Royal v. Smith
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Pottawattamie- District Court. This is an action for an alleged breach of promise of marriage. The answer denies the allegations of the petition. There was a jury trial, and a verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,750.00. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
I. The plaintiff resided in defendant’s family from the 9th day of October, 1865, until September, 1872. 1. contract-lnarryS-eevi-deuce. Until the spring of 1871, she received her board ar>-d clothes, after which she was paid $2.00 a weeP. Plaintiff is about twenty-two years of age, and the defendant fifty-five. On the 4th of October, *6161870, the defendant’s wife sailed with her son for England, in the ship Cambria. The vessel was wrecked, and defendant’s wife was reported among the lost. The defendant started for England on the 10th day of May, 1871. The plaintiff testifies that he paid…
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