Barneveld State Bank v. Petersen

For want of a nail, a kingdom was lost, an almanac informed us two hundred years ago. In this case for want of the nail being affixed to the proper horseshoe, the right of appeal has been lost. The horse (right to appellate review) early became unshod in the following sequence of events:

On August 2, 1973, the trial court signed and filed its “Decision — Order Denying Motion.” As its title suggests, this decision and order was not just an opinion. It was also an order disposing of the issues raised by the petition for intervention and the answers thereto. The test as to whether a document is…