An error of the plaintiff as to the kind of proceedings adopted shall not cause the abatement or dismissal of the action, but merely a change into the proper proceedings, and a transfer to the proper docket.
Iowa Code § 611.7
Error — effect of
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Blake James Jacobs v. Iowa Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division (2016)
Most recently applied in Blake James Jacobs v. Iowa Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division (November 2016)
[R60, §2613; C73, §2514; C97, §3432; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10944; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §611.7]
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