State Banking Board v. Airline National Bank

HUGHES, Justice.

The State Banking Board whose members are J. M. Falkner, Jesse James and Robert S. Strauss on November 25, 1964, granted a bank charter to the Northline State Bank of Houston, Texas, hereinafter called Northline. On December 3, 1964, the Airline National Bank of Houston, Texas, hereinafter called Airline, filed suit in the court below as an appeal from the order granting the bank charter to Northline. Only the State Banking Board and its members were made parties, however Northline intervened.

After a non-jury trial, the court made findings of fact and conclusions of law upon…