Peoples Bank v. Frazee

PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE, Judge.

A Missouri circuit court quashed registration of a foreign judgment Peoples Bank obtained in an Oklahoma district court against Missouri resident, H.L. Fra-zee. The Missouri court found that the Oklahoma court lacked personal jurisdiction over Mr. Frazee. Peoples Bank appeals. It challenges the circuit court’s assignment of the burden of proof to Peoples Bank to establish that the Oklahoma court’s jurisdiction was proper. Peoples Bank also challenges the Missouri court’s finding that the Oklahoma court lacked personal jurisdiction over Mr. Frazee because he had…