Spring Term A.D. 1883
        Wednesday May 2nd 1883
of                        Dollars and
Cents to         taxed as his Costs in this
behalf expended and the Defendant in mercy &c

Levi M. Bates John H. Reed
& Martin J. Cooley partners &
Merchants trading in City of
New York State of New York     }
under the firm name of         }
Bates Reed & Cooley            }  Finly & Hampton
             vs                }  asspt by attachment
George S. Hoff                 }  Goss
                               }  And now this Cause
coming on to be heard and the parties Plaintiffs
and Defendant appearing by their respective
attorneys and the issues being joined a Jury was
called and there came J.F. Townsend, Wesley
Blake, O.B. Bailey, G.W. Easterlin N.W. Malphurs
and W.W. Carter who were duly Sworn and empanelled
to well and truly try the issues joined and thereafter
after hearing the evidence the argument of Coun-
sel and the Charge of the Court retired to consider
of their verdict and thereafter on the Same day re-
turned into open Court and rendered the following
verdict to wit: We the Jurely find the verdict for
the plaintif amount $1250/00  G.W. Easterlin
                                         Foreman

Whereupon it is ordered Considered and ad-
judged by the Court that the Plaintiffs do
have and recover of and from the defendant
($1250/00) together with their Costs in this behalf
expended taxed at Twenty Nine        Dollars
and Fifty one         cents and the Defendant
in mercy &c

[ Written in left margin next to the above entry: ]

Settled by compromise and satisfied by authority of the
Plaintiffs. July 11th 1887     Finley & Hampton
                                      Attys of Record per W.W. Hampton (L.S.)
                                      for Bates Reed & Cooley
Attest:
   J.C. Carlisle  Clerk
    pr E.C. Wimberly D.C.
[  ]

R.L. Cathcart }
         vs   }  Distress for Rent
W.F. Miley    }
              And now this Cause coming on to
be heard and the defendant having failed to
plead herein it is ordered Considered and
adjudged by the Court that the Plaintiff do
have judgment by Default against the Defendant
and the Defendant in mercy &c