All Lease Company v. Betts

Plaintiff appeals from an order dismissing Bruce W. Betts and Ralph P. Betts as defendants for want of personal jurisdiction. The sole issue presented is whether these nonresident defendants had transacted any business within Minnesota to authorize in personam jurisdiction within the constitutional contemplation of our “long arm” statute, Minn. St. 543.19. Upon the record submitted, we affirm the trial court’s dismissal.

Plaintiff, a Minnesota corporation, brought suit in Minnesota against defendant Bruce Betts to recover an indebtedness claimed due under a written lease of a Portable…