Defendant, a tax collector, used tax monies collected toward payment of his own debt.

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.

Plaintiff claimed defendant did not collect on a judgment he won against Lincoln Amis[?], James M. Reynolds, Amis Granthan.

Case incomplete; brief only.

Exhibit: night letter telegraph. Cause of action: failure of the Western Union Telegraph Company to transmit a telegram paid for by G. N. Albright.

The plaintiff, H. J. Cotham & Co., sued McGrew & Wallace. This section of the case pursued judgement against the Sheriff of Giles County, J. P. English for failure to act as proper referee of Venditioni Exponas (requiring a sale) for $150 and costs owed to the plaintiff.

William Wray, an official of Overton County, was instructed to collect and pay Joel Coffer $602.00 as this was the amount he was awarded in a previous case. He has failed to deliver the money.

Howard sued Def. Samuel W. Randles to obtain judgment against him & his securities for $205.70, the balance of the state & county revenue Randles, as deputy sheriff, was to have collected & paid over to Howard, as sheriff, but allegedly failed to do. Securities of Samuel W. Randles (also named as Defendants): William Randles, James Randles, James W. Ellis, Edmond Hodges.

Lowe was clerk of the Road Commissioners of Road District 1 in Hardeman County.

Alsbrook filed suit against Fiser, a constable, and his sureties for debt due by failure of Fiser to collect and return an execution in favor of Alsbrook for S. P. Alsbrook v. Foster Washington and Lawson Washington.

Jeter also spelled Jerter. Plaintiff is sued the defendant, a Register of Wayne County, for failure to note for registration a deed to a house and lot from G.W. Thompson to plaintiff. The house and lot were instead taken from the plaintiff to fulfill a prior judgment against G.W. Thompson. The house and lot rested in the town of Clifton, Tennessee.

Allen, D. M. Owens, & James Reagan were sued in their official capacities as election commissioners following an election effected by re-districting precincts according to Dortch Law and Census of 1900.

Suit against John T. Stark, Recorder for the City of Jackson, and his sureties.

Defendant was overseer of public road that was in disrepair.

Mayor & council are charged with failure to keep a section of road in their district in good repair. Defendants: Zac Wainwright, Thomas Noel, R.N. McLemore, Oran Pittman, Robert Webb, James Williams.

Defendants failed to put mail markers on the road to the danger of the citizenry at large.

Kitrell claimed that he paid for a receipt given to him by the constable defendant but the defendant failed to account for the money given him in execution.

Additional defendants: R. L. Rayburn, Larkin Burman, Joseph Gentry, James A. Brantley, Secil Bobo. The defendants are all securities for John Bell, late sheriff of Coffee County. John Bell is accused of not rendering tax money he collected to the state.

Incomplete file; just brief. Hairston, a constable, was indicted for levying upon and selling property without notice. Brief argued proof did not correspond with indictment, which said underlying judgment was James R. Laferry v. Herron & White. But proof showed judgment was actually D. J. Carr v. Herron & White.

Grand jury returned presentment against A. Burchett for tippling, against G.W. Rese for nuisance, & against Carpenter as road overseer for failing to keep a public road -- the Bean's Station Turnpike -- in good repair. After hearing evidence, the court quashed the presentment as to Carpenter, which action the attorney general appealed to the SC.

Russell charged with misdemeanor as overseer of public road, which ran from Knox County line to Paw Paw Hollow cross road in Sevier County. Road was out of repair, obstructed by trees, stumps, rocks, mud holes & ditches, &not properly bridged, measured or mile-marked, without mileposts of durable wood at each mile with number of miles to courthouse or other places. Jury found Russell to be between age 18 & 21 and, if law allowed person of that age to be overseer, he was guilty; court said no, so not guilty

Other plaintiffs: Hamilton County. Other defendants: John H. Hardin; A. Selcer[?]; James Cummings; H. P. Green; O. Shipley; Ph. Mandra[?]; W. C. Laffery; A. Sevily; James Williamson; J. J. Bryan; D. N. Carver. Puckett was judge of Hamilton County Court. Case originally against Harding, clerk of County Court. Rest of defendants were his securities. For failing to pay over to County the revenues collected in 1874.

James Cummings was elected sheriff of Hamilton County, then apparently exhibited behaviors contrary to those required by law. This brief lists statues pertaining to proper duties of office, most of which have to do with housing prisoners. Incomplete case ; brief and earlier filing only.

Defendant, who had been appointed overseer of the Macon Road, was indicted for failure to keep road in repair.