ITT Financial Services v. Zimmerman

How courts have described this case

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• holding the court must be provided with “information” sufficient to compute the amount to which the creditor claims to be entitled
• noting that the applicable law in the case, section 537.5114, was binding in small claims cases
• holding the original notice and verified account did not substantiate plaintiff’s claim and was insufficient for the court to enter a default judgment against the plaintiffs
• stating verified complaint must provide the court with “information sufficient to compute the amount to which the creditor claims to be entitled” under Iowa Consumer Credit Code
• stating verified complaint must provide the court with “information sufficient to compute the amount to which the creditor claims to be entitled” under Iowa Consumer Credit Code
• reversing default judgment in favor of creditor but stating “[s]worn testimony adduced at trial showing that a creditor is entitled to the relief demanded would also allow this computation” of the amount claimed by the creditor

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).