Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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May 20, 1858

Understanding that Col. W. B. Warren, being owner in fee of the land described in the attached bond, contracted to sell it as per said bond; that under said contract Bennett2Open page took possession, and made some improvements, including some plank fencing; that afterwards Bennet abandoned his contract, left the possession, and surrendered said bond to said Warren; and that some person or persons claiming that said Bennett was his or their debtor, knocked the planks of the fences off the posts [and] carried the planks away.

I think Warren can maintain trespass against such persons; or Replevin for the planks themselves if they can be found and identified. A. LINCOLN

Springfield, May 20. 1858