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Rutherford County - Bradley Academy lottery commissioner

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Indexed, compared, & c. by J.P. Clarke and E.A. Welsh June 1879

Cause of Action: False pretense and passing forged paper. Joe D. Foute was Sheriff of Loudon County. Exhibits: Sheriff's reports for Loudon County to Roane County, Account of J. D. Foute filed against Roane County for boarding and keeping of misdemeanor prisoners.

This was an insolvent case filed by the administrators of the deceased in regards to a dispute concerning certain claims against the estate. One of the claims was a lost note for $500. The original will of the deceased was lost in a court fire.

This is not a West Tennessee court record, but a Supreme Court opinion on the case relating to the liability of a bank that failed. There is no mention of the location of any of the parties in this case, or of the court in which it was originally tried.

Indexed, compared, & c. by J.P. Clarke and E.A. Welsh June 1879

Land certificates to be issued

Nashville & Murfreesboro' turnpike company member

Indexed, compared, & c. by J.P. Clarke and E.A. Welsh June 1879

Case file is incomplete; brief only.

Blevins was accused of putting out Jacob Shawn's eye. Change of venue requested and denied.

Additional defendant: E. Willard. The plaintiff was employed by Stephen H. Pile to sell mineral land located in East Tennessee. The agreement stipulated that plaintiff would keep any money over $0.75 per acre sold . The plaintiff then entered into an agreement with the defendants to give them two-thirds of the profits of his sales in exchange for $100 per month for a period of 6 months. Plaintiff claims the defendants failed to pay the full amount due.