IOWA ANN. CON. OF U. METH. CH. v. BRINGLE

No. 86-119.

409 N.W.2d 471 (1987)

IOWA ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF the UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Appellant, v. Robert BRINGLE, Phil Hall, James Durlacher, and John Harmelink, Individually and as Representatives of a Class Composed of All Persons Owning Lots in the Plat of the Methodist Campground, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Throckmorton, John R. Mackaman, and Bruce J. Toenjes of Dickinson, Throckmorton, Parker, Mannheimer & Raife, Des Moines, for appellant.

Patrick M. Carr of Zenor & Carr, Spencer, for appellee Bringle.

Stephen F. Avery of Cornwall, Avery, Bjornstad & Scott, Spencer, for appellees Hall and Harmelink.

James Durlacher, Primghar, pro se.

Considered by McGIVERIN, P.J., and SCHULTZ, CARTER, WOLLE, and NEUMAN, JJ.


SCHULTZ, Justice.

This is an appeal from a ruling in which the trial court refused to certify a defendant class action under Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 42.2. Although we disagree with one statement made by the trial court making this determination, we do not believe the ruling was an abuse of the trial court's discretion. We therefore affirm.

The plaintiff, Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church (Conference), and approximately 140 individuals...

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