Capitol Petroleum Co. v. Haldeman

*266Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen:

This is a suit in mandamus brought by I. Haldeman, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, against The Capitol Petroleum Company and its president and secretary, as defendants. The trial court, upon a hearing, granted to the plaintiff a peremptory writ of mandamus, as prayed for, requiring the defendants to issue and deliver to the plaintiff certificates of stock for 155,000 shares of the capítol stock of the defendant company. The defendants bring the cause here for review.

The record shows that the defendant company took over, and acquired, from the Western…