State ex rel. Phillips v. New Orleans Gas Light Co.

The respondents have appealed from a judgment making peremptory a mandamus directing them to issue to relator two certificates of stock in lieu of two Jost by her. The defense is that no cause is shown for a proceeding by mandamus; that the relator can obtain relief by an ordinary action; that plaintiff has not lost the certificates as alleged; that according to the by-laws of the company the loss of certificates must be advertised for a certain time, and new ones may be issued upon the applicant therefor giving bond and certificate; that defendants have at all times been willing to issue and…