In re Pierson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioner, J. Fred Pierson, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Yew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 5th day of September, 1899, as resettled by an .order entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of September, 1899, denying his motion for a writ of mandamus compelling the New Amsterdam Gas Company to exhibit to him its books and records.
1Opinion of the Court
O’Brien, J.:
The petitioner applied for a writ of peremptory mandamus to compel the New Amsterdam Gas Company to exhibit to him and liis attorneys and accountants all books of accounts, records and papers ■of said New Amsterdam Gas Company, from “its organization until the time of said exhibition, a'nd to permit them to fully examine the same and take .extracts therefrom.” He shows that, early in the .year 1898, three gas companies were consolidated under the name of the New Amsterdam Gas Company; that on the consolidation of these companies the ’ stock indebtedness was increased from…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Matter of SteinwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
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