Machen v. Machen & Mayer Electrical Mfg. Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 134, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Pbila. Co., Sept. T., 1911, No. 2261, refusing peremptory mandamus in case of Charles Hudson Machen v. Machen & Mayer Electrical Manufacturing Company, a corporation of the State of New Jersey; Charles Horn, President, General Manager, Assistant Treasurer and Director of said corporation; Walter D. Bryson, Secretary and Director; Alfred J. Brannen, Treasurer and Director, and Herman Horn, James…
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Appeal, No. 134, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Pbila. Co., Sept. T., 1911, No. 2261, refusing peremptory mandamus in case of Charles Hudson Machen v. Machen & Mayer Electrical Manufacturing Company, a corporation of the State of New Jersey; Charles Horn, President, General Manager, Assistant Treasurer and Director of said corporation; Walter D. Bryson, Secretary and Director; Alfred J. Brannen, Treasurer and Director, and Herman Horn, James Brannen and J. Edward Fagen, Directors. Mandamus to compel inspection of corporation rec* ords. Before Ferguson, J. The facts…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This was a petition filed in the court below for a mandamus by one of the seven directors of a foreign corporation, doing business in this State, requiring the six other directors and the officers of the corporation to permit the petitioner to inspect the books, documents and papers of the corporation to the end that he might be able to perform his duties as a director thereof.
The petition and amended petition for the writ set forth the facts in detail, but they may be summarized as follows: The Machen and Mayer Electrical Manufacturing Company was organized in…
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