January 18, 1858

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            <date value='1858-01-18'>Monday, January 18, 1858.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p>In the U. S. Circuit Court,
  Lincoln is one of the attorneys representing plaintiff James Emmitt in the case
  of <name type='case' key='L02143'>Emmitt v. Barret</name>. Judge Samuel H.
  Treat sustains Emmitt's demurrer to defendant James A. Barret's plea. The
  attorneys for both parties had argued the merits of Emmitt's demurrer when they
  previously met in court on January 12, 1858. Emmitt is suing Barret for $8,000
  in damages for Barret's failure to repay a $4,816.66 promissory note. 
  <bibl default='NO'>Order, 18 January 1858, <title>Emmitt v. Barret</title>, Record Group 21,
  General Records, Vol. 1, 256; Order, 12 January 1858, <title>Emmitt v.
  Barret</title>, Record Group 21, General Records, Vol. 1, 244; Declaration,
  filed 2 January 1858, <title>Emmitt v. Barret</title>, Record Group 21, case
  file 279, 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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