First State Bank of Wheatland v. American National Bank

RAPER, Justice, Retired.

Appellants sued appellee claiming dishonesty, misrepresentation, fraud, abuse of good faith and fair dealing in loan participation arrangements. The trial judge granted summary judgment to appellee.

The appellants have created what they consider the issues in what appears to be an attempt to obtain our attention in a melodramatic way:

1. Is dishonesty within the banking industry acceptable?

2. Do banks have a right to be dishonest — so long as they only cheat or defraud other banks?

3. In view of the Rule 56 evidence demonstrating its many misrepresentations as well as the…