CHEMICAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY v. FALKNER

No. A-9448.

369 S.W.2d 427 (1963)

CHEMICAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY, Relator, v. Honorable J. M. FALKNER, Banking Commissioner of Texas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dyche, Wheat, Thornton & Wright, Houston, Jake Jacobsen, Austin, for relator.

Waggoner Carr, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Dudley D. McCalla, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent J. M. Falkner, Banking Com'r of Texas.

Graves, Dougherty, Gee & Hearon, Austin, Baker, Heard & Elledge, Willis E. Gresham, Houston, for intervenors.


HAMILTON, Justice.

The Chemical Bank & Trust Company as relator seeks a writ of mandamus to compel J. M. Falkner, State Banking Commissioner, to issue to it a certificate of authority to operate a bank in Harris County, Texas.

The facts are: The First Board of Directors of Chemical Bank & Trust Company, relator, applied for a state bank charter in the City of Houston, the application was approved by the State Banking Board, and the State Banking Commissioner...

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