Lincoln believed in preventing unnecessary litigation, and carried out
this in his practice. “Who was your guardian?” he asked a young man who
came to him to complain that a part of the property left him had been
withheld. “Enoch Kingsbury,” replied the young man.
“I know Mr. Kingsbury,” said Lincoln, “and he is not the man to have
cheated you out of a cent, and I can’t take the case, and advise you to
drop the subject.”
And it was dropped.