Plaintiff brings suit seeking damages for injuries caused by the negligence of the defendant. Plaintiff was an employee of the defendant at its mining plant in Hickman County and was order to board a "dump car," with a defective brake. When he attempted to use said brake, the plaintiff was thrown from the car and his foot was crushed resulting in amputation. Casefile includes a diagram of the mining works. 2 folders.

Additional Plaintiff: Douglass West.

The two counties are fighting for jurisdiction of a fraction of land.

Hedge was the surety on a note for J. H. Caruthers for $125. In July 1874 Caruthers and Byrd agreed to settle the debt by delivering a mule to Hedge. Bird wanted this mule back and Hedge sued for fraud.

J. G. Briggs was an agent of W. B. Russell in 1873, engaged in the business of buying peanuts. He made a purchase from John Nix, Jr. to be delivered to Nashville. The parties signed a contract for this agreement. John Nix, Sr. was also engaged in the selling of peanuts. The buyers failed uphold their part of the bargain suing to enforce the contract.

Additional defendants: Joel E. Harrison, Joel Harrison Jr., Amanda Cochran, Noah Cochran, John Wesley Harrison, Ollie Harrison, Marvin Harrison, Muncy Harrison, and Richard Harrison. This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiffs to recover a tract of land located in Hickman and Dickson counties. The land in controversy was originally granted in 1839 and 1840, and the question in this case is which party has the older and superior legal title.

Administrator of J. A. Partee.

Plaintiff is sued for debt due by note. Said note was originally payable to Bates Brosaug (?) Co. from the estate of J. W. Sisco dec.

Plaintiff is sued Tate, his landlord, and Wherry, an officer of Hickman County, for damages due from the wrongful conversion of his property. Said wrongful conversion stems from a previous judgement won by Tate against the plaintiff.

Amount of debt $7.24

The State charged Cummins with burning the barn and stable of M. L. Williams. The circuit court convicted him and sentenced him to 16 years in the state penitentiary. He appealed on the grounds his conviction was based on purely circumstantial evidence and a biased juror. See additional material in box MT 1129

The defendant is charged with causing filth to be collected and remain in Piney Fork and Beaverdam creeks near its manufacturing facility. Witnesses living close to the streams claim the water is filled with refuse material, making it undrinkable and killing fish. Said refuse material was the result of washing ore and charring wood. Exhibit materials include correspondence between the Southern Iron Co. and J. A. Bates. Add. material located in MT 893.

Charged with murder of Milton Carr.

R. L. Rainey, Mrs. M. E. Stevens, John Burke

Defendant was the property of Henry Maberry. Victim was Elizabeth Hughlett.

Plaintiff entered into contract with defendant to deliver coal from 3000 cords of wood at rate of 5 cents/bushel of coal produced. After plaintiff completed 1/3 of contract, he was compelled to complete other contraction (road, hearths, house). Def. refused to advance money needed to complete contract. Circuit Court judgment against Def. and their securities J.H. Moore and W.P. Clark for $439.33.

Defendant is accused of abducting Fannie James, 14, from her father and mother, J. E. and Susan James. Fannie and Virgil were carrying on a relationship and were being forced to marry by J. E. James, who was threatening to get the law involved if they did not. It appears that Fannie and Virgil did attempt to get marriage license, but Fannie died from eating a poisonous pear before they could. Casefile suggest that Fannie committee suicide due to cruel treatment from her father. Chappell also spelled Chapel

Cause of Action: paying of debt in Confederate notes.