Fennelly v. A-1 MacHine & Tool Co.

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• finding the general statute of limitations did not apply to the county property tax obligation as “the sovereign [is] immune from the statute of limitations in order to preserve public rights”
• “We have consistently held equitable estoppel will not lie against a government agency except in exceptional circumstances.” (citation omitted)
• “[NJullum tempus doctrine does not exempt actions by municipalities and counties in Iowa from a general statute of limitations unless the action involves a public or governmental activity, as opposed to a private or proprietary activity.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).