Lemke v. Franzenburg
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Benton District Court. — Hon. Clarence Nichols, Judge. Action for breach of promise of marriage. Trial to a jury. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff in tbe sum of $4,250, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Plaintiff alleges that there was a mutual agreement of marriage entered into between her and .defendant some time in the month of December of the year 1907; that some time in May of the year 1911 the time for the consummation thereof was fixed in the fall, or September, of that year; and that in July of the year 1911 defendant renounced his promise and failed to marry plaintiff as agreed. Defendant admits his engagement with-plaintiff, but says it was conditional upon her regaining her health; that this she never did; that instead of renouncing his promise in July of the year 1911, as…
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