Molo Oil Co. v. River City Ford Truck Sales, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the seller of a used semi-truck was not in the business of providing information and the transaction was a commercial, arm’s length transaction
• noting that breach of contract in Iowa requires the existence of a contract, sufficiently definite terms and conditions, performance, breach and damages
• holding no private cause of action under Iowa consumer protection statute
• providing as an element of breach of contract that the complaining party must prove “that plaintiff has suffered damages as a result of the breach”
• providing for a plaintiff to recover for breach of contract the plaintiff must perform “all the terms and conditions required under the contract”
• stating a breach of contract occurs when a party fails, “without legal excuse, to perform any promise which forms a whole or part of the contract”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).