First Westside Nat. Bank of Gr. Falls v. Llera

Defendant Allen R. Llera on September 29, 1976, borrowed $5,340.42 from plaintiff First Westside National Bank of Great Falls. Llera gave the bank his promissory note due in 90 days on December 29, 1976, and signed a security agreement describing a 1976 Mercury automobile as collateral. Llera presented the bank with a title to the automobile in the joint names of himself and Edith S. Tynes, Llera’s mother. Llera obtained the title by searching through the personal papers of his mother, in her residence, and without her knowledge.

The bank never filed the security agreement with the Montana…