The want or failure, in whole or in part, of the consideration of a written contract may be shown as a defense, total or partial, except as provided in the uniform commercial code, chapter 554.
Iowa Code § 537A.3
Failure of consideration
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Johnson v. Dodgen (1990)
Most recently applied in Robert W. Davis and Kirk K. Peterson v. American International Bridge, Inc., Anfu Wang and Chun Ling Lu (November 2017)
[C51, §976; R60, §1825; C73, §2114; C97, §3070; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9441; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §537.3; C75, 77, 79, 81, §537A.3]
How often courts cite this section
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