United Security Bank & Trust Co. v. Superior Court of Orange County
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Waste, J.
Application for writ of prohibition. By this proceeding the petitioner, United Security Bank and Trust Company, seeks to restrain and prohibit the respondent Superior Court and the Honorable James L. Allen, as judge thereof, from further proceeding with the trial of that certain action entitled Security Trust & Savings Bank v. Security Bank & Trust Company and United Security Bank and Trust Company. In that action the plaintiff prays the respondent court to enter its decree restraining the defendants from engaging in, carrying on or transacting any banking business in this state under the names of “Security Bank & Trust Company” or “United Security Bank and Trust Company,” from acquiring, establishing, or maintaining any branch or office under either of said names, and from further prosecuting a proceeding theretofore commenced in the superior court in and for the city and county of San Francisco, and having for its purpose the entry of a decree changing the original defendant’s name from “Security Bank & Trust Company” to “United Security Bank and Trust Company.” Examination of the complaint filed in the respondent court and praying the foregoing injunctive relief discloses that…