People ex rel. Stauffer v. Bonwit Bros.

Relator is secretary and a director of the defendant corporation. His right as such to examine its books is undisputed. People ex rel. McInnes v. Columbia Bag Co., 103 App. Div. 208; People ex rel. Leach v. Central Fish Co., 117 id. 77; People ex rel, Grant v. Atlantic Terra Cotta Co., 196 N. Y. 523. But the other two directors refused to allow him to exercise his right and took proceedings to call a special meeting of themselves as stack:' holders to amend the by-laws and remove him from office forthwith. Ho malfeasance on his part is charged. ‘ Their theory is that the corporation is a mere…