Denney v. City of Sioux City

HARRIS, Justice.

Sioux City’s notice of appeal in this case was directed to “the final decision of [the] district court in this cause entered June 26, 1979, and from each order and ruling inhering therein . . . .” The only trial court ruling on June 26, 1979, was a denial of the city’s motion to continue. The case was thereafter dismissed by operation of law under Iowa R.Civ.P. 215.1. Because the challenged ruling was interlocutory and not final we lack jurisdiction and are obliged to dismiss this appeal.

On July 25,1973, Pamela Denney and her father as next friend filed suit claiming…