McEntire v. Plaza Bank of Commerce

WASSERSTROM, Judge.

Eugene McEntire sues here for alleged wrongful garnishment. The trial court sustained a motion for summary judgment filed by Plaza Bank of Commerce, and McEntire appeals. Affirmed.

The present suit grows out of an earlier action brought by Plaza against McEntire in 1968 before a Magistrate Court. In that prior action, Plaza claimed $714.15 and McEntire counterclaimed for $500. The magistrate court telescoped together into one net judgment the amounts to be awarded upon the principal claim and that upon the counterclaim, as required by Section 517.270 RSMo 1969, with a…