HALLETT CONST. CO. v. IOWA STATE HIGHWAY COM'N

No. 51693.

139 N.W.2d 421 (1966)

HALLETT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, a Minnesota Corporation, Appellant, v. IOWA STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 11, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Austin, Grefe & Sidney, Des Moines, for appellant.

Lawrence F. Scalise, Atty. Gen., L. Michael McGrane, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Ray Hanrahan, State Counsel, for appellee.


GARFIELD, Chief Judge.

These are appeals by plaintiff, granted by us under rule 332, Rules of Civil Procedure, from a ruling of the district court setting aside default and judgment entered by its clerk in each of three similar law actions, consolidated here for purposes of appeal.

Two principal questions are presented: 1) Are plaintiff's claims "for a sum certain, or which by computation, can be made certain,"...

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