Legal Opinion
In re the Petition of Wygant
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 15, 1917PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Application for a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the CourtRudd, J.
The petition of Ethel B. Wygant asks for an order directing a writ of peremptory mandamus directed to the corporation of Burdick & Son, Bainbridge W. Burdick, president and treasurer, and to its officers and directors, commanding them to exhibit to the petitioner and her attorneys and accountant, or other necessary assistant, all books of account, records and papers of the corporation covering the period from May 14, 1908, to date and permitting the petitioner and her assistants to fully examine the same and to take extracts therefrom.
The petitioner is a stockholder in the corporation of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Matter of SteinwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- People Ex Rel. Port Chester Savings Bank v. CromwellNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- People ex rel. Hunter v. National Park Bank of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
- In re HitchcockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
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