State ex rel. Jurgens v. Consumers' Brewing Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Walter Byers Sommerville, Judge. Application by the state, on the relation of George Jurgens, against the Consumers’ Brewing Company. Judgment for relator, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a mandamus suit to compel defendant company to issue a certificate for 70 shares of stock. The relator represents that he purchased said shares from Charles Schutten, and at the time of said purchase there was due thereon an unpaid-installment amounting to $1,750, which relat- or tendered to said company and which said tender was refused. .
An alternative writ of mandamus issued as prayed for.
The defendant. company for answer excepted to the form of proceeding by mandamus as not the proper remedy, and denied that it had any contract, expressed or implied, with the relator, or that it…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State ex rel. Phillips v. New Orleans Gas Light Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1873
- State ex rel. Plaisent v. Orleans RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1886
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