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· 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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