Bank One v. United States

*475 OPINION AND ORDER

BLOCK, Judge.

This case is an action by plaintiff to recover certain sums of money that defendant allegedly unlawfully exacted from the bank. Defendant claims these sums constitute a set-off of a debt owed by plaintiff. Defendant counterclaims for the remainder of the debt. The alleged debt is the result of certain checks the defendant contends were mistakenly proffered to the plaintiff. Plaintiff, in turn, maintains that the checks constitute an assignment of payments made by defendant to a contractor which, in turn, was alleged to be indebted to the bank. Before the court…