OF THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA FROM THE 35TH TO THE 46TH IOWA REPORTS, INCLUSIVE, AS EMBRACED IN THE THREE LAST VOLUMES OF STILES AND THE FIRST NINE OF RUNNELLS, FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COURT TO THE PRESENT TIME, BEING IN CONTINUATION OF VOLUMES I AND II, BY WITHROW AND STILES. BY EDWARD H. STILES, LATE REPORTER OF SAID COURT. VOL. III. DES MOINES: MILLS & CO., LAW PUBLISHERS. 1879. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, · BY MILLS & COMPANY, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY MILLS & COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. ABBREVIATIONS AND REFERENCES USED IN THIS VOLUME. In the Reports "Mor." stands for Morris' Reports; "G. Gr." stands for G. Greene's Reports; the Reports of Clarke, Withrow, Stiles and Runnells are always cited as Iowa Reports. In the Statutes "R. S.," when used, denotes the Revised Statutes prior to the Code of 1851, commonly known as the "Blue Book;" the Code of 1851 is cited as such without abbreviation; "Rev." and "Revision" stand for the Revision of 1860; the Code of 1873 is referred to as such, or as the Code;" the subsequent acts of the legislature are specifically referred to as belonging to the acts of the respective sessions at which they were passed. 66 |