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<date value='1858-01-02'>Saturday, January 2,
1858.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>. </dateline>
<p> In the U.S.
Circuit Court, Lincoln files a declaration in the case of
<name type='case' key='L02143'>Emmitt v. Barret</name>. Lincoln & Herndon
represent the plaintiff James Emmitt, who is suing James A. Barret for $8,000
in damages. Emmitt seeks the damages as a result of Barret's failure to repay a
$4,816.66 promissory note. <bibl default='NO'>Declaration, filed 2 January 1858,
<ital>Emmitt v. Barret</ital>, Record Group 21, case file 279, U.S. Circuit
Court, Southern District of Illinois, National Archives and Records
Administration, Great Lakes Region, Chicago, IL.</bibl>
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