Legal Opinion

Snowden v. Snowden

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 18, 1867PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from Dubuque District Court. This is an application for a divorce based upon the alleged ground of habitual drunkenness, in which it was adjudged, that the plaintiff’s case was not sustained by the testimony, and his bill was dismissed.

1Opinion of the Court

Lowe, Ch. J.

pbactice : tions triable by second method. Applications of this kind fall within the class of equitable proceedings, but to be tried aecording to the second method, which is the same as cases by ordinary proceedings, and conse_ J , . r_ , 0 . . quently we are limited in our action to the correction of errors at law, assigned and presented. This is apparent from sections 2999 and 3000 of the Eevision.

No questions of law are preserved in the record. It is a case turning alone upon the evidence. The decision of the court upon this must be regarded by us in the same light as the…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Schmeltz v. SchmeltzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879
  2. Mallory v. LuscombeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1871

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