Rader v. Davis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Boone District Court. — Hon. Chas. E. Al-brook, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for mental suffering caused by defendant’s refusal to permit plaintiff to visit his sick child and to attend its funeral. The trial court ordered a verdict for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Plaintiff married one of defendant’s daughters, Lillie Mae by name, in March of the year 1903, and as a result thereof one son was born in September of the year 1904. Because of plaintiff’s ill treatment the wife was compelled to leave him, and being without means she returned, with her son, to her father’s home. Thereafter she commenced a divorce action against the plaintiff, and in September of the year 1905 she received a decree, which, among other things, contained the following provisions: “That the plaintiff is hereby awarded the full care, custody and control of the minor son, Maynard…
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