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BLUE v. OEHLERT

No. 67907.

331 N.W.2d 112 (1983)

Dr. Gerald BLUE, Plaintiff, Guy L. Roberts, Jr., Assignee-Appellant, v. R.B. OEHLERT, a/k/a Robert B. Oehlert, Defendant, Dale Van Wyk, Lienholder-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 16, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig S. Shannon and Thomas W. Carpenter, Grefe & Sidney, Des Moines, for assignee-appellant.

Gerald H. Grask and John H. Neiman of Neiman, Neiman, Stone & Spellman, P.C., Des Moines, for lienholder-appellee.

Considered by LeGRAND, P.J., and HARRIS, McCORMICK, McGIVERIN and CARTER, JJ.

McCORMICK, Justice.

This appeal involves construction of statutory redemption provisions that this court long ago characterized as "philological monstrosities, illustrating how successfully ideas may be obscured by language." See Goode v. Cummings, 35 Iowa 67, 69 (1872). The passage of time has not made the provisions any clearer. The question here is whether a senior judgment lienholder who seeks to redeem from a junior judgment lienholder who purchased the...

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