Andrus v. Zion's First National Bank

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs-respondents, John and Margie Andrus, holding that a mortgage on their farm was null and void. The judgment also denied defendant-appellant Zion’s First National Bank’s counterclaim and that of defendant-appellant Carl Reed for damages to his reputation. We affirm.

Andruses own a 1924-acre farm near Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, upon which they operated a Grade C dairy operation. Muir-brook Farms, Inc., owned and operated a *725Grade A dairy operation at West Warren, Utah. In 1974 Muirbrook was in financial distress and had…