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Additional plaintiff: Jacob W. Young. Additional defendant: George D. Kornega Amount of debt $200.00

Additional Plaintiffs: Willie Vaughn, Janice Broadwell, Cyrus Broadwell and Robert P. Mass, admr. of Johnny Vaughn

Additional Defendant: John Jordan. Debt dispute involves the sale of slaves. Also includes newspaper clippings, receipt, and card.

The Nashville Bridge Co., represented by Jacob McGavock and Thomas Martin. Morrison was owner of a bridge across the Cumberland River at Nashville which he leased to the Nashville Bridge Co. under agreement that he was to receive "all tolls, issues and profits of the same for the term of one year." Road promised to be built from the north side of bridge to intersect with road to Page's Ferry. Plaintiff alleges profits denied.

Additional Complainants: J. W. Hyde, W. A. Jordan, J. R. Carothers, R. A. Jordan. Additional Defendants: L. H. Holt, E.[?] T. Holt, Frank Wilson, Frank Wilson, exor. of James H. Wilson, dec., M. Oglesby.

Additional defendant: W.E. Winstead, J.H. Harrison. Plaitiffs sued for judgment of $320.17 from an earlier suit. Defendant Harrison's land was levied.

Owen & wife Margaret executed mortgage to E. H. Hatcher, guardian of M. A. Barnett, on house & lot on Main St. in Franklin to secure $750 note. Later, Owen & Hatcher conversing near public square in Columbia. Hatcher said interest was past due; Owen said he'd forgotten, offered it to pay it then; Hatcher refused, said he was going to resign as guardian & ward's mom was thinking about qualifying. Hatcher remained guardian, but pla. (judgment creditor of Owen) sued to reach Owen's equitable interest.

Lytle's tenant, listed here only as John Doe, was forcibly ejected from his property -- complaint is trespass and ejectment.

J. Hightower accused of breaking into home of John Doe and ejecting him. Doe leased property from Smiths & Dewey P. and Elizabeth C. Hadley. Also named: Sarah Smith, wife of Alexander, only heir of James Leiper: Elizabeth Hadley daughter of Smiths.

African-American lawsuit

Additional Complainants: Cornelia Redmond, Maggie Redmond. Consolidated cases concerning the unwritten intentions of John Patton, who owned slaves, some of whom bore children by him and they are the Complainants in these cases. T

Complainant sought to enjoin defendant from prosecuting a writ of inquiry in a circuit court on a case of replevin and debt due by note.

Plaintiff sues defendant, Reese, for damages of $500.00, for a crop of wheat grown on the farm of W. M. Carr, "wrongfully seized by the defendant and detained from the plaintiff."

Additional defendants: George W. Hicks, Wiliam C. Allen, R. M . Magnuss, J.P. Helms, Trustee of G. W. Hicks. Complainant is the wife of W. C. Allen, defendant. Complainant and defendant, her husband, lived on a track of land (about 200 acres). W. C. Allen executed a deed to R. M. Magness conveying the entire 200 acres. Complainant did not join her husband in said conveyance.