Kurtz v. Illinois National Bank

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs appeal a trial court order granting summary judgment to defendant Illinois National Bank of Springfield (INB). Plaintiffs argue disputed issues of fact exist which preclude summary judgment on their interference with contractual expectancy action.

We affirm.

Plaintiffs and their father were farm tenants of the Scully Trust in Logan County. Under their lease, they could not encumber crops grown on the leased property through a security agreement. Plaintiffs’ parents borrowed money from INB in March 1982 and entered a farm…