Knoll v. Levert
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Mandamus by C. F. Knoll and others against J. B. Levert. Judgment for plaintiffs was affirmed by the Court of Appeal, and J. B. Levert, president of the Shirley Planting Compan5r, applies for certiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Plaintiffs, alleging themselves to be stockholders of the Shirley Planting Company, and that it was the duty of J. B. Levert, defendant, to call the annual meeting of the stockholders in and for the year 1914, ask that a mandamus issue directed to the said Levert to call the meeting. The petition was subsequently amended so as to make J. B. Levert, president of the Shirley Planting Company, the respondent in the cause, and plaintiffs pray that the mandamus issue to him as president.
Defendant excepted to the citation addressed to him as president of the Shirley Planting Company, on the ground…
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