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Recovery of court costs. Case listed in: "Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, for the Eastern Division, for the year 1870," Volume 1, p. 427-431. Case originally Stuart v. James C. Bradford left state and no property with court jurisdiction and that Bradford was insolvant. Clerk (McCuistion) seeks to recover costs of motion from Stuart. Stuart appealed.

Add. defendants: George Gregory, Robert Birchfield, Allen Butler, john B. Hammer, James Harp, Excr of Alexander Harp (dec.), Casper Branner, John Lawrence, David Helf, James Newman, and others listed in file. Plaintiff is the heir of James C. Jones. Suing for damages totaling $4,000.

Additional defendants: Barnibas Rice, Benjamin Cluck, and George W. Welling. Plaintiff claims he was unlawfully arrested and imprisoned for 8 months by the defendants who were soldiers in the Confederate Army. Plaintiff also claims he was forced to join the Confederate Army. The documents contain the testimony of Samuel A. Bell who commanded the squad that arrested Kimbrough. Bell notes he was operating under the orders of Col. E. D. Blake.

The plaintiff brings suit seeking damages related to the death of her husband Andrew Jones. Andrew was traveling from Chattanooga to New Market on a train owned and operated by the defendant when he was thrown from the train to the tracks and crushed by the train's wheels. The plaintiff states that Andrew was attempting to depart the train at the time of the accident but complains that the defendant did not give him sufficient time to do so safely.

Opinion Only

Origin of damages: Covenant broken.

Alexander Haun Jr. sues by next friend Alexander Haun, Sr. for trespass, assault and battery, and false imprisonment against Pleasant A. Witt. sued for damage in the sum of $3,000.

Incomplete file; briefs only. Pickle sued Williford, road hand for refusing to work on public roads, task from which Williford insisted he was exempt due to disability per county court order. Court said county court had authority to grant exemption but only upon proof of permanent disability, which was lacking in this case; because it was issued summarily, order was void. Williford appealed to SC. Pickle claimed Williford was not disabled but had personal issue w/road overseer.

Add. Defs: William Caldwell, Milton H. McSpaddon, Daniel Meek, Montgomery Thornburgh, Nathaniel Hann, Robert Martin, Samuel Moser [Maser?], Edward B. Snoddy, Edward Riggs, Thomas B. Rippato (all county justices who voted against Newman). Under TN law, illegal for defaulter to hold office. Def. adjudged Newman a defaulter (for state revenues unaccounted for by him as sheriff & collector), vacated his office, & elected new sheriff, Marcus J. Parrott. Newman said their action was illegal.

For period of 6 years before death of John Vance Sr, Byas & his wife performed large amount of work for Vance, at his request, & promised to pay them what work was reasonably worth, but he never did so. Jury ruled in Byas' favor, awarding $95 in damages. Witnesses: Galloway Cates (pssbly Vance's brother-in-law), Alexander Newman, Edmond Foster, Thomas Wright, Elizabeth Byas (Bryant's sister-in-law), Mary Cates, William McNight, William Williams, Patrick Pierce, others. Alternate spelling for pla.: Briant

Cause of Action: Trespass on the Case.

Plaintiff's name also spelled Jenaway. The way name is written, it also sometimes looks like Jeanway & sometimes like Seanway. Defendant entered plaintiff's property & cut down 500 oak & pine trees. Plaintiff sued for $500 damages. Could be related to case in ET 1147, but in that case, on transcript cover sheet, "Benj." crossed out & replaced with "Dan'l". Same year & same def, but that case doesn't mention cutting trees.

Additional Plaintiff: Philip H. Nelson as next friend.

Additional Plaintiffs: M. O. Cowan, L. H. Spilman.

The plaintiff asking the court to desist from proceeding with the execution of judgment from the case of A. Sanders and wife against J. C. Carwood et al adm.

Plaintiff claimed trespass upon his property, and brought suit for $1,000 of damage. This case revolves around a stud horse of defendants, said to be of great value, which failed to fulfill his promise. Court awarded judgment to plaintiff for $500.

Complaining as admr. of the estate of Wm Henckle, Neff sued James W. Rodgers, Thomas Rodgers, & Isaac A. Rodgers for $400. The debt had been owed Henckle before he died, & the Rodgers had failed to pay.

Jeanway asking court for relief from execution issued on $9.04 judgment obtained against him by Ryal [Royl] Turner, who assigned it to Martin Hatcher, who assigned it to Hodges. Jeanway says never notified of original suit.Case possibly related to case in ET Box 1143, same year, same court, same parties, except pltf. is "Benjamin" F. Jeanway & case is about Hodges cutting trees on Jeanway's land. NOTE: Transcript cover sheet for THIS case (ET 1147) has "Benj." crossed out & "Dan'l" written instead.

J. A. Eckel and S. Walker, partners, sued the defendant railroad for damages for the negligent killing of 15 of their hogs while shipping them with the defendant.

Case listed in: "Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, for the Eastern Division, for the year 1870," Volume 1, p. 95-97. Plaintiff sued for the recovery of damages in the sum of $500, the balance of a slave he had purchased.

The plaintiff states that the defendant took and converted for his own use the plank that laid the upper and lower floors, wheels off a wagon, two gates and the shutters of the two doors of a certain house situated on plaintiff's land.

The plaintiff claims that the defendant trespassed to the damage of five thousand dollars.

Matthews owned property adjacent to a portion of company's railroad tracks. The tracks were situated on an embankment cutting across a valley & required a culvert through the embankment to prevent flooding. Matthews claimed that the company didn't maintain culvert in good repair & that his property was regularly flooded as a result. Matthews sued for $5,000 in damages. 82 pgs. in this box & 178 pgs. in ET 1641, 84 See ET690 & 1641