Hammond v. Edison Illuminating Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Wayne; Donovan, J. Mandamus by Charles F. Hammond to compel the Edison Illuminating Company of Detroit to issue to relator certain shares of its corporate stock. From an order granting the writ, respondent brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This statement of facts and the claims of the parties is taken from the brief of counsel for respondent:
The petition asked for a writ of mandamus requiring the Edison Illuminating Company of Detroit to issue to the relator 27 shares of the common capital stock at par, for which he has subscribed and tendered to the company the par value, $25 for each share. The shares so claimed are a part of an increase of the common capital stock of said company voted at a recent stockholders’ meeting, and the amount to which the relator would be entitled as his proportionate share; he being a stockholder…
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