Winkler v. Citizens State Bank of Geuda Springs

Citations

• 89 Kan. 279
• 131 P. 597
• 1913 Kan. LEXIS 52

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Banking — Payment of Check Wrongfully Refused — Exemplary Damages. In an action by a depositor to recover money placed by him in a bank as a general deposit, the bank having wrongfully refused payment and having protested a check drawn by the depositor for the amount thereof, the bank is not liable for exemplary damages unless it was guilty of fraud, malice, gross negligence or oppression in so doing.</p>