· 9/21/1983
Jacobson v. Union Story Trust & Savings Bank
Citations
- 338 N.W.2d 161
- 1983 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1681
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that negotiations with a deceased’s liability insurance company and notice to the insurer that they would file suit if the matter was not settled did not meet the relation-back notice requirements of rule 1.402(5)
- stating the statute of limitations is not tolled by a person’s death unless otherwise provided by statute
- “Rule 89 [now rule 1.402] does provide authority for an amendment to a suit to relate back in time to the filing of the original suit.”
- \Rule 89 [now rule 1.402 ] does provide authority for an amendment to a suit to relate back in time to the filing of the original suit.\
- “[T]he trial court correctly granted the defendant bank summary judgment on the ground that suit was barred by the statute of limitations.”
- “A decedent does not have the capacity to be sued.”
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Judges: Reynoldson, Harris, McCormick, Schultz, Carter
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