Tolander v. Farmers National Bank

HARRIS, Justice.

This tort suit between a financially strapped farmer and a rural bank arises from a distressing factual setting with which, regrettably, we have become most familiar. The farmer brought this suit after his operation was closed out by a bank. By various tort theories he claimed he was damaged by the bank’s improper actions. Following a bench trial the district court rejected all of plaintiff’s claims. Although we strongly condemn aspects of the bank’s conduct we are obliged to affirm.

Plaintiff, William Tolander, has been farming in the Olds, Iowa, area since approximately 1960.…