Bowie v. Trowbridge

Edward A. Oldfield, a resident of Carroll, Iowa, died testate December 2, 1910, and-the defendant, Wm. Trowbridge, was later appointed executor of his estate. On January 11, 1911, the plaintiff filed two claims against the estate, and later a petition was filed which embodied the ■ two claims. The first count of the petition alleged a promise of marriage and a breach thereof during the lifetime of the deceased, and asked damages on account thereof in the sum of $5,000, and the second count averred that in 1893 the plaintiff went to work for deceased on his farm at his instance and request and…