Undated Petition of citizens to the Legislature
to refund road construction lawsuit costs
Contributed by: Robbie Burnett
The following petitions can be found on microfilm at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville, Tennessee. The original petitions are also available.
Petition of the Citizens of the County of Perry
To the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee
The petition of the Subscribers respectfully represent that some time ago Stanley Johnson of Perry County as Overseer of a Road in said County sued several persons for failing to work on the Road. That in consequence of irregularity of the proceedings and mistakes of the Magistrates some of the Defendants caused him to pay the costs of suit after appeals to the County and Circuit Court of said County carried(?) up by then that said Johnson is a very poor man and the payment of the costs has been and will yet be a serious injury to his family—–They therefore pray your Honorable body to grant him relief by causing the State or County to refund to him the costs which have been or may hereafter be expected by him in those cases—-Thus your petitioner will ever pray.
Stanley Johnson
W. C. Bowman
V. D. Barry (same hand as petition)
A. Gilmor(?)
J. Williams
Dickson Hooper
James Smyth
Enoch Hooper
Isaac Shipman
_____Hooper
John Newton
_____Hooper
James Lewis
Jason Wood
Thomas Timmons
Jas. Dickson
Robert Stafford
Willey Tanner
Aaron Seiver
William Johnson
Jenkins_______
William Welch
Joel Alsher
John Gray
William Gray