REPORTS

OF

CASES AT LAW AND IN EQUITY

DETERMINED BY THE

SUPREME COURT

OF THE

STATE OF IOWA

SEPTEMBER TERM, 1918
JANUARY AND MAY TERMS, 1919

BY

U. G. WHITNEY

REPORTER

VOLUME 185

LAVALLEE LAW BOOK COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

SAINT PAUL, MINN.

Copyright, 1920

By

STATE OF IOWA |

OCT 13 1920

JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.

BYRON W. PRESTON, Chief Justice, Mahaska County. *SCOTT M. LADD, O'Brien County.

SILAS M. WEAVER, Hardin County.

WILLIAM D. EVANS, Franklin County.
FRANK R. GAYNOR, Plymouth County.
BENJAMIN I. SALINGER, Carroll County.
TRUMAN S. STEVENS, Fremont County.

OFFICERS OF THE COURT.

H. M. HAVNER, Attorney General, Iowa Coun
B. W. GARRETT, Clerk, Decatur County.
U. G. WHITNEY, Reporter, Woodbury County.

*Became Chief Justice Jan. 1, 1919.

DISTRICT COURTS

First District, two judges-WILLIAM S. HAMILTON, Ft. Madison; JOHN E.
CRAIG, Keokuk.
Second District, four judges-C. W. VERMILION, Centerville; D. M. ANDER-
SON, Albia; F. M. HUNTER, Ottumwa; SENECA CORNELL, Ottumwa.
Third District, three judges-HIRAM K. EVANS, Corydon; HOMER A. FULLER,
Mt. Ayr; P. C. WINTER, Creston.

Fourth District, three judges GEORGE JEPSON, Sioux City; JOHN W. ANDER-
SON, Onawa; W. G. SEARS, Sioux City.

Fifth District, three judges-J. H. APPLEGATE, Guthrie Center; LORIN N. HAYS, Knoxville; H. S. DUGAN, Perry.

Sirth District, three judges-CHAS. A. DEWEY, Washington; D. W. HAMIL-
TON, Sigourney; H. F. WAGNER, Sigourney.

Seventh District, five judges-A. J. HOUSE, Maquoketa; ARTHUR P. BARKER,
Clinton; WILLIAM THEOPHILUS, Davenport; MAURICE DONEGAN, Daven-
port; F. D. LETTS, Davenport.
Eighth District, two judges-R. G. POPHAM, Marengo; RALPH OTTO, Iowa
City.
Ninth District, five judges-LAWRENCE DE GRAFF, Des Moines; HUBERT UTTER-
BACK, Des Moines; THOMAS J. GUTHRIE, Des Moines; GEORGE A. WIL-
SON, Des Moines; JOSEPH E. MEYER, Des Moines.
Tenth District, three judges-GEORGE W. DUNHAM, Manchester; H. B. BOIES,
Waterloo; JOHN E. WILLIAMS, Waterloo.

Eleventh District, four judges-R. M. WRIGHT, Ft. Dodge; H. E. FRY, Boone;
EDWARD M. MCCALL, Nevada; G. W. THOMPSON, Webster City.
Twelfth District, three judges-C. H. KELLEY, Charles City; J. J. CLARK,
Mason City; M. F. EDWARDS, Parkersburg.

Thirteenth District, two judges-WILLIAM J. SPRINGER, New Hampton; H. E.
TAYLOR, Waukon.

Fourteenth District, three judges-D. F. COYLE, Humboldt; N. J. LEE, Esther. ville; JAMES DE LAND, Storm Lake.

Fifteenth District, five judges ORVILLE D. WHEELER, Council Bluffs; EUGENE
B. WOODRUFF, Glenwood; THOMAS ARTHUR, Logan; JOSEPH B. ROCKA-
FELLOW, Atlantic; EARL PETERS, Clarinda.
Sixteenth District, two judges-M. E. HUTCHISON, Lake City; E. G. Albert,
Jefferson.

Seventeenth District, two judges-B. F. CUMMINGS, Marshalltown; JAMES W.
WILLETT, Tama.

Eighteenth District, four judges-F. O. ELLISON, Anamosa; MILO P. SMITH,
Cedar Rapids; JOHN T. MOFFIT, Tipton; F. F. DAWLEY, Cedar Rapids.
Nineteenth District, two judges-JOHN W. KINTZINGER, Dubuque; D. E.
MAGUIRE, Dubuque.

Twentieth District, two judges-JAMES D. SMYTH, Burlington; OSCAR HALE,
Wapello.
Twenty-first District, two judges-WILLIAM HUTCHINSON, Alton; C. C. BRAD-
LEY, Le Mars.

SUPERIOR COURTS

Cedar Rapids-ATHERTON B. CLARK.

Council Bluffs-FRANK J. CAPELL.

Grinnell J. H. P. ROBINSON.
Keokuk-W. L. MCNAMARA.
Oelwein-JAY COOK.

Perry-W. W. CARDELL.

Shenandoah--FREDERICK FISCHER.

MUNICIPAL COURTS

Clinton, one judge-*GEORGE CLAUSSEN; F. M. FORT.

Des Moines, four judges-W. G. BONNER; O. S. FRANKLIN; J. E. MERSHON; T. L. SELLERS.

Waterloo, two judges-W. N. BIRDSALL; O. B. COURTRIGHT; GEORGE W

WOOD.