· 5/19/1982
In Re Appeal of Elliott
Citations
- 319 N.W.2d 244
- 1982 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1382
How courts have described this case
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- mailing notice of appeal to district court for administrative agency insufficient where statute provided notice shall be “served,” thus requiring actual delivery
- finding service by mail is not sufficient “to vest appellate jurisdiction in the district court” under section 400.27
- “Historically district court review of civil service commission decisions first was obtained through certiorari. The appeal procedure ... was added by amendment to the civil service chapter....”
- “[W]hen a statute provides a notice of appeal shall be ‘served’ there is required an actual delivery to the person to be served, not a delivery by mail.”
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Judges: Reynoldson, Uhlenhopp, McCormick, Allbee, McGiverin
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