Palmer v. Tandem Management Services, Inc.

SNELL, Justice.

This case stems from a landlord/tenant dispute beginning in May 1987 involving mobile home park property. The issue of forcible entry and detainer was tried in the small claims division of the Iowa district court on September 16, 1988. The district court judge held the landlord, Hillview Associates, was entitled to possession of the premises, the lease having been properly terminated for nonpayment of rent. On appeal to a different district judge, pursuant to Iowa Code section 631.13(4)(a), the trial court’s ruling was affirmed. Iowa Code § 631.-13(4)(a) (1987). Discretionary…