REPORTS

OF

CASES IN LAW AND EQUITY

DETERMINED IN THE

SUPREME COURT

OF THE

STATE OF IOWA.

BY EDWARD H. STILES,

REPORTER.

VOL. X.

BEING VOLUME XXXI OF THE SERIES.

PUBLISHED BY THE REPORTER.

OTTUMWA:

1872.

Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hun

dred and seventy-two,

BY EDWARD H. STILES,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Rec. June

22,1872

ALBANY, N. Y.

WEED, PARSONS AND COMPANY,
PRINTERS AND STEREOTYPERS.

JUDGES AND OFFICERS OF THE SUPREME COURT.

JUDGES.

Hon. JAMES G. DAY, Sidney, Chief Justice.

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