REPORTS

OF

CASES AT LAW AND IN EQUITY

DETERMINED BY THE

SUPREME COURT

OF THE

STATE OF IOWA

MAY AND SEPTEMBER TERMS, 1908

BY

W. W. CORNWALL

VOLUME XXII
BEING VOLUME CXXXIX OF THE SERIES

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS:
T. H. FLOOD & CO., PUBLISHERS,

Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1909, for the

State of Iowa,

By W. U. HAYWARD, SECRETARY OF STATE. In the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.

JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.

SCOTT M. LADD, Chief Justice, O'Brien County.
CHARLES A. BISHOP, Polk County.
HORACE E. DEEMER, Montgomery County.
JOHN C. SHERWIN, Cerro Gordo County.
EMLIN MCCLAIN, Johnson County.

SILAS M. WEAVER, Hardin County.

OFFICERS OF THE COURT.

H. W. BYERS, Attorney General, Shelby County.
HENRY L. BOUSQUET, Clerk, Marion County.
W. W. CORNWALL, Reporter, Clay County.