Robco Transportation, Inc. v. Ritter

356 N.W.2d 497 (1984)

ROBCO TRANSPORTATION, INC., Appellant,

v.

Larry R. RITTER, Appellee.

No. 83-915.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 17, 1984.

David L. Davitt of Myers, Knox & Hart, Des Moines, for appellant.

Kermit L. Dunahoo, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered en banc.

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

The underlying controversy in this case concerns trial court's jurisdiction over defendant Larry R. Ritter, in circumstances one would expect to find only in an imaginative law school examination. We cannot reach the merits, however, because this appeal was taken too late to vest jurisdiction in this court.…