POWDER RIV. CTY. BK. v. ARNESS-McGRIFFIN CO.

No. 86-177.

732 P.2d 1326 (1987)

POWDER RIVER COUNTY BANK, Plaintiff, Counter-Defendant and Respondent, v. ARNESS-McGRIFFIN COAL COMPANY, a Colorado Corporation, and Sam K. Arness, Defendants, Counter-Plaintiffs and Appellants. POWDER RIVER COUNTY BANK, Plaintiff, Counter-Defendant, v. Sam K. ARNESS, Defendant, Counter-Plaintiff.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided February 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cate Law Firm, Jerome J. Cate, argued, Billings, for defendants, counter-plaintiffs and appellants.

Lucas & Monaghan, Thomas Monaghan, argued, Miles City, for plaintiff, counter-defendant and respondent.


GULBRANDSON, Justice.

Sam Arness appeals a Powder River County District Court order granting summary judgment to the Powder River County Bank (the Bank) on Arness' four counterclaims against the Bank. The sole issue on appeal is whether the court erred in dismissing appellant's counterclaims on the basis that those claims arose out of, and were dependent upon, an illegal loan agreement. We affirm.

Beginning at least in 1980, the Bank made various loans to...

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