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Plaintiff in error is accused of attempting to rape Alma Hicks, daughter of Lewis Hicks, the plaintiff's employer. Lewis Hicks claims he entered his home to find the plaintiff assaulting his daughter. The plaintiff claim it was Alma who initiated the interaction.

Plaintiff railway company sued Johnson City for attempting to assess a tax increase on the railway for 1888. The railway claimed it paid its taxes of 53/100 of a mile upon a valuation of $20,500/mile for 1887 and attempted to pay them at the same rate for 1888 but the City refused and demanded 97/100 of a mile on the valuation. The railway claimed this was an unlawful attempt to tax their company.

Plaintiff Watkins claimed that W. H. Stone failed to pay the entirety of a judgement rendered against Stone in favor of the plaintiff for about $30. Watkins claimed the defendant, through fraud, got the plaintiff to sign the receipt for the entire amount of the judgement and processed it with the Justice of the Peace. However, Watkins asserted that the defendant only gave him $5 and told him he had to sign the receipt before he would receive the rest of the money the following week, which he never did.

Plaintiffs sued to halt the defendant from retaining a new fence between their properties that was encroaching on their property. They requested an injunction to halt construction and confirmation of former boundary.

Under a decree from a previous case Bank of Lewisburg v. Moorman & Co., R. L. Adams was forced to sell a tract of land known as the Edwards tract. Fowler was the highest bidder. After securing notes on the land, the seller requested more money. Fowler sues to get his money back so he can invest elsewhere.

Brummett accused of attacking William Barger with a pistol on the date of 1 June 1889. He was charged with felonious assault and battery with intent to commit murder in the 2nd degree.

Victim: John Spickard

Defendant is accused of assaulting Ella Clymer, the niece of his wife. The defendant and the victim lived in the same home. The assault occurred on a carriage ride to a spring fair.