M. T. Ryder was a painter and glass merchant in the city of Memphis. He entered into a special contract with John Moore of Edward Manning trading doing business under the name John Moore & Co to furnish glass and do the glazing for the fitting up a bar room or drinking saloon on the West Side of Main Street. Ryder sues for payment for said work.

Failure to pay commission on boat sale. This case is in a Middle Tennessee box; however, it was tried in West Tennessee.

Cause of action: Defendants failure to pay the bided price at a chancery sale. Case costs of a re-sale plus $200, the amount less than the defendant's original winning bid.

Defendants: David Cutshall, Minerva Sexton, & George Sexton. Bill of equity. Judgment rendered by local justice, 25 January 1858, in favor of Hiram Hart, for the use of Lawson White against George Sexton, $107.95. re: Lands belonging to George Sexton, 1,150 acres, bounded by "waters of Paint Creek adjourning the lands of Robert Allen, Henry Fuzel (Feasel), & others."

Morristown Department Store filed a charter for business in 1905 with initial capital stock of $20,000. In the charter the founders pledged valued stock, then offered subscriptions to the stock. However, when asked to pay out on their stocks, some subscribers failed to pay. In the initial suit, these subscribers claimed that the charter was faulty because the initial $20,000 stock did not truly exist, since it was meant to be gathered by purchased stock.

Review request of Enoch Marshall, et al to sue W. J. Johnson then a POW. Technical business law question of real estate law while incarcerated and fair reimbursement of equity when sale is made in distress. Additional documents located in ET 1225.

Other plaintiff: Marshall & Isley Bank. Other defendant: Bank of Commerce & Trust Co. Dispute concerns a trust deed and failure to pay interest on bonds. Report of CPA included.

Estes was former trustee of Overton County. Additional defendants: Josh D. Phillips (trustee of Overton County) and James Rector (trustee of Pickett County). Additional plaintiffs: J.H. Wiggins, R.B. Ware, and J.A. Wilson. School directors had bought school apparatus to be paid out of common school fund and issued warrants to trustees of Overton and Pickett counties who refused to pay them.

N. B. Chains is admr. for J. W. Chains, dec. W. R. K. Blackman is trustee and husband of Eliza W. Blackman. N. B. Chains received 2 judgments against Blackman and wife for goods he sold to Blackman for his wife. W. R. K. Blackman is insolvent and the goods were given to his wife based upon her separate estate.

Other Plaintiffs: M. R. Campbell; Other defendants: B. C. Hawes, W. B. Dowell, J. C. McDearman, H. L. McDearman

Haulcomb and Bunch are admrs. with will annexed to James Wilkins of Maury county, deceased 1876. Additional defendant: Lori Kelly, wife of James W. Kelly. James W. Kelly executed promissory note for 729.68 to James Wilkins, payment due April 1874 and bearing 10% interest per year until paid. To secure payment, Kelly also executed to Wilkins a mortgage deed of trust The note remains unpaid.

Robert Bullew and others entered into an agreement to form a joint stock company for the purpose of manufacturing and supplying gas to Pulaski. The company goes by the name of Pulaski Mutual Gas Company. Patrick Dinken agreed to sell to them a parcel of land on which to build the company for $250.00 with interest. The deed for the property was given to Bullew and was never registered in the county. Dinken has never been paid for the land.

Dorman and L. W. Holmes were partners in R. Dorman & Co. Suddarth purchased a tract of land from R. W. Neely in Sumner County consisting of 111 acres. Plaintiffs sued the defendants for not having paid the notes on the purchased land.

Co-plaintiffs: Fannie H. Battle & L. L. Battle. Other defendants: Middleton Hays, John C. M. Garland, & Andrew J. Hays. Complainants say the defendants, executors of their father's will, have not kept them informed of the status of the sale of land for the purpose of paying debts of the estate, and they cannot tell whether their responsibilities have been met.

Folder contains the case from west Tennessee, a deposition from Claiborne County Mississippi. Case concerns a disputed debt. Duryee & Heyer were merchants in New York; Duryee later became President of the Bank of New York.

Co-complainant: H. H. Baldwin. Co-defendant: L. H. Ellison. Defendants claim they were hired as exclusive agents for a land sale, and that they showed the property to the buyer (Ellison), who later bought the land through another agent for less money. Chew & Baldwin claim they are still entitled to 5% of the sale price since they were never informed that any other brokers were involved.

Failure of former Commissioner of Registration to turn over papers to new Commissioner of Registration

Additional defendant: Martha A. Leonard, wife of Thomas Leonard Plaintiff petitioning for trustee, Barbour Lewis, to be removed from office.

Additional Defendants: J. L. Whitworth, Jordan Stokes, Samuel Keith, and W. M. Duncan. State filed this suit to hold the sureties of G. K. Whitworth, late Clerk and Master of Chancery Court in Nashville, liable for a loan made in the case of H. C. Stump v. S. W. Steel without taking sufficient security. See also MT1184

C. M. Bails was the Clerk & Master of Hawkins County from 1870 to 1876. Other defts. his bondsmen. During his term Bails failed to properly account for monies, collect taxes & issue executions. When case came to court 14 years later Bails no longer held the office & had moved out-of-state, his whereabouts unknown. The men who had served as his bondsmen argued that, by law, they were no longer liable for his malfeasance as too much time had passed. See: ET, 1654; Related Case: ET, 1617.

Complainants were all residents of Madison County, TN and they were all Freeholders. They brought this suit against Robert C. Mayo, member and Chairman of the Madison County Board of Education. They charge that Mayo has been guilty of misfeasance in office and non-feasance in office. During his tenure in office, he knowingly and willfully misconducted himself and neglected to perform various duties being a member of the County Board of Ed- Madison County.

This case involved the loss of cotton owned by Shane Bell that was being stored in a shed owned by C R Clement.

Additional Complainants: John White, Sr., William Simpson, Samuel V. Carrick, William Lewis. Listed as "Enrolled in Book No. 1, Page 495-98."

Other defendants: United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company. Richards was Shelby Co. court clerk.