State ex rel. Harvey v. Plankinton Arcade Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwau-’ kee county: Walter Schinz, Circuit Judge. Relator alleges in his petition that at all the times therein mentioned he was a stockholder and director in the Plankinton Arcade Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of Wisconsin; that the individual defendants are officers and directors thereof; that on the 14th day of November, 1922, he made a demand upon various officers of the…
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwau-’ kee county: Walter Schinz, Circuit Judge. Relator alleges in his petition that at all the times therein mentioned he was a stockholder and director in the Plankinton Arcade Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of Wisconsin; that the individual defendants are officers and directors thereof; that on the 14th day of November, 1922, he made a demand upon various officers of the corporation for an inspection of the books and accounts of said corporation in order that he might properly perform his duties as…
1Opinion of the CourtOwen, J.
In this action the.relator seeks to obtain exactly the same relief sought in State ex rel. Harvey v. Plankinton Arcade Co., decided herewith (ante, p. 20, 195 N. W. 903), with this difference: in that action he based his righ! for an inspection of the books of the corporation upon the fact that he was a stockholder therein; in this action he seeks to base his right upon the fact that he was a director of the corporation, and that an inspection of the books and accounts thereof was necessary to enable him to perform the duties of his office as director. In this case five members of the board…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State ex rel. Dempsey v. Werra Aluminum Foundry Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1921
- State ex rel. Harvey v. Plankinton Arcade Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1923
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