Baxter sued Sam Miner and Andrew Knott for a debt of $500. Miner signed a promissory note at the previous trial but still has not paid. Baxter appeals and then sued for damages of $1000.

Cause of Action: recovery of commissions on sale of real estate under $500 dollars

Incomplete case file; bill of costs only.

Mrs. Rogers originally sued by husband & next friend, Abner Rogers, for $5000 in damages. On 4 April 1897 she seriously injured her foot & ankle while disembarking from one of the railroad's cars. Track was being worked upon; the area nearest her stop was negligently piled high with rocks that she had to step on to leave the car, thus causing her fall. Mrs. Rogers resident of Collierville; she was visiting her father, Judge Eldridge, in Memphis.

Includes brief.

Rawlings & Tisdale comprised of the following: E. L. Rawlings and Lew Tisdale.

Case arose from an electric streetcar incident in Memphis. The defendant was the only person on the car when the conductor had "to attend to an urgent call of nature." It was claimed that Robertson left the car for a few moments, returned, and was thrown to the ground before she alighted the car, injuring herself in the process. By the time the case got to the Supreme Ct., the rail car company was claiming that she had been awarded an excessive settlement.

D.A. Fisher is sued for his damages in the sum of $5000 on a promissory note

One of the defendant's cars struck the wagon of the plaintiff causing sufficient injury to require his legs to be amputated.

Defendant's name also spelled Baumann.
Debt on two $400 notes.

Over mastiff named "Rex."

Exhibits include General Rules for the Circulation of Books at the Cossitt Library in Memphis, The Charter, Object, Plan and By-Laws of the Cossitt Library, as well as several deposit checks.

Incomplete case. Deposition and bill of exceptions;

The deceased was "a negro boy about 22 years old who had been afflicted for many years with Epilepsy." As he grew older, his seizures became more frequent. Testimony indicates that his father had been warned many times to keep his son away from the railroad tracks. In June 1898, R. L. wandered onto the tracks, had a seizure, and was run over by a train.

Defendant is the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Co. Plaintiff, a blacksmith, was blinded on the job and blames negligent connecting and wrapping of a steam pipe for causing his injury.

Debt is for the value of one mare and colt advanced on a parasol sale of a tract of land.

Case involves insurance for a house that burned down.

The defendant in error, Lucretia McReynolds, sued the plaintiff in error, John Graham for $50,000 in damages for "intending her ruin," debauching, and knowing her "carnally," which resulted n the birth of a child. McReynolds and Graham had entered a contract for marriage that the plaintiff in error had refused to honor. Majority of case in ET 1785 (644 of 661 pages)