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LEMON v. CITY OF MUSCATINE

No. 61624.

272 N.W.2d 429 (1978)

Mary Joann LEMON, Appellee, v. CITY OF MUSCATINE, Iowa, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McDonald, McDonald & Stonebraker, Davenport, for appellant.

Klockau, McCarthy, Lousberg, Ellison & Rinden, Rock Island, Ill., for appellee.

Considered by REES, P. J., and UHLENHOPP, HARRIS, McGIVERIN, and LARSON, JJ.

HARRIS, Justice.

Muscatine is one of the few special charter cities in Iowa. Statutory provisions for special charter cities appear in chapter 420, The Code. One provision, § 420.45, requires that, before certain suits can be brought against the city, notice must be ". . . presented to the council or filed with the clerk within 30 days after . . . injury or damage . . . ."

Time requirements under § 420.45 contrast sharply with those provided for...

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