McConahey v. Griffey
Supreme Court of Iowa
■Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. G. W. Wakefield, Judge. ( Action to recover damages íor a breach of promise of marriage. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHobinson, J.
The petition alleges that on or about the fifteenth day of April, 1887, the plaintiff 1. Matvriagb contract: validity: breach of promise: evidence. and defendant entered into an agreement, by virtue of which the defendant was to marry the plaintiff ; that at that time the defendant was in a delicate condition of health, and the performance of the agreement was made to depend upon his restoration to health, so that the *566marriage would- be expedient, and be could perform bis agreement; that the defendant recovered bis health, but ignored his agreement, and on the twenty-third of October, 1888,…
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