NAT. EQUIPMENT, ETC. v. ESTHERVILLE FORD, INC.

No. 64988.

313 N.W.2d 538 (1981)

NATIONAL EQUIPMENT RENTAL, LTD., Appellant, v. ESTHERVILLE FORD, INC. and Doyle Seley, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin J. Ford of Whicher, Ford & Gurdin, Sioux City, for appellant.

William B. Ridout and Kendall R. Surfass of Sanderson, Sanderson, Ridout, Martens & Surfass, Estherville, for appellees.

Considered by LeGRAND, P. J., and UHLENHOPP, HARRIS, ALLBEE, and LARSON, JJ.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal requires us to decide whether a lessee can assert a counterclaim for breach of a lease in an action brought in Iowa by the lessor to enforce a default judgment obtained in New York for the balance due under the lease.

Defendant Doyle Seley is the owner and president of Estherville Ford, Inc., an automobile dealership located in Estherville, Iowa. In addition to selling new and used automobiles, Estherville Ford provides maintenance...

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