Spring Term  AD 1889
            Thursday May 9th 1889-
        Charles K. Bates Charles C. Kingberry
        James D. Hightower Glover C. Elfe and
        Edwin Kingsberry partners and Merchants
Ex iss  trading in the City of Atlanta in         }
        the State of Georgia under the firm       }
        name of Edwin Bates & Co                  }  Hampton
# 68                    vs                        } asspt
        J.L. Patton and M.E. Turner               }  Sanchez
        partners trading in Alachua               }
        County Florida under firm                 }
        name of J.L. Patton & Co                  }
                                                  }  And now this
        Cause came on to be heard and the
        parties plaintiffs and Defendants being
        in open Court by their respective attorneys
        now comes the Defendants by their attorney
        and in open Court withdraws their plea
        filed herein Whereupon a Jury was
        called and there came Wm Adams -
        C.J. Rivers F.J. Hagood - W.H. Thompson
        WmBates, W.A. Porter who were duly
        Sworn and empanelled to well and truly
        assess the damages according to the evidence
        and thereafter after hearing the evidence
        retired to Consider of their Verdict and
        thereafter on the same day returned into
        open Court and rendered the following
        Verdict to wit:- Gainesville Fla. May 9/89-
        We the Jury find for the Plaintiffs dam-
        ages to the amount of $28848
                                F.J. Hagood
                                     Foreman
        Whereupon it is ordered Considered and ad
        adjudged by the Court that the Plaintiffs
        do have and recover of and from the Defen-
        dants the Sum of Two hundred and
        Eighty Eight 48/100 ($28848) Dollars for their
        damages together with their Costs in this
        behalf expended taxed at Nine 62/100 -
        Dollars and the Defendants in Mercy &c

[ Written in left margin next to above entry: ]

The Execution returned to Clerks Office
Marked Satisfied  Mch 9th 1894
                       H. Denton Clerk
                       pr E.C. Wimberly D.C.

        Frist National Pank of Palaka  assignee}
# 75                    vs                     }
        H.N. Jones                             }  And now this Cause is Continued