The petitioner claimed that the defendants wrongfully detained from Lovelace his minor child. The petitioner asked the court to grant writ of habeas corpus that the said child may be released from the custody of said Warters.

Lindsay was charged with unlawfully carrying a pistol.

Plaintiff hired defendant to treat his injured leg and knee. Plaintiff claims that defendant failed to treat him in a skillful manner, worsened his pain and delayed his recovery.

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.

Other plaintiff: Annie Harman. Folder includes a brief as long as the case file. Plaintiffs dramatically describe how the construction of the railroad near their home has destroyed their quality of life and lowered the value of their property.

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

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.

Issue over a previous judgment for $66.20 that the defendant was ordered to pay the plaintiff. T.J. Myers alleged the plaintiff was guilty of fraud in attempting to hold him liable under terms of a void contract.

Stewart sued the City of Clarksville for $5000 damages for taking a tract of land belonging to him and converting it to their own use by building a street. Files includes map showing where street runs through plaintiff's property.

Case was filed so the city could collect a $100 Privilege Tax they claimed they were due. The tax was based on an ordinance adopted July 17, 1888 and amended July 20, 1888.

The Brandon printing company printed books for the Southern Immigration Association of America, of which the defendant is the President. The Brandon Printing Company is seeking damages for unpaid invoices.

Henry Loomis worked for the Cumberland Telephone Co. and while performing his duties on a telephone pole, the pole snapped and he was injured when he fell to the ground. He claims the company was negligent in keeping the poles safe and sues for damages

The Patterson's sued the railroad company for $1000 damages and for right of way. The railroad co. was building its tracks from Gallatin to Scottsville, KY, which went right through plaintiffs' farm, causing direct and incidental damages, including being cut off from wells, mills, etc. Court ruled in favor of plaintiffs for $500. Defendant appealed. Note: Anna also named Annie in case.

Much of this document has been rendered illegible by mold -- it is extremely fragile. File contains a couple of legal briefs. This case involves a debt involving a commission for the sale of machinery.

Plaintiff accuses the defendants of entering onto his land and detaining it from him. The land in question is 3 acres bounded by the North, South and East by plaintiff’s property and by the west by defendant’s property.

Plaintiff in error is a rail road company that operates a road from Gallatin in Sumner County, TN to Scottsville in Allen County, KY. When building the rail road, the plaintiff in error divided the land of the defendant in error, diminishing it's value and redirecting the flow of water. Said land is described as being situated adjoining the southwest corporate limits of Gallatin.

Additional defendant: the Mayor and city council of Nashville. Jackson sued railroad co. for: tearing up street and sidewalk in front of plaintiff's house and lot, destroying her shrubbery and grass, engines that emit smoke, steam, and noxious odors, and making the lot difficult and dangerous to approach and inaccessible to vehicles; in addition, the smoke, and odors rendered the house uncomfortable and unhealthy to live in and greatly reduced its value. Jackson sued for $5000 in damages. 2 folders.

Margaret Cooper is the wife of I. C. Cooper dec. This case involves a note given by the plaintiff to Cooper before his death promising to pay to the plaintiff $200 in gold. Plaintiff is seeking payment by the estate. Case file notes that Plaintiff's parents died when he was a child and at one time he lived with his uncle Turner Qualls. Case file notes that at the time of the trial, Dillard Qualls is 28 or 29.

Plaintiff sued railroad for $10,000 in damages. Charges that ca. 15 June 1888 its employees imprisoned him in a freight train box car, assaulted & shot him, injuring him so badly that he has since been unable to work.

Additional defendants, unknown.