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· 5/21/1980

Dobbs v. Knudson, Inc.

Citations

  • 292 N.W.2d 692
  • 1980 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 858

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that individual employees have “the right to make [a lien] claim for labor furnished on the public improvement”
  • noting the principal contractor filed a bond under 17 section 573.16 so that it could obtain payment of the retainage while securing any possible judgments
  • recognizing trust’s contractual right to file claim
  • “The courts of other jurisdictions which have addressed this problem have uniformly held that the trusts in this kind of situation may file and enforce the claims.”
  • trusts have \contractual right to make the claim for\ the employees
  • same re: contract bond claims

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Judges: Legrand, Uh-Lenhopp, Harris, McCormick, Larson

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