115 Iowa 178 | Iowa | 1901
III. The sixth paragraph of the charge was in harmony with the law as we have stated it. The jury may be assumed to understand the meaning of expressions in common use, and it was not for the court to determine the relative weight to be given'to acts of familiarity before and after the particular act of adultery charged. That there were prior acts of familiarity appears from what has been said. Other rulings criticized are so evidently correct that they require no attention. — Affirmed.