Legal Opinion

Tri-State Refining & Investment Co. v. Opdahl

Court of Appeals of Iowa

Decided December 31, 1991No. 89-1963PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HABHAB, Judge.

Plaintiff Tri-State Refining and Investment Company, Inc. (Tri-State) brought this suit seeking to enforce a South Dakota judgment against Lorentz Opdahl. TriState claimed Appaloosa Company was an alter ego of Opdahl and that farmland held by Appaloosa could be executed upon. The Iowa district court granted summary judgment for Tri-State. Opdahl now appeals. We affirm.

Opdahl is a resident of South Dakota. In 1978 Opdahl placed his property into three trusts. The first trust was Sioux Enterprises, and this consisted of a fertilizer business. The second was a refining business,…

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Adam v. Mt. Pleasant Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1984
  2. Tri-State Refining & Investment Co. v. Apaloosa Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Shill v. Careage Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1984
  4. Tri-State Refining & Investment Co. v. Apaloosa Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Central Fibre Products Co. v. LorenzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1954

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Benson v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1995
  2. Hosteng Concrete & Gravel, Inc. v. TullarCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1994
  3. Tiffany v. Brenton State Bank of JeffersonCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1993
  4. Albert E. Holcomb IV and Holcomb Enterprises, LLC v. Delhi Lakeview Estates, Inc.Court of Appeals of Iowa · 2017
  5. Joy Trueblood, M.D. v. MMIC Insurance, Inc.Court of Appeals of Iowa · 2024

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