Lincoln writes Koerner about quo warranto case before court August 11, 1857—People ex rel. Koerner et al. v. Ridgely et al. "I want your authority, at my discretion," he says, "to pass the case over the next term of the Supreme Court. I can not mention the reason now; but there is a reason which I believe you will appreciate, when you come to know it." Abraham Lincoln to Gustave P. Koerner, 25 October 1857, CW, 2:425.