Legal Opinion
Montgomery v. Polk County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided May 30, 1979No. 62298PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*912• UHLENHOPP, Justice.
The decisive issue in this appeal is whether the discovery rule applies to cases under our Municipal Tort Claims Act, chapter 613A, The Code 1977. See Chrisehilles v. Griswold, 260 Iowa 453, 150 N.W.2d 94 (1967).
I. Although defendant Polk County, Iowa, presses other evidence to our attention, the following may be taken as established for purposes of the appeal. On November 11, 1976, officers arrested Linda Brewer on a charge of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, and cash bail was set at $2000. Plaintiff May Montgomery, Brewer’s friend from Omaha,…
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