OF

CASES AT LAW AND IN EQUITY

DETERMINED BY THE

SUPREME COURT

OF THE

STATE OF IOWA

SEPTEMBER TERM, 1916,

AND

JANUARY TERM, 1917.

BY

U. G. WHITNEY

REPORTER

VOLUME 178

KEEFE-DAVIDSON CO.,

PUBLISHERS

SAINT PAUL, MINN.

1918

Copyright, 1918

By
STATE OF IOWA

JUL 2 1918

WILLIAM D. EVANS, Chief Justice, Franklin County.
HORACE E. DEEMER, Montgomery County.
SCOTT M. LADD, O'Brien County.
SILAS M. WEAVER, Hardin County.
FRANK R. GAYNOR, Plymouth County.
BYRON W. PRESTON, Mahaska County.

BENJAMIN I. SALINGER, Carroll County.

OFFICERS OF THE COURT.

GEORGE COSSON, Attorney General, Audubon County,
B. W. GARRETT, Clerk, Decatur County.
U. G. WHITNEY, Reporter, Woodbury Çounty.

during the time of these reports, from which appeals may be taken to

the Supreme Court,

(NAMES ARRANGED IN ORDER OF SENIORITY OF SERVICE.)

DISTRICT COURTS.
First District, two judges-HENRY BANK, JR., Keokuk ; WILLIAM HAM-

ILTON, Ft. Madison.
Second District, four judges—* F. W. EICHELBERGER, Bloomfield; C. W.

VERMILION, Centerville : D. M. ANDERSON, Albia; F. M. HUNTER,

Ottumwa ; SENECA CORNELL, Ottumwa.
Third District, two judges~HIRAM K. EVANS, Corydon; Thomas L. MAX-

WELL, Creston.
Fourth District, three Judges—+ JOHN F. OLIVER, Onawa; † DAVID MOULD,

Sioux City ; GEORGE JEPSON, Sioux City; JOHN W. ANDERSON, Onawa

(1915); W. G. SEARS, Sioux City (1915).
Fifth District, three judges-J. H. APPLEGATE, Guthrie Center ; WILLIAM

H. FAHEY (1911), Perry; LORIN N. HAYS (1911), Knoxville.
Sixth District, three judges-K. E. WILLCOCKSON, Sigourney; JOHN F.

TALBOTT, Brooklyn; HENRY SILWOLD, Newton.
Seventh District, five judges-A. J. HOUSE, Maquoketa ; ARTHUR P. BARKER,

Clinton ; WILLIAM THEOPHILU8, Davenport; MAURICE DONEGAN, Dav

enport; F. D. LETTS, Davenport; † LAWRENCE J. HORAN, Muscatine.
Eighth District, one judge RALPH P. HOWELL, Iowa City.
Ninth District, five judges -† HUGH BRENNAN, Des Moines; W. H. Mc-

HENRY, Des Moines ; LAWRENCE DE GRAFF, Des Moines; CHARLES A.
DUDLEY, Des Moines ; WM. S. AYERS, Des Moines ; HUBERT UTTER-

BACK, Des Moines.
Tenth District, three Judges FRANKLIN C. PLATT, Waterloo ; GEORGE W.

DUNHAM, Manchester; CHAS. W. MULLAN, Waterloo; H. B. Boles,

Waterloo.
Eleventh District, three judges-R. M. WRIGHT, Ft. Dodge; I C. G. Lee,

Ames; † C. E. ALBROOK, Eldora; H. E. FRY, Boone (1916) ; EDWARD

M. MCCALL, Nevada (1915).
Twelfth District, three judges--C. H. KELLEY, Charles City ; J. J. CLARK,

Mason City; M. F. EDWARDS, Parkersburg.
Thirteenth District, two judges-A. N. HOBSON, West Union; WILLIAM F.

SPRINGER, New Hampton.
Fourteenth District, two judges-D. F. COYLE, Humboldt: N. J. LEE,

Estherville.
Fifteenth District, Ave judges--A. B. THORNELL, Sidney ; ORVILLE D.

WHEELER, Council Bluffs ; EUGENE B. WOODRUFF, Glenwood; THOMAS

ARTHUR, Logan; JOSEPH B. ROCKAFELLOW, Atlantic.
Sixteenth District, two judges- FRANK M. POWERS, Carroll ; M. E. HUTCH-

ISON, Lake City ; E. G. ALBERT, Jefferson.
Seventeenth District, two judges-B. F. CUMMINGS, Marshalltown; JAMES

W. WILLETT, Tama.
Eighteenth District, three Judges-F. 0. ELLISON, Anamosa: Milo P.

SMTH, Cedar Rapids; JOHN T. MOFFIT, Tipton.
Nineteenth District, two judges ROBERT BONSON, Dubuque; John W.

KINTZINGER, Dubuque.
Twentieth District, two judges—JAMES D. SMYTH, Burlington ; OSCAR HALE,

Wapello.
Twenty-first District, two judges-WILLIAM HUTCHINSON, Alton; W. D.
BOIES, Sheldon.

SUPERIOR COURTS.
Cedar Rapids-CHARLES B. ROBBINS.
Council Bluffs-FRANK J. CAPELL
GrinnelkPAUL G. NORRIS.
Keokuk-W. L. MCNAMARA.
Oelwein-JOHN R. BANE.
Perry-W. W. CARDELL.

Shenandoah-GEO. H. CASTLE.
• Died, Oct. 11, 1914.
† Retired, Dec. 31, 1914.
| Resigned, April 27, 1914.