Legal Opinion
Fundermann v. Mickelson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided May 6, 1981No. 65064Published
1Opinion of the Court
304 N.W.2d 790 (1981)
Theodore P. FUNDERMANN, Appellee,
v.
Gordon MICKELSON, Appellant.
No. 65064.
Supreme Court of Iowa.
April 15, 1981.
As Amended May 6, 1981.
Rehearing Denied May 7, 1981.
Robert E. Beebe and Michael W. Ellwanger of Kindig, Beebe, Rawlings, Nieland & Killinger, Sioux City, for appellant.
John T. O'Brien and Thomas S. Mullin of O'Brien & Galvin, Sioux City, for appellee.
Considered en banc.
HARRIS, Justice.
We have become convinced that there is inherent and fatal contradiction in the term "alienation of affections." The alienation belies the affection. Suits for alienation are useless…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Ferriter v. Daniel O'Connell's Sons, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Schmitt v. Jenkins Truck Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1969
- Meyer v. NottgerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976
- Barnhill v. DavisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
- Acuff v. SchmitSupreme Court of Iowa · 1956
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