Centennial Bank v. Whitesell

Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

A plethora of appeals from orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County and a petition for review in the nature of an original jurisdiction action or, alternatively, in the nature of an administrative agency appeal reflect the jurisdictional uncertainties involved in this litigation and the pragmatic solution by practitioners in applying our new Rules of Appellate Procedure to the dilemma confronting them.

The origin of the controversy is a determination by the Secretary of Banking that Centennial Bank (Centennial), of Philadelphia, was…