Meylor v. Brown

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal questions the applicability of the promissory estoppel doctrine to the statute of frauds which is in the Uniform Commercial Code. See § 554.2201, The Code 1977; Warder & Lee Elevator, Inc. v. Britten, 274 N.W.2d 339 (Iowa 1979). We had not yet decided Warder & Lee when the trial court gave judgment in this case. The trial court stated at that time, “The direct conflict between the Statute of Frauds and the doctrine of promissory estoppel must be ultimately resolved by the Supreme Court.”

The pleadings and affidavit of plaintiff Dean E. Meylor assert the…