TEXAS COMMERCE BANK-NEW BRAUNFELS, NAT. ASS'N v. TOWNSEND

No. 3-89-122-CV.

786 S.W.2d 53 (1990)

TEXAS COMMERCE BANK—NEW BRAUNFELS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. C.N. Clay TOWNSEND, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled March 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Paulsen, Houston, for appellant.

John J. Curtis, New Braunfels, for appellee.

Before POWERS, CARROLL and ABOUSSIE, JJ.


POWERS, Justice.

Texas Commerce Bank—New Braunfels, N.A., appeals from a trial-court judgment, given on the jury's verdict, awarding Clay Townsend compensatory and exemplary damages proximately caused by the bank's negligence and wrongful dishonor in refusing to pay a bank check drawn by Townsend. We will reverse the judgment and render judgment that Townsend take nothing.

THE CONTROVERSY

Townsend, an attorney, maintained in the bank a trust...

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