La storia-vita di Lincoln; una biografia composta da cinque cento storie vere raccontate da Abramo Lincoln e i suoi amici . "piccola oltre ventuno, eil altre nei pressi di venti-tre. Questo è tutto, ha detto il sig. Lincoln.Colleghi, detto Lincoln a thejury, questi ragazzi non avrebbero mai triedto cheat vecchio contadino caso al di fuori di questi oxenand che aratro, ma per i consigli ofcounsel. È stato un cattivo consiglio, male morale e male nella legge. Thelaw sanzioni mai barare e un avvocato deve essere molto smartindeed di ruotarlo in modo che sembrerà di farlo. Il giudice tellyou cosa vour proprio senso di giustizia ha già detto, t

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The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . ittle over twenty-one, andthe other near twenty-three. That is all, said Mr. Lincoln.Gentlemen, said Lincoln to thejury, these boys would never have triedto cheat old Farmer Case out of these oxenand that plow, but for the advice ofcounsel. It was bad advice, bad in morals and bad in law. Thelaw never sanctions cheating, and a lawyer must be very smartindeed to twist it so that it will seem to do so. The judge will tellyou what vour own sense of justice has already told you, thatthese Snow boys, if they were mean enough to plead the baby act, when they came to be men should have taken the oxen and plow-back. They can not go back on their contract and also keep whatthe note was given for. The jury, without leaving their seats, gave a verdict for oldFarmer Case. The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Isaac N. Arnold, page 85. Railroad, Repudiating Bill for $2, 000, Pays $5, 000 Probably the most important lawsuit Lincoln and I conductedwas one in which we defended the Illinois Central Railroad in an. ENTERS POLITICS AGAIN 247 action brought by McLean County, Illinois, in August, 1853, torecover taxes alleged to be due the county from the road. TheLegislature had granted the road immunity from taxation, and thiswas a case intended to test the constitutionality of the law. Theroad sent a retainer of $250. In the lower court the case was decided in favor of the railroad.An appeal to the Supreme Court followed, and there it was arguedtwice, and finally decided in our favor. This last decision wasrendered some time in 1855. Mr. Lincoln soon went to Chicagoand presented our bill for legal services. We only asked for $2, 000more. The official to whom he was referred looking at the bill, expressed great surprise. Why, sir, he exclaimed, this is as much as Daniel Websterhimself would have charged! We cannot allow such a claim. Stung by the rebuff, Lincoln withdrew the bill,

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