In re Kennedy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the Doctor David Kennedy Corporation, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Ulster Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ulster on the 18th day of March, 1902, directing the issuance óf a peremptory writ of mandamus compelling the Doctor David Kennedy Corporation to submit to an examination of its books and records.
1Opinion of the Court
Fursman, J.:
The executors and trustees under the will of David Kennedy, deceased, petitioned for and obtained from the Special Term an order for a peremptory writ of mandamus compelling the Dr. David Kennedy Corporation, a corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of certain proprietary medicines, to exhibit to them, to their attorneys, and to an expert accountant of their selection, the book of minutes of the meetings of directors, committees and stockholders from January 1, 1898, to the time of such exhibition, and in short every book of every kind kept by the corporation, and to…
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