Final Decree only.

Suit was originally brought against Elias Maddox, exe. for Betsy Harding, Sally Newsom's mother; the Newsoms had intended to pay for their land with this money. Dickinson replaced Maddox as exe. Stated charge is "covenant broken to [plaintiffs'] damage." "Harbert" is sometimes spelled "Herbert"; "Elias" is sometimes "Ellis." Plaintiffs' statement is signed by John Catron, later a member of the U.S. Supreme Court during the Dred Scott decision.

Original bill was a complaint about the collection of a trust fund by P. V. Hunter in his capacity of agent of the plaintiff, for which it made a bond by depositing with the company $2 per week out of the collected commissions. Hunter also sued insurer for $50,000, alleging that upon retirement the company had tried to libel him with these charges. Exhibit materials are checks and ledgers. Oversize located in ET Oversize 17. Case take up entire ET 1466 box. See also ET 1325 (151 pages of 2332 pages)

McClelland owed Caywood $210.53 and Caywood sued to recover the debt. McClelland left the area to avoid the debt.

Additional plaintiff: F.A. White (husband).

Crabb agreed to sell land for no less than $1200, giving Anderson half of the profits. Crabb then sold the land to Hezikiah Faris for $1280 and gave Anderson nothing. Anderson sued to recover the proceeds of the sale.

Additional complainants: Henry M. Elder and his wife, Lydia J.; J. E. Elder, E. Elder, B. N. White, L. W. Knight. Deed of trust for a tract of land in Rutherford- 220¾ acres; trust in amount of $146.41 plus interest.

Pennington sued for $10,000 for Breach of Promise to Marry and Seduction. Pennington and Ferguson were participating in an affair, and were actually caught in the act by the defendant's wife in Dyersburg. Ferguson fathered at least one of Pennington's children from this affair. He repeatedly promised to divorce his wife to marry Pennington. Breach of Promise to Marry and Seduction were treated as separate charges. See WT1744 for child support suit.

Wilson was indebted to this company in the amount of $1, 719.00.

Attorneys for the plaintiff: Himes and Poston. Attorneys for the defendant: Patterson and Lowe.

Additional Plaintiffs: McKoin Bailey and J. G. Pritchett. Additional Defendants: John Dye. J. Quarles, West Jordan, and Thomas Ramey. Deed is in dispute.

In 1920, one J. H. Richardson wanted to procure a residence in said county and consummated a trade between the parties by which Robinson would get the Melton residence and then Richardson could rent it. It was then agreed that Robinson would swap Melton a business property for Melton's residence property and Robinson would pay Melton $250 for the difference. Before signing the deed, Robinson tried to get all three of Melton's properties, when only one was agreed upon. Melton refuses to pay back the $250.

Wronged party: Jacob Smith.

The defendants faced the additional charge of larceny. The case involved the purchase of fraudulent tickets at a race track in Memphis.

Indictment says Fraudulent Breach of Trust. Judgment only. Case is incomplete.

And fraud. The defendant was indicted for a fraudulent breach of trust when he secured a loan of $4,000 on $5,900 worth of notes for one A.G. Meehan. He was only authorized to secure a loan of $3,000 and appropriated to his own use the other $1,000.

Willis accepted a deposit of $1537.39 from Charles F. Eager. At that time, Willis knew that the Knoxville Banking & Trust Company was insolvent. The argument is based on the interpretations of the Bank Law of 1911 and the Constitution. This law states that it is a felony to accept a deposit, as an officer of a financial institution, known to be insolvent.

Actual charge is Fraudulent Breach of Trust. Hampton was given $50 to make bond for L.T. Fort, and failing that to return the money to Fort's mother, Lilia Fort. According to the charge, he failed to return the money, converting it to his own use.

The defendant was also charged with larceny, based on a contract of agreement with Emma McClanahan to deposit money owned by W. M. McClanahan.

Senter, an attorney and agent for Abraham Miller, accused of appropriating for his own use $900 of a $1,018.40 U. S. Treasury certificate payable to Miller. The money was bounty & back pay due Miller as the father of Samuel S. Miller, a U. S. soldier, 2d Lieutenant in Co. K of the 9th Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers. Senter charged with "fraudulent breach of trust".

Case involves a request for repayment of what was essentially a mortgage on a cotton crop not yet planted. Folder includes several pages of legal briefs.