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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:law
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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Hurd v. Railroad Bridge Company
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gptkbp:counselForDefense
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gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
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gptkbp:counselForPlaintiff
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Norman B. Judd
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gptkbp:date
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1857
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gptkbp:defendant
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gptkb:Rock_Island_Bridge_Company
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Effie Afton case
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gptkbp:involves
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gptkb:Rock_Island_Bridge
Effie Afton (steamboat)
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gptkbp:judge
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United States Circuit Court for the District of Illinois
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gptkbp:legalIssue
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liability for damages caused by bridge to river navigation
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Rock_Island,_Illinois
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gptkbp:notableCase
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gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
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gptkbp:plaintiff
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John Hurd
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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Mississippi River transportation
railroad expansion in the United States
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gptkbp:result
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hung jury
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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no damages awarded
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gptkbp:significance
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first major legal test of railroad bridge rights over Mississippi River
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gptkbp:subject
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collision between steamboat and bridge
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gptkbp:yearFiled
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1857
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:steamboat_Effie_Afton
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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