In the U.S. Circuit Court, defendant Lewis W. Young confesses judgment before Judge Samuel H. Treat in the case of Taylor & Davis v. Young. Lincoln and Thomas G. C. Davis represent Young whose confession is based on an agreement that the parties file with the court. Young agrees to "confess judgment in the action for one cent damages and costs of [the] suit." Plaintiffs Charles Davis and Thomas S. Taylor had sought $5,000 in damages from Young. Davis and Thomas, who are trustees of some city property in Cairo, Illinois, claim that Young had damaged the property. In the case of S. C. Davis & Co. v. J. W. & J. R. Allen, another suit in the U.S. Circuit Court, William H. Underwood, the attorney for the defendants, files a plea. Lincoln, one of the attorneys for the plaintiffs, files a joinder on the plea and signs it "Lincoln & Herndon." S. C. Davis & Company is suing the firm of J. W. & J. R. Allen for $3,000 in damages for the firm's failure to pay on a promissory note. Order, 6 January 1858, Taylor & Davis v. Young, Record Group 21, General Records, Vol. 1, 220; Judgment, 6 January 1858, Taylor & Davis v. Young, Record Group 21, Judgment Docket, Vol. 1, fol. 10; Agreement, filed 6 January 1858, Taylor & Davis v. Young, Record Group 21, case file 82; Declaration, filed 5 January 1857, Taylor & Davis v. Young, Record Group 21, case file 82; Plea, filed 6 January 1858, S. C. Davis & Co. v. J. W. & J. R. Allen, Record Group 21, case file 231; Declaration, filed 9 December 1857, S. C. Davis & Co. v. J. W. & J. R. Allen, Record Group 21, case file 231, all in U.S. Circuit Court, Southern District of Illinois, National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, Chicago, IL.