Additional parties: O. T. Hendren

Donovan had bought the possessions of a Mr. Croghan. A dispute arose as to whether this altered the state of his previous debt to Mr. Pointer. Metal brads unable to be removed.

Opinion only. Mabry resided in Knoxville and Baxter in Davidson. Baxter sued Mabry and others for damages to his character on account of libelous publication.

The original trial found in favor of the plaintiff awarding him $2,140. The brief consists mainly of letters between the defendant to the plaintiff with the defendant updating him on the status of paying his debt. The defendant seems to have trouble. At one point he mentions how during the war he lost everything except his land and that the planting of cotton is not as good as it used to be. The two parties appear to be cousins.

In 1868, George S. Kington went to Wright requesting him to be his security in his prosecution against Susan Scott and John Chate for forcible entry and detainer. Wright later found out that Kington had withdrawn from said suit. Judgment was rendered against John Porterfield and Wright as security for $106.50. Wright charged he never signed a bond as security for Porterfield but for Kington. Wright wanted supersedeas against Scott to be restrained from enforcing execution and judgment quashed.

Harris and Alexander

Parrott set it up where Bruce was the 'aren't to hire out his slaves, take care of them with clothes, medical attention, etc. The slaves were being rented out in Grenada, Mississippi and they were being paid for in Confederate money, due to Confederate occupation in 1862. Initially, Houghton sued Bruce, after the Civil War, for money allegedly paid him for the slaves of Parrott he rented out. Subsequently, Bruce filed a countersuit.

Mathis was the collector of privilege taxes for Shelby County. Business of Menken Brothers was operated by J. A. Menken, N. D. Menken and J. S. Menken of Shelby County, Tennessee.

Fraudulent procurement of a receipt

Mathes is a tax collector. When the plaintiffs started their business, they agreed to pay a tax based on the largest amount of stock over the past year. They ended up paying $782--equaling about .60 cents for every $100 worth of stock. However, Mathes said they also had to pay a license tax equal to the same amount. Plaintiffs say the extra tax is illegal.

Additional plaintiffs: W. P. Moore, Wm. P. H. Turner, W. C. Davis, & William Chaffin, exe. of William Chaffin, dec. Plea of debt due by note for $77. 44.

Testimony indicates that a teacher in a "common school" in West Tennessee contracted for $75.00 a month for a five month period of time in the late 1860s.