A. Lincoln, Prairie LawyerAuthor makes use of the Herndon-Weik Papers, first opened to the public in 1942, and of the Robert Todd Lincoln Collection, which was not accessible until 1947, in the biography of Abraham Lincoln as a lawyer. |
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... Railroad Company v . Morrison and Crabtree , 38 assuredly a landmark in Illinois railroad law . In a decision breaking new legal ground , the Court considered , for the first time , the right of a carrier to restrict its liability to a ...
... Railroad Company v . Morrison and Crabtree , 38 assuredly a landmark in Illinois railroad law . In a decision breaking new legal ground , the Court considered , for the first time , the right of a carrier to restrict its liability to a ...
Page 313
... Railroad Company , Illinois Central Railroad v . Mor- rison and Crabtree , and the " Effie Afton " Case , showed himself to be so acutely aware of the importance of the railroad to the economy of the fast - growing young state , should ...
... Railroad Company , Illinois Central Railroad v . Mor- rison and Crabtree , and the " Effie Afton " Case , showed himself to be so acutely aware of the importance of the railroad to the economy of the fast - growing young state , should ...
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... Railroad , on the subject of taxation . I am now free to make an engagement for the Road ; and if you think fit you ... railroad consented to a pro forma decree of dismissal in the McLean Circuit Court . The appeal of Illinois Central ...
... Railroad , on the subject of taxation . I am now free to make an engagement for the Road ; and if you think fit you ... railroad consented to a pro forma decree of dismissal in the McLean Circuit Court . The appeal of Illinois Central ...
Contents
Early Contacts | 3 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 21 |
Stuart Lincoln | 35 |
Copyright | |
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