Dittmer v. Baker

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

Plaintiff Loren W. Dittmer brought a forcible entry action under small claims procedure against defendants Anthony Baker and Joyce Miller based upon nonpayment of rent for a dwelling in Des Moines, Iowa. Defendants had withheld rent because of plaintiff’s failure to make promised repairs and meet housing code requirements. The trial court rendered judgment for plaintiff on a ground we need not now consider. Defendants sought discretionary review but later vacated the premises. The controversy thus became moot. See Board of Directors v. Green, 259 Iowa 1260, 1264, 147 N.W.2d…