SOLAR MOTORS v. FIRST NAT. BANK OF CHADRON

No. S-93-622.

545 N.W.2d 714 (1996)

249 Neb. 758

SOLAR MOTORS, INC., formerly known as Baker Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodge, Inc., and Brett R. Baker, Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHADRON, Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trev E. Peterson and Rodney M. Confer, of Knudsen, Berkheimer, Richardson & Endacott, Lincoln, for appellant.

Steven W. Olsen, of Simmons, Olsen, Ediger & Selzer, P.C., Scottsbluff, for appellees.

Robert J. Hallstrom, of Brandt, Horan, Hallstrom & Sedlacek, Nebraska City, for amicus curiae Nebraska Bankers Association, Inc.

WHITE, C.J., and CAPORALE, FAHRNBRUCH, LANPHIER, WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, and GERRARD, JJ.


WHITE, Chief Justice.

This lender liability action was brought by plaintiffs-appellees Solar Motors, Inc., and Brett Baker, Solar Motors' president, alleging that defendant-appellant, First National Bank of Chadron, breached a lending agreement between the parties. Specifically at issue is the bank's actions in demanding payment of a promissory note. At trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $204,357. The bank appealed to the...

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