DANIELS-SHERIDAN FEDERAL CREDIT UNION v. BELLANGER

No. 00-683.

36 P.3d 397 (2001)

2001 MT 235

DANIELS-SHERIDAN FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, Respondent and Cross-Appellant, v. Leland BELLANGER a/k/a Leland H. Bellanger, Bobbi Jo Hackman f/k/a Bobbi Jo Bellanger, and Larrie Smith, Defendants and Respondents. Alfred Bellanger, Applicant and Appellant, v. James P. Kramer, Sheriff of Daniels County, State of Montana, Respondent and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted June 5, 2001.

Decided November 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: Dirk Larsen; Larsen Law Firm, Great Falls, MT, (for Alfred Bellanger).

For Respondents: Fred E. Whisenand (argued); Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, Williston, ND, (for Larrie Smith), Shane P. Coleman (argued), Charles W. Hingle; Dorsey & Whitney, Billings, MT, (for Daniels-Sheridan Federal Credit Union).


Chief Justice KARLA M. GRAY delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Daniels-Sheridan Federal Credit Union initiated this action to enforce promissory notes pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). The case subsequently broadened to encompass disputes over proceeds of the sale of cattle seized from Leland Bellanger. The Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Daniels County, ultimately entered judgment in the Credit Union's favor against Leland Bellanger and...

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