SARGENT COUNTY BANK v. WENTWORTH

Civ. No. 920100.

500 N.W.2d 862 (1993)

SARGENT COUNTY BANK, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. John WENTWORTH and Beth R. Wentworth, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

May 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Todd Haggart (argued), of Vogel, Brantner, Kelly, Knutson, Weir & Bye, Ltd., Fargo, for plaintiff and appellee. Appearance by Harlan Klefstad, President of Sargent County Bank.

Robert J. Snyder (argued) and James J. Coles (appearance), of Wheeler Wolf, Bismarck, for defendants and appellants. Appearances by John and Beth Wentworth.


MESCHKE, Justice.

John and Beth R. Wentworth appeal from a judgment awarding Sargent County Bank a deficiency judgment of nearly $216,000 against them and dismissing their counterclaims against the Bank. We reverse and remand for a new trial before a different trial judge.

Resolution of this case requires a protracted recitation of the background. The Wentworths operated a large farm and ranch in Sargent County. Since 1968, the Wentworths did business with...

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