624.1 Evidence in ordinary actions. 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. 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, andinterrogate the party or person by leading questions and contradict and impeach the partyor person in all respects as if the party or person had been called by the adverse party, andthe witness thus called may be contradicted and impeached by or on behalf of the adverseparty also, and may be cross-examined by the adverse party only upon the subject matter ofthe 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, §64Depositions, R.C.P. 1.701 – 1.717 Sat Dec 23 11:20:26 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 624.1 (26, 0)
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