Brewster v. F. G. Brewster Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, The F. G. Brewster Company and others, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Sew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Sew York on the 18th day of May, 1908, resettling an order entered on the 23d day of April, 1908, granting an inspection of the books of the defendant corporation.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
It cannot be necessary for the plaintiffs to inspect all of the general business books of the defendant corporation for the purpose of ascertaining whether there was any agreement between plaintiffs’ intestate, Frederick G. Brewster, and the defendant Hartog as to equal control of the corporation,.or as to whether the issue of stock putting control of the corporation in defendants was authorized ■ or not.
The order is very sweeping in its terms and we think was unauthorized. It would be much better practice for the plaintiffs to examine the officers of the corporation and thus…
2Cited by1 opinion
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