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FIRST VIRGINIA BANK OF TIDEWATER v. COMMONWEALTH

187 S.E.2d 186 (1972)

212 Va. 654

FIRST VIRGINIA BANK OF TIDEWATER v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia. VIRGINIA NATIONAL BANK v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 6, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Breeden, Jr., David K. Sutelan, Norfolk (Breeden, Howard & MacMillan, Norfolk, on brief), for appellant First Va. Bank.

William P. Oberndorfer, Norfolk, Conrad M. Shumadine, Richmond (Kaufman, Oberndorfer & Spainhour, Norfolk, on brief), for appellant Va. Nat. Bank.

John R. Jordan, Jr., Sp. Counsel, Raleigh, (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., Anthony F. Troy, Asst. Atty. Gen., A. Grey Staples, Jr., Gen. Counsel, State Corp. Comm., Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

Before SNEAD, C.J., and CARRICO, GORDON and COCHRAN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

We are called upon to determine the meaning of "contiguous", as used in a paragraph of the Virginia Banking Act, paragraph (c) of Code § 6.1-39.

Paragraph (a) of Code § 6.1-39 provides that no state bank may engage in business in more than one place, except that the State Corporation Commission may, when satisfied that public convenience and necessity will be served, authorize a bank to establish branches within the limits of the city...

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