Legal Opinion
Sargent County Bank v. Wentworth
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided May 17, 1993No. Civ. 920100PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESCHKE, Justice.
John and Beth R. Wentworth appeal from a judgment awarding Sargent County Bank a deficiency judgment of nearly $216,000 against them and dismissing their counterclaims against the Bank. We reverse and remand for a new trial before a different trial judge.
Resolution of this case requires a protracted recitation of the background. The Wentworths operated a large farm and ranch in Sargent County. Since 1968, the Wentworths did business with the Bank, and after 1970, dealt primarily with its loan officer and vice president, D. Dean Rocks-wold. During the 1980s, the Wentworths…
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