Rance v. Gaddis

Bliss, J.-

This is a fraud case. It is the sordid story of the duplicity and depravity of a human male, and of the weakness and credulity of a foolish woman. Like most cases of fraud, the decisive questions are of fact and not of law. The decree of the able trial judge is amply sustained by the facts and the law. A somewhat detailed narration of these facts is necessary.

Bea Banks, the intervenor, in 1932, became the owner of a residence property in one of the better residence districts of Cedar Rapids. She married Ralph West, in June 1929, and divorced him in November 1932, in Wisconsin. He…