Supreme Court of Iowa· 7/5/2001

Heartland Express, Inc. v. Terry

Citations

631 N.W.2d 260
2001 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 123
2001 WL 748169

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noting that an acceptance must be “ ‘in a manner invited or required by the offer’ ” and must be communicated to the offeror
“ ‘All contracts must contain mutual assent; mode of assent is termed offer and acceptance.’ ”
“ ‘All contracts must contain mutual assent,’ ” quoting Anderson v. Douglas & Lomason Co., 540 N.W.2d 277, 285 (Iowa 1995)
indicia that an offer was not intended include the title of the document and disclaimers of intent to make an offer
“The test for an offer is whether it induces a reasonable belief in the recipient that the recipient can, by accepting, bind the sender.” (citations omitted)
characterizing Iowa Code section 85.71 as subject matter jurisdiction statute

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