Cotheal v. . Brouwer
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the general term of the Supreme Court, in the first district, where'a judgment of the Superior Court of the city of New York, entered on a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, had been affirmed on writ of error. (Reported below, 10 Barb. 216; and in the superior court, 5 N. Y. Leg.
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Appeal from the general term of the Supreme Court, in the first district, where'a judgment of the Superior Court of the city of New York, entered on a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, had been affirmed on writ of error. (Reported below, 10 Barb. 216; and in the superior court, 5 N. Y. Leg. Obs. 175.) This was an action of debt, by Henry Cotheal, a stockholder in the East River Mutual Insurance Company, against John Brouwer, the president of the company, to recover the penalty of $250 imposed by the statute (1 R. S. 601, § 1) for refusing to exhibit the books of the corporation and to submit…
1Opinion of the Court
This action was brought under, and involves a construction of the first section of the statute, entitled "special provisions relating to certain corporations," to recover the penalty there prescribed, of the defendant, for withholding the books of the corporation from the inspection and examination of the testator, who was a stockholder therein.
The section provides that the book or books of any incorporated company, of the state in which the transfer of stock shall be registered, and the books containing the names of the stockholders, shall at all reasonable times, during the usual hours of…
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