Riverside National Bank v. Lewis

PEDEN, Justice.

Riverside National Bank and its former employee, Arthur Carroll, appeal from an adverse judgment in a suit filed by James Lewis based on the bank’s refusal to honor its loan commitment. The jury found that the bank’s refusal was malicious, amounted to wrongful dishonor of a draft, constituted fraud on the plaintiff, and violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. The jury determined actual and punitive damages and fixed reasonable attorneys’ fees. Although the jury found that Lewis gave false information in his loan application, it declined to find that such information…