Additional Defendants: Earnest Morris; James & Walter Nevill; John Butler. Plaintiffs originally charged with killing Audrey Gilbert on 28 March 1899. Walter Nevill & John Butler acquitted; remaining 3 convicted of involuntary manslaughter & sentenced to 2 years in the penitentiary. Appealing sentence.

This only the brief. The victim is not named.

Case incomplete; opinion only.

Plaintiff originally sued for $10,000 in damages, charging def.. with negligence. On 26 Jan. 1898 plaintiff boarded boat belonging to def.. in Helena, AR & severely injured his knee when he fell from the gangplank while disembarking. States that gangplank was several feet above the ground rather than resting on it. Defendant maintains plaintiff's injuries not as severe as claimed & he left boat without waiting for gangplank to be placed into position. Plaintiff had logging camp in Chicot Co., AR.

Plaintiff Neloms claimed that the railroad company did not let him off the train at his destination, instead forcing to remain on the train longer, charging him a higher fee, and confiscating his satchel when he was finally allowed to exit the train.

Additional Plaintiffs: J. W. Smith & J. W. Olive, Directors of new school district. Additional Defendant: W. F. McRee, Gibson Co. Trustee. Miss Fitzgerald County Supt. of Public Instruction of Gibson Co., TN. In July 1899 plaintiffs petitioned the Gibson Co. Court to create a new school district out of the 6th School District to serve children in the Eaton community. Court approved petition, but defendant refuses to recognize the court action although required by law to do so.

Case incomplete; opinion only.

Replevin for property, including tables, chairs, curtains, and other household items.

Origin of debt: Breach of Contract.

No cover. Defendant claims he is owed money for work he has already done; plaintiff says they reduced his salary because he refused to accept their demands to sell a new product.

Debt of $500 due by account.

Note was executed by the defendant to plaintiff's intestate, H. F. Alexander. Defendant filed plea of usury & plaintiff made a motion to strike plea from file. Motion overruled & plaintiff took issue on the plea. Judgment in favor of plaintiff, which the defendant appealed to Chester Co. circuit court. It ruled in favor of the defendant. A couple staples could not be removed.

Interested parties: John Roland, Hope Mitchum, Sol. Black, Luther Elder, Dan Poke, Walter Danner, Will Robinson, Pete Gordon, Bob Swett, Joe Taylor, Ernest Hawkins, Charley Wade, H. F. Bechef, Dr. W. N. Holmes, Syd Piles, No Docket number

Cause of action: forging excursion tickets and passing tickets known as forged. File is possibly incomplete. Only consists of the "Brief and Argument of J. P. Rhodes, Attorney for Henry Danner." Possible related cases in WT Boxes 719 and 728.

Train was "moving off pretty lively" and struck and killed Patton's mule. Patton wanted to recover cost of the mule & harness. Testimony by Ed Saunders (Colored), Redmond Trible, W. A. Jones, J. E. Sproat, Mr. Webb (the engineer), Mr. Matlock, W. R. Tifford, W. T. Bailey, and Jack Colquitt. Plat map on p. 28.

Final Decree and Procedendo only.

The widowed plaintiff had 3 young children when she married Farmer & it was understood that he would provide for them. A few months in, the husband said he would rather have dogs eat at his table than the children. He told wife that she would have to send them away or leave herself. Defendant drove 9-year-old Jimmie from home & told him "if he ever came back there he would kill him."

Debt due by note under $1,000.

Cover is missing. Plaintiff had no contract to work for this company, but felt that a series of letters before he was hired made it clear that he was to be employed for a year. When he was laid off in February, effective March 1, he sued the company.

Debt for $12.50.