State Ex Rel. Gaynor v. Gaynor Electric Co., Inc.

The alternative writ, after describing the authorized capital stock of the respondent corporation states that the relator is the owner of 140 shares thereof; that he had made several demands on the respondent for permission to examine the books of said corporation, “for the purpose of determining whether there is waste, extravagance or mismanagement in the operation of said corporation and for the purpose of determining its financial status” and that these demands have been refused. Upon this statement of facts the writ requires the respondent to allow the relator to inspect its books, “for…