Lincoln concludes for appellants in Ross v. Irving, and Pryor v. Irving. On February 2, 1853, Supreme Court decides that method of determining value of improvements by commissioners is unconstitutional, thus reversing Pike Circuit Court. 14 Ill. 171-83.

Lincoln writes to N. W. Edwards: "Please pay N. W. Edwards & Co, eighty dollars, which will be in full of interest on your note till 1st May 1853." Abraham Lincoln to Ninian W. Edwards, 15 January 1853, CW, 2:188.