COMM'R OF SM. LOANS v. FIRST NAT'L BANK

[No. 175, September Term, 1972.]

268 Md. 305 (1973)

300 A.2d 685

COMMISSIONER OF SMALL LOANS ET AL. v. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MARYLAND ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 1, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas N. Biddison, Jr., and Stanford D. Hess. Assistant Attorneys General, with whom was Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellants.

Robert B. Barnhouse, with whom were Paul V. Niemeyer and Piper & Marbury on the brief, for appellee The First National Bank of Maryland. Norman P. Ramsey, with whom was Alan N. Gamse on the brief, for appellee Maryland National Bank.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and BARNES, McWILLIAMS, SINGLEY, SMITH and LEVINE, JJ.


MURPHY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Shortly after the creation of national banking associations, the Supreme Court recognized that "[n]ational banks have been national favorites," Tiffany v. National Bank of Missouri, 85 U.S. (18 Wall.) 409, 413, 21 L.Ed. 862, 864 (1874), a judgment that has survived to the present day. At issue in this appeal is whether appellees, Maryland National Bank (Maryland National) and First National Bank of Maryland...

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