Supreme Court of Iowa

Leonora Streeter, Rodney Dehaan, Esther Dehaan, Kurt Menefee, Robert Lampe, Douglas Benjamin, Barbara Benjamin…

May 15, 2026

Summary

The Iowa Supreme Court reversed the district court and vacated the default judgment that gave the Dunn Trust title to an unpaved road, holding that the Trust’s reliance on service by publication violated Iowa procedural rules and due‑process requirements for both neighboring landowners and the State DNR.