Tendrup v. State

The facts, briefly stated, are that defendant, a young man of Polk county, with a high school education, then married, became infatuated with a young lady school teacher. The couple cohabited and the young woman became pregnant as a result. While in that condition her love for defendant seemed to cool and defendant feared that she was becoming enamored of another young man in the neighborhood. The defendant, learning that the young woman was attending a social affair at the home of a neighbor, went to the place, sought out the woman, and had a conversation with her which confirmed his fears.…