Legal Opinion

Bankers Trust Co. v. Woltz

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided November 24, 1982No. 66857PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MeGIVERIN, Justice.

Defendant Donald R. Woltz appeals from a partial judgment entered on a jury verdict which found him liable as guarantor of a $170,000 consolidated loan made by plaintiff Bankers Trust Company to a corporation of which Woltz owned one-half of the stock. Three issues are raised by defendant: (1) whether extrinsic evidence should have been admitted to aid in interpreting the surety agreement; (2) whether the surety agreement covered future loans made by plaintiff to the corporation; and (3) whether the award of attorney fees to plaintiff was proper under Iowa Code section…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Hamilton v. WosepkaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1967
  2. Hogan v. IngoldCalifornia Supreme Court · 1952
  3. Janda v. Iowa Industrial Hydraulics, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1982
  4. Public Finance Co. v. Van BlaricomeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982
  5. Tamm, Inc. v. PildisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. International Administrators, Inc. And Sheldon Harrison v. Life Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  2. Schaffer v. Frank Moyer Construction, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2001
  3. Federal Land Bank of Omaha v. WoodsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1992
  4. Home Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of Algona v. CampneySupreme Court of Iowa · 1984
  5. Elyse De Stefano v. Apts. Downtown, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2016

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