City National Bank v. H. A. McGinnis Co.

Flood, J.,

Plaintiff, as guardian of the estate of Walter Scott, a weak-minded person, brings his complaint in mandamus seeking to inspect the books of defendant corporation in which plaintiff’s *700ward holds five shares of capital stock. Defendant filed a demurrer to this complaint upon the ground that it does not allege that plaintiff has obtained authorization from the Court of Common Pleas No. 4, Philadelphia County, which appointed it as guardian, to institute the present action or any other legal action for the purposes alleged in the complaint and that it has no power to institute the…