Baker v. First National Bank of Denver

I must dissent from the decision of the court in this ease. I believe that this court ill-advisedly has forfeited one of the valuable attributes of State sovereignty. The right to legislate with respect to the disposition of land lying within its borders is a significant right of sovereignty. In this instance the court without any authority to support its position has surrendered that right to our sister state of Colorado.

In reaching its conclusion in this case the majority has assumed that a cause of action to foreclose this mortgage arose in the State of Colorado. Otherwise there is no…