WEST. PA. NAT. BANK v. MYERS


407 Pa. 298 (1962)

Western Pennsylvania National Bank, Appellant, v. Myers.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 3, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Baskin, with him Robert L. Rubendall, and Baskin and Baskin, and Hull, Leiby & Metzger, for appellant.

Earl F. Reed, with him Louis Caplan, and Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, for appellee.

Frederic G. Antoun, Deputy Attorney General, with him Richard Woodcock, Assistant Attorney General, and David Stahl, Attorney General, for Secretary of Banking and Secretary of Commonwealth, appellees.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN and O'BRIEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, May 3, 1962:

Did the Department of Banking clearly abuse its discretion in approving the Articles of Incorporation for Commercial Bank & Trust Company of Pittsburgh? This appeal is in the nature of a broad certiorari: Dauphin Deposit Trust Company v. Myers, 401 Pa. 230, 164 A.2d 86, and cases therein cited. See also Philadelphia Saving Fund Society v. Myers, 406 Pa...

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