Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Krum v. Ferguson
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SPURLOCK, Justice.
This is a suit by a bank customer against a bank for damages caused by the wrongful dishonor of several checks. The jury found that the bank had wrongfully dishonored some of plaintiff’s checks in violation of Tex.Bus. & Comm.Code Ann. sec. 4.402 (1968). Plaintiff claims violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA) sec. 17.01 et seq.* (1968). Bank claims that DTPA does not apply and that the security agreement justified Bank in dishonoring of the checks.
Judgment was rendered disregarding the jury’s findings on mental anguish and punitive damages. The…
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