Sangamon Circuit Court in People ex rel. Koerner et al. v. Ridgely et al. enters decree in favor of defendants. Appeal to Supreme Court is taken (see January 24, 1859). Lincoln has three other cases. He writes Judd, asking him to draw new apportionment bill and commence work for its passage. Otherwise Trumbull will be defeated. Record; Abraham Lincoln to Norman B. Judd, 15 November 1858, CW, 3:336-37.