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Exhibit material is a hand-drawn map. The plaintiff filed the bill after they paid the defendant $700 for access to a land to build a railroad, but when they failed to complete construction by the designated date, they were obstructed from the land.

Plaintiff & Nashville Savings Bank were creditors of Def. Hirsch Bros. (debts incurred in course of Hirsch's business trading as merchants). Sheriff attached large stock of dry goods, but multiple attachments, not enough to pay Plaintiff in full. Receiver Dibrell appointed while goods under attachment and case consolidated with case by state & county against receiver re: whether goods subject to taxation in receiver's hands.

Add. Defs: Ira P. Jones, John B. Colyar, Albert Roberts, Thomas F. Perkins, The Union and American Publishing Company, A. M. Shook, Eugene Roberts, & Demoss & Malone (firm comprised of Abram L. Demoss & Thomas H. Malone), Trustees. Dispute over sale of majority of stock in Def publishing company, publisher of The American (political newspaper & organ of TN Democratic Party). Transcript offers Verhees' perspective on political nature of the paper at that time & its importance to the Democratic Party.

Add. Plaintiffs: M.L. Ambrose, Thomas G.M. Campbell, & D. Deaderik. City tried to force the plaintiffs under a company name to pay tax on their liquor sales. Plaintiffs claim they sold liquor solely as medicine, not as a beverage and should be exempt from the tax. Company was forced to pay $1,248 to the state and $680 to Davidson County. Includes assignment of errors.

Add. plaintiff: William A. Hamilton. Add. defendants: R.W. Turner, Mrs. Mary F. Hamilton, & Mrs. Sarah A. Hamilton. In 1864, one A. Hamilton executed to the plaintiff as Trustee two tracts of land and later W.A. Hamilton executed to defendant Sarah A. Hamilton, then Owen, a mortgage on one of the tracts for $500. Plaintiffs charge that the full amount of the note and mortgage has yet to be paid.

Hyde owned lot 124 (Hamilton Street) in G.W. Harding's Second Addition to City of Nashville, evidenced by deed from Charles H. Goodlett, who sold Hyde the lot. Brewington also claimed ownership, leading to dispute. Land first owned by G.W. Harding who sold to Henry Edwards, who lost land in execution sale to Goodlett (per judgment in favor of Grace Ennis). Brewington claimed Edwards sold him the land, but contract evidencing same signed when Edwards on death bed & wife sick.

Defendant is a streetcar company that applied & gained permission from Plaintiff to lay down tracks on certain city streets in Nashville. The streetcar co.'s were responsible for paving between & immediately around tracks with same material as street. When Church St. was to be changed from a macadamized road to Belgium pavement, defendants refused to make the necessary improvements around their tracks; plaintiff sued for $10,000 expended. Additional documents can be found in ET 772.

Dispute over ownership and right of way on a tract of land in East Nashville referred to as the "Edgefield Dump." Mention of John Shelby is made in the case as the land was originally conveyed by John Shelby's trustee to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.

J. K. Polk is Next Friend of Mary Eason. Add. Pla: W. H. F. Allen. Add. Def: S. B. Spurlock, John A. Brown, Louis C. Eason, Serena Allen, Sarah Jane Schaurer, Herbert James Schaurer and Edward Gannaway admr. of Anthony Allen dec. Pla. Mary is the wife of Def. Louis C. Eason and daughter to Anthony Allen. Pla. W. H. F. is the son of Anthony Allen. A. Allen owned a grocery business on West Broad St. in the 10th Ward of Nashville. Said property was sold to satisfy debts. Pla. are challenging its sale.

A.A. Newsom, def.'s brother, rented from Noel 25 acres of land & executed $300 note for annual rent. 1/3 of the land was planted in corn & the rest (16-18 acres) used to cultivate a stock of nursery fruit trees & grapevines. Beckett was foreman on farm. A.A. fled county & state without paying rent. Noel claimed lien on the growing crop to satisfy rent. Def., who was a nurseryman in Nashville, engaged in that business for 40 years, claimed to own mortgage on crop, having purchased it from Maj. A.E. Burr.

A month before she died, Adelicia Cheatham (Pauline's mom) gave Pauline 90 shares of stock of TN Mfg Co, on the advice of her friend Gov. James D. Porter (then Asst US Sec of State), which Pauline put in a safe deposit box in Washington, DC. After her mom died, Pauline presented the certificates to TMC. TMC refused to transfer ownership -- TMC was concerned its authority to do so was in doubt, especially since Adelicia's will was being contested; rather, TMC wished the Court to determine rightful ownership

Collecting on two insurance policies on a stock of goods, owning exclusively to Bendit's wife, Ella. Property was destroyed in fire in 1887. Company refuses to pay policy, even though the loss totaled greater than the policy.

Additional plaintiffs listed in file. Exhibit materials are multiple photographs of property/ies and maps. S.J. Watkins (dec.) appointed Isaac Litton as executor to follow out his will that stated 10 acres of his property was to be deeded to the city for use as a public park. After his death, the city had failed to comply with several stipulations laid out in the contract and deed, including not introducing water or having a fountain and maintaining the grounds and fence enclosing the property.

Pla. want court to vacate ruling wherein Mayor & Council sued Pla. & others, individual owners of land tracts in Nashville, 9th Ward, near Mt. Zion Baptist Church, for back taxes. Pla. now claim Mayor & Council wrongly grouped landownders in 1 suit, even though tracts owned individually, not jointly. Moore said he was poor & ignorant but hardworking w/wife & 3 children 5 & under, & Brown was negro woman w/no education but hardworking w/6 children whose husband deserted her. Each owned part of Lot 94.

The original bill alleges that the defendant entered into a contract with plaintiffs and they state that the machinery and final product were unfit according to the description in the contract.