SEELA v. HAYE

No. 51303.

128 N.W.2d 279 (1964)

Lloyd D. SEELA, Appellant, v. Richard R. HAYE, O. F. Haye and sons, and David W. Gaub, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 5, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steward, Crouch & Hopkins, Des Moines, Fitzgibbons & Fitzgibbons, Estherville, Eugene R. Melson, Jefferson, for appellant.

Linnan, Lynch & Straub, Algona, for appellees Haye and Haye and sons.

Burt & Prichard, Emmetsburg, for appellee David W. Gaub.


HAYS, Justice.

Does Rule 215.1, R.C.P., 58 I.C.A., entitled "Uniform rule for dismissal for want of prosecution" constitute the sole method for disposal of stagnant cases, thereby superseding local court rules, in effect prior to the enactment of such rule? This is the issue presented by this appeal.

The fourteenth judicial district, from which this appeal comes, has had a local rule dealing with the dismissal of cases for want of prosecution which has been...

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