Legal Opinion
Eliel v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided October 25, 1989No. 451-88 CPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RADER, Judge.
Plaintiffs, John, Gregory, and Thomas Eliel, borrowed over $1 million in principal and interest from the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) to finance their beef ranch in Montana. The ranch did not produce enough income to support the mounting debt. Therefore, plaintiffs retained a financial advisor, Mr. Martin Connell. Mr. Connell approached county FmHA officials in April 1986 to develop a liquidation and debt repayment plan.
Based on discussions between Mr. Con-nell and Mr. Phillip Young, an FmHA assistant county supervisor, plaintiffs’ attorney drafted three proposed…
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