American Fletcher National Bank v. Flick

Plaintiff-appellee, Norman Flick d/b/a Morris Street Auto Sales, instituted an action to recover $1,492 which sum the defendant-appellant bank had setoff against appellee’s business checking account and also, by way of a second pleading paragraph, to recover $125,000 as damages for “grievous loss and damage to his credit, business standing, loss of income from his business, and great mental anxiety and suffering” and additional unspecified expense, all alleged to have resulted when checks drawn on that account were returned for insufficient funds. A counter-claim denominated as a…