DES MOINES v. DIST. COURT FOR POLK CTY.

Nos. 87-947 to 87-949.

428 N.W.2d 292 (1988)

CITY OF DES MOINES, Iowa, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR POLK COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

August 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivan T. Webber, Des Moines, for plaintiff.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Gordon Allen and Kathy Mace Skinner, Asst. Attys. Gen., for defendant.

Considered by SCHULTZ, P.J., and CARTER, NEUMAN, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

The city of Des Moines has brought this original certiorari action to test the legality of a district court's failure to enter default judgments in three civil cases involving alleged housing code violations. While we are not insensitive to the frustrating delay that prompted the city's action, neither are we persuaded that it has met its burden of proving the court acted unlawfully. Accordingly, we annul...

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