IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, for the State of Iowa, Southern Division -- Hon. J. M. Love, Judge, in Equity. James Ward vs. Mississippi & Missouri Rail Road Company. Abstract Pleadings and Proof, and Argument, by N. B. Judd and G. C. Campbell, Counsel for Defendant, on Final Hearing, November 1st, 1859 [cover title].
Chicago, (IL): Press and Tribune Print, 1859. First edition. 8vo. 203, 51 pp. Folding plate, tables. "On the question of whether the railroad bridge [from Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport, Iowa] was a hazard to the navigation of the Mississippi River" (OCLC). "James Ward, a St. Louis steamboat owner, filed..... More