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Collins sued Foshee and several other defendants for trespass and damages of $40,000 for taking and converting to their own use Collins' personal property, including: horses, mules, hogs, bushels of corn, wheat, hay, cattle, sheep, etc. Collins also suing for being maliciously forced out of his house, destroying his farm houses and other property while def'ts occupied them as camping grounds. Suit began in 1865.

Final Decree only. Additional Plaintiffs: Unknown.

Complainant filed this bill to foreclose a mortgage on a deed in trust. Brief Only. See related suit brought by his son David McRoberts v. J. M. Copeland et ux. for repayment on the same mortgage, box ET 1863.

Plaintiffs, traders in the name of Rankin, Baggs & Co., were awarded a judgment of $223 against defendants in 1841. Present suit brought to force collection on debt, through execution against the estate of Gibbs, security for defendant.

sued for damages in the sum of $5,000. Plaintiff's case was judged to be worth damages in the sum of $1,500.

Russell was appointed guardian of Andrew & his sister Porthenia Green, both then minors, w/Forrest & Curtis as Russell's securities. Before Russell, John W. Hoyt (now dec) was guardian for Andrew & others, all minor heirs of James S. Green, dec. Andrew filed this bill to get final settlement of said guardianship from Russell. During the guardianship, Andrew says he lived with Russell (from age 8 to age 17) & worked for Russell during crop season & other times.

The cause of action in this case was listed as replevin. The case appears to involve a dispute over who was the rightful owner of bushels of wheat.

Similarly to their case with Borches & Co., J. L. Brooks made a chattel mortgage through Arnold, Henegar, and Doyle, a shoe and boot company, using farming implements as collateral. No information stating the purpose of borrowing this money. It would appear that the Brooke's were attempting to set up some sort of mercantile and levied their personal belongings to stock the store. See other debt case for J. L. Brooks in ET1 also.

Case is incomplete; opinion only.

Resulting from a bus collision. Exhibits include numerous oversized x-rays located in ET OV 1.

Exhibit is a ledger found in ET box 790

Concerns the filling of vacant clerk position.

Incomplete case file. Additional plaintiffs: Thomas A. Cleage, Joseph M. Gully, and Samuel Firestone. Cause of Action: Refusing to settle or pay according to law. Crockett was a McMinn County Trustee.

Deceased: Jack Winburn Arrowood. Add. Defendants: McMinn Co. Board of Education, Clifford Miller.

Statement of Case & Brief only. Plaintiff originally found guilty of causing the death of 19-year-old Verdie Seiber by striking her repeatedly during an argument so that she fell down a staircase & struck her head on the concrete. Seiber died of a fractured skull 14 Nov. 1936. Plaintiff & Seiber had been on friendly terms until the argument which was over his seeing another woman. Incident took place in roadhouse where Seiber also worked. Mentioned: Alf Daugherty, Seiber's stepfather.

The defendant secured a promissory note to the Bank of Tennessee with a deed of trust for several slaves. The debt became due and the plaintiff is seeking transfer of ownership of the slaves. Plaintiff is also seeking an injunction prohibiting the relocation of the slaves to Knoxville, arguing that slaves will become sick due to epidemic. The slaves are Katy 43, Jordan 18, Henry 16, Julia 23 and her daughter Clarissa 9.

This case file is an appeal for a new trial from a case where plaintiff in error was charged with murder.

Julia Brooks took out a chattel mortgage from Borches & Co., using farm implements as her collateral. Additionally mentioned is a judgment against Brooks to pay Cox Hat Company $100.79. Cox was trying to gather capital to build a new building in Knoxville at the time. It would appear that the Brooke's were attempting to set up some sort of mercantile and levied their personal belongings to stock the store. See also other file in ET1. Similar case.

Final Decree only. Additional Defendants: Unknown.

Resulting from an assault by a "black jack."