Title: Lincoln's greatest case
Description: The untold story of how one sensational trial propelled a self-taught lawyer and a future president into the national spotlight.
Subjects: Railroad bridges, Liability for railroad accidents, Effie Afton (Steamboat), Trials, litigation, Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, Trials, Law and legislation, Shipwrecks, History, Rock Island Railroad Company, Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, Trials, united states, Bridges, Railroad accidents, Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company (1948- ), Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Company
Places: United States, Illinois, Chicago
People: John Hurd (Steamboat owner), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)