Reints v. Engle

On April 7, 1902, Emma Engle, the defendant herein, brought an action at law against John Reints, plaintiff herein, in the district court of Plymouth county, Iowa, to recover damages on account of her alleged seduction. To this action the said Reints appeared and answered in denial, and upon trial to a jury judgment was rendered against him on October 22, 1902, in the sum of $2,500. On September 12, 1903, Reints filed in said district court his petition for a new trial in said cause, alleging as a ground thereof that at the time of the trial and judgment he was a minor under twenty-one years…