HARRIS v. OLSON

No. 95-2081.

558 N.W.2d 408 (1997)

Charles Scott HARRIS, Appellant, v. Gregory Scott OLSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Jankins of Murray, Jankins & Noble, Des Moines, for appellant.

Jeff Margolin and Hugh Cain of Hopkins & Huebner, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and CARTER, NEUMAN, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

Plaintiff Charles Harris sought to accept a confession of judgment after a jury returned a verdict in a lesser amount. The district court rejected Harris's tender as untimely. On Harris's challenge to the court's ruling, we affirm.

Harris sued defendant Gregory Olson for damages sustained in an automobile collision. Trial was scheduled for September 11, 1995. Five days before trial, Olson mailed Harris a confession of judgment in the...

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