Heelan v. Security National Bank

This is an action to recover the penalty provided in subdivision 6 of section 108 of the Banking Law for the alleged ‘ ‘ knowingly taking, receiving, reserving or charging a greater rate of interest than that authorized by this section as computed by this section ”.

This litigation has developed into an acrimonious dispute generated, to a great extent, by the cavalier conduct of counsel for the defendant. His prosaic writing style, liberally sprinkled with invective and epithets directed at the plaintiff such as “deadbeat”, “ scoundrel ”, “knave”, and his use of ill-devised metaphor serves no…