Legal Opinion
West Des Moines State Bank v. Mills
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 18, 1992No. 91-324PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Justice.
The trial court determined that legislation addressed to owners of farmland was also available to owners of other real estate. We reverse and remand.
In 1986 the Iowa General Assembly, by legislation entitled “Farm Crisis Program,” responded in a number of ways to a national economic recession in agriculture. 1986 Iowa Acts ch. 1214. The preamble to the Act stated that the farm crisis program was:
AN ACT relating to farm crisis relief, by providing ... a procedure for the waiver of homestead exemption....
Id. The effective date of the Act was May 29, 1986.
The General Assembly…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Federal Land Bank of Omaha v. ArnoldSupreme Court of Iowa · 1988
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