United Bank of Skyline, National Ass'n v. Fales

YETKA, Justice.

This appeal comes from a court of appeals’ decision affirming a lower court’s denial of appellant’s motion for relief from a summary judgment entered in Denver, Colorado, and docketed in Blue Earth County, Minnesota. We affirm.

This litigation began when respondent United Bank of Skyline filed a civil suit in Colorado to collect on loans made to appellant Arthur J. Petrie, a resident of Minnesota, and his partner, David Fales. Petrie and Fales had used the money to develop real estate located in Colorado. A chronology of the ensuing procedural events is adapted from the findings…