BROWN v. MERCANTILE BANK OF POPLAR BLUFF

Nos. 17347, 17381.

820 S.W.2d 327 (1991)

Thomas C. BROWN and Sofia Brown, Cross-Claim Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. MERCANTILE BANK OF POPLAR BLUFF, Cross-Claim Defendant/Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

December 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G.H. Terando, Wilhoit, Edmundson, Terando & Hopkins, Poplar Bluff, for cross-claim plaintiffs-appellants.

Elizabeth A. Blaich, Summers, Walsh, Pritchett and Blaich, Poplar Bluff, for cross-claim defendant-appellant.


SCHRUM, Presiding Judge.

Cross-claimants Thomas C. Brown and Sofia Brown sought actual and punitive damages from Mercantile Bank of Poplar Bluff alleging that Mercantile wrongfully withheld from them the principal and interest on an $85,000 certificate of deposit pursuant to a garnishment when Mercantile knew, or should have known, the funds were not subject to garnishment. Following a bench trial, the court awarded the Browns $4,921.86 in actual damages and $4,874...

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