WALKER v. GATEWAY NAT. BANK

No. 57708.

799 S.W.2d 614 (1990)

Hershel WALKER, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. GATEWAY NATIONAL BANK, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Meaux Smith, James Edward Terry, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

Mark I. Bronson, St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.


CRANE, Judge.

Gateway National Bank appeals the portion of a judgment which awarded $10,000 punitive damages to its depositor Hershel Walker in a conversion action. We reverse.

On July 20, 1984, Hershel Walker [Walker], gave Boulch and Sons Construction [Boulch] a check for $6,120.21 drawn on his account with Gateway National Bank [Gateway]. On July 23, 1984, Boulch deposited this check in its account at United Missouri Bank [United]. Boulch's account was...

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