CHCO City Holding Company

CHARLESTON, W.Va., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- City Holding Company (NASDAQ:CHCO), a $2.5 billion bank holding company headquartered in Charleston, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, City National Bank of West Virginia, prevailed in a lawsuit filed by Jack Whittaker. On Wednesday, September 12, 2007, just a few days prior to trial, Whittaker dropped his lawsuit and all claims against City National Bank in open court in Kanawha County, West Virginia. His attorney reported to the trial judge that an investigation concluded that City National Bank was not linked to any wrongdoing when Whittaker lost approximately $49,000 as a result of payroll checks being cashed at City National Bank locations. Whittaker agreed to dismiss the entire lawsuit, and City National Bank did not pay any monetary settlement in the case. DATASOURCE: City Holding Company CONTACT: John W. Alderman III, Chief Legal Counsel, +1-304-769-1104 Web site: http://www.cityholding.com/

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