Morgan v. Muench
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Plymouth District Court. — William Hutchinson, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for breach of promise of marriage. There was a trial to a jury, and a verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $15,000. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
The record is a very long one. 49 errors, which take up 14 pages of the argument, are assigned, but they are not all argued. Appellant’s first abstract contains 51 pages, but he has filed an additional abstract of 225 pages, and still another short one; and appellant has filed an additional argument; appellee, an additional abstract and an additional argument.
1. Marriage : • promise to marry: breach: evidence : sufficiency. The story of this case commences in 1909. At that time plaintiff was about 20 years of age, and defendant, 37 or 38. Appellant’s first wife was the plaintiff’s aunt by…
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- Johnson v. . JenkinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
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