Bittel v. Farm Credit Svcs. of Central Kansas, PCA

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Larson, J.:

This case requires us to interpret the Credit Agreement Act (Act), K.S.A. 16-117 and K.S.A. 16-118, relating to liability upon oral credit agreements. Wesley Bittel and his two sons, Gene and David, sued Farm Credit Services of Central Kansas, P.C.A. (P.C.A.) for damages caused by the breach of an alleged oral agreement to renew a loan and for negligently representing that the loan would be renewed. P.C.A. refused to renew the Bittels’ operating loan in September 1993, after the Bittels had planted a feed crop for their cattle operation, and…