South Side Bank v. T. S. B. Corp.

Plaintiff filed a complaint seeking a writ of mandamus in the circuit court to compel T. S. B. Corporation (T. S. B.) to produce for inspection certain of its corporate records along with those of its subsidiary, Tri-State Bank (Tri-State). The trial court entered an order granting defendants’ motion to strike and dismiss plaintiff’s complaint as insufficient in law with respect to the inspection of Tri-State’s records. Thereafter, plaintiff took a nonsuit as to the complaint with respect to the records of T. S. B.

The question before us is whether plaintiff, a shareholder in T. S. B., has the…