Hawn v. Banghart
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jasper District Court. — Hon. David Ryan, Judge.' Action for the recovery of damages for seduction.. At the close of plaintiff5 s evidence, the court directed the jury to return a verdict for defendant, and entered judgment on the verdict returned in obedience to that direction. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
*6841 „ „ artifice: wRat amounts to : question lor *683— I. At the time of her alleged seduction plaintiff was but fifteen years old. Defendant is a *684married man, about forty-two years old, and she was employed as a domestic m Ins ~ . . family. As plaintiff's testimony is the only evidence given on the trial in support of the allegations of. the petition, and the principal question in the case is whether upon it she was entitled to have the case submitted to the jury, we set it out as it is contained in the abstract. It is as follows : “I went to his house to work on the eighth of March, 1886, and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Baird v. BoehnerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1887
- Gover v. DillSupreme Court of Iowa · 1856
- State v. HavenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
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