. Abraham Lincoln as attorney for the Illinois Central Railroad Company . ich Mr. Lincoln said he had forgotten, and accordinglyreduced his demand to four thousand eight hundreddollars. Mr. Lincoln had taken the depositions of some ofthe leading lawyers of the state as to what was a reason-able fee. Among these were 0. H. Browning andArchibald Williams of Quincy, Illinois; Norman , Isaac N. Arnold and Grant Goodrich, of Chicago,Illinois; Norman H. Purple, of Peoria, Illinois; andStephen T. Logan, of Springfield, Illinois. Mr. Lincoln tried his own case and as he got upto speak to {he jur
. Abraham Lincoln as attorney for the Illinois Central Railroad Company . ich Mr. Lincoln said he had forgotten, and accordinglyreduced his demand to four thousand eight hundreddollars. Mr. Lincoln had taken the depositions of some ofthe leading lawyers of the state as to what was a reason-able fee. Among these were 0. H. Browning andArchibald Williams of Quincy, Illinois; Norman , Isaac N. Arnold and Grant Goodrich, of Chicago,Illinois; Norman H. Purple, of Peoria, Illinois; andStephen T. Logan, of Springfield, Illinois. Mr. Lincoln tried his own case and as he got upto speak to {he jury a button on his trousers gave Wait a minute til I fix my galluses, he tookout a knife, whittled a stick and used {hat in place offlie button. Mr. David Davis, afterwards a Justice of theSupreme Court of flie United States, was {he presidingjudge. The jury returned a verdict for Mr. Lincolnfor {he full amount of four fliousand eight hundred dol-lars, which was promptly paid by {he company. These are in substance {he noteworthy incidentsof this unique At a special term of tte Eighth Judicial Circuit Court of theState of Illinois, begun and held for common law business ex-pressly, in pursuance of an order of said court made at the Marchterm thereof, to wit, on the eleventh day of April, A. D. 1857, atthe court house in Bloomington, in and for flie County of McLean,on the fifteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thou-sand eight hundred and : Hon. David Davis, McCullough, H. Moore, Esq., Sheriff. And thereupon the court proceeded to business as follows,to wit: Thursday, June 18th, 1857. ABRAHAM LINCOLN T 1475. vs. Lt A • THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD f ^ J This day this cause being regularly called for trial the plaint-iff came, and the plea of non-assumpsit having by the defendantbeen pleaded at a former term of this court and issue herein beingjoined thereon by the plaintiff, the defe
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