REPORTS

66

OF

CASES AT LAW AND IN EQUITY

DETERMINED BY THE

SUPREME COURT

OF THE

STATE OF IOWA.

OCTOBER 17, 1895—JANUARY 25, 1896. '

BY

BENJ. I. SALINGER.

VOLUME VII,

BEING VOLUME XCVI, OF THE SERIES.

DES MOINES, IOWA:

GEO. H. RAGSDALE, PUBLISHER.

1897.

Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1897, for the State of Iowa,

BY GEORGE L. DOBSON, SECRETARY OF STATE,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.

Ree. Dec. 27, 1897.

JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

JOSIAH GIVEN, DES MOINES, Chief Justice.
JAMES H. ROTHROCK, CEDAR RAPIDS *

L. G. KINNE, DES MOINES.

GIFFORD S. ROBINSON, SIOUX CITY.
H. E. DEEMER, RED OAK.

CHAS. T. GRANGER, WAUKON.

OFFICERS OF THE COURT.

MILTON REMLEY, Iowa CITY, Attorney General.
C. T. JONES, WASHINGTON, Clerk.

BENJ. I. SALINGER, MANNING, Reporter.

*The term of Chief Justice Given expired December 31, 1895, and, thereupon, Mr. Justice Rothrock became Chief Justice by order of rotation.

FROM WHICH APPEALS MAY BE TAKEN TO THE SUPREME COURT.

DISTRICT COURTS.

First District-A. J. MCCRARY, Keokuk; HENRY BANK, JR., Keokuk. Second District-M. A. ROBERTS, Ottumwa; T. M. FEE, Centerville F. W. EICHELBERGER, Bloomfield; ROBERT SLOAN, Keosauqua. Third District-H. M. TOWNER, Corning; W. H. TEDFORD, Corydon. Fourth District-SCOTT M. LADD, Sheldon; GEO. W. WAKEFIELD,

Sioux City; F. R. GAYNOR, Le Mars; JOHN F. OLIVER, Onawa. Fifth District-J. H. APPLEGATE, Guthrie Center; J. H. HENDERSON Indianola; A. W. WILKINSON, Winterset; JOHN A. STORY, Greenfield.

Sixth District-DAVID RYAN, Newton; BEN MCCOY, Oskaloosa; A. R. DEWEY, Washington.

Seventh District-C. M. WATERMAN, Davenport; W. F. BRANNAN, Muscatine; P. B. WOLFE, Clinton; A. J. HOUSE, Maquoketa. Eighth District-MARTIN J. WADE, Iowa City.

Ninth District-W. F. CONRAD, CALVIN P. HOLMES, THOMAS F.

STEVENSON, W. A. SPURRIER, Des Moines.

Tenth District-J. J. TOLERTON, Cedar Falls; A. S. BLAIR, Manchester.

Eleventh District-D. R. HINDMAN, Boone; S. M. WEAVER, Iowa Falls; BENJAMIN P. BIRDSALL, Clarion.

Twelfth District-JOHN C. SHERWIN, Mason City; PORTER W. Burr, Charles City.

Thirteenth District-L. E. FELLOWS, Lansing; A. N. HOBSON, West Union.

Fourteenth District-LOT THOMAS, Storm Lake; WILLIAM B. QUAR. TON, Algona.

Fifteenth District-A. B. THORNELL, Sidney; WALTER I. SMITH, Council Bluffs; N. W. MACY, Harlan; W. R. GREEN, Audubon. Sixteenth District-S. M. ELWOOD, Sac City; Z. A. CHURCH, Jeffer

son.

Seventeenth District-GEORGE W. BURNHAM, Vinton.

Eighteenth District-WILLIAM P. WOLF, Tipton; WILLIAM G. THOMP SON, Marion.

Nineteenth District-FRED O'DONNELL, Dubuque; JAMES L. HUSTED

Dubuque.

Twentieth District-JAMES D. SMYTH, Burlington; WINFIELD S. WITHROW, Mt. Pleasant.

SUPERIOR COURTS.

Cedar Rapids-THOMAS M. GIBERSON.

Council Bluffs-J. E. F. MCGEE.

Keokuk-JOSEPH C. BURK.