry, J.H. Malone, D.F. Goodyear, Louis LaGrill, George Hook, and others. Additional Defendants: W.H. Kennedy, Arlington Insurance Co., Citizens Insurance Co., John Armistead, George Arnold, J.W. Richardson, others. First few pages missing.

Additional Defendants: Amelia C. Hollenburg, wife H. G. Hollenberg & H. G. Hollenberg, Trustee. A. Kohlbry & Co. comprised of A. Kohlbry & A. Silverberg. Mrs. Hollenberg purchased $77.75 worth of goods at A. Kohlbry & Co., paying with a note due 1 Jan. 1888. Note still unpaid. She also signed her husband's initials to the note as if they were her own. Exhibit includes Postcard with message concerning case.

Additional Plaintiffs: Laura Burkle, Henry N. Burkle, Minnie Erck, Frank Erck and Charles Erck, the last three being minors

Lindsay was charged with unlawfully carrying a pistol.

Case related to the early 1887 real estate "boom" ("feverish speculation in lands … chiefly in unimproved suburban lands") in West Nashville: 2 real estate syndicates decided to combine to subdivide & sell 2 land tracts: 10-acre "Sallie Ann Gordon" place w/negro schoolhouse (not on plat) & nearly 10-acre "Baker place." Pla. alleged fraud by Def. selling subscriptions. Add. Pla. & Def. too many to name. Exhibit: oversized plat showing Belle Monte Place, Vanderbilt University, surrounding area. 2 fldrs

Plaintiff is a widow of Hunter Kittrell, the son of Seth Kittrell. After her husband died, plaintiff alleges that she made a contract with Seth Kittrell to remain and work in his home with her children and in return, Seth Kittrell would compensate her. Upon the death of Seth Kittrell, plaintiff found that he had left her only $1,000 thus violating their agreement.

Other defendants listed: T.C. Ankeny and J.L. Ankeny. Payne had sold the defendants a tract of land for $702.25 in 5 promissory notes, which were to be a lien on the land for the purchase money. Payne sued for unpaid notes. 2 folders.

Add. plaintiff: J. A. Woodland. The defendant was the owner of a steam saw-mill worth $2,000 and certain timber worth $720 on the land of C. H. Bean. Defendant was negotiating a sale of the mill and timber to Haslett & Co, but later sold it to the plain- tiffs under their firm. The defendant failed to inform them during negotiation that per an original contract, one T. Ashby held a lien on the mill and the defendant actually had no legal title to it, despite the plaintiffs paying a $720 note to Haslett.

Defendant, a school teacher, is accused of carrying a pistol in public. According to witnesses, the defendant was in a heated exchange with a person named Brock who was a tenant on the defendants property. The defendant believed he was owed rent from Brock and had an attachment placed in the hands of Forrest Patrick who was deputized as a special officer. Patrick brought Brock to the home of Edmonson where the exchange occurred.

Additional Defendants: S. McKinley wife of J. D., M. G. Butler, W. H. Ragland, Thos. McKinley, and C. F. Burton. Plaintiff is seeking the payment of two debts due by previous judgments. Plaintiff believes Def. J. D. McKinley has fraudulently conveyed his property to other parties in order to appear insolvent and avoid creditors. Case file notes that G. B. Thompson, a brother-in-law of J. D. McKinley and a Stayor on a judgment, was declared insane by his wife.

See additional part of case in WT 600.

This case involved a dispute between the surviving heirs of Julias E. Rahl, deceased and creditors of one John Caldwell who sold their father his land which became part of his estate. Others mentioned in case F.A. Raht, Louisa Raht, August Raht, and Matilda Raht.

Additional defendants: Agner Ethridge, Thomas A. Etheridge, John J. Underwood, G. W. Dent. Dispute over land ownership.

Plaintiffs are stockholders of the Arlington Insurance Co. The Citizens Insurance Co. was organized in June 1886(?) by five of the directors of the Arlington Insurance Co. & used fraudulent business practices to destroy Arlington Insurance Co.

Co-defendant is J. E. Frost. The plaintiff, sued for herself and her children, seeks to regain a fully-stocked drugstore from Frost, who, she says, possesses it illegally. Folder contains two legal briefs.

Additional Complainant: M. A. Little. Assignment of Errors only. More of case in ET 1919.

Issue of the defendant ruining land belonging to the plaintiff with their railroad.

The debt is for $135, Houston is requesting garnishment. aliases: A. L. Bawcom

Asa and Eliza Teal had owned a tract of land for 7 years when Walker came one day claiming he bought the land and had a deed to it. Walker pressured Teal to sign a paper making him a tenant on the threat of being thrown out of his house. In pending case, Walker sued for unlawful detainer and to collect rents. Teal suing for injunction against Walker's suit and clear title to said land. This files contains many misc. deeds, notes, conveyances, etc. dating back to at least 1827. 2 folders.

Plaintiff in error, a potato buyer living in Pittsburg, is appealing a suit brought by Jno. Parker, a potato farmer, for debt. Parker claims Gannon guaranteed $0.10 more per pound of potatoes than any other buyer. After selling the potatoes to Gannon, Parker claims that Gannon refused to honor the contract. Gannon denies the claim that he guaranteed $0.10 more per pound of potatoes and says that he did not have an interest in the potatoes but shipped them at Parker's request.