Community Bank v. Dept. of Banking

Full title: COMMUNITY BANK OF NORTH LAUDERDALE, APPELLANT, v. DEPARTMENT OF BANKING…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Apr 18, 1979

368 So. 2d 939 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

Opinion

No. KK-162.

March 14, 1979. Rehearing Denied April 18, 1979.

Appeal from final order of the Department of Banking and Finance — Original Jurisdiction.

Larry Levy and Clyde M. Taylor, Jr., Tallahassee, for appellant.

William L. Lyman, Tallahassee, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

On consideration of the briefs, record and argument of counsel, we fail to find abuse of discretion on the part of the Comptroller as Head of the Department of Banking and Finance, in denying the Appellant's application for a state chartered bank. Bigler v. Department of Banking Finance, 368 So.2d 449 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979).

Accordingly, the order sought to be reviewed is AFFIRMED.

McCORD, C.J., and MELVIN and BOOTH, JJ., concur.