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The plaintiff tried to recover taxes he believed to be wrongly assessed by the town of Camden.

Additional complainants: E. L. Barnes, Mrs. H. G. Earp. S.A. Barnes was the widow of W. J. Barnes. W.J. Barnes was the owner of several tracts of land in Benton County. He conveyed his land to A. G. Barnes for $2500.00. The complainants charge that W. J. Barnes conveyed the land without the knowledge of A.G. Barnes. Complainants charge he did this in order to pay off creditors. He did pay off his creditors and wanted his son, A. G. Barnes to re-convey the land back to him.

Both cases arose from the shipment of peanuts from the Lashlees to the plaintiff. Before shipment an agreement on price had been struck, however upon arrival in St. Louis, a number of the peanuts were rotten or so badly damaged as to be worthless. Barnhart asserted they have paid what the shipments were worth, the Lashlees argue there is a remaining debt. Housed in 5 folders.

This is an action to collect an alleged account for freight and demurrage on a car of shaved hoops.

King purchased/accepted 5 trade acceptances from the National Novelty Import Co., of St. Louis and has continually refused repayment. Plaintiff, as the lien holder, sued King for payment.

Addtl dfnt: J. M. Holladay. Bain allowed Holladay, acting as local rep of the Colt Co., to install a carbide light plant in his home a demonstration for the rest of the sales area. This was to be done at no cost to Bain, and would be removed upon his request. Due to misrepresentation, Bain signed a "note" and Colt threatened to sue. Bain has requested the lamp removed, has been ignored and informed he is being charged for the installation and upkeep of said light plant.

Vendors Lien. Additional defendants: Cora Brecheen

Plaintiffs sued to compel the sale of two tracts of land in Benton Co. sold at public sale by Ira L. Presson. The terms of the contract called for the sale of the property. 2 folders Other plaintiffs: A.G. McDaniel, M.A. McDaniel, T.W. McDaniel, M.F. McDaniel, Leona Clayton, Beulah McDaniel, Beatrice Wiseman, J.L. Fry, W.D. Fry, Lester Powers, J.M. Fry, A.C. Fry, Sadie Chambers, and Mrs. Lupie Powers Willingham

Additional Defendant: E. S. Byrd Complainant states that Howard Depriest was indebted to him for $275.00 for supplies the complainant furnished to him in 1925 to grow a crop of corn and peanuts.

Additional Defendants: W. S. Morgan, T. J. Dodd, G. M. Baber, M. W. Baber, B. C. Joyner and B. F. Hatley. See WT 846 and WT1112 for related cases.

Additional Defendants: Melville Wheeler, Charles Holcomb & John Lee. Plaintiff sued defendants for $10,000 damages on grounds that they maliciously had him arrested on false charges of stealing $3009.85 from Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph. Alleged theft took place in Davidson Co. Plaintiff's health & reputation damaged by his 12 days of false imprisonment. Index and page one missing.

Additional Plaintiff: Harvey A. Rice. Plaintiffs maintain that defendant has taken possession of a strip of property that actually belongs to them, claiming it as his own. All of the disputed land in this case once belonged to V. A. Rice.

Debt due from previous judgment. Brief only.

Cause of action: injunction to halt the defendant from pursued further legal action on the plaintiffs pursuant to a debt that was passed onto the plaintiffs by another.

The dispute concerns the right of way across Barnes's property being used by Flowers, despite a permanent injunction against the defendant from traveling through the plaintiff's property. 3 folders. Cost bond and Injunction Bond housed in WT Box 1220 in 2 folders

Plaintiff is the owner of a tract of land that he sold to the defendant so they could build a rail road tract on it. In order to build the rail, the defendant had to create a 30 foot high dump about 100 feet wide along his land. Plaintiff appealed to the defendant to create ditches to flow water out of the land or it would ruin his crops and rest of his land, for which the defendant would be charged. Defendants failed to do so and the plaintiff sued for damages to his land in the sum of $500.

This is a consolidation of all the cited cases in the case style. Other people mentioned include J. E. Brown, H. A. Wofford, G. B. Greer, D. B. Thomas, M. B. Fry. Cases concern property possibly owned by Mattie Wafford and P. C. Wafford. There are claims in the case that Mattie and P. C. Wafford do not actually own the property, so they did not have a right to sell it. Case also concerns debt owed on the property. 5 folders.

The defendant wrongfully and unlawfully assaulted and beat the plaintiff in May 1919, wounding him to a point where he was unable to work and compiled medical expenses. Plaintiff is sued for damages in the sum of $2,500.

This case concerns the contesting the constitutionality of one of the Private Acts of the Legislature of 1923, which was passed by the Legislature, known as Chapter No. 399 of the Private Acts. This act made a special school district composed of Big Sandy and adjacent territory and enjoining the plaintiff, who was the county trustee, for collecting taxes in the district and from paying the same out, and to enjoin the other defendants who are the Board of Directors for school district.

Additional plaintiffs: Birdie Presson. S.L. Presson and L. H. Presson, admrs. Of L. H. Presson Sr., dec. Recovery of 300-500 railroad cross-ties.