CENTRAL BANK OF MISSISSIPPI v. BUTLER

No. 57017.

517 So.2d 507 (1987)

CENTRAL BANK OF MISSISSIPPI (Now First United Bank) v. Grady BUTLER, Jimmy Coker, Robbie Gavin, Herman Hill, Don Jones, Buster Ruffin, Clurie Shelby, C.A. Thigpen, Stacy Burnham, Linda Burnham and Paul Rodgers.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Mozingo, Mark C. Carlson, Stennett, Wilkinson & Ward, Earl Keyes, Keyes, Moss, Piazza & Woods, Jackson, for appellant.

William R. Ruffin, Bay Springs, John I. Donaldson, Thomas, Price, Alston, Jones & Davis, Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc:


PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

Sellers of livestock filed suit against Central Bank of Mississippi alleging Central Bank had improperly set off trust funds properly belonging to the sellers. From a decision in the Chancery Court of Rankin County awarding sellers actual and punitive damages plus attorneys' fees, Central Bank of Mississippi appeals, assigning as error:

(1) The trial court erred in finding that Central Bank improperly set off funds from the...

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