February 04, 1858

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            <date value='1858-02-04'>Thursday, February 4,
  1858.</date> 
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p>In the Illinois
  Supreme Court, the litigants' attorneys begin to argue the appeal case of 
  <name type='case' key='L02489'>Sprague v. Illinois River RR et al.</name>, a
  suit that originated in the Cass County Circuit Court. Lincoln &amp; Herndon,
  and Henry E. Dummer represent Charles Sprague; David A. Smith and Stephen T.
  Logan are the attorneys for the railroad. Sprague seeks an injunction to
  prevent Cass County from paying the Illinois River Railroad $50,000 in stock
  subscriptions approved by the voters. <bibl default='NO'>Order, 4 February 1858,
  <title>Sprague v. Illinois River RR et al.</title>, Illinois Supreme Court,
  Journal Record SC 2nd GD 1855-1864, 149, Illinois State Archives, Springfield,
  IL; Writ of Injunction, 6 August 1857, <title>Sprague v. Illinois River RR et
  al.</title>, Cass County Circuit Court, box 11, Cass County Courthouse,
  Virginia, IL; <title>Sprague v. Illinois River Railroad et al.</title>, 19 Ill.
  (1857) 174-83.</bibl> 
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