1. All issues of fact in ordinary actions shall be tried upon oral evidence taken in open court, except that depositions may be used as provided by law. “Open court” includes remote testimony of a witness by telephone, videoconference, or other remote means of communication approved by the court.
2. A party may interrogate any unwilling or hostile witness by leading questions.
3. A party may call an adverse party or an officer, director, or managing agent of a public or private corporation or of a partnership or association which is an adverse party, and interrogate the party or person by leading questions and contradict and impeach the party or person in all respects as if the party or person had been called by the adverse party, and the witness thus called may be contradicted and impeached by or on behalf of the adverse party also, and may be cross-examined by the adverse party only upon the subject matter of the examination in chief. [R60, §2999; C73, §2741; C97, §3651; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11430; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §624.1] 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §64; 2024 Acts, ch 1104, §3 Depositions, R.C.P. 1.701 – 1.717\n\nTue Dec 09 21:59:14 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 624 (36, 0) §624.2, TRIAL AND JUDGMENT 2 \n
Notes of Decisions
Matter of Est. of Herm, 284 N.W.2d 191 (Iowa 1979).
· cites it 22× “Appealing, Arthur claims these decisions should be reversed on the following grounds: (1) Trial court should have dismissed the equity case under the “clean hands” doctrine; (2) trial court erred in not permitting Arthur’s counsel to cross-examine him after he testified for…”
Schmitt v. Jenkins Truck Lines, Inc., 170 N.W.2d 632 (Iowa 1969).
· cites it 16× “In 1965 the Sixty-first General Assembly of our legislature by chapter 431, section 1, *645 amended section 624.1 of the Code effective July 4, 1965, which now provides in part: "* * * "A party may interrogate any unwilling or hostile witness by leading questions.”
Hubby v. State, 331 N.W.2d 690 (Iowa 1983).
· cites it 8× “Plaintiff asked to be allowed to question officers North and Skahill as adverse witnesses pursuant to Iowa Code section 624.1. The court refused and plaintiff contends this refusal was error.”
State v. Menke, 227 N.W.2d 184 (Iowa 1975).
· cites it 4× “1972); The Code 1973, Section 624.1. See also Schmitt v. Jenkins Truck Lines, Inc.”
In Re Est. of Rutter, 633 N.W.2d 740 (Iowa 2001).
· cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 624.1 (emphasis added); see In re Gust, 345 N.”
State v. DeWitt, 286 N.W.2d 379 (Iowa 1979).
· cites it 2× “When the county attorney sought permission to lead the witness pursuant to section 624.1, The Code 1977 (“A party may interrogate any unwilling or hostile witness by leading questions.”
Wong v. Waterloo Cmty. Sch. Dist., 232 N.W.2d 865 (Iowa 1975).
· cites it 4× “in refusing to instruct the jury on the effect of evidence concerning custom and usage; (4) error in refusing to instruct the jury that defendant owed plaintiff a high degree of care; (5) error in refusing to submit several pleaded specifications of negligence to the jury; and…”
State v. Trost, 244 N.W.2d 556 (Iowa 1976).
“In relevant part, the statute provides: “A party may call an adverse party or an officer, director, or managing agent of a public or private corporation or of a partnership or association which is an adverse party, and interrogate him by leading questions and contradict and…”
Cronin v. Hagan, 221 N.W.2d 748 (Iowa 1974).
· cites it 2× “Section 624.1, The Code. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence defendant and Dr.”
Reeder v. Iowa State High. Comm'n, 166 N.W.2d 839 (Iowa 1969).
· cites it 2× “It is to us also apparent the challenged testimony went more to the matter of plaintiff’s purpose or objective in seeking enactment of the ordinance, than to motives of the municipal lawmaking body in adopting it.”
State v. Orozco, 190 N.W.2d 830 (Iowa 1971).
“Also, Code § 624.1, in part, limits cross-examination of an adverse witness to the subject matter of examination in chief.”
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