Douglas County Bank v. Department of Banking

This, appeal by Douglas County Bank challenges an order of the Director of Banking of the State of Nebraska granting the application of Ames Plaza Bank to transfer its charter and to move its bank to a new location. We affirm.

Ames was granted a bank charter in 1962 and commenced business in rented quarters in the Ames Plaza Shopping Center, with 12 employees and 3,290 square feet of space. It subsequently added 935' square feet of space to these facilities. Under the evidence adduced by Douglas, Ames might have enlarged its facilities more than it did, although there is a serious question as…