Hillview Associates v. Bloomquist

ANDREASEN, Justice.

This appeal concerns the eviction of tenants from the Gracious Estates Mobile Home Park. The affirmative defense of retaliatory eviction and other defenses raised by the tenants were rejected by the district court. On appeal we reverse the district court as to six tenants and affirm the result of the district court order as to two other tenants.

I. The underlying action on this appeal is an equitable forcible entry and detainer action. Iowa Code § 648.5 (1989). Our review of this action is de novo. We review both the facts and the law and determine, based on the credible…