Hoffman v. Franklin County Mercantile Bank

DONALD B. CLARK, Special Judge.

Appellants, husband and wife, claimed actual and punitive damages from respondents, Franklin County Mercantile Bank and Bruce A. Smith, and from a third defendant, Harry L. Wilson. The claim was based on the exposure of appellants to personal liability as a consequence of a failed business venture. The trial court dismissed the case for failure to state a cause of action and this appeal followed.

Initially, the reader will require some identification of the parties and their participation in the events giving rise to this litigation which has deteriorated into…