PATTEN v. CITY OF WATERLOO

No. 59344.

260 N.W.2d 840 (1977)

Mary K. PATTEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF WATERLOO, and Waterloo Community School District, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland D. Peddicord, of Peddicord, Simpson & Sutphin, P. C., Des Moines, for plaintiff-appellant.

Samuel T. Beatty, of Mosier, Thomas, Beatty, Dutton, Braun & Staack, Waterloo, for defendant-appellee.

Submitted to MOORE, C. J., and MASON, LeGRAND, REYNOLDSON, and HARRIS, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

We reverse a ruling of the trial court sustaining a special appearance. The original notice served on defendant omitted the name and the address of plaintiff's attorney. This name and address did however appear on a copy of plaintiff's petition which was attached to the original notice. The trial court first overruled plaintiff's motion to amend the original notice and thereafter sustained defendant's special appearance which was based on the omission...

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