The plaintiffs sued the defendant for "debt by damage" under $500 for "carrying off lumber" on the premises at North Cherry Street in Nashville.

Plaintiff, Emaline Doyle col., sued defendant for $5000 in damages for assaulting her when she attempted to retrieve her daughter's clothes from his house where her daughter had previously worked. Doyle claimed that Williams threatened to kill her daughter and beat her with a plank in front of a little girl, Emaline Brown, that accompanied her. Her injuries required surgery on her head to reduce "fits" from bone fragments and she was unable to work.

Sought $5000 in damages; Car owned by St. L. & Ry. Ran upon Church at Bellville Street and dragged him whereas his foot and other parts of his body were bruised and mangled so much that he has permanent injuries and incurred medical expenses

The pltfs. sued for $45 in damages after one of their horses was killed by an electric shock, which the pltf. claimed to have been received by the escape of electricity from the rails of the dfnt.'s track.

Plaintiffs, J. L. Phillips and Son, sued the defendants, John Woodard et al. for damages to the plaintiffs' property caused by the defendants burning the plaintiffs' wood.

Plaintiff in error was accused of breaking into the business house of J. J. Dalton and Brother (composed of J. J. Dalton and M. Dalton Jr.) and stealing $2.50. Plaintiff denied the charges. J. J. Dalton and Bro. was located on North Market Street in Nashville.

Case involved a dispute over the possession of a mule, described as "one Mare mouse colored mule about 15 hand about six years rated at Seventy Five Dollars" that the defendant unlawfully seized. This appeal by the plaintiff states that the courts ruling for the defendant was controversial-see assignment of errors.

The plaintiffs James and Lizzie sued the defendant, Joeseph Brauch, for $450 of rent on a lot they possessed for the period they were dispossessed of it. They were in previous suits with the defendant that were ruled in his favor and resulted in their eviction from their home. When the court ruled the defendant's deed and claim to mortgage was void, the plaintiffs moved back into their home and brought suit to recover the funds the lost during the defendant's occupation of their lot.

3 folders. Additional defendants: George C. Mitchell, James M. Head, R. A. Henry. Graham was seeking $100,000 in damages for "false imprisonment and malicious prosecution." Graham claimed that Fidelity Mutual had him wrongly prosecuted in the Davidson County Criminal Court for embezzlement. The Fidelity Mutual Life Association of Philadelphia was a "corporation operated by the laws of the State of Pennsylvania."

In 1894, A. Campbell shipped 2 carloads of Irish potatoes from West Nashville to Chicago on the L & N railroad at a rate of .29 per lbs. equaling $81 and $76 Campbell filed a plea of debt on account because he was ultimately charged $109 and $102. The railroad countered that they were forced to ship the potatoes using a water route because there was a strike outside of Chicago, which was more expensive. Otherwise, the potatoes would have rotted in transit.

Fields was sueing the Railroad company for damages. Fields was employed by the Railroad company and while working was injured on the job. Fields was run over by a train and had to have his leg amputated.

The plaintiff in error, Mary Wene, sued the defendant in error, National Union, for failure to pay on her deceased husband's, Samuel M. Wene, $5000 life insurance policy, which he purchased with the National Union before his death. The defendant in error claimed the contract was voided because Samuel Wene committed suicide. Mary Wene claimed that the suicide "should be considered as much an accident "as if the act had been unconsciously done by another."

In 1893, Robert Butler, plaintiff, sued the TN Coal Iron & RR Co, def., for $5,000 because his son, John Butler, dec. "suffered severe bodily/metal pain/anguish-was wrongfully and negligently deprived of his life and for which injuries, damages,& death." The def. successfully petitioned the court dismiss the case. R. Butler appealed signing a pauper oath. J. Butler died digging coal in Oliver Springs, TN for def. hired as convict labor, while serving at state pen. He was under 18 years of age, unmarried.

State accused dfnt. of contacting Tude Williams, a State's witness under regular subpoena, and "hired, procured, and induced him" to leave and remain out of the State, beyond jurisdiction of the court. As of court date, Williams remained out of state.

Def. was accused of shooting and killing Henry Howard (aka Babe) near Joe Williams' grocery store on 5th Street in East Nashville. Witnesses testified that the def. was angry with Howard for hitting his brother (James Overton). Def. testified that he shot Howard in self-defense. 2 folders.

The defendant in error, the Mayor and Council of Nashville, charged the plaintiff in error, William McKinney, of keeping his saloon open and "tippling" on Sunday. McKinney was found guilty and fined $50. Williams appealed to the circuit court on the basis that the saloon was not open for business even if the light inside was on and people were present.