Stockman Bank of Montana v. Mon-Kota, Inc.

¶1 Appellant Stockman Bank of Montana (Stockman Bank) appeals from the Seventh Judicial District Court’s orders granting the motion of Appellees, AGSCO, Inc. (AGSCO), and Capital Harvest, Inc. (Capital Harvest), for summary judgment and denying Stockman Bank’s motion to alter or amend judgment. Appellant Stockman Bank contends that Appellees have improperly used Montana’s agricultural lien statute to obtain a lien with “superpriority” over the prior perfected security interest held by Stockman Bank in the same crop collateral. We affirm.

¶2 We restate the issues on appeal as follows:

¶3 1. Did…