Producers Livestock Loan Co. v. Miller

CROCKETT, Justice:

Plaintiff, Producers Livestock Loan Company, a Utah corporation, brought action against defendants John Clair Miller and Peter S. Levatich, two New York residents, to recover balances due on promissory notes. Defendants were served as provided in U.C.A.1953, section 78-27-25, the so-called Long-Arm Statute. From the granting of defendants’ motions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction over them, the plaintiff appeals.

In the fall of 1972, George L. Smith, a Utah resident, was contacted by a Mr. Walter Ulicny who represented himself to be an investment advisor for defendants.…