Orvine H. Schaefer v. H. B. Green Transportation Line, Inc.

LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, a resident of Illinois, owning shares of stock in defendant, an Iowa corporation, doing business in both Illinois and Iowa, averring that his requests to be permitted to examine the corporate books had been denied and that the amount essential to federal diversity jurisdiction was involved, sought, in the district court, first a writ of mandamus compelling defendant to allow him to examine the records of the company; and, second, a judgment against defendant for 10% of the value of plaintiff’s shares in the corporation. The court allowed defendant’s motion to…