Assembla Cristina Nel Nome Di Gesu v. Zampelli

The respondent corporation and its duly elected directors and officers petitioned the Superior Court of Los Angeles County for a writ of mandate, directing the defendants and appellants to deliver to the petitioners the corporate books and records which were withheld by said defendants, whom the petitioning directors had theretofore succeeded. The writ was granted as prayed, and the defendants appealed.

The evidence and findings of fact below are not here questioned. Section 599 of the Civil Code provides that corporate powers, business and property of corporations formed for purposes other…