Legal Opinion
Midwest Management Corp. v. Stephens
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 23, 1980No. 62062PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
UHLENHOPP, Justice.
This appeal requires us to decide whether the trial court properly sustained the defendants’ motions for summary judgment in an action for breach of contract based on defendants’ failure to perform their part of a stock subscription agreement. We consider both the Iowa and federal law of securities as well as the common law of contracts.
Plaintiff Midwest Management Corporation is an Iowa corporation organized in June 1969. Initially it was an insurer operating through its wholly-owned subsidiary, American Sterling Life Insurance Company. Defendant Morris Stephens (Stephens)…
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