OSTERLING v. STURGEON

No. 52760.

156 N.W.2d 344 (1968)

Gunnar A. OSTERLING, Appellant, v. Dale STURGEON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 6, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McDonald, Sayre & McDonald, Cherokee, for appellant.

Miller, Miller & Miller, Cherokee, for appellee.


GARFIELD, Chief Justice.

This is an action in equity by Gunnar A. Osterling, landlord, to collect rent on the west half of the first floor and basement of a business building in Cherokee and foreclose the contractual lien therefor. Defense of the tenant, Dale Sturgeon, was that a flood of the Little Sioux River in April, 1965 in effect destroyed the building, rendered it unfit for the use contemplated by the parties and relieved defendant from paying rent. Following...

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