The Legal Records include papers concerning the bankruptcy of 1898, court and regulatory commission cases, and contracts, agreements and miscellaneous papers.

The bankruptcy papers consist of claims against E. P. and Henry Sherry, and their file of claims cards which record moneys and interest owed. The court and regulatory commission cases include a transcript of the hearing before the Railroad Commission of Wisconsin concerning dams owned by the Flambeau Paper Company and the Wisconsin Realty Company across the Flambeau River, and alleged statute violations dealing with water levels, flowage, and stream pollution. The Flambeau River Lumber Company vs. The Chippewa and Flambeau Improvement Company deals with a complain that the latter inhibited the Flambeau River Lumber Company's business of driving logs on the Flambeau River in 1926. The records also include the appellant's brief and the hearing transcript of the case in which the Flambeau River Company contested the action of the Board of Review of the City of Park Falls in determining the assessable value of the paper mill plant at Park Falls in 1929. The contracts, agreements and miscellaneous papers contain contracts and purchase agreements involving various Sherry enterprises. Also included are annual corporation reports, applications to sell securities, and other filings required by state law.