Mann Farms v. Traders State Bk. of Poplar

In what has come to be called a bad faith action, the District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial District, Roosevelt County, granted summary judgment to defendants. Plaintiffs appeal. We affirm.

The sole issue for our consideration is whether the District Court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of defendants?

The Mann family formed Mann Farms, Inc. (Maim Farms) in 1976. In the beginning, Traders State Bank (the Bank) carried the Mann Farms’ credit in an unsecured status. Over the years, Mann Farms’ debt with the Bank continued to increase. As a result of that increase, in 1983 the Bank…