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GALLAGHER, LANGLAS & GALLAGHER v. BURCO

No. 97-1577.

587 N.W.2d 615 (1998)

GALLAGHER, LANGLAS & GALLAGHER, A Professional Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gaylen BURCO, Defendant-Appellant, Lynn L. Roose, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

October 29, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.L. Van Veldhuizen, Oelwein, for appellant.

David A. Roth of Gallagher, Langlas & Gallagher, P.C., Waterloo, for appellee.

Considered by SACKETT, P.J., and HUITINK and STREIT, JJ.

STREIT, J.

A father appeals a law firm's judgment against him for guaranteeing his daughter's expenses in a custody trial over his grandchildren. Because the statute of frauds renders Burco's oral contract unenforceable, the judgment is reversed.

I. Background Facts & Proceedings.

Lynn Roose requested the law firm Gallagher, Langlas and Gallagher, P.C. represent her in her dissolution action. Attorney Thomas Langlas signed an attorney...

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