47 Iowa 409 | Iowa | 1877
Upon the trial of the cause the court instructed the jury as follows: “ 9. If you should find from the evidence that the defendant was not guilty of adultery with Mary Wood, while she was the wife of the plaintiff, but that he had alienated the affections of the wife from the plaintiff, then defendant would still be liable to the plaintiff for that act in such amount as you deem proper, in the instructions aforesaid, for the loss of the affection and society of his wife, as well as the breaking of the domestic relations of the plaintiff, if such you
For the error above considered, the judgment is
Reversed,