In the Sangamon County Circuit Court, Lincoln writes and files a petition for the partition of land in Merriman et al. v. Merriman et al. Logan & Lincoln represent George B. Merriman, Isaac and Lucinda Constant, and Lavinia Jane and William T. Jones, in a dispute with other members of the Merriman family over land inherited from the estate of Reuben Merriman.Petition for Partition, filed 29 June 1842, Merriman et al. v. Merriman et al., Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Complete Record, 29 June 1842, Merriman et al. v. Merriman et al., Complete Record B, 328-29, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois at Springfield.