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BLESSUM v. HOWARD CTY. BD. OF SUP'RS

No. 63188.

295 N.W.2d 836 (1980)

R. J. BLESSUM, Appellee, v. HOWARD COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, Howard County, Iowa; Melvin D. Cannon, Individually; and Leo Caffrey, Individually, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

August 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald M. Stambaugh and Don W. Burington of Laird, Burington, Bovard, Heiny & McManigal, Mason City, for appellants.

James Burns and Donald H. Gloe of Miller, Pearson, Gloe & Burns, Decorah, for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and LeGRAND, ALLBEE, McGIVERIN and LARSON, JJ.

McGIVERIN, Justice.

The trial court entered judgment against defendants Howard County Board of Supervisors, and Melvin Cannon and Leo Caffrey, individually, in favor of plaintiff R. J. Blessum based on jury verdicts responding to counts of plaintiff's petition alleging breach of contract, defamation, and deprivation of civil rights. Defendants appeal. Plaintiff cross-appeals from the refusal of the court to enter judgment on a verdict for punitive damages in his behalf...

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