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FLEISCHMANN v. MERCANTILE TRUST CO. NAT. ASS'N

No. 62537.

617 S.W.2d 73 (1981)

Ira FLEISCHMANN, Respondent, v. MERCANTILE TRUST COMPANY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

June 8, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Wells, Robert G. Olson, William Guerri, St. Louis, for appellant.

Leonard J. Frankel, R. Kristin Weaver, Clayton, for respondent.

DONNELLY, Judge.

Respondent, Ira Fleischmann, brought an action against appellant, Mercantile Trust Company, to recover actual and punitive damages for conversion of his checking account. The jury awarded respondent $1,275.60 actual damages with $194.96 interest thereon, and $100,000 punitive damages. Judgment was entered and Mercantile appealed to the Eastern District of the Court of Appeals where the judgment was reversed. On October 15, 1980, this Court ordered...

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