Petitioner, a sales finance company, seeks an order directing the Secretary of State to accept for filing a certificate of change of its name to Retailers Finance Corporation. Respondent has refused to accept the certificate, and its position has been upheld at Special Term. Section 9 of the General Corporation Law prohibits the use of the word "finance", inter alia, in the name of any stock corporation except a moneyed corporation. The term "moneyed corporation" is...
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