Rubin v. Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis

CRIST, Judge.

Appellants (plaintiffs) appeal from a jury verdict finding for respondent Boatmen’s National Bank on plaintiffs’ claim that bank unlawfully set off an amount due bank on a note of plaintiff Rubin against plaintiffs’ joint Certificate of Deposit. Plaintiffs also appeal the grant of bank’s summary judgment motion on Count IV, a breach of contract allegation. We affirm.

In 1975, plaintiffs Lewis Rubin and Cynthia Gubin, father and daughter, purchased a certificate of deposit in the amount of $100,000 from Baden Bank. During the time plaintiffs held the CD, Baden Bank was succeeded by…