Forum Moderators: not2easy
There are a couple of things to check here.
When you say that the style code you quote is "attached" to the <td>, do you mean as an id? eg: <td id="branchtext">? If so, make sure that this is the only instance of branchtext on your page. If you wish to use it more than once, use a class: .branchtext <td class="branchText">.
Also, are there any heights specified on cells within the row? This will have an impact on cell heights, as within a row, all cells take on the same height (generally the tallest cell height is used).
Do you have a doctype decleration? This can have an impact on some css rendering.