Reutkemeier v. Nolte
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal pom Wmnosldelc District Court. — A. N. Hobson, Judge. Action for damages, actual and exemplary, by the plaintiff against the defendant for the alleged debauching of his minor daughter. Actual damages for expenses • and loss of service are claimed under the provisions of Code Section 3471. The defense was a general denial. There was a verdict for the plaintiff for $6,500, and the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
The- facts, as contended by plaintiff, briefly stated, are that, in September, 1912, the defendant, a man then 21 years of age, had carnal knowledge of the plaintiff’s daughter, Mary, then a child only 14 years of age. In June, 1913, she gave birth to a child, alleged to be the result of such intercourse. The plaintiff was, at the time, a farmer, living upon his own farm. He was a widower, with three .daughters and three sons, all living with him at his home. The evidence on behalf of the plaintiff was quite abundant to sustain the verdict. The appeal is presented here on assignments of error…
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