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Incomplete case file. Nature of the debt is unclear.

Debt for the services of Hawkins as Sergeant of City Police force.

R. W Turner, agent of Mrs. A. C. Parrish, sued the plaintiffs in error for payment on 10 notes of $60 each executed to the Sheltons who were renting a stable from the defendant in error.

Nelson sued the defendant for under $500 for debt on account. Court ruled in plaintiff's favor for $280.

The defendant in error and his wife are musicians. They purchased a piano from the plaintiff in error but later refused to pay the notes due to defects in the instrument. The piano was then repossessed by the defendant, causing the plaintiff to file suit for damages.

Additional Complainant: P. H. Regan. Additional Defendant: Peter Morrison.

Additional defendants: John J. McCann, and W. H. Thaxton. M. M. Brien is also spelled Bryan in this case.

Defendant in error, Duncan McKay, J. H. Frith, and John Langham, claimed that Kincade and Co., which is composed of J. F. Kincade and George W. Kincade, owed them a debt of $150.33 for the purchase of feed and grain from their company.

Amount of Debt $500.00

Plaintiff recovered judgement in September 1854 in Davidson County for $750.49 against Robert Smiley, William L. Nance, and James M. Murrell. Execution includes slaves, by name.

Additional plaintiff: D. Driterle. Plea of debt due by account under $500.

Plaintiffs were awarded a judgment against the McNelly for repayment of $676.90 in Dekalb County in 1879. McNelly never paid the judgment. The plaintiffs claimed that in 1888, MCNelly promised to pay the amount when he was able, thereby validating the plaintiffs new claim to the debt many years later.

Add. defendants: Lebeck Brothers, B.F. Moore, John A. McEwen, J.S. Billings, & T.G. Ryman. Issue of debt due on account. The plaintiff was awarded $624.10.

Additional Defendants: Thomas Servoss, Mattawan Company (New York), William B. Leonard (Agent of Mattawan Company).

Additional plaintiffs: James R. Cockrill; Additional defendants: James Adkisson, Samuel Adkisson, Thomas Adkisson, sons and assignees of S.W. Adkisson; Original promissory note dated Sept. 9, 1869 and assigned by S.W. Adkisson on Dec. 11, 1875. See additional case with same case/style name but with different docket number 6143 in MT 21 as well.

Defendants: J. W. Hoyte, A. V. S. Lindsley. Defendants: G. B. Guild

Dispute over $200 from a former partnership transaction between the Plaintiff and Defendant. The first case was in favor of Plaintiff, Def. appealed to Circuit Court, where case judged in favor of Def., so Plaintiff appealed to Supreme Court. Partnership involved importing and selling Spanish or Italian Jack (male donkey) stock.

Cause of Action: Plea of Debt for account under $1,000. In the original case, Gamble was the plaintiff and Trimble the defendant. The court sided with Gamble. Trimble has brought forth this appeal. Eventually Trimble dismissed the appeal.

In original case, Odill & Co sued for debt on account because the railroad disposed of goods without their consent and are owed $123 plus interest. The court awarded Odill & Co $218 in damages for the loss in value of 160 barrels of Irish potatoes. Case relates to a rail strike in Chicago that disrupted commerce. The potatoes were delivered to the closest market in Peoria and sold "to the best advantage."

In 1894, A. Campbell shipped 2 carloads of Irish potatoes from West Nashville to Chicago on the L & N railroad at a rate of .29 per lbs. equaling $81 and $76 Campbell filed a plea of debt on account because he was ultimately charged $109 and $102. The railroad countered that they were forced to ship the potatoes using a water route because there was a strike outside of Chicago, which was more expensive. Otherwise, the potatoes would have rotted in transit.