DAN DUGAN TRANSPORT CO. v. WORTH COUNTY

No. 2-57361.

243 N.W.2d 655 (1976)

DAN DUGAN TRANSPORT COMPANY and Ardell Edward Meints, Appellants, v. WORTH COUNTY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Leahy, Jr., of Grefe & Sidney, Des Moines, for appellants.

Ensign & Ensign, Northwood, for appellees.

Heard by MOORE, C. J., and MASON, RAWLINGS, REYNOLDSON and McCORMICK, JJ.


REYNOLDSON, Justice.

This appeal presents a single issue: whether a plaintiff who has a tort claim against a county must comply with § 331.21, The Code (general statute for filing of unliquidated claims against the county) in addition to § 613A.5, The Code (60-day notice of tort claim).

September 29, 1972, plaintiff Ardell Meints was driving a truck owned by plaintiff transport company on highway S-28 in Worth County. He was detoured from this highway...

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