This volume, entitled "Telegraph Law Cases -- Miscellaneous," is the fifth of five volumes of litigation records involving rights and title to Edison patent applications pertaining to duplex and quadruplex telegraphy. Many of the items are duplicates of documents in the Quadruplex Case volumes and are identified as such in the contents list below.

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The court records followed by the designation TLC are from "Telegraph Law Cases -- Miscellaneous." The other court records in this volume were not selected, primarily because they are duplicates of court records filmed in Quadruplex Case (QC) volumes 70-73 or elsewhere in TLC. Images of all selected court records can be obtained by clicking the links on the list below. The "List Documents" button at the bottom of this note will list only the items selected from Telegraph Law Cases -- Miscellaneous."

1. Wilson's Electric Gas Lighter Company v. A. L. Bogart. Southern District of New York. 1875.
   A patent infringement suit having no apparent relation to Edison. Not selected.
2. Western Union Telegraph Company v. George Harrington, Thomas A. Edison, the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company, Jay Gould, Samuel M. Mills and Josiah C. Reiff; Thomas A. Edison, William M. Seyfert, William J. Palmer, Henry L. Dallett, Jr., Augustus B. Ward and Robert W. Russell as Trustees of the American Automatic Telegraph Company; the said American Automatic Telegraph Company; and George B. Prescott. Superior Court of the City of New York.
1. Affidavits and Injunction Order. February 21, 1877. 18 pages. TLC.
2. Summons and Complaint. February 21, 1877. 253 pages. TLC.
3. In the Patent Office. In the matter of Harrington and Edison v. Prescott.
   Argument on Behalf of Edison. 1875. 34 pages. Two copies. Not selected. Another copy appears in QC 72.
4. Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company v. George B. Prescott, Western Union Telegraph Company, et al. Superior Court of the City of New York. 1876.
   Brief for Plaintiff by Wyllys Hodges. 27 pages. Not selected. Another copy appears in QC 73.
5. George Harrington and Thomas A. Edison v. Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company and Jay Gould. Southern District of New York. 1876.
   Bill of Complaint. 81 pages. Not selected. This document appears as Exhibit 35 in QC 71 .
6. Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company v. George B. Prescott, Western Union Telegraph Company, Lemuel W. Serrell and Thomas A. Edison. Superior Court of the City of New York. 1876.
   Answer of Thomas A. Edison. 13 pages. Not selected. Another copy appears in QC 70.
7. Thomas A. Edison and George Harrington v. Western Union Telegraph Company; George B. Prescott; the Honorable R.H. Duell, Commissioner of Patents, and the Honorable Z. Chandler, Secretary of the Interior. Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. 1876.
   1. Bill of Complaint. 38 pages. Not selected. This document appears as Exhibit 17 in TLC 2.2, above.
   2. Brief on Behalf of Complainants. 28 pages. TLC.
8. Before the Honorable Secretary of the Interior. In the matter of the appeal of Edison and Harrington from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents of March 20, 1875, to the Secretary of the Interior.
   Reply of counsel for Prescott to the briefs of Butler, counsel for Edison & Latrobe and Myers, counsel for Harrington. 42 pages. TLC.
9. Western Union Telegraph Company v. Thomas A. Edison and George B. Prescott. In Chancery of New Jersey.
   Bill of Complaint and Injunction. January 28, 1875. 25 pages. TLC.
10. Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company v. George B. Prescott and Western Union Telegraph Company. Superior Court of the City of New York. 1876.
    Argument of Grosvenor P. Lowrey. 100 pages. Not selected. Another copy appears in QC 73.