Clawson v. Clayton
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third District; T. D. Lewis, Judge. Action by Spencer Clawson against I. A. Clayton and the Clayton Investment Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDeign, J.
The plaintiff, as a stockholder, made application to the district court for an order requiring the defendants to permit him to inspect the books of the defendant company. The plaintiff, after alleging the incorporation of the defendant company, in substance, states that he is a bona fide stockholder of record of the defendant corporation; that at various times during business hours of the corporation he had applied to the corporation and its secretary for permission to inspect the corporate books, through an accountant, in his behalf; that the defendant I. A. Clayton is the secretary and…
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