MULDER v. STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 96-137.

565 N.W.2d 348 (1997)

William W. MULDER, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, and Mary Maloney, In the Official Capacity As Polk County Treasurer, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Palmer of Lawyer, Dougherty & Palmer, P.L.C., West Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, David A. Ferree, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Carolyn J. Olson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee State of Iowa, Department of Transportation.

Eliza Ovrom, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee Mary Maloney.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and CARTER, SNELL, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

In April 1995 the plaintiff, William Mulder, purchased a damaged 1994 Toyota 4 Runner at a public auction. Prior to the auction the vehicle had been owned by State Farm Insurance. The insurer had received the vehicle as a result of a settlement with its owner arising out of damage to the vehicle, and it was deemed to be a "wrecked or salvage" vehicle for title purposes. Iowa Code § 321.52(4)(a) (Supp.1995).1

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