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<date value='1858-01-16'>Saturday, January 16,
1858.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p>In the U. S.
Circuit Court, Lincoln and Stephen T. Logan represent the Morgan County Bank in
the case of <name type='case' key='L02145'>Gale v. Morgan County Bank</name>.
Plaintiff Dewitt C. Gale is suing the bank for $10,000 in damages. Gale made
deposits totaling $4,000, and he claims that the bank failed to credit his
account. Judge Samuel H. Treat swears in a jury who listens to the evidence and
the testimony. The jury decides in favor of the bank, and the Court orders the
plaintiff to pay the court costs. <bibl default='NO'>Narratio, filed 30 May 1857,
<title>Gale v. Morgan County Bank</title>, Record Group 21, case file 142;
Affidavit of Henry R. Read, 10 June 1857, <title>Gale v. Morgan County
Bank</title>, Record Group 21, case file 142; Jury Verdict, filed 16 January
1858, <title>Gale v. Morgan County Bank</title>, Record Group 21, case file
142; Order, 16 January 1858, <title>Gale v. Morgan County Bank</title>, Record
Group 21, General Records, Vol. 1, 253; Judgment Docket, 16 January 1858,
<title>Gale v. Morgan County Bank</title>, Record Group 21, Judgment Docket,
Vol. 1, fol. 19, all in U. S. Circuit Court, Southern District of Illinois,
National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, Chicago,
IL.</bibl>
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