Plaintiff is A. M. Replogle of the Farragut Rollen Mills. Defendant is James M. Williams of J. M. Williams and Company. Debt is less that $500.00 for an account.

Case involves 3 issues: payment of a note to the bank, suppression of a deposition, and attorney-client privilege.

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.

Emma Bell Thompson is sued the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Co. for twenty five thousand dollars in damages. She fell getting off of the train and injured her ankle and foot. This case is divided into two folders in box 803

Damages of $5,000 for refusing to pay the $3,000 benefit.

Case deals with claim against the United States government for property destroyed by the Federal forces during the Civil War. Property that was destroyed belonged to Caleb R. Clement, deceased. His daughter and heir Rebecca Clement, deceased, was married to defendant, T. H. Lewis.

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

Ira W. King is sued business partners Harris & Fuqua for a sum under $500 which he claims they owe for repairs made to a boiler. Also see WT 772.

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.

Case is incomplete; brief only.

Shaw originally sued railroad for under $500 in damages in the injuring of 2 of his dogs & the death of 1 dog named Mink.Plaintiff was part of a group of men hunting wolves. During the hunt the 3 dogs got on to the track & were struck by a train belonging to the company. Also named in case: D. D. Shaw, son of J. M. Shaw.

Debt allegedly due for "ammonia heads"