Batson v. Birmingham Trust & Savings Co.

LIVINGSTON, Justice.

This is a suit by S. R. Batson to recover compensatory and punitive damages against the Birmingham Trust and Savings Company, a corporation engaged in the banking business, on account of the alleged wrongful and wanton refusal of the defendant to honor and pay twenty-nine separate checks drawn by the plaintiff on his deposit or checking account with the defendant, which were presented, for payment and payment refused on November 13, 1936.

' Each check was ■ made' the basis of two counts in the complaint: ’ One claiming com pensatory damages and the other punitive damages.…