JACOBSEN v. CITIZENS STATE BANK

No. 19927.

587 S.W.2d 480 (1979)

Chris JACOBSEN, Appellant, v. CITIZENS STATE BANK, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willard A. Herbert, Dallas, for appellant.

John R. Stooksberry, Boyd, Veigel & Gay, Inc., McKinney, for appellee.

Before AKIN, ROBERTSON and CARVER, JJ.


CARVER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment denying appellant Jacobsen any relief against Citizens State Bank, for an alleged invasion of privacy. We hold that a bank's exhibition to an Internal Revenue agent of the transactions of a customer of the bank in response to a summons authorized by an act of Congress is not an invasion of privacy. Consequently, we affirm the judgment.

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