Mennenga v. Mennen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Butler District Court. — J. J. Clark, Judge. Action at law to recover damages from defendant for the alleged seduction of plaintiff. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
1. Seduction: evidence: sufficiency. The plaintiff alleges that she was seduced by the defendant, who, by fraud, flattery, and false promises of marriage, persuaded her to submit to his embraces, and that, as a result of the intercourse thus brought about, she became pregnant, and was delivered of a child on April 14, 1914. The seduction and intercourse, she alleges, took place on July 17, 1918. The defendant denies the alleged seduction, and denies that he is the father of the plaintiff’s child.
I. The point most persistently pressed by appellant’s counsel is that the verdict of the jury is…
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