Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Martin v. Bienville Oil Works Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 15, 1876No. 6048PublishedCited by 10 opinions

APPEAL from tho Superior District Court, parish of Orleans. Haiu-Icins, J.

1Opinion of the CourtTaliaferro, J.

The relator owns stock in tho Bienville Oil Works Company to the amount of twenty-fivo thousand dollars. He complains *205■that the company refuses him access to its books; that he desires to know whether the funds invested by him in the company were faithfully •administered by the officers and directors thereof, whether the accounts of the company have been faithfully kept, and also to ascertain its assets •and liabilities, verify its stock and property, with the view of taking such lawful action in regard to its administration as his rights and interests might require. The relator appointed a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hatch v. City Bank of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1842

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Stone v. KelloggIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Otis-Hidden Company v. ScheirichCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1920
  3. Kimball v. DernUtah Supreme Court · 1911
  4. W. V. N. Powelson v. Tennessee Eastern Electric Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
  5. State ex rel. Doyle v. LaughlinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1893

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