The papers of Abraham Lincoln : legal documents and cases, Daniel W. Stowell, editor ; Susan Krause ... [et al], assistant editor

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The papers of Abraham Lincoln : legal documents and cases, Daniel W. Stowell, editor ; Susan Krause ... [et al], assistant editor

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legal documents and cases

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Daniel W. Stowell, editor ; Susan Krause ... [et al], assistant editor

Instantiates

• The papers of Abraham Lincoln : legal documents and cases

Publication

• Charlottesville, University of Virginia Press, 2008

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

• v.1. Lincoln on being a lawyer -- Cannan v. Kenney / Cannan v. Kenney (1837-1841) : Illegal possession of property -- Rogers v. Rogers (1838-1839) : Divorce, alimony, adultery, desertion -- Hoffman v. Wernwag / Lockwood v. Wernwag / Marsh v. Wernwag (1839-1841) : Bridge construction, breach of contract, private legislation -- Hall v. Perkins / Perkins v. Hall (1841-1853) : Promissory notes, breach of contract, debt collection -- Purkapile v. Hornbuckle (1841-1842) : Illegal possession of property -- In re Johns (1842): Bankruptcy -- Crow and Crow v. Crow et al. (1842) : Inheritance, dower -- A term in the Sangamon County Circuit Court (Spring 1842) -- A tour of two circuits with Lincoln (Spring 1842) -- Grable v. Margrave (1840-1842) : Parental rights to labor, sexual relations, reputation -- James Bell & Company for the use of Speed v. Hall (1842-1843) : Debt collection, promissory notes, breach of contract -- Dorman et ux. v. Yost (1841-1852) : Inheritance, estate settlement, private legislation, fraud -- Todd v. Ware (1843-1844) : Promissory notes, debt, breach of contract, bank notes -- Wren and Hart v. Wren et al. (1843-1846) : Divorce, alimony, dower, adultery -- People ex rel. Davidson v. Bennett / Wright for the use of Davidson v. Bennett and Bennett (1843-1845) : Bastardy, child support -- Lewis for the use of Longworth v. Lewis (1845-1849) : Breach of contract, estate settlement, statute of limitations -- People v. Lane et al. (1846-1847) : Larceny
• v. 2. In re Bryant et al. / Matson for the use of Coles County, Illinois v. Rutherford (1847-1848) : Slavery, Black laws, habeas corpus, comity -- Lewis v. Moffett (1848-1850) : Dissolution of partnership, fraud, sale of patent rights -- McAtee et al. v. Enyert (1849-1852) : Sale of land, mental competence, fraud -- Coon v. Lloyd et al. (1849-1850) : California gold rush, breach of contract -- People v. Vandeventer (1850-1851) : Assault -- Tennery et ux. v. Sturgeon (1849-1850) : Slander, prostitution, reputation -- Barret v. Alton & Sangamon Railroad (1851-1852) : Railroads, stock subscriptions, breach of contract -- A tour of the Circuit with Lincoln (Spring 1852) -- Grubb v. John Frink & Company (1852-1853) : Personal injury, stagecoaches -- People v. Loe (1852-1853) : Murder, manslaughter, pardon -- Stewardson v. Stewardson / Stewardson v. Stewardson (1852-1853) : Divorce, alimony, married women's property rights -- Oldham and Hemingway v. Lincoln et al. (1853-1854) : Partnership settlement, interstate debt collection, misappropriation of funds, reputation -- Illinois Central Railroad v. McLean County, Illinois, and Parke / Lincoln v. Illinois Central Railroad (1853- 1857) : Railroads, taxation, constitutional law, attorney's fees -- Sullivan v. People (1853-1854) : Licensing, selling liquor illegally -- People ex rel. Moulton v. Brough et al. (1854) : Railroads, incorporation, authority to hold office -- People v. Pearl / People v. Sickler et al. / Pearl and Pearl v. Graham et al. (1854-1855) : Public nuisance, riot, destruction of property, liquor
• v. 3. Allen v. Illinois Central Railroad et al. / Allen v. Illinois Central Railroad (1854-1859) : Railroads, construction, damage to property -- Stigleman, Johnson & Company v. Paddleford and Norton / Stigleman, Johnson & Company v. Paddleford et al. (1854- 1857) : Construction, breach of contract, mechanic's lien -- Welles et al. v. Welles et al. / Matheny v. Welles et al. / Welles et al. v. Hofferkemp et al. (1855-1856) : Estate settlement -- McDaniel et al. v. Correll et al. (1855-1863) : Wills, mental competence, inheritance -- Dungey v. Spencer (1855) : Slander, race, Black laws, reputation -- Clark and Morrison v. Page et al. / Bacon v. Ohio & Mississippi Railroad (1855-1859) Railroads, Financing, Corporate Fraud -- Aspinall v. Lewis, Johnson & Company (1856-1857) : Sale of patent rights, promissory notes, interstate debt collection -- Eads & Nelson v. Ohio & Mississippi Railroad (1855- 1858) : Salvage, rivers, railroads -- Christian County, Illinois v. Overholt & Squier (1856- 1857) : Construction, prospective profits, breach of contract -- Rugg v. Haines (1856-1862) : Patent infringement, agricultural machinery -- Davenport v. Sconce and Don Carlos (1857-1860) : Land speculation, fraud -- Hurd et al. v. Rock Island Bridge Company (1856-1857) : Railroad bridges, river navigation, steamboats, Effie Afton case -- Johnston v. Jones and Marsh (1849-1862) : Land ownership, Chicago waterfront
• v. 4. People v. Armstrong (1857-1858) : Murder, almanac trial -- S. C. Davis & Company v. Lowry & Randle (1857-1858) : Promissory notes, breach of contract, interstate debt collection -- People ex rel. Lanphier & Walker v. Hatch (1857-1858) : Reapportionment, executive prerogative, official duty, constitutional law -- Joyner v. Bowen and Marvel (1858-1861) : Land ownership, military bounty land, fraud -- Bullock v. Viney (1859) : Sale of land, promissory notes, foreclosure of mortgage -- People v. Harrison (1859) : Murder -- Lincoln the lawyer outside the courtroom (1832-1860) -- Lincoln as a court official (1838-1860)

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ocn134989353

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25 cm.

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4 v.

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9780813926063

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(cloth : alk. paper)

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2007017906

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ill., maps

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u1216116

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(OCoLC)134989353