law day

law day

law day event honors lincoln this year.
The Johnson County Courthouse celebrated Law Day Thursday afternoon, and this year’s event focused on the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.
Iowa chief justices decide the theme, she said, and Law Day is held at all 99 Iowa courthouses.
Gregory Prickman, UI Libraries assistant head of Special Collections and UI Archives, gave a speech about a trial involving the first bridge connecting Chicago to Iowa, over the Mississippi River.Lincoln defended the railroad companies who faced a lawsuit from the steamboat companies over one of their boats crashing into the bridge.
The steamboat companies felt threatened by the railroads taking their business away,” Prickman said.