Plaintiff sought to rescind a contract for the sale of lands sold to him by a speculative real estate agent--B. E. Matthews--a lot and house in Trimble's First Addition in South Nashville on Hill St. and 5 lots in Haynie's Uptown Plan in Edgefield. The lot and house had a $1000 lien that was not made clear to Plaintiff and the 5 lots were subject to significant flooding. Plaintiff was an African American couple who felt they were fraudulently sold the land in Nashville.

Plaintiff widow of S. H. Woodfin, dec. 20 July 1897, owned several lots at time of death whose sale was instituted by administrator, W. T. Rogers. Plaintiff intended to bid for lots herself, but Marks persuaded her that he would do so on her behalf & turn property over to her. Instead he took full charge of property & collects rents; will not sell to her. Woodfins divorced at time of S. H. Woodfin's death. Children: Beulah & Roy Woodfin.

Wm. Conner sold a plot of land to Rose. This lot was part of a larger tract owned by C. W. Coker. Conner claimed to be in full possession of the land when selling it to Rose, however, it was not until after the purchase that Rose found out Conner would not transfer the title nor would pay the purchase costs to Coker.

Pltfs claim they invested in land that was fraudulently represented by dfnts, who claimed they owned 80,000 acres in Scott, Morgan, & Fentress Co. with valuable timber, free from undergrowth. Pltfs paid $2 an acre. The courts dismissed the bill and thepltfs appealed.

Moyers charges Sharp & Houston for cheating and defrauding her of a valuable tract of 100 acres. Houston pressured Moyer to sign deed in which Houston promised to pay $25 a year for 5 years for lands he claimed was worth little. Houston gave note for $125 (for land Moyers found out was worth $800-900), which he never paid. Houston then fraudulently conveyed land to Sharp to avoid vendors lien in scheme to not pay for land. Moyers asks their deeds be made void and land given back.

On 27 July 1889 Auger sold to Smith 14 lots in Chattanooga for sum of $7000. In return Smith deeded to him 1335 acres in Jackson Co., MS for $4000. Deft. represented MS land as worth $3.00 per acre. Plntff. had not seen the land for himself at the time, but took deft. at his word. Upon visiting the land plntff. found it of poor quality & largely owned by other persons. He charged deft. with intentionally defrauding him of $3666.25, the difference between $4000 & land's true value (25 cents per acre).

Plaintiff alleges that in 1888, 120 acres in 2nd Civil District were purchased partnership with the defendant for $6,600. Plaintiff alleges that defendant fraudulently executed the deal, leaving the plaintiff's name off of deed documents and only on debt documents.

Additional plaintiff: H. C. Jamison. Also spelled Jameson. Dispute over the purchase of land. Plaintiff states that he and the defendant agreed to buy land for $1500, splitting the cost evenly, but that the owner sold it to the defendant for only $700 and that the defendant never told the plaintiff and still took his $750.

The folder contains several briefs and notes. The two men were partners in land speculation. Plaintiff showed the defendant a good piece of property; defendant advised him it was too expensive and to wait for a better deal, and then bought it himself at the original asking price without allowing the plaintiff an opportunity to buy or share it.

Additional defendants: Joseph T. Bowles, Martin Arnold and T. A. Henry. Complainants are heirs of Wyatt Arnold, who died ca. 1872. Arnold also left widow, Virginia Arnold.

Other plaintiffs named: Alex Ragon, W. H. Peuland, & A. F. Bayen. The Roane Iron Company, near Rockwood is charged with misrepresenting the growth of a new town. Plaintiff's charge the company created a "fraudulent scheme" by promoting a new town with land divided into "blocks, lots, manufacturing sites, public parks, etc" and produced "prospectus, circulars, and various other methods to "boom" the prospective town of Rockwood." See additional cases against defendant.

Plaintiff Robinson claimed that the defendant company sold him a lot of land in Rockwood under the false representation that a blast furnace was going to be built nearby. The plaintiff claimed he would not have purchased the land for the agreed upon price if they had not sworn that the furnace was about to be constructed, thereby increasing the value of the land.

Churchwell agreed to buy Rhea's stallion for $1,000, payable in the form of 320 acres of land in Arkansas Territory, 100-120 acres of which was cane bottom land on one side of creek & 200-220 acres on the other side, 12 miles from Little Rock. When he had the land examined, Rhea discovered it was worthless, that none of it was cane bottom land, & not more than 10-15 acres of the land was even tolerable. Rhea filed this suit to have his contract with Churchwell rescinded.

Plntff. employed deft. as a clerk in his general store. Ogg sent Allison to buy a piece of land from Alexander Calloway with whom plntff. had previously done business. Plntff. charged that Allison instead purchased the land for himself, using the store's funds, & had the title made out in his own name. Ogg did not know of the fraud until he saw the record in the Registrar's Office. Plntff. asked the court to transfer title to him & enjoin deft. from transferring the deed in an effort to cloud the title.

120 acres of disputed land in Weakley County.

Additional Defendant: Albert Percivall.

Defendants: E. J. Williams, Fentress C.; H. W. Williams, Pickett Co. Dispute over lands in Fentress Co., 40-50 acres, previously owned by W. B. Williams prior to his death. Others mentioned: Mary J. Scott, S. H. Pile. "Lands bounded on the north by the lands of Jasper Pile, on the east by the lands of Jno. C. Wright, on west by E. J. Williams, on the south by the lands of Jno. C. Wright." Allegations of fraud, illegal deeds and notes.

Add. Defendant: Henry Vaughan, husband of the plaintiff. In 1870, H. Vaughan sold and conveyed to one George Stroud their house and lot that served as the plaintiff's homestead as a married woman. G. Stroud later sold the same to the defendant. The land and house was originally the plaintiff's but was forced by law to sign it over to her husband She states she later expressly declined to sign the transfer papers to the defendant. She states it is a fraud on her rights to force her to sell her property.

Additional Defendants: H. Hancock, William Hancock, James Jolly. Ware.

Add. plaintiff: M.T. David. Add. defendant: Louisa M. King. Defendants conveyed through a third party to the plaintiffs a tract of land. Another tract owned by the plaintiffs was then acquired by the defendants, who intended to sell for the purpose of defeating the rights of the bill and carry out fraud through misrepresentation.

The plaintiff inherited a tract of land from her father, David H. Jones (dec.), and later married Spencer Suter, who immediately took possession of it. Soon after, the defendant and one Clinton A. Suter took measures to defraud the plaintiff out of her rights to the land by a deed of conveyance, making her sign it as a minor under 18 years old. Burem later took full possession of the land. Plaintiff's guardian at the time, Jacob Miller, acted in bad faith by advising her to sign the deed.

Nicholas Cheek and family, originally from Kentucky, were traveling en route to former Cherokee lands in southeast; Cooke approached Cheek offered sale of land which turned out fraudulent.

Opinion only. Plaintiff in error sued the defendant in error to recover damages for the deceit alleged to have been practiced by the latter upon the former in the purchase of certain real estate.